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HOW MANY FORD ARE LEFT?

There are 5,253,831 FORD left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 667,349 FORD that are currently SORNED.

The total number of FORD was highest during 1994 Q4 (6,425,367). The number taxed topped out in 1994 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 504,187 (8%) FORD have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of FORD has gained 187,951. Licensed models have fallen by 181,756 and the SORNed total has increased by 369,707.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 36,927 FORD models. Taxed models have declined by 155,571 and the SORNed total has increased by 118,644.

89% of the surviving 5,921,180 FORD in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY FORD ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q46,425,36706,425,3676,425,367
1995 Q46,338,42606,338,426-86,941
1996 Q46,419,71006,419,71081,284
1997 Q46,388,37506,388,375-31,335
1998 Q46,265,48406,265,484-122,891
1999 Q46,178,11706,178,117-87,367
2000 Q46,030,01406,030,014-148,103
2001 Q45,975,74705,975,747-54,267
2002 Q45,871,23605,871,236-104,511
2003 Q45,729,35605,729,356-141,880
2004 Q45,674,71905,674,719-54,637
2005 Q45,567,93605,567,936-106,783
2006 Q45,435,50005,435,500-132,436
2007 Q45,406,372268,1295,674,501239,001
2008 Q35,402,361245,4505,647,811-26,690
2008 Q45,370,372261,5695,631,941-15,870
2009 Q15,381,726256,9305,638,6566,715
2009 Q25,375,783244,7535,620,536-18,120
2009 Q35,354,517240,1805,594,697-25,839
2009 Q45,325,268249,3935,574,661-20,036
2010 Q15,330,116244,4175,574,533-128
2010 Q25,335,475235,7315,571,206-3,327
2010 Q35,336,717235,2455,571,962756
2010 Q45,295,931246,5285,542,459-29,503
2011 Q15,307,961243,0965,551,0578,598
2011 Q25,302,490235,2655,537,755-13,302
2011 Q35,296,437230,8155,527,252-10,503
2011 Q45,262,497242,5625,505,059-22,193
2012 Q15,271,826235,6865,507,5122,453
2012 Q25,279,093222,8695,501,962-5,550
2012 Q35,284,738216,3685,501,106-856
2012 Q45,265,491229,9705,495,461-5,645
2013 Q15,275,813226,5945,502,4076,946
2013 Q25,300,423219,1155,519,53817,131
2013 Q35,303,813214,7195,518,532-1,006
2013 Q45,284,322258,6225,542,94424,412
2014 Q15,309,082255,9285,565,01022,066
2014 Q25,343,492243,0285,586,52021,510
2014 Q35,462,001252,9805,714,981128,461
2014 Q45,398,305276,0135,674,318-40,663
2015 Q15,418,212285,8745,704,08629,768
2015 Q25,435,587297,6425,733,22929,143
2015 Q35,446,765313,5805,760,34527,116
2015 Q45,441,178346,0815,787,25926,914
2016 Q15,478,258363,3285,841,58654,327
2016 Q25,484,975366,3725,851,3479,761
2016 Q35,488,448381,0395,869,48718,140
2016 Q45,511,989409,1145,921,10351,616
2017 Q15,537,739411,4845,949,22328,120
2017 Q25,537,245421,9865,959,23110,008
2017 Q35,534,128427,9305,962,0582,827
2017 Q45,504,174449,7825,953,956-8,102
2018 Q15,508,053450,9685,959,0215,065
2018 Q25,507,271449,0825,956,353-2,668
2018 Q35,509,227458,7395,967,96611,613
2018 Q45,491,787481,6475,973,4345,468
2019 Q15,498,070480,8715,978,9415,507
2019 Q25,504,012482,9795,986,9918,050
2019 Q35,507,162496,9126,004,07417,083
2019 Q45,483,162519,6916,002,853-1,221
2020 Q15,426,455555,8605,982,315-20,538
2020 Q25,409,402548,7055,958,107-24,208
2020 Q35,442,921541,2875,984,20826,101
2020 Q45,407,717563,1545,970,871-13,337
2021 Q15,405,516567,4975,973,0132,142
2021 Q25,434,212552,1025,986,31413,301
2021 Q35,407,209553,4745,960,683-25,631
2021 Q45,377,379571,8315,949,210-11,473
2022 Q15,362,840571,3425,934,182-15,028
2022 Q25,373,366563,8645,937,2303,048
2022 Q35,367,766570,3765,938,142912
2022 Q45,360,983591,8365,952,81914,677
2023 Q15,351,553591,3805,942,933-9,886
2023 Q25,361,681591,3775,953,05810,125
2023 Q35,357,516602,4105,959,9266,868
2023 Q45,335,027629,8425,964,8694,943
2024 Q15,319,288639,8395,959,127-5,742
2024 Q25,315,114640,3465,955,460-3,667
2024 Q35,298,086648,1775,946,263-9,197
2024 Q45,265,069661,0495,926,118-20,145
2025 Q15,261,676668,4555,930,1314,013
2025 Q25,253,831667,3495,921,180-8,951

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.