United Kingdom license plates

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Type any United Kingdom registration — valid plates render below, on their real designs.

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Everything on this page — formats, validity, colours, the renders themselves — is one request away.

GET /v1/plates/gb/match?plate=…

GET /v1/plates/gb/match?plate=GC68%20LBB

{ "plate": "GC68 LBB",
  "valid": true, "exact": true,
  "matches": [{ "id": "gb-standard-2001",
    "render_url": "…svg?serial=GC68%20LBB" }] }

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standard plates 5

the default series issued to private road vehicles

Prefix

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~1984–2001 documented from 1984 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

Standard

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

2001 → today issued for: car, van, truck, bus

Ni standard

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~2001 → today documented from 2001 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

Ni reversed

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~2001 → today documented from 2001 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

Q

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.

~2001 → today documented from 2001 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

electric plates 1

EV-distinct plates or suffixes (German E, CN green plates)

Green zev

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

2020 → today issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

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.

2001 → today issued for: motorcycle, tricycle, quadricycle

trailer plates 1

trailers and semi-trailers where separately serialized

Trailer

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

2018 → today issued for: trailer

historic plates 1

vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico)

Historic blacksilver

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.

~2001 → today documented from 2001 — the format is likely older issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle

export plates 1

plates for vehicles leaving the jurisdiction permanently

Export X

In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.

2001 → today issued for: car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle