41 models · 16.6–25.3 hp · $12,546–$28,061 (29 of 41 priced)
41 sub-compact tractors from 11 brands, smallest first: the mow-snow-and-loader class for a few acres, most of it under the 25 hp line where a diesel needs no particulate filter. The biggest engine in the class is the Mahindra 1126 at 25.3 hp. The one that buys the most PTO horsepower per dollar is the Massey Ferguson 1GC.23 at 1.41 PTO hp per $1,000 — counting the 28 of 29 whose prices are for a comparable build.
Mahindra
Mitsubishi-powered and the smallest machine Mahindra sold in the US, pitched under the BX and 1-Series on price rather than on capability. The 1100 series replaced it and Mahindra has taken the model page down - only the eMax series brochure is still hosted.
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Kubota
Cheapest diesel tractor Kubota sells in the US at $12,798 base, and the 16.6 hp D722 is the compromise that buys that number. It mows an acre or two and moves light loads; it is not the one to buy if a loader bucket will be full most days.
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Massey Ferguson
Iseki-built and noticeably more finished than most sub-compacts, with a drive-over deck and the tightest turning circle in the GC range. Massey has moved the badge to the 1GC line for 2026, so this one now survives only on the sub-compact comparison table.
Spec sheet & owner notesMassey Ferguson
Entry point to the 1GC range that replaced the GC1700 line in 2025, and the cheaper half of a two-model choice: 2 hp and 0.9 gpm less than the 1GC.25 beside it, for the same 661 lb hitch and 662 lb loader. Fixed ROPS here; the 1GC.23B folds it and adds a factory backhoe.
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Kioti
Kioti's cheapest way in: $13,983 buys 21 hp, two-range hydrostatic drive and a 675 lb SL2410 loader measured at the pivot pin. The CS2220 directly above it runs the same 1,007 cc engine, so stepping up buys loader and pump, not power.
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Mahindra
Cheapest way into the Mahindra lineup: $14,189 buys 20.1 hp, two-range hydrostatic drive and the 794 lb L11 loader, with no diesel particulate filter and no regeneration cycle anywhere in the powertrain. HST is the only transmission offered, and a heated cab is optional.
Spec sheet & owner notesMassey Ferguson
Massey's 2025 renumbering retired the GC1700 line, and this is what took the GC1725M's place: the same 24.5 hp Iseki three-cylinder and two-range hydrostatic, now with push-button cruise control and a redesigned seat. The 1GC.25B adds a folding ROPS and a factory backhoe on the same frame.
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Bobcat
Bobcat's cheapest way into a diesel tractor is a Daedong-built sub-compact: 21 hp, 16.3 PTO hp, 46 in across, and a published starting price of $15,086. The 608 lb loader rating is what pays for that number.
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LS Tractor
Smallest machine LS sells in the US, and the only one under 1,500 lb. The Yanmar 3TNV76F stays under the 25 hp emissions line so there is no DPF to regenerate, and the 1,008 lb loader rating is unusually strong for a tractor this light.
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John Deere
Same 21.5 hp Yanmar and same 758 lb hitch as the 1023E it replaces for model year 2027, on a simplified frame with a folding ROPS. Deere keeps this one to the essentials - no cruise control, no cab option - while the 1M 25 a step above gets both.
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John Deere
Deere's price of entry: the same 1-Series frame and 120R loader mounts as the 1025R, minus cruise control, the independent PTO and about three thousand dollars. Carried into 2026 as the 1E 23, so the old badge is now mostly a used-lot search term.
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Kioti
Same 1,007 cc engine and same 21 hp as the CS2210, but the SL2420 loader lifts 1,062 lb at the pin instead of 675 and the pump goes to 7.0 gpm. That makes it the cheapest CS with a front end worth putting real dirt in.
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Kioti
A 1,233 cc three-cylinder in the small CS body, still rated 21 hp but pulling 16.7 at the PTO from 250 lb more tractor. The SL2530 loader lifts 871 lb at the pin, less than the cheaper CS2220, so this one is bought for the engine and the ballast rather than the front end.
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Kubota
Five more horsepower than the BX1880 for about $3,800 more, on the identical BX80 chassis, LA344 loader and drive-over deck. That single step is the whole BX buying decision, and 21.6 hp is where most of the volume lands.
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Yanmar
Cheapest tractor Yanmar sells in the US, and the least expensive way into its ten-year powertrain warranty. At 21.5 hp with an 825 lb loader it lines up against a 1023E and a BX1880, with a thinner dealer network behind it.
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Bobcat
Same 1000-platform chassis and same 608 lb loader as the CT1021, but with 24.5 hp and 18.8 PTO hp - Bobcat pushing to the top of the sub-compact bracket while the engine still stays clear of a particulate filter. Starts at $17,205.
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Kubota
Top of the BX80 range and the last step before the B series: 23.3 gross hp from a 61.1 cu in three-cylinder against the BX2380's 21.6 from 54.8 cu in. Frame, 6.6 gal tank, 6.2 gpm pump and 680 lb hitch all carry over unchanged from the cheaper models.
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Kioti
Undercuts a Deere 1025R and a Kubota BX2380 on price while out-lifting both at the loader - 1,062 lb at the pin from 24.5 hp of Daedong diesel. Six years of powertrain cover is the other lever Kioti pulls; thinner dealer coverage is what it costs.
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Kioti
Kioti's biggest sub-compact frame, and the real jump in seriousness above the CS line: 1,647 cc, 11.3 gpm of pump and a 1,203 lb hitch against the CS's 700. Sold as gear at $17,827, hydrostatic at $19,524, or with a cab for $30,084.
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John Deere
Replacing the 1025R for model year 2027, this one adds what the 1025R never offered: a factory-installed HVAC cab. Same 758 lb hitch, a 6.3 gpm pump and cruise control standard, sitting between the stripped 1E 23 and the heavier, longer 1R 25.
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Kioti
Mechanically a CS2230 with the same 1,233 cc engine turned up to 24.5 hp and 19.3 at the PTO - identical loader, hitch, pump and weight. It is also the only CS Kioti will sell with a cab, as the CS2530HC at $26,849.
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LS Tractor
Yanmar's 3TNV80F under the hood is the reason to look at the top of the MT1 line: 24.7 hp kept deliberately under the 25 hp emissions threshold, so there is no diesel particulate filter and no regeneration cycle to sit through. LS publishes no price, so the figure here comes from dealer books at around $18,600.
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John Deere
Best-selling sub-compact in the US, and the AutoConnect deck is most of the reason - a mower you fit and drop without leaving the seat. It continues for 2026 under the 1M 25 name, same 23.9 hp Yanmar and same 905 lb loader.
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Massey Ferguson
Replaces the single MF 1526 at the bottom of the new M Series, and it buys real capacity over the 1GC sub-compacts below it: 1,058 lb at the hitch against 661, and 852 lb at the loader against 662, for about the same engine. Air-conditioned cab is optional, which no 1GC offers.
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Yanmar
Sits between the SA223 and SA425 on price while running the same 23.9 hp 3TNV80F diesel as the dearer SA425, so what the badge buys over the SA223 is horsepower rather than a different machine. Full-frame chassis, dual-range hydrostatic, 1,200 lb loader.
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John Deere
Deere moved the 2025R's job into the renamed 1 Series and called the result the 1R 25, but the hardware grew rather than shrank: 915 lb at the hitch, 7.4 gpm of pump flow and a 63 in. wheelbase against 758 lb and 57 in. on the 1M 25. Cab and cruise control are both on the sheet.
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LS Tractor
LS's answer to the gap between a sub-compact and a real compact: Mitsubishi's S3L2 three-cylinder, 18.5 hp at the PTO, and 1,433 lb of rear lift on a 1,609 lb frame that still parks like a sub-compact. Dealer books put it around $21,300, since LS prints no price of its own.
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Yanmar
Nearly 24 hp carrying a 1,200 lb loader at the pivot pin, comfortably above what a BX2380 or 1025R manages, on a chassis Yanmar builds under its own badge rather than someone else's. The ten-year powertrain warranty is the closer.
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Kubota
A factory backhoe is the entire point, and it is why the MSRP sits about $11,400 above a BX2380 running the same 21.6 hp engine. The BT603 hoe and LA340 loader ship as one Kubota-built package rather than a dealer-fitted afterthought.
Spec sheet & owner notesNew Holland
New Holland's way into the sub-compact class, carrying a 100LC loader and Boomer Guard cover - two years bumper to bumper, then four more on the powertrain. At 24.7 hp with a 728 lb hitch it edges a Kubota BX2380 on both counts.
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Mahindra
Middle step of the 1100 series, and the one that buys real PTO power without crossing 25 hp: 22.9 gross hp and 16.8 at the shaft for $2,141 more than the 1120, on the same frame, same L11 loader and same 6.6-gallon tank. Heated cab optional.
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Mahindra
Clears 25 hp without gaining a diesel particulate filter, which is the whole argument for the 1100 series: 25.3 gross hp, 19.2 at the PTO, and Mahindra still states no DPF and no regen. Top of the sub-compact range, HST only, heated cab optional at $25,324.
Spec sheet & owner notesMassey Ferguson
Factory tractor-loader-backhoe build of the 1GC.23: same 22.5 hp Iseki and same hitch, with a 76-inch digging backhoe fitted on the line and a folding ROPS that clears 85.8 inches instead of a fixed 72.8. This is Massey's answer to the Kubota BX23S rather than a dealer-added subframe.
Spec sheet & owner notesMassey Ferguson
The 24.5 hp engine and 6.9 gpm pump of the 1GC.25, with the folding ROPS and factory 76-inch backhoe of the B build. The extra 0.9 gpm over the 1GC.23B is the reason to pay for this one, because that flow is what the backhoe actually spends.
Spec sheet & owner notesCase IH
Case IH's only subcompact, and the machine the badge-engineered New Holland Workmaster 25S shares a price with to the dollar. A 1.26-litre indirect-injection three and a 2-range hydrostatic put it squarely against the Kubota BX and the John Deere 1025R.
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TYM
Smallest tractor TYM sells in North America and the only one under a litre: a 993 cc Yanmar three spinning to 3,200 rpm in a 1,472 lb frame. It undercuts a Kubota BX on weight by 200 lb, which is the point of it and also its limit.
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TYM
TYM's own T1100N2 engine instead of a Yanmar, tuned to make its 24 hp at only 2,800 rpm, in a frame 400 lb heavier than the T224. The extra mass is what buys the 1,534 lb hitch, the biggest in TYM's sub-compact range.
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TYM
The one sub-compact in TYM's range with a geared base build - a 6-speed constant-mesh box with only two reverse ratios - and that gearbox is why it makes 21 PTO hp where the hydrostatic 2400H makes 18. Three horsepower is a lot at 24 gross.
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TYM
Same engine, hitch and pumps as the 2400 on a wheelbase stretched 6.6 in. and a 3-range hydrostat geared for 17 mph - the fastest sub-compact TYM builds. It is the long-legged version of the same machine rather than a more capable one.
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TYM
Newest of TYM's sub-compacts and the one built around the loader: a guarded loader valve, a flip PTO cover and an 8.4 gal tank, the largest in the class. The Yanmar 3TNV80F under it is the same engine the T25 uses.
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TYM
Top of TYM's sub-compact range on paper, and the one that keeps its hitch capacity where it counts: 1,551 lb at the link ends and still 1,230 lb measured 24 in. behind them, where the newer T2025P falls to 560 lb on the same engine.
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