Personalised Number Plates – Love or Hate them

A bit like Marmite, Personalised Number Plates, you either love or hate them. Whatever your preference, sales have more than doubled over the past decade.

More than 1.2 million transactions took place in 2024, up from about 500,00 in 2014 according to data from DVLA ( Driver and Vehicle Licvensing Agency)

You can purchase cherished number plates from as little as £20 (excluding vat and transfer fee) but the more lucrative plates and combinations can fetch in excess of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The value depends on the popularity of the combination of numbers and letters. The DVLA raised £276m for the government from personalised registrations in the last financial year.

Once thought as purchased by the older generation, personalised number plates are now being sought after by the younger generation. The various social media platforms are a great way of showcasing their cherished number plates as well as the many groups and pages relating to them and people in the car scene are often known by their distinctive number plates.

Personalised number plates are not just for personal use, they are also a great way to advertise your Business or Company.

We have many thousands of number plate combinations, and using our searchable database, are sure we have something for everyone.

Fun Number Plates – perfect if you don’t want your initials and you just want something amusing or naughty.

Bargain or Cheap Number Plates – not wanting to spend a great deal but want to take the age off your vehicle, have an older car that looks in great condition and don’t want to share its age, then these are the ones to buy.

Prefix and Current Style Number Plates – want your initials and don’t want to spend a small fortune then these type of number plates start from £250

Antique or Dateless Number Plates – these are non dating number plates and can go on any year of vehicle, these type of number plates tend to be more expensive.

Have a question or query? then give one of our Sales Staff a call on 0116 235 0116

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