Standard
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LLL999LL
2011 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus
Nigeria license plates
8 registration series, sourced from Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
Nigeria license plates at a glance
- Standard plate today
- Out of series (2012 to today)
- Format
LLL999LL, for exampleNKY423MR(L is any letter, 9 any digit)- Issued since
- 2012
Try a plate
Type any Nigeria registration — valid plates render below, on their real designs. Make and download your own Nigerian license plate.
Try the API
Everything on this page — formats, validity, colours, the renders themselves — is one request away.
POST /api/v1/plates/ng/match
POST /api/v1/plates/ng/match
{ "plate": "NKY423MR",
"valid": true, "exact": true,
"matches": [{ "id": "ng-out-of-series",
"template_url": "…/template.svg" }] }
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Plate images for your UI
Every plate on this page is an SVG drawn from the official design data. The plates API returns two images for every series: the plate as drawn, and an empty template you fill in the browser, so a customer's registration never leaves your page.
In every plates API response
"render_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ng/ng-out-of-series.svg",
"template_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ng/ng-out-of-series/template.svg"
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Nigeria license plates in detail
The plate and number lines describe Out of series (2012 to today). Each line names the document it comes from and links to the guide that compares it everywhere.
The plate
- Size
- 308 × 155.6 mm (12.1 × 6.1 in) for cars; 229 × 102 mm (9 × 4 in) for motorcycles · sabilaw.org · every size compared
The number
- Format
LLL999LL, for exampleNKY423MR(L is any letter, 9 any digit) · sabilaw.org
All plates here
- Plate types issued today
- Standard (2), motorcycle, personalized, dealer, temporary, government, military
- History
- 8 series recorded; the oldest issued from 2011
standard plates 2
the default series issued to private road vehicles
Out of series
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LLL999LL
2012 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus
motorcycle plates 1
reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs
Motorcycle
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LLL999LL
2011 → today
issued for: motorcycle
personalized plates 1
owner-chosen serials inside an official frame
Fancy
In the sample, L stands for any letter.
Format: LLLLLLLL
2012 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle
dealer plates 1
trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle
Dealer
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LL L999 9
2012 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus
temporary plates 1
short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration)
Temporary wooden
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LLL999LL
- Material:
- Wood, reg. 39(7)-(8) expressly contemplates an owner-constructed wooden plate · source
2012 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle
government plates 1
civil government fleets with distinct series
Government
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
Format: LLL999LL
2011 → today
issued for: car, van, truck, bus
military plates 1
armed-forces registration systems
Rules and sources
- The number
- The number stays with the vehicle
Every source for Nigeria (3)
- sabilaw.org: cited for Issued by; Standard series; Out of series; Dealer series; 7 more
- sabilaw.org: cited for Standard series
- frsc.gov.ng: cited for Fancy series