Kia US Sales Figures By Model: May 2023

Kia US sales figures (by model)

theKeea.com blog is your one stop destination for all that you need to know about Kia sales figures in US.

At the beggining of each new month, we take some time to look back at previous month and check how well each Kia vehicle performed in terms of sales.

As well as looking at the monthly Kia sales figures for each model, we also look at the year-to-date sales figures in U.S., as well as a head to head comparison between the numbers for this and the previous years.

If you’d like to know more details about how many Kia vehicles have been sold in the United States in 2023, continue your read below.

Kia US sales in May 2023

ModelMay 2023May 2022
EV62.2372.088
Rio2.2163.210
Soul5.9714.116
Forte10.0239.211
K55.5026.014
Stinger903448
Cadenza01
K90000
Sportage12.86210.363
Sorento7.7646.846
Telluride10.0057.398
Carnival3.2311.800
Niro3.3343.694
Seltos7.4492.752
Total71.49757.941

Kia EV sales in US (2023)

There is one Kia electric vehicle currently on sale in the United States (Soul EV sales have been postponed). Here are the monthly-updated sales figures of the Kia Niro EV in USA.

ModelEV6Niro EVSoul EV
January1.110//
February1.294//
March988//
April1.241//
May2.237//
June///
July///
August///
September///
October///
November///
December///
Total6.87000

* = to be updated during the month


2023 Kia Motors America monthly sales figures

Month202120222023
January44.96542.48851.983
February48.06249.18260.859
March66.52359.52471.294
April70.17759.06368.205
May80.29857.94171.497
June68.48665.142/
July70.09962.449/
August54.00966.089/
September52.906//
October52.067//
November45.318//
December48.506//
Total701.416461.878323.838

2023 Kia sales highlights

Kia’s May 2023 sales were driven by the carmaker’s highly attractive line-up of SUVs and crossovers, with sales increasing as much as 35% year-over-year.

Furthermore, the SUV and crossover vehicles accounted for 74-percent of Kia’s total volume last month.

The Sportage compact SUV, Telluride large SUV and Seltos crossover all set their best-ever May sales, up 17%, 29% and 39%, respectively, over each model’s previous May record-setting (set in 2021).

In addition, the just-recently refreshed Seltos compact crossover set an all-time monthly sales record with sales up 15-percent over the previous best-ever monthly sales performance set by the model in March 2021.

Sales of electrified Kia vehicles also set a new monthly sales record in May 2023. Sales of the all-electric Kia EV6 for example increased 7% over the same month a year ago.

Find more details and the top selling Kia models with exact sales figures for the month of May 2023 in the sales table above.


Kia market share in USA (by year)

YearSalesMarket share
2022693.549
2021701.4164,53%
2020586.1053,99%
2019615.3383,61%
2018589.6733,40%
2017589.6683,42%
2016647.5983,69%
2015625.8183,58%
2014580.2343,51%

Detailed sales statistics of all Kia models

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