Retail harvester sales in August 2025: Sold 1,263 harvesters, rise 52.17%

August 2025 is a fantastic month for Indian agriculture, especially for harvesters. Farmers are becoming more and more comfortable with mechanisation. As a result, retail harvesters' sales increased by 52.17% in August 2025.

Retail Harvesters Sales in August 2025

Retail Harvester sales in August 2025 are 1,263 units. In August 2025, Vishal sold 213 harvester units, the highest in the industry, keeping its top position with a 16.86% market share. Second in the market, Kartar sold 135 harvester units, but its market share decreased by 1.72% from August 2024. 

John Deere moved forward to 3rd place. It sold 98 harvesters units in August 2025, which is an impressive increase of 164.86% from last year's 37 units. Malkit Harvesters, with a 7.13% market share, secured 4th position by selling 90 harvesters. Preet sold 71 harvesters and occupied the 5th spot in the list, with an increased market share of 1.40%. 

Retail Harvesters Sales YTD (April 2025 to August 2025)

From April 2025 to August 2025, retail harvester sales in India were 5,832 units, more than 3,784 units during the same time in the previous year. That's a great 54.12% growth year over year.  Top brands, including Kartar, Vishal, Preet, Malkit, and John Deere, are doing well in the market, but there is considerable competition. 

Kartar, being the leader, sold 928 harvesters in the YTD period, compared to the sales of 623 units in the same period last year.  Vishal had a market share of 15.48% and sold 903 harvesters during the period. 

Preet sold 494 harvesters with an 8.47% market share. Malkit saw a 1.93% growth in market share during April 2025 to August 2025, with sales of 456 harvesters. John Deere increased its YTD sales from 167 units from April 2024 to August 2024 to 405 units in April 2025 to August 2025.

State	Kartar	Vishal	Preet	Malkit	John Deere	Dasmesh	New Holland	Guru Nanak	Mahindra	Punni Vishavkarma	K.S. Agricultural	Panesar	Hira	Surindera	Others	Total
Andhra Pradesh	-	2	3	2	33	14	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	11	71
Bihar	45	50	36	10	-	35	-	3	4	1	18	1	-	-	9	212
Chhatisgarh	25	47	17	11	-	14	-	24	4	-	3	1	-	-	74	220
Gujarat	22	11	3	9	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	58
Haryana	109	195	77	24	-	12	4	2	14	27	5	3	8	9	173	662
Karnataka	10	2	13	23	2	3	55	-	2	-	-	7	4	-	32	153
Madhya Pradesh	109	116	94	53	-	43	4	11	12	33	19	19	14	11	163	701
Maharashtra	45	31	44	71	2	18	59	42	3	-	1	38	1	-	67	422
Punjab	313	181	50	82	-	68	3	3	21	1	4	1	35	19	523	1,304
Rajasthan	67	44	25	7	-	9	3	22	2	28	36	4	4	15	21	287
Tamilnadu	-	-	1	-	352	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	20	378
Uttar Pradesh	183	221	129	160	-	76	6	12	54	22	21	13	12	26	392	1,327
Other States	-	3	2	4	16	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	37
Total (Apr-Aug'25)	928	903	494	456	405	293	139	121	116	112	109	89	81	81	1,505	5,832
Total (Apr-Aug'24)	623	510	174	223	167	127	159	96	55	73	58	22	45	67	1,385	3,784
MS (Apr-Aug'25)	15.91%	15.48%	8.47%	7.82%	6.94%	5.02%	2.38%	2.07%	1.99%	1.92%	1.87%	1.53%	1.39%	1.39%	25.81%	TRACTOR GYAN
MS (Apr-Aug'24)	16.46%	13.48%	4.60%	5.89%	4.41%	3.36%	4.20%	2.54%	1.45%	1.93%	1.53%	0.58%	1.19%	1.77%	36.60%
MS Change YTD Aug'25 vs Aug'25	-0.55%	2.01%	3.87%	1.93%	2.53%	1.67%	-1.82%	-0.46%	0.54%	-0.01%	0.34%	0.94%	0.20%	-0.38%	-10.80%

Statewise - Retail Harvesters Sales YTD (April 2025 to August 2025)

Let's find out where farmers put the most money into harvesters this year.

Rank 1 - Uttar Pradesh: Retail Harvester Sales from April 2025 to August 2025

Uttar Pradesh has once again topped the chart by selling 1,327 harvesters between April and August 2025. It makes up 22.75% of the total YTD retail harvester sales in India. Brands like Vishal and Kartar have done really well here.

Rank 2 - Punjab: Retail Harvesters Sales from April 2025 to August 2025

Punjab, the state known for big farms, came in second with 1,304 units sold. That's 22.36% of the total retail harvester sales during April 2025 to August 2025. Most farmers in Punjab are upgrading their farms with Kartar and Vishal harvesters.

Rank 3 - Madhya Pradesh: Retail Harvesters Sales from April 2025 to August 2025

Madhya Pradesh sold 701 harvesters, which was 12.02% of India's total retail harvester sales. Farmers are buying more Vishal and Kartar harvesters to harvest soybeans, wheat, and rice, which makes them less reliant on labour.

Rank 4 - Haryana: Retail Harvesters Sales from April 2025 to August 2025

Haryana sold 662 units of harvesters, which made up 11.35% of the total. Farmers in Haryana are adopting the best harvesters from Kartar, Vishal and Preet.

Rank 5 - Maharashtra: Retail Harvesters Sales from April 2025 to August 2025

Maharashtra came in fifth place, selling 422 harvesters and making up 7.24% of the total market. Farmers are slowly resorting to harvesters by Malkit and New Holland to help them deal with a lack of workers and speed up the harvesting of cotton and soybeans.

Conclusion

The constant rise in harvester sales illustrates that Indian farming is approaching a new era where technology, time, and efficiency are as vital as hard work. Farmers now consider machinery as growth partners. Better government assistance and funding make harvesters more accessible to small farmers. 

These machineries are no longer a luxury for big farmers; they are now a must-have for managing extensive fields during short harvesting periods. And in the coming months, we can expect more sales with a good Kharif harvest, more than enough monsoon, potential GST cuts, and the auspicious festive season.