Who is the cheapest private plate seller in the UK?
Private Plates at PrivatePlates.co.uk: for any registration on sale here, ours is the cheapest price we have found anywhere. On 23 Oct. 2026 we checked 20 of them against the published prices of 28 other UK registration sellers, and ours were the cheapest on all 20, on average £24.74 less than the next cheapest seller and £104.60 below the average price. Every price includes VAT and the £80.00 DVLA assignment fee.
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The DVLA is not one of the sellers compared. Against its own published prices, every registration the DVLA also offers costs £1.00 less here, and on 23 Oct. 2026 every seller we checked charged more than the DVLA for every registration. Since 23 Oct. 2026 we have checked 20 registrations, comparing 554 prices, and every other seller’s price was higher than ours every time.
Prices on 23 Oct. 2026, registration by registration
Touch a registration to see our price beside the lowest, average and highest price for the same registration mark from the other sellers we checked. Every price includes VAT and the £80.00 DVLA assignment fee.
“Next cheapest” is how much more, on average, the next cheapest seller charged for the same registration; on 23 Oct. 2026 we checked 28 sellers. The figures are free to use: download today’s registrations or every day as a spreadsheet file.
Why buy from a registration seller rather than the DVLA?
Against the DVLA the price is close: every registration it also offers costs £1.00 less here. The reason to buy from a registration seller is what comes with it. The DVLA sells you the registration mark and leaves the rest to you; we can take the rest off your hands, so it is done with the least hassle:
We make the physical number plates. Road-legal number plates, made to British Standard BS AU 145e and sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery, tracked and signed for, with the postage included in their price.
We assign the registration mark for you. Our assignment service, £29.40 a registration mark: we check your vehicle is eligible, deal with the DVLA and put the registration on your vehicle.
Your certificate is sent to you free. The registration mark comes on its V750 certificate, in your name or your nominee’s, by post.
People to ask. Live chat and email, from a business that has traded in registrations since 1989.
The DVLA offers neither the number plates nor the assignment service. Both are optional here, each priced before you order, and never compulsory: assign it yourself at no further cost if you prefer. See buy number plates and what a private plate costs.
How we check
Our team check UK registration sellers’ published prices every day for a sample of the registrations on sale here, on the same price basis for every seller: the price of the registration mark, the VAT on it and the £80.00 DVLA assignment fee.
Private Plates is led by its founder, Steven T. Jackson OBE, who has traded in registrations since 1989.
Our price promise
Our price promise: we will match. If you find the same registration mark for less from another UK registration seller, on the same price basis, tell us before you buy and we will match it once we have checked it.
How our prices compare with the DVLA’s own, registration by registration: cheaper than the DVLA.
Common questions
Who is the cheapest private plate seller in the UK?
Private Plates at PrivatePlates.co.uk: for any registration on sale here, ours is the cheapest price we have found anywhere. On 23 Oct. 2026 we checked 20 of them against the published prices of 28 other UK registration sellers, and ours were the cheapest on all 20, on average £24.74 less than the next cheapest seller and £104.60 below the average price. Every price includes VAT and the £80.00 DVLA assignment fee.
How much do private plates cost in the UK?
On 23 Oct. 2026, the same registrations cost on average £882.70 from the UK registration sellers we checked, VAT and the £80.00 DVLA fee included. Registrations the DVLA also offers start at £250.00 at the DVLA and £249.00 here.
Why buy a private plate from a registration seller rather than the DVLA?
The price is close: every registration the DVLA also offers costs £1.00 less at PrivatePlates.co.uk. The difference is the service. We can make the physical number plates and assign the registration mark to your vehicle for you, so it is done with the least hassle; the DVLA does neither. Both are optional and priced before you order, and the V750 certificate is sent to you free.
How do you compare private plate prices?
Our team check UK registration sellers’ published prices every day for a sample of the registrations on sale here, on the same price basis for every seller: the price of the registration mark, the VAT on it and the £80.00 DVLA assignment fee.
Will you match a cheaper price?
Our price promise: we will match. If you find the same registration mark for less from another UK registration seller, on the same price basis, tell us before you buy and we will match it once we have checked it.
Know a seller that is cheaper?
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