# Spain license plate: Temporary company unregistered

> The Spain temporary company unregistered license plate: format S9999LLL, for example S6972XFF, documented since 1999.

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Part of [Spain license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain) (19 registration series).

![Spain license plate, Temporary company unregistered (documented since 1999)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/es/es-temporary-company-unregistered-1999/spain-license-plate-temporary-company-unregistered.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `S9999LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1999 → today (documented from 1999; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, semitrailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 280 × 200 mm: temporal empresas alta; 100 × 168 mm: temporal empresas ciclomotores |
| Colours | background rojo #CE1126; characters #FFFFFF; band blanco #FFFFFF on the right |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `es-temporary-company-unregistered-1999` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain/temporary-company-unregistered-1999) |

The leading S marks a company's temporary permit for a vehicle that has never been registered — the red plate a factory or dealer uses to move brand-new stock.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `S` | Permiso temporal de empresa (vehículo sin matricular) | company permit, unregistered vehicle |

Sources:

- [Anexo XVIII I.C.b): red ground, white matte characters, 'la letra S, para los vehículos no matriculados'; white expiry band with red adhesive characters; Cuadro 3 band widths 30/20 mm](https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/1999/BOE-A-1999-1826-consolidado.pdf)

## About this plate

TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR COMPANIES, UNREGISTERED VEHICLES, prefix S. This is Spain's functional dealer/trade plate.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Temporary company registered](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain/temporary-company-registered-1999) (documented since 1999)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/es/es-temporary-company-unregistered-1999.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/spain?series=es-temporary-company-unregistered-1999
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/es` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "es-temporary-company-unregistered-1999"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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