The car rental companies in the Canary Islands have registered a huge drop in registrations in May, the highest in the country, at 15.56%, compared to 10.4% nationally, according to data from the consultancy MSI for FENEVAL, compared to the same period last year.
Regarding the corporate channel, during this period it has registered a slight increase nationally of 0.32%, to 45,223 registrations. In the case of the private individual channel, it grew by 4.84%, with 51,398 registrations.
In the year-to-date, the car rental company channel closes with a total of 147,404 registrations, representing an increase of 5.75% compared to 2025. As for the corporate and private individual channels, their data are also positive and even practically similar, with increases of 6.20% and 6.21%, respectively.
Throughout the month of May and within the car rental channel, Gasoline/Electric cars registered the largest increase in registrations, with 87.08%. Following them are Diesel Mild Hybrid, with an increase of 11.54%.
For their part, the largest drops in this period correspond to electric vehicles, with a decrease of 55.24%; to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vehicles, with a decrease of 35.76%; and to gasoline vehicles, which fell by 26.19%.
On the other hand, gasoline engine vehicles (31.74%) continue to hold the largest market share for another month, followed again by Gasoline Mild Hybrid (20.83%). As for fully electric engine vehicles, their total market share stands at 1.71% on this occasion.
Asturias is positioned as the autonomous community with the highest monthly growth when compared to the same month of the previous year (+60.73%). The data from Cantabria (+44.15%) and Murcia (+39.72%) also stand out.
On the other hand, Canary Islands (-15.56%), Galicia (-6.48%), and Catalonia (-4.71%) registered the main decreases in May 2026.
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