The latest statistics up to June 2025 show a significant recovery trend in China's construction machinery market. Among them, excavators, as core equipment, have achieved double growth in both the domestic market and the export sector, accelerating the process of transformation to automation; During the same period, the sales volume of loaders continued to expand, and domestic and international market demand was released simultaneously. This article analyzes the market performance of the two major categories and the development logic behind them through specific data.
I. Analysis of the Steady Recovery and Development Trend of the domestic excavator market in 2025
China Report Hall's "2025-2030 China Excavator Industry Market Deep Research and Development Prospect Investment Feasibility Analysis Report" indicates that in the first six months of 2025, the domestic excavator market shows a strong recovery trend. From January to June, a total of 65,637 units were sold, an increase of 22.9% year-on-year, demonstrating the pull effect of increased infrastructure investment on demand for construction machinery. In June alone, sales reached 8,136 units, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.2%. Notably, the proportion of small and medium tonnage models continued to rise, reflecting the expansion of demand in sub-sectors such as municipal engineering and farmland construction.
2. Analysis of the Continued expansion and Growth drivers of the excavator Export market in 2025
The overseas market is becoming a new engine driving the industry forward. A total of 54.883 units were exported in the first half of the year, an increase of 10.2% year-on-year. In particular, 10.668 units were sold in June alone, and the year-on-year growth rate expanded to 19.3%. Data shows that the infrastructure boom in developing countries and the demand for equipment renewal in Europe and the United States are the main driving forces. Some enterprises have further consolidated their overseas market share through local production strategies.
Iii. Progress on Technological Innovation and application Promotion of Electric Excavators
The transition to new energy is accelerating in the construction machinery sector. In June 2025, 27 electric excavators of various types were sold, covering a full range of product lines from mini models under 6 tons to medium-sized equipment ranging from 18.5 to 28.5 tons. Among them, mid-sized
Small electric products account for more than 90 percent, indicating that their application advantage in environmentally demanding urban construction projects is expanding.
4. Synchronous growth and Differentiated competition pattern in the loader market
The loader industry maintained steady growth during the same period, with cumulative sales of 64,769 units from January to June 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. Domestic demand was particularly strong, with sales reaching 35,622 units, up 23.2% year-on-year, while exports grew relatively moderately (+3.71%). Notably, electric loaders achieved a large-scale breakthrough in June, selling 3,049 units in a single month, covering a full range of models from micro to large.
In the first half of 2025, the construction machinery market was characterized by "parallel domestic recovery and overseas expansion, and simultaneous development of traditional products and new energy." Excavators, as a core category in the industry, have shown strong resilience driven by both the recovery of the domestic market and the expansion of exports; Loaders have consolidated their market share through technological upgrades. As the transition to electrification accelerates and global infrastructure demand continues to be unleashed, Chinese construction machinery companies are leveraging their full industrial chain advantages to build new growth poles in the green and international race. The market is expected to maintain a steady and positive development trend in the second half of the year, and the industry's innovative momentum will continue to translate into actual productivity. (Data statistics period up to June 2025)
