# South Africa license plate: Dealer figures

> The South Africa dealer figures license plate: format 9999 LL, for example 9197 AW, documented since 2000, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [South Africa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa) (20 registration series).

![South Africa license plate, Dealer figures (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-dealer-figures/south-africa-license-plate-dealer-figures.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999 LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `za-dealer-figures` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/dealer-figures) |

Sources:

- [reg 71(2)(b), verbatim: 'three or four figures followed by the licence mark of the registering authority as contemplated in regulation 27 (2) (a) (i), but shall not consist of vowels, except the letter "A" as referred to in paragraph (a), or the letter "Q"'](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)

## About this plate

MOTOR TRADE NUMBERS on the registering-authority limb, three or four figures followed by the town mark.

## How the region is encoded

Here the mark TRAILS the figures, which is the mirror image of an ordinary registering-authority number (mark first, figures after). A parser must therefore not assume mark position from the presence of a mark: "1234 CA" is a Western Cape dealer number and "CA 1234" is an ordinary Cape Town registration.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Dealer A](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/dealer-a) (documented since 2000)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-dealer-figures.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-africa?series=za-dealer-figures
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/za` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "za-dealer-figures"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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