Scooter and bike sales down month-on-month in April 2026

FY2027 has kicked off well and truly, and sales numbers of the big six two-wheeler brands in India for April have come in. Here’s how each of the heavyweights performed.

Hero: 5,32,433 units

Hero MotoCorp retained its top position in the market last month, but it did so while reporting a 3.63 percent decrease from 5,52,505 units in March 2026. However, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, Hero recorded an 84.54 percent jump from 2,88,524 units, though that was a much lower figure than its usual tally. Hero’s export business, too, reported a decline in April, when it shipped 33,653 units as against 45,693 units in March.

Honda: 4,84,000 units

Honda continues to trail Hero, and it, too, has reported a month-on-month decrease but a year-on-year surge. Sales were down 5.52 percent from 5,12,303 units in March 2026 and up 14.44 percent from 4,22,931 units in April 2025. Honda’s export business surged significantly last month, with 79,600 units shipped overseas against 36,842 units in March.

Scooter sales hit an all-time high in the last financial year, and Honda’s share was the largest in that pie, thanks to its evergreen Activa models.

TVS: 3,48,545 units

Hosur-based TVS was in its usual number three position, and it witnessed the same trend as Hero MotoCorp and Honda. Its sales declined 6.40 percent from March 2026’s 3,72,383 units but rose 7.69 percent YoY from 3,23,647 units. It’s worth mentioning that this number doesn’t include TVS’s electric scooter sales, and the company has now cemented its position as the market leader in that space.

TVS is India’s second-largest two-wheeler exporter, and it sent 1,06,788 units overseas in April 2026, a noticeable drop from 1,25,751 units in the previous month. The company is evaluating multiple locations in India for a new manufacturing facility as it plans to expand its capacity.

Bajaj: 2,10,063 units

Bajaj was in its de facto fourth spot last month, reporting a 4.96 percent decrease in sales compared to 2,21,021 units in March 2026. But YoY, sales rose 11.37 percent from 1,88,615 units. One point to bear in mind is that the number includes the Chetak electric scooters as well as all the sub-400cc KTM and Triumph machines sold in India.

Bajaj is India’s largest two-wheeler exporter, and last month, it shipped 2,29,890 units overseas, a big jump from the already large figure of 1,59,452 units in March. The company recently brought back the Classic Pulsar 180, and it has downsized its own Dominar and Pulsar NS400Z, as well as the KTM 390 and Triumph 400 models, to 350cc.

Royal Enfield: 1,04,129 units

Royal Enfield was the only manufacturer to post a month-on-month increase. Sales rose 3.71 percent in April from 1,00,406 units in March. RE also reported a healthy 37 percent YoY increase from 76,002 units. Export business, however, wasn’t in line with RE’s domestic sales, and the company dispatched 9,035 units overseas in April, down from 11,928 units in March.

Royal Enfield’s first electric bike, the Flying Flea C6, was launched recently, and the company is simultaneously working on expanding its 440cc and 450cc engine platforms.

Suzuki: 98,004 units

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Of late, Suzuki’s two-wheeler monthly sales have been breaching the six-figure mark, but that was not the case last month. The Indian arm of this Japanese company reported a 7.01 percent decrease in sales from 1,05,397 units in March 2026. However, compared to 95,214 units in April 2025, it registered a 2.93 percent increase. In April 2026, Suzuki shipped 19,510 units overseas, down from 22,830 units in the previous month.

Suzuki Motorcycle India recently completed two decades of manufacturing in our country and launched a heavily updated Burgman Street range last month. Interestingly, FY2026 saw the company’s flagship motorcycle, the legendary Hayabusa, record its highest-ever fiscal sales in India.