Hero MotoCorp made a smashing comeback in Aug 2025 by retailing over 5.53 lakh units last month and outnumbering its arch rival Honda.
Hero MotoCorp has reclaimed its position as the country’s numero-uno two-wheeler brand in Aug 2025. In July 2025 sales volumes, it had briefly lost this spot to Honda, but the company was quick to bounce back and recapture what truly belonged to it. The Jaipur-based company sold over 5.53 lakh units last month, while Honda retailed more than 5.34 lakh units followed by TVS which had sales of 4.90 lakh+ units in August 2025. The fourth position was occupied by Bajaj Auto with numbers of 3.41 lakh+ units last month.
Starting with the market leader Hero MotoCorp, it sold a total of 553,727 units in Aug 2025 which comprised of 501,523 motorcycles and 52,204 scooters. The company recorded a YoY sales growth of 8 percent as it had managed to retail 512,360 units during the same month last year. As far as the domestic market is concerned, it had sales of 519,139 units while 34,588 units were exported in Aug 2025.
Coming to Honda, it managed to sell 5,34,861 units in August 2025 which included 4,81,021 units in domestic sales and 53,840 units for export purposes. The company refrained from sharing the exact number of motorcycles, scooters and EVs sold last month. It witnessed a 4 percent month-on-month (MOM) growth in total sales compared to July 2025.
As for TVS, it registered total sales of 490,788 units in Aug 2025 as compared to 378,841 units in Aug 2024 with a massive YoY growth of 30 percent. The domestic two-wheeler sales surged to 368,862 units last month against 289,073 units in August 2024, resulting in a healthy YoY growth of 28 percent. It sold 221,870 bikes and 222,296 scooters in Aug 2025 as compared to 170,486 units and 163,629 units, respectively, in Aug 2024.
Bajaj Auto sit on the fourth position with total sales of 3,41,887 units against 3,35,178 units during the same month last year. The Pune-based two-wheeler brand recorded an overall growth of 2 percent while the domestic sales suffered with numbers falling below 2 lakh mark. It retailed 1,84,109 units last month against 2,08,621 units in Aug 2024 with a YoY de-growth of 12 percent. The export numbers of 1,57,778 in Aug 2025 up from 1,26,557 in Aug 2024 rescued Bajaj.
We expect the coming couple of months to be the best for two-wheeler sales as the festive season of Diwali is inching closer. Moreover, the GST 2.0 with lower tax on small bikes and scooters will also be rolled out in the coming few weeks. In addition, the monsoon season has been favorable and hence an increase in agricultural demand will also propel higher volumes of two-wheeler sales.
