So near and yet so far. At a record 995,576 ICE and electric scooters dispatched to showrooms last month, the Indian scooter industry has registered its highest monthly wholesales yet albeit missed the 1-million milestone by just 4,424 units! September numbers are a robust 34% YoY increase (September 2025: 742,602 units), beating the previous monthly best of 855,715 units in August 2026.
The record September wholesales of 995,756 units include 186,692 e-scooters (up 68% YoY) which makes it the second-highest month after August 2026 (188,714 e-scooters). Clearly, what’s evident is that the 10 mainstream scooter OEMs have ensured that their dealers and showrooms are well stocked with their products in the ongoing festive season which should deliver fireworks in November which has Diwali in the second week. Let’s take a quick look at each of the OEM performances for last month.
Honda Dispatches 105,920 More Scooters than TVS in September
Honda and TVS, with combined sales of 660,150 units commanded a 66% share of the record 995,576 scooters dispatched by 10 OEMs in September.
Market leader Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) dispatched 383,035 units last month, up 46% and an additional 121,482 units YoY. This comprises 381,431 Activa and Dio scooters, up 46% YoY, and 1,604 EVs. This gives HMSI a 38% market share in September.
HMSI’s arch rival TVS Motor Co scooter wholesales were 277,115 units, up 29% YoY, for a 28% market share. While the ICE models (Jupiter, NTorq and Zest) made for 214,768 units (up 17% YoY), the demand for TVS’s EVs continues to surprise with record sales in September. The iQube and Orbiter clocked 62,347 units, up 102% YoY.
Third-ranked Suzuki Motorcycle India with 106,274 scooters, up 1% YoY, had a 11% share. The Access 125 remains its best-selling product, ahead of the Avenis and Burgman Street, which are also powered by the same 125cc engine. The e-Access, Suzuki’s sole EV, sold 573 units, down 14% on August (668 units).
Hero MotoCorp dispatched 96,254 scooters last month, up 67% YoY, giving it a 10% market share. The sales comprise 65,046 units (up 56%) of the three ICE scooters (Destini 125, Pleasure and Xoom) and 28,962 Vida e-scooters (up 88%).
Bajaj Auto, manufacturer of the electric Chetak and Yulu models, sold 43,194 e-scooters in September, up 40% YoY, comprising 28,862 Chetaks (up 88%) and 800 Yulu Ver 3.0x.
India Yamaha Motor (36,346 units) posted minimal 1% growth with 33,437 units of its 125cc-engined Fascino and Ray ZR, 2,416 Aerox scooters and 493 EC-06 e-scooters.
EV start-up Ather Energy, which launched its mass-market family scooter Konarc on August 29, sold 30,121 units in September, up 20% YoY, for a 3% overall scooter market share.
Ranked eighth is Greaves Electric Mobility, the EV arm of engineering major Greaves Cotton. The company dispatched 13,441 Magnus and Nexus brand e-scooters last month, up 85% YoY.
River Mobility, which currently manufactures a single product (Indie e-scooter), dispatched 6,057 units last month, up 209% YoY but down 8% on its record monthly high in August (6,567 units).
Piaggio Vehicles, which markets the Aprilia and Vespa scooter brands, wraps up the Top 10 Scooter OEM list with wholesales of 3,739 units, up 60% YoY.
Scooter India Inc’s record sales take first-half FY2027 scooter dispatches to 4.82 million units, up 29% YoY and 59% of FY2026’s 8.1 million units, which calls for a separate analysis altogether. Will the million monthly wholesales milestone be surpassed for the first time this festive season? Stay tuned into Autocar Professional as we bring you the latest number-crunching industry analyses.