KIA

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HOW MANY KIA ARE LEFT?

There are 1,261,463 KIA left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 35,130 KIA that are currently SORNED.

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

In the last 10 years the total number of KIA has gained 727,556. Licensed models have increased by 701,111 and the SORNed total has increased by 26,445.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 390,284 KIA models. Taxed models have grown by 378,786 and the SORNed total has increased by 11,498.

97% of the surviving 1,296,593 KIA in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY KIA ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q412,926012,92612,926
1995 Q416,837016,8373,911
1996 Q421,199021,1994,362
1997 Q425,643025,6434,444
1998 Q428,095028,0952,452
1999 Q434,026034,0265,931
2000 Q444,478044,47810,452
2001 Q454,977054,97710,499
2002 Q465,148065,14810,171
2003 Q482,704082,70417,556
2004 Q4111,3810111,38128,677
2005 Q4143,1900143,19031,809
2006 Q4170,6400170,64027,450
2007 Q4193,5254,329197,85427,214
2008 Q3212,5924,599217,19119,337
2008 Q4216,0344,931220,9653,774
2009 Q1224,3584,950229,3088,343
2009 Q2233,5324,623238,1558,847
2009 Q3246,4654,307250,77212,617
2009 Q4260,0504,995265,04514,273
2010 Q1279,1224,799283,92118,876
2010 Q2290,5805,111295,69111,770
2010 Q3300,7485,849306,59710,906
2010 Q4307,1395,959313,0986,501
2011 Q1319,2645,886325,15012,052
2011 Q2328,7815,778334,5599,409
2011 Q3340,9476,084347,03112,472
2011 Q4347,3556,685354,0407,009
2012 Q1362,7156,660369,37515,335
2012 Q2376,4945,954382,44813,073
2012 Q3392,8085,694398,50216,054
2012 Q4403,0965,747408,84310,341
2013 Q1418,4015,684424,08515,242
2013 Q2432,8175,557438,37414,289
2013 Q3449,3105,802455,11216,738
2013 Q4459,1166,498465,61410,502
2014 Q1476,2746,866483,14017,526
2014 Q2493,0216,385499,40616,266
2014 Q3521,9336,880528,81329,407
2014 Q4528,4327,621536,0537,240
2015 Q1546,3787,925554,30318,250
2015 Q2560,3528,685569,03714,734
2015 Q3576,5109,348585,85816,821
2015 Q4585,78910,441596,23010,372
2016 Q1606,05711,052617,10920,879
2016 Q2624,29711,686635,98318,874
2016 Q3645,58012,362657,94221,959
2016 Q4659,47713,481672,95815,016
2017 Q1682,46013,468695,92822,970
2017 Q2698,71513,926712,64116,713
2017 Q3717,18614,591731,77719,136
2017 Q4727,57915,496743,07511,298
2018 Q1750,10515,522765,62722,552
2018 Q2765,85515,848781,70316,076
2018 Q3785,87016,533802,40320,700
2018 Q4796,78317,423814,20611,803
2019 Q1819,79117,564837,35523,149
2019 Q2836,84518,523855,36818,013
2019 Q3857,19519,358876,55321,185
2019 Q4869,16520,502889,66713,114
2020 Q1877,84823,427901,27511,608
2020 Q2882,67723,632906,3095,034
2020 Q3905,26823,033928,30121,992
2020 Q4910,18424,676934,8606,559
2021 Q1924,56825,281949,84914,989
2021 Q2949,17724,052973,22923,380
2021 Q3969,83123,941993,77220,543
2021 Q4980,04524,4641,004,50910,737
2022 Q11,003,71524,9361,028,65124,142
2022 Q21,024,38624,7461,049,13220,481
2022 Q31,042,86325,4531,068,31619,184
2022 Q41,055,44126,3431,081,78413,468
2023 Q11,079,88926,7461,106,63524,851
2023 Q21,100,05926,9231,126,98220,347
2023 Q31,123,76128,0101,151,77124,789
2023 Q41,134,51629,4041,163,92012,149
2024 Q11,160,17730,5191,190,69626,776
2024 Q21,182,19330,8501,213,04322,347
2024 Q31,205,03931,5251,236,56423,521
2024 Q41,215,07033,3141,248,38411,820
2025 Q11,240,84734,6641,275,51127,127
2025 Q21,261,46335,1301,296,59321,082

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.