How Rare Is Your Car? Dutch License Plate Count

Enter a Dutch license plate to see how many vehicles of the same make, model, year and color are registered in the Netherlands.

We don't store the license plate. We only use it for this lookup.

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Enter a Dutch license plate to see how many vehicles of the same make and model, from the same year and in the same color, are registered in the Netherlands.

Please note: The counts come from the public vehicle register of the RDW, the Dutch vehicle authority, and are updated every week. We count vehicles with a Dutch license plate that have not been exported. They are about vehicles, not about their owners.

How it works

Is anyone else driving exactly the same car? Enter a Dutch license plate to see how many vehicles of the same make and model are registered in the Netherlands, and how many of those are from the same year and in the same color.

We count every vehicle in the public vehicle register of the RDW, the Dutch vehicle authority, except the exported ones. We do this again every week, when we fetch the register. We count per kind of vehicle, such as car, motorcycle or trailer, per make and per model name as the RDW records it.

The year is the year of first registration, also when that was outside the Netherlands. The color is the first color in the register. The rank compares the make and the model with all others of the same kind.

Frequently asked questions

Why is the same model listed under different names?

The RDW records the model name as the manufacturer or importer gives it. The same car can appear under several names, such as GOLF and GOLF VARIANT. We count per name.

Are exported cars counted?

No. A vehicle that has been exported is left out. If the vehicle of the license plate itself has been exported, you see how many are left.

What do you do with the license plate?

We only use it to look up the make, model, year and color. We don't store it. The counts are about vehicles, not about their owners.

About the data

Dutch vehicle register and recalls

The technical details of every Dutch registration and the recalls of manufacturers, from the RDW.

Fetched by us
October 9, 2026, every week
Made by
RDW
License
CC0 1.0 (publiek domein)

We check the inspection date, export and recalls with the RDW at every lookup. Details that say something about the owner, such as insurance, are left out. View the source. (opens in a new tab)

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