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BMW

How Many Remain?

Total Cars

2,554,631

In the UK

Licensed Cars

2,219,315

In the UK

SORN Cars

335,316

In the UK

Based on the latest DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, there are 2,554,631 BMW left registered in the UK - 2,219,315 licensed and 335,316 declared off the road (SORN).

The vast majority of the remaining BMW fleet is actively licensed and on the road, with relatively few SORN'd. The total has risen by 2% over the past year.

Quarterly number of vehicles licensed or SORN

Chart showing quarterly licensed and SORN BMW statistics in the UK, based on DVLA vehicle licensing data. Currently 2,219,315 licensed and 335,316 SORN.
Numbers recorded on the last day of each quarter. SORN from 2007 Q4.
Covers United Kingdom excluding Northern Ireland up to 2014 Q2. Includes Northern Ireland from 2014 Q3.

Quarter
Licensed
Q1
Licensed
Q2
Licensed
Q3
Licensed
Q4
SORN
Q1
SORN
Q2
SORN
Q3
SORN
Q4
2026
2.2M
335.3K
2025
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
312.0K
296.1K
302.3K
330.4K
2024
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
283.5K
279.1K
285.6K
308.7K
2023
2.1M
2.1M
2.1M
2.1M
255.0K
250.4K
259.0K
287.5K
2022
2.1M
2.1M
2.1M
2.1M
238.8K
231.8K
238.5K
262.2K
2021
2.0M
2.1M
2.1M
2.1M
230.1K
220.1K
223.2K
244.9K
2020
2.0M
2.0M
2.0M
2.0M
227.4K
214.6K
213.7K
235.8K
2019
2.0M
2.0M
2.0M
2.0M
183.2K
183.6K
191.0K
214.8K
2018
1.9M
1.9M
1.9M
1.9M
162.1K
160.5K
167.3K
189.5K
2017
1.8M
1.8M
1.8M
1.8M
138.3K
140.8K
146.6K
166.1K
2016
1.7M
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
120.1K
115.3K
121.3K
141.2K
2015
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
1.7M
98.0K
96.6K
100.3K
118.9K
2014
1.5M
1.5M
1.6M
1.5M
87.6K
80.3K
84.4K
102.4K
2013
1.4M
1.4M
1.4M
1.4M
81.6K
73.4K
70.5K
91.7K
2012
1.3M
1.4M
1.4M
1.4M
77.8K
70.2K
69.1K
81.4K
2011
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
72.0K
67.5K
68.6K
80.0K
2010
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
65.4K
61.1K
61.2K
72.5K
2009
1.2M
1.2M
1.2M
1.2M
67.0K
60.3K
58.5K
65.2K
2008
1.2M
1.2M
60.1K
68.7K
2007
1.1M
61.8K
2006
1.1M
0​
2005
1.0M
0​
2004
960.4K
0​
2003
896.1K
0​
2002
838.1K
0​
2001
780.5K
0​
2000
723.2K
0​
1999
677.7K
0​
1998
625.1K
0​
1997
584.0K
0​
1996
540.1K
0​
1995
492.7K
0​
1994
463.3K
0​
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Vehicles remaining by year of manufacture

Covers United Kingdom including Northern Ireland
Year
Licensed
SORN
Total
121
67
70
56
42
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Annual number of new registrations

Covers United Kingdom excluding Northern Ireland to 2014 Q2. Includes Northern Ireland from 2014 Q3.
Year
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
121
67
70
56
42
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Vehicle counts by engine capacity and tax status

Covers United Kingdom including Northern Ireland

Engine Size
Licensed
Petrol
Licensed
Diesel
Licensed
Other
SORN
Petrol
SORN
Diesel
SORN
Other
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How rare is your [model]?

In the UK, only [123,456] have ever been registered. There are <1% remaining on the road

TCV Rarity Score

123,456,789

Exceptionally Rare

Registered Cars

123,456,789

In the UK

% Of Cars That Remain

123,456,789

12 on the road today

How Many Remain? (All models)

See how the breakdown of how many models remain for this make.

Model

Licensed

SORN

Total

BMW

2,219,315

335,316

2,554,631

465,396

122,778

588,174

400,916

24,504

425,420

196,719

42,657

239,376

146,547

1,709

148,256

132,655

2,701

135,356

124,818

5,970

130,788

107,252

15,415

122,667

113,715

2,888

116,603

55,162

27,159

82,321

48,373

527

48,900

41,761

244

42,005

32,587

7,846

40,433

28,713

10,354

39,067

32,391

867

33,258

27,779

203

27,982

18,327

7,794

26,121

24,784

796

25,580

25,039

512

25,551

19,322

4,935

24,257

10,973

11,586

22,559

20,298

1,254

21,552

20,440

330

20,770

19,790

80

19,870

12,741

5,659

18,400

16,479

1,513

17,992

6,686

9,155

15,841

6,046

8,351

14,397

9,347

85

9,432

6,103

2,881

8,984

6,640

1,267

7,907

4,808

2,609

7,417

6,406

205

6,611

6,017

95

6,112

4,071

480

4,551

1,431

1,801

3,232

2,302

688

2,990

1,999

264

2,263

1,487

327

1,814

1,083

625

1,708

1,363

302

1,665

1,448

88

1,536

1,300

215

1,515

1,489

15

1,504

349

917

1,266

626

615

1,241

976

164

1,140

892

98

990

469

408

877

528

227

755

130

587

717

185

301

486

116

288

404

148

236

384

338

40

378

138

237

375

217

153

370

190

176

366

47

173

220

82

90

172

71

56

127

15

106

121

40

72

112

38

70

108

103

0​

103

18

35

53

26

27

53

22

18

40

17

11

28

4

0​

4

1

0​

1

1

0​

1

1

0​

1

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The Data

FAQs about the data, its constraints and uses

Data source

All data on this site is derived from the vehicle licensing statistics published by the Department for Transport and the DVLA in the UK.

This data is UK specific.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Which cars are in the database

The data covers every car that is licensed (i.e. taxed and used on the road) or SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification, i.e. the vehicle is registered but cannot be driven on a public road). 

Vehicle make and model are recorded as per their V5. V5's don't always have the exact correct model listed (as DVLA don't have it as an option provided by the manufacturer initially) - in this case the model will be set to "Missing" and is unidentifable from the data.

How should this data be used

Given the previous, take all the data with a pinch of salt.

 

It won't be 100% accurate but will be a very good indicator of how many vehicles are left on the road for each make and model.

It's to be used for fun, not financial decision making.

How often is the data updated

DVLA update the data and publish the new data tables every quarter. We update this data once recevied.

I have a question

If you have any questions about the data, spotted an error or want to know more, please contact us at hello@theclassicvaluer.com

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