Vehicle licensing statistics: July to September 2025
Licensed and registered motor vehicle statistics in Great Britain and the United Kingdom for July to September 2025.
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Comparing 2025 Quarter 3 (July to September) with 2024 Quarter 3 (July to September), in the UK there were:
- 696,000 vehicles registered for the first time, an increase of 3% (VEH0150)
- 135,000 vehicles registered for the first time that were zero emission, an increase of 23% (VEH1153a)
- 124,000 cars registered for the first time that were zero emission, an increase of 21%
As at September 2025, compared to September 2024, in the UK there were:
- 42.4 million licensed vehicles, an increase of 1% (VEH0101a)
- 1,759,000 licensed zero emission vehicles, an increase of 36% (VEH1103a), including 1,630,000 zero emission cars, an increase of 37%
As at September 2025, zero emission vehicles accounted for 4.2% of all licensed road using vehicles, an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to September 2024.
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