BMW

2,137,180 BMW cars are licensed in the UK, and another 267,221 are declared off the road (SORN).

Licensed: 2,137,180taxed for the road
SORN: 267,221declared off the road
On the register: 2,404,401licensed + SORN
1-year change: +1.9%vs June 2025
Model pages: 102with a model recorded
Model unknown: 8,265no model recorded by DVLA

United Kingdom · DfT VEH0120 · 1994 to 2026 Q2

BMW cars on the register

LicensedSORN (stacked on top)

Quarter end	Licensed	SORN	Total
2026 Q2	2,137,180	267,221	2,404,401
2026 Q1	2,118,610	275,462	2,394,072
2025 Q4	2,110,033	270,486	2,380,519
2025 Q3	2,116,332	253,988	2,370,320
2025 Q2	2,109,787	249,159	2,358,946
2025 Q1	2,088,454	256,703	2,345,157
2024 Q4	2,071,632	253,252	2,324,884
2024 Q3	2,080,705	239,969	2,320,674
2024 Q2	2,078,911	234,905	2,313,816
2024 Q1	2,058,364	236,094	2,294,458
2023 Q4	2,045,163	235,140	2,280,303
2023 Q3	2,047,208	216,626	2,263,834
2023 Q2	2,046,631	209,525	2,256,156
2023 Q1	2,030,706	211,070	2,241,776
2022 Q4	2,027,622	213,641	2,241,263
2022 Q3	2,026,370	198,928	2,225,298
2022 Q2	2,020,437	193,541	2,213,978
2022 Q1	2,000,193	197,292	2,197,485
2021 Q4	1,989,352	199,100	2,188,452
2021 Q3	1,995,570	185,862	2,181,432
2021 Q2	1,991,315	183,243	2,174,558
2021 Q1	1,958,023	189,446	2,147,469
2020 Q4	1,944,317	191,406	2,135,723
2020 Q3	1,949,487	177,284	2,126,771
2020 Q2	1,925,864	178,661	2,104,525
2020 Q1	1,911,423	186,302	2,097,725
2019 Q4	1,917,867	174,260	2,092,127
2019 Q3	1,918,204	157,737	2,075,941
2019 Q2	1,898,509	152,010	2,050,519
2019 Q1	1,872,162	149,678	2,021,840
2018 Q4	1,845,274	152,136	1,997,410
2018 Q3	1,843,313	137,206	1,980,519
2018 Q2	1,823,676	131,742	1,955,418
2018 Q1	1,794,924	130,865	1,925,789
2017 Q4	1,771,605	132,225	1,903,830
2017 Q3	1,768,113	119,137	1,887,250
2017 Q2	1,745,342	114,309	1,859,651
2017 Q1	1,716,497	111,077	1,827,574
2016 Q4	1,688,901	111,076	1,799,977
2016 Q3	1,665,990	97,224	1,763,214
2016 Q2	1,642,411	92,051	1,734,462
2016 Q1	1,611,694	93,740	1,705,434
2015 Q4	1,582,874	91,587	1,674,461
2015 Q3	1,564,991	78,577	1,643,568
2015 Q2	1,540,454	75,629	1,616,083
2015 Q1	1,509,056	75,622	1,584,678
2014 Q4	1,486,006	77,596	1,563,602
2014 Q3	1,493,285	65,208	1,558,493
2014 Q2	1,438,668	62,302	1,500,970
2014 Q1	1,405,643	67,742	1,473,385
2013 Q4	1,384,210	69,127	1,453,337
2013 Q3	1,378,816	56,089	1,434,905
2013 Q2	1,357,370	57,150	1,414,520
2013 Q1	1,329,476	62,640	1,392,116
2012 Q4	1,314,714	62,197	1,376,911
2012 Q3	1,310,478	55,574	1,366,052
2012 Q2	1,296,713	55,550	1,352,263
2012 Q1	1,271,553	60,834	1,332,387
2011 Q4	1,256,834	62,495	1,319,329
2011 Q3	1,256,248	55,603	1,311,851
2011 Q2	1,246,165	54,142	1,300,307
2011 Q1	1,227,821	56,407	1,284,228
2010 Q4	1,215,614	56,092	1,271,706
2010 Q3	1,214,313	49,474	1,263,787
2010 Q2	1,199,602	48,756	1,248,358
2010 Q1	1,182,598	51,050	1,233,648
2009 Q4	1,175,720	50,958	1,226,678
2009 Q3	1,172,585	47,692	1,220,277
2009 Q2	1,160,028	49,060	1,209,088
2009 Q1	1,145,972	53,848	1,199,820
2008 Q4	1,134,754	55,310	1,190,064
2008 Q3	1,129,842	50,108	1,179,950
2007 Q4	1,089,089	49,818	1,138,907
2006 Q4	1,034,839	–	–
2005 Q4	983,028	–	–
2004 Q4	918,799	–	–
2003 Q4	857,520	–	–
2002 Q4	802,684	–	–
2001 Q4	747,962	–	–
2000 Q4	693,349	–	–
1999 Q4	649,159	–	–
1998 Q4	597,865	–	–
1997 Q4	558,294	–	–
1996 Q4	515,743	–	–
1995 Q4	469,310	–	–
1994 Q4	440,248	–	–

Includes cars with no model recorded. Figures cover Great Britain until June 2014 and the whole UK from September 2014, marked on the chart, when Northern Ireland records were added. SORN was only recorded from the end of 2007.

United Kingdom · VEH0120 · 2026 Q2

Models

Model	Licensed	SORN	1-year change	Peak licensed
3 Series	474,574	120,718	−2.9%	668,733 2014 Q3
1 Series	436,934	25,066	+0.7%	438,328 2024 Q2
5 Series	195,477	42,671	−2.6%	248,151 2019 Q2
2 Series	165,356	1,991	+5.2%	165,356 2026 Q2
X1	135,081	2,751	+8.7%	135,081 2026 Q2
X3	123,713	5,637	+4.6%	123,713 2026 Q2
4 Series	119,565	2,867	+0.5%	119,565 2026 Q2
X5	105,554	15,380	+2.2%	105,554 2026 Q2
I4	43,668	216	+26.2%	43,668 2026 Q2
Z4	31,382	5,671	−0.8%	34,318 2017 Q2
X2	28,357	175	+16.1%	28,357 2026 Q2
M3	19,413	8,879	+5.0%	20,396 2010 Q3
I3	25,229	503	+0.5%	25,837 2023 Q3
7 Series	16,606	7,675	−1.1%	33,687 1999 Q4
6 Series	19,336	4,710	−2.9%	24,958 2019 Q2
IX1	21,401	126	+32.8%	21,401 2026 Q2
IX3	20,580	63	+5.3%	20,580 2026 Q2
IX	20,105	220	+28.6%	20,105 2026 Q2
X4	19,288	329	+0.8%	19,538 2025 Q4
X6	15,673	1,482	−1.1%	16,179 2023 Q2
M4	15,258	1,059	+3.1%	15,258 2026 Q2
Z3	8,252	7,473	−1.9%	21,616 2003 Q4
I5	10,202	92	+51.2%	10,202 2026 Q2
M2	9,947	325	+10.7%	9,947 2026 Q2
IX2	10,053	149	+72.6%	10,053 2026 Q2
M5	7,356	2,441	+10.5%	7,356 2026 Q2
8 Series	7,415	1,238	+1.5%	7,415 2026 Q2
X7	6,786	198	+26.4%	6,786 2026 Q2
Z4 M	2,836	408	+5.4%	2,836 2026 Q2
X3 M	2,463	310	−6.0%	2,788 2023 Q1
I8	2,036	236	−0.9%	2,292 2019 Q4
I7	2,136	74	+22.0%	2,136 2026 Q2
X5 M	1,758	106	+2.9%	1,783 2026 Q1
XM	1,523	19	+80.4%	1,523 2026 Q2
M6	1,085	370	−0.5%	1,473 2018 Q2
X4 M	998	20	+0.2%	1,002 2025 Q4
2002	477	398	+1.7%	926 ≤1994
M8	794	52	−3.4%	828 2025 Q2
X6 M	658	72	+1.7%	680 2025 Q4
M Roadster	260	256	−0.8%	639 2002 Q4
M Coupe	237	251	−0.6%	570 2002 Q4
M535I	122	282	+2.5%	1,548 ≤1994
1 Series M	271	128	+3.4%	407 2012 Q2
CI Auto	157	218	+3.3%	529 1999 Q4
Alpina B3	336	30	+14.0%	336 2026 Q2
3.0 CS	131	132	+4.0%	143 2022 Q3
M635 CSI	72	186	−0.8%	338 ≤1994
Alpina D3	170	10	+5.9%	172 2025 Q4
2000	82	83	0.0%	154 ≤1994
1602	72	57	+4.9%	208 ≤1994
Alpina B5	113	6	+0.8%	114 2026 Q1
Z1	53	58	+1.8%	105 2003 Q4
Z8	48	60	+1.9%	143 2003 Q4
3.0 CSI	55	46	+2.0%	66 1998 Q4
Alpina XD3	71	1	−1.4%	74 2025 Q1
Alpina D4	59	2	−7.6%	63 2025 Q2
Alpina B4	60	1	+5.2%	61 2025 Q1
2500	18	35	+1.9%	107 ≤1994
1502	27	25	−1.9%	104 ≤1994
Alpina D5	47	1	+4.3%	49 2025 Q1
3.0 SI	24	20	+2.3%	43 ≤1994
Alpina B10	13	25	+5.6%	24 2008 Q4
2800	19	14	+6.5%	30 2001 Q4
3.0 S	15	17	+3.2%	25 1999 Q4
1600	17	10	0.0%	25 1998 Q4
700	17	6	0.0%	20 2019 Q1
Alpina XB7	21	1	+4.8%	21 2026 Q2
1800	13	3	−5.9%	17 2023 Q2
M1	5	8	0.0%	9 ≤1994
Fraser Nash	10	2	0.0%	13 2014 Q3
3.3 L	8	2	+11.1%	19 ≤1994
Alpina B8	8	1	+28.6%	8 2026 Q2
Alpina B7	4	2	−14.3%	6 2023 Q2
1802	4	0	+33.3%	4 1996 Q4
Alpina D10	0	3	0.0%	2 2008 Q3
3000	2	1	0.0%	2 2018 Q2
C1	1	2	0.0%	3 2009 Q4
Alpina B12	0	2	−33.3%	2 2003 Q4
3.0 CSL	1	1	0.0%	2 2023 Q3
3200	1	1	0.0%	10 2002 Q4
3.0 L	2	0	0.0%	20 ≤1994
R 45	1	0	–	1 2025 Q3
1500	1	0	0.0%	4 2003 Q4
Alpina B6	1	0	0.0%	2 2020 Q4
R 100 RT	0	1	0.0%	2 2007 Q4
K 75	0	1	0.0%	4 2007 Q4
R 850 RT	0	1	0.0%	1 2008 Q3
F 800 R	0	0	–	1 2019 Q2
R 65	0	0	–	1 1995 Q4
R 1200 C	0	0	–	1 1998 Q4
R 1100 R	0	0	–	2 2006 Q4
R 1100 S	0	0	–	2 1999 Q4
R 1100 RT	0	0	–	2 1998 Q4
R 850 R	0	0	–	1 1998 Q4
R 1200 R	0	0	–	1 2007 Q4
LSL	0	0	–	2 1998 Q4
K 1100	0	0	–	1 2001 Q4
K1	0	0	–	1 1995 Q4
F 650 GS	0	0	–	1 2006 Q4
F 650	0	0	–	4 1996 Q4
K 100	0	0	–	2 2005 Q4
R 1100 RS	0	0	–	1 ≤1994