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HOW MANY VOLVO ARE LEFT?

There are 815,463 VOLVO left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 96,568 VOLVO that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more VOLVO, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 1996 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2024 Q3.

In the last 10 years the total number of VOLVO has gained 284,272. Licensed models have increased by 226,456 and the SORNed total has increased by 57,816.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 165,623 VOLVO models. Taxed models have grown by 153,715 and the SORNed total has increased by 11,908.

89% of the surviving 912,031 VOLVO in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY VOLVO ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q4815,4900815,490815,490
1995 Q4807,4740807,474-8,016
1996 Q4816,1520816,1528,678
1997 Q4814,0550814,055-2,097
1998 Q4802,5710802,571-11,484
1999 Q4794,1810794,181-8,390
2000 Q4768,5150768,515-25,666
2001 Q4746,3460746,346-22,169
2002 Q4719,1180719,118-27,228
2003 Q4686,7070686,707-32,411
2004 Q4667,2190667,219-19,488
2005 Q4647,4990647,499-19,720
2006 Q4618,6260618,626-28,873
2007 Q4601,81731,770633,58714,961
2008 Q3593,22430,580623,804-9,783
2008 Q4589,12332,679621,802-2,002
2009 Q1587,26632,956620,222-1,580
2009 Q2583,64631,443615,089-5,133
2009 Q3580,75330,748611,501-3,588
2009 Q4580,41331,297611,710209
2010 Q1581,07230,703611,77565
2010 Q2583,00129,701612,702927
2010 Q3581,74430,281612,025-677
2010 Q4578,51330,685609,198-2,827
2011 Q1577,69630,705608,401-797
2011 Q2576,16630,050606,216-2,185
2011 Q3573,78930,465604,254-1,962
2011 Q4569,40031,317600,717-3,537
2012 Q1568,24931,074599,323-1,394
2012 Q2568,12429,498597,622-1,701
2012 Q3566,33628,921595,257-2,365
2012 Q4563,84730,325594,172-1,085
2013 Q1563,40029,780593,180-992
2013 Q2564,17629,094593,27090
2013 Q3562,53928,594591,133-2,137
2013 Q4560,56034,150594,7103,577
2014 Q1562,58333,814596,3971,687
2014 Q2567,19832,551599,7493,352
2014 Q3584,71634,231618,94719,198
2014 Q4581,52636,887618,413-534
2015 Q1585,63837,573623,2114,798
2015 Q2589,00738,752627,7594,548
2015 Q3592,58840,173632,7615,002
2015 Q4595,36643,512638,8786,117
2016 Q1600,01045,959645,9697,091
2016 Q2603,63146,690650,3214,352
2016 Q3607,18148,181655,3625,041
2016 Q4613,28551,447664,7329,370
2017 Q1618,35252,474670,8266,094
2017 Q2622,41354,376676,7895,963
2017 Q3625,85955,367681,2264,437
2017 Q4626,29058,679684,9693,743
2018 Q1631,98858,997690,9856,016
2018 Q2635,69359,780695,4734,488
2018 Q3640,52061,394701,9146,441
2018 Q4644,72264,712709,4347,520
2019 Q1652,95965,538718,4979,063
2019 Q2660,21966,608726,8278,330
2019 Q3667,69468,181735,8759,048
2019 Q4670,42772,287742,7146,839
2020 Q1659,19385,802744,9952,281
2020 Q2661,74884,660746,4081,413
2020 Q3678,20079,344757,54411,136
2020 Q4685,04081,888766,9289,384
2021 Q1694,04782,072776,1199,191
2021 Q2705,07780,314785,3919,272
2021 Q3707,36380,531787,8942,503
2021 Q4712,22882,504794,7326,838
2022 Q1716,46283,228799,6904,958
2022 Q2721,38183,702805,0835,393
2022 Q3724,60584,577809,1824,099
2022 Q4730,28487,126817,4108,228
2023 Q1735,15187,992823,1435,733
2023 Q2743,10388,725831,8288,685
2023 Q3747,93290,720838,6526,824
2023 Q4753,07294,522847,5948,942
2024 Q1761,25896,460857,71810,124
2024 Q2772,41496,866869,28011,562
2024 Q3783,46397,063880,52611,246
2024 Q4793,26996,207889,4768,950
2025 Q1806,27395,821902,09412,618
2025 Q2815,46396,568912,0319,937

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.