John Deere, Fendt, Claas and Case on a field. Who will be the market leader in Germany in 2025?
Drastically fewer new registrations, but a clear winner: the German tractor market in 2025 will be in no doubt about who is in the lead. Fendt and John Deere dominate - but one brand has a clear lead. Who leads the market and how big the gap really is.
Every year in January, the Federal Motor Transport Authority publishes tractor registrations - and thus decides who wins or loses the market. The statistics are complete with the figures for December 2025. They show how many new tractors were registered last year - and who secured market leadership.
The result is surprising, but not because of the market leadership - that remains unchanged.
Note on our own behalf: The evaluation has not yet been completed. Minor deviations in the number of units are therefore possible.
Fendt or John Deere? Market leadership for tractors in 2025
It has already become apparent in recent months: Fendt's lead in new tractor registrations was only arithmetically possible to catch up with. Now it is clear: Fendt is the market leader in Germany with 6,315 tractors - across all power classes. This does not yet include the Vario MT full-track tractors. However, they are likely to be in the lower double-digit range.
However, despite the presumed jubilation in Marktoberdorf, there is also a downside: After selling 7,392 tractors in 2024, the manufacturer sold 1,077 fewer machines in Germany in 2025. This corresponds to a decline of 14.5 percent - and thus significantly more than the overall market declined in percentage terms.
John Deere remains in second place, albeit well behind the first-placed manufacturer. This means that the first two places in the ranking remain unchanged.
The John Deere brand registered 4,264 tractors. Fendt's lead over its rival is 2,051 tractors.
Farmers bought fewer new tractors in 2025
The VDMA reports that 25,711 new tractors were registered for the first time in Germany last year. This is a drastic decrease of over 12 percent compared to 2024.
The statistics include all tractors that were registered and received a license plate - including small tractors under 50 hp. It does not include lawn tractors for private gardens, for example, which are not approved for road use.
Further rankings still open
How Claas, Deutz-Fahr, Kubota, Case IH and New Holland will be placed in the ranking has not yet been finalized. The Federal Motor Transport Authority records tractor registrations at group level and not according to individual brands. As several brands belong to one group, the figures must first be broken down by the manufacturers. As soon as this data is available, we will publish the further rankings.
