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HOW MANY BMW ARE LEFT?

There are 2,218,479 BMW left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 296,087 BMW that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more BMW, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 2025 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

In the last 10 years the total number of BMW has gained 807,557. Licensed models have increased by 608,074 and the SORNed total has increased by 199,483.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 290,045 BMW models. Taxed models have grown by 208,537 and the SORNed total has increased by 81,508.

88% of the surviving 2,514,566 BMW in the UK are still on the road.

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HOW MANY BMW ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q4463,6480463,648463,648
1995 Q4493,0080493,00829,360
1996 Q4540,4250540,42547,417
1997 Q4584,3650584,36543,940
1998 Q4625,4710625,47141,106
1999 Q4678,0460678,04652,575
2000 Q4723,5490723,54945,503
2001 Q4780,8350780,83557,286
2002 Q4838,4090838,40957,574
2003 Q4896,4110896,41158,002
2004 Q4960,7080960,70864,297
2005 Q41,028,37001,028,37067,662
2006 Q41,082,59901,082,59954,229
2007 Q41,139,56861,8671,201,435118,836
2008 Q31,185,38860,1081,245,49644,061
2008 Q41,187,80768,6921,256,49911,003
2009 Q11,199,36466,9821,266,3469,847
2009 Q21,218,03160,3681,278,39912,053
2009 Q31,230,92758,5291,289,45611,057
2009 Q41,231,16965,2761,296,4456,989
2010 Q11,238,01065,4031,303,4136,968
2010 Q21,259,62361,1321,320,75517,342
2010 Q31,274,81061,2571,336,06715,312
2010 Q41,271,76572,5291,344,2948,227
2011 Q11,284,54572,0641,356,60912,315
2011 Q21,307,83267,5451,375,37718,768
2011 Q31,317,85668,6601,386,51611,139
2011 Q41,314,87280,0231,394,8958,379
2012 Q11,329,77077,7861,407,55612,661
2012 Q21,359,13970,2321,429,37121,815
2012 Q31,373,30069,0731,442,37313,002
2012 Q41,373,23681,3771,454,61312,240
2013 Q11,387,27381,5941,468,86714,254
2013 Q21,421,03473,3641,494,39825,531
2013 Q31,443,30570,4931,513,79819,400
2013 Q41,443,92891,7381,535,66621,868
2014 Q11,465,92087,6271,553,54717,881
2014 Q21,505,34680,3001,585,64632,099
2014 Q31,562,27184,3731,646,64460,998
2014 Q41,549,085102,4091,651,4944,850
2015 Q11,572,62697,9581,670,58419,090
2015 Q21,610,40596,6041,707,00936,425
2015 Q31,636,607100,2581,736,86529,856
2015 Q41,650,080118,9031,768,98332,118
2016 Q11,680,174120,1421,800,31631,333
2016 Q21,717,180115,2911,832,47132,155
2016 Q31,742,325121,2771,863,60231,131
2016 Q41,760,460141,1711,901,63138,029
2017 Q11,789,589138,2571,927,84626,215
2017 Q21,824,851140,8011,965,65237,806
2017 Q31,848,551146,5591,995,11029,458
2017 Q41,845,672166,1072,011,77916,669
2018 Q11,869,669162,0622,031,73119,952
2018 Q21,905,621160,4602,066,08134,350
2018 Q31,926,427167,2532,093,68027,599
2018 Q41,921,679189,4682,111,14717,467
2019 Q11,950,949183,1902,134,13922,992
2019 Q21,983,530183,5692,167,09932,960
2019 Q32,004,151190,9582,195,10928,010
2019 Q41,996,764214,7642,211,52816,419
2020 Q11,989,530227,4352,216,9655,437
2020 Q22,009,942214,5792,224,5217,556
2020 Q32,036,856213,7272,250,58326,062
2020 Q42,024,142235,8472,259,9899,406
2021 Q12,038,482230,0862,268,5688,579
2021 Q22,082,134220,1032,302,23733,669
2021 Q32,088,297223,2442,311,5419,304
2021 Q42,074,709244,8962,319,6058,064
2022 Q12,088,683238,7672,327,4507,845
2022 Q22,116,481231,8422,348,32320,873
2022 Q32,123,583238,5432,362,12613,803
2022 Q42,116,707262,1722,378,87916,753
2023 Q12,122,077254,9902,377,067-1,812
2023 Q22,147,484250,4442,397,92820,861
2023 Q32,148,351258,9872,407,3389,410
2023 Q42,136,497287,5352,424,03216,694
2024 Q12,153,294283,4972,436,79112,759
2024 Q22,183,170279,1182,462,28825,497
2024 Q32,185,307285,5622,470,8698,581
2024 Q42,166,365308,6812,475,0464,177
2025 Q12,186,262312,0432,498,30523,259
2025 Q22,218,479296,0872,514,56616,261

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA vehicle licensing statistics last updated 23/10/2025.