The Most Expensive Number Plate Sales

The 15 Most Expensive UK Number Plate Sales of Each Year: 2016–2025

Private number plates can sell for extraordinary amounts, particularly when they feature a single letter, a single number, desirable initials or a recognisable word. Below are the 15 most expensive publicly recorded UK number plate sales from each year between 2016 and 2025.

The figures shown are the total recorded sale prices, including auction fees and VAT where applicable. Many private transactions are never publicly disclosed, so only sales with publicly available price information have been included. You can also explore thousands of recorded UK number plate sales from across all years.

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2025

1 F – £926,000
1 E – £900,000
U 1 – £750,000
JB 1 – £608,600
DB 1 – £437,000
JK 1 – £336,000
1 GR – £280,000
Y 6 – £275,000
HC 1 – £229,500
FN 1 – £190,000
EB 1 – £177,000
LO 1 – £135,520
52 O – £131,061
1 HL – £124,320
101 O – £116,950

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2024

KS 1 – £285,000
WO 1 – £212,400
JK 1 – £209,300
WN 1 – £138,200
1 BTC – £123,277
1 UN – £108,272
L1 BYA – £102,800
XO 1 – £98,560
SW 3 – £95,944
1 WLK – £93,825
VU 1 – £91,120
47 O – £89,893
YZ 1 – £89,600
CB 4 – £81,200
S 23 – £78,256

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2023

5 R – £336,000
1 SJ – £169,700
1 GO – £145,200
H1 NDU – £143,901
6 OO – £137,200
1 DEO – £136,300
1 LV – £125,700
OO 3 – £124,700
42 O – £124,204
DEO 1S – £102,813
5 PS – £93,745
67 O – £93,616
82 O – £89,880
81 LL – £87,904
MAR 1E – £81,472

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2022

DL 1 – £330,096
E 4 – £250,100
HH 1 – £240,116
Y 6 – £219,000
TOY 5 – £156,000
1 OC – £103,350
PAT 3K – £100,165
12 O – £90,217
75 O – £89,893
1 XD – £82,680
PAK 157N – £82,060
66 O – £81,033
19 J – £79,500
53 NGH – £78,337
1 XT – £77,910

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2021

RH 1 – £390,176
SR 1 – £337,500
X 7 – £310,100
DEV 1L – £308,253
SG 1 – £300,100
SW 5 – £300,100
1 AA – £250,208
KO 1 – £250,116
DW 1 – £238,360
3 E – £230,000
LSK 1 – £205,520
1 RG – £200,000
6 S – £200,000
8 X – £197,800
TB 2 – £180,000

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2020

FH 1 – £278,543
7 R – £250,180
GL 1 – £240,096
O 9 – £216,000
O 10 – £128,800
RR 3 – £126,500
LFC 1 – £125,063
86 A – £111,814
J42 MES – £102,826
1 WWW – £95,930
4 RS – £95,029
IG 5 – £87,659
45 S – £65,695
88 O – £57,819
HR 4 – £55,384

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2019

SH 1 – £415,143
T 6 – £330,000
AJ 1 – £315,900
KB 1 – £300,000
IG 1 – £287,792
DS 1 – £287,500
3 F – £250,207
U 8 – £166,750
SUE 1 – £161,000
6 X – £128,800
51 CK – £87,312
202 O – £68,052
GEN 11 – £59,000
32 O – £50,544
37 O – £46,786

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2018

RR 1 – £472,000
1 K – £350,000
D 5 – £250,096
NS 1 – £250,096
D 2 – £203,100
TAX 1 – £91,650
33 O – £73,188
RRM 1 – £67,500
200 O – £59,064
1 SVR – £58,400
5 OPH – £58,400
1 RAN – £51,500
812 FER – £49,248
27 O – £48,859
29 O – £43,416

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2017

1 DS – £260,000
CA 1 – £230,000
AB 1 – £160,000
7 Y – £100,000
JSK 1 – £72,835
96 O – £67,410
45 O – £66,096
812 S – £58,968
35 O – £58,400
1 HSV – £53,286
72 O – £51,840
111 G – £51,840
28 O – £49,248
CO17 RAD – £48,872
8088 Y – £40,435

Top 15 Number Plate Sales of 2016

S 5 – £270,300
GN 1 – £260,146
T 6 – £163,900
FU 2 – £152,700
60 O – £123,200
LN 1 – £88,350
918 S – £85,536
5 UV – £66,096
675 LTS – £60,264
1 SUV – £59,875
SKY 1 – £55,460
111 O – £54,432
40 OOO – £54,432
85 O – £52,488
LN 2 – £44,755

What do the most expensive number plate sales have in common?

Short dateless registrations dominate the highest-value sales across the decade. Plates containing the number 1, single-letter combinations and registrations featuring desirable initials consistently achieved some of the strongest prices.

Use the Number Plate Sales Explorer to search recorded sales from every year and filter results by price, registration format, date and letter combination.