--- title: "UK Number Plate Price Trends & Market Index | Buy Private Plates" description: "Track how private number plate prices have moved year by year, by format, using thousands of real DVLA and auction hammer prices. Updated daily, free to use." url: https://buyprivateplates.uk/number-plate-price-trends/ site: "Buy Private Number Plates Online – Instantly Search the DVLA Database" published: 2026-09-30 modified: 2026-09-30 language: en-GB --- # Number Plate Price Trends Market data · updated daily ## UK Number Plate Price Trends How private number plate prices have really moved - by format, year by year - built from genuine DVLA and auction-house hammer prices, not asking prices or estimates. - **25k+** hammer prices analysed - **2000–2026** years covered - **4** plate formats tracked Dateless **£3,760** 2026 median · 3,209 sales ▲ 12.9% YoY Index 113 Prefix **£560** 2026 median · 2,648 sales ▲ 0.0% YoY Index 99 Suffix **£1,280** 2026 median · 3,777 sales ▲ 2.4% YoY Index 104 Current **£1,040** 2026 median · 486 sales ▼ 25.2% YoY Index 80 ## Price index by format Median hammer price per quarter, smoothed over three quarters and indexed so that 2025 = 100. Above the dotted line means prices are higher than the base year. **Dateless **Prefix **Suffix **Current Only quarters with at least 25 sales in a format are plotted; the line breaks where data is thin. ## What the data shows - Dateless plates are up 12.9% year on year: the 2026 median hammer price is £3,760 across 3,209 sales. - Prefix plates are flat 0.0% year on year: the 2026 median hammer price is £560 across 2,648 sales. - Suffix plates are up 2.4% year on year: the 2026 median hammer price is £1,280 across 3,777 sales. - Current plates are down 25.2% year on year: the 2026 median hammer price is £1,040 across 486 sales. - Since 2025 the strongest performer is Dateless, now at 113 on the index (base year = 100). - Results before 2025 are a small, hand-collected sample of notable sales (typically the most expensive lots of each year), so they appear in the table for interest but are excluded from the index. - The highest hammer price on file is £400,000 for 25 O. ## Yearly median hammer price by format | Year | Dateless | Prefix | Suffix | Current | Sales (n) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | £3,760 | £560 | £1,280 | £1,040 | 10,120 | | 2025 | £3,330 | £560 | £1,250 | £1,390 | 14,191 | | 2024 | £17,800 | — | £23,065 | — | 151 | | 2023 | £20,705 | £30,250 | £30,100 | — | 172 | | 2022 | £24,990 | £27,560 | £50,000 | £30,010 | 174 | | 2021 | £22,110 | £42,175 | £30,010 | — | 135 | | 2020 small sample | £21,750 | — | £28,250 | — | 68 | | 2019 small sample | £23,000 | — | — | — | 26 | | 2018 small sample | £27,000 | — | — | — | 29 | | 2017 small sample | £30,500 | — | — | — | 22 | | 2016 small sample | £29,950 | — | — | — | 25 | | 2015 small sample | £30,250 | — | — | £55,500 | 26 | | 2014 small sample | £25,000 | — | — | — | 13 | | 2013 small sample | £29,500 | — | — | £30,000 | 8 | | 2012 small sample | £31,500 | — | — | £30,000 | 11 | | 2011 small sample | £28,250 | — | — | — | 8 | | 2010 small sample | £36,500 | — | — | — | 16 | | 2009 small sample | £65,600 | — | — | — | 18 | | 2008 small sample | £25,500 | — | — | — | 12 | | 2007 small sample | £17,800 | — | — | — | 7 | | 2006 small sample | £33,900 | — | — | £62,000 | 19 | | 2005 small sample | £17,950 | — | — | — | 7 | | 2004 small sample | £20,500 | — | — | — | 17 | | 2003 small sample | £20,600 | — | — | — | 8 | | 2002 small sample | £26,000 | £25,500 | £30,500 | — | 17 | | 2001 small sample | £20,950 | £31,000 | — | — | 19 | | 2000 small sample | £26,400 | £33,750 | — | — | 13 | Medians rather than averages, so a single six-figure lot cannot drag a whole year. Cells with fewer than three sales are left blank; years shaded as small samples are hand-collected notable lots, not the whole market. ## Trending now The plates people have valued most on this site in the last 30 days. - [F 1](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/F1/) £27,560 – £100,580 2 checks - [CS04 ADE](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/CS04ADE/) £290 – £530 2 checks - [P14 MOE](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/P14MOE/) £450 – £520 2 checks - [W90 ODC](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/W90ODC/) £300 – £690 2 checks - [W90 ODS](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/W90ODS/) £310 – £360 2 checks - [T24 PPB](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/T24PPB/) £270 – £320 2 checks - [1 FLO](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1FLO/) £10,180 – £27,680 2 checks - [1 FHC](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1FHC/) £10,180 – £27,680 2 checks ## Biggest hammer prices on file - [25 O](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/25O/) £400,000 Dateless · 2014 - [1 D](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1D/) £285,000 Dateless · 2009 - [1 GR](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1GR/) £250,000 Dateless · 2025 - [DEV 1L](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/DEV1L/) £240,010 Suffix · 2021 - [IG 1](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/IG1/) £222,000 Dateless · 2019 - [Y 6](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/Y6/) £213,000 Dateless · 2022 - [F80 FER](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/F80FER/) £205,500 Prefix · 2026 - [51 NGH](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/51NGH/) £201,000 Dateless · 2006 - [1 NR](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1NR/) £200,000 Dateless · 2026 - [1 RH](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-valuation/1RH/) £196,000 Dateless · 2008 ## How to read this index Every point is a real hammer price from a DVLA Personalised Registrations auction or a recognised auction house, never an asking price. Plates are grouped into four formats: dateless (pre-1963 and Northern Irish, no age identifier), suffix (1963-83), prefix (1983-2001) and current (2001 onwards). For each quarter we take the median price in each format, smooth it over three quarters to reduce single-auction noise, and express it relative to the base year. Quarters with too few sales are left off rather than guessed. An index is a guide to direction, not a valuation. Mix matters: a month heavy with short dateless lots will read high regardless of underlying demand. For a specific registration, run it through the free valuer - it prices against comparable plates of the same format, not the market as a whole. Want to know where your own plate sits in this market? [Value my number plate](https://buyprivateplates.uk/plate-value-checker/) --- Source: https://buyprivateplates.uk/number-plate-price-trends/