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DVLA number plates are private registrations issued and recorded by the DVLA, available to buy from £40 plus VAT and the DVLA fee. Yellowhite is a DVLA-registered dealer with 71 million plates to search and a transfer service that handles the paperwork from start to finish. Whether you want a short dateless registration, your initials or a name, you can find it, buy it and have it assigned to your vehicle without dealing with the DVLA yourself. No faff.

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Buy DVLA number plates from a registered dealer

Yellowhite is proud to be a DVLA-registered supplier of personalised number plates and that gives you a much larger resale market: millions of registrations already held by private sellers, some exclusive to us only. That is why searching here returns 71 million plates using our powerful search machine.

What happens when you buy a DVLA number plate from us, because it matters when you are spending money: we register and get private plates certified quickly and securely with the DVLA. We find it for you, print super quality physical plates and manage the assignment onto your vehicle. Everything in one place and none of the admin.

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Thousands of UK drivers have bought their DVLA plates through Yellowhite. Here is what they say.

Imal.

What a easy simple service from Yellow white, recivied the certificate very quickly. Had a few questions rang spk to dil he was fantastic answered all question explained everything also followed up with email 5* service would use an recommend these guys

Roger B.

Very happy with service. Very quick and love 3D design Thank you. Roger

Raymond L.

Dylan made everything straight forward and took care off everything

Laura F.

Staff at Yellowhite are very friendly, helpful and helped me out so much would highly recommend them great service and quick delivery and quick response with getting back to me

Michael H.

Prompt, polite transaction dealt with extremely well. Received plates and all documentation in literally three days - amazing, professional service and cheapest quote for our plate of choice. 👏👏

S. Beesley.

Love love love my new Reg. Fast service! More like 5 star.. But leaving as 4 simply due to check out being a bit confusing - or regarding customisation - I didn't realise you have to click on the html link within the written text, to chose customisation...

How buying a DVLA number plate works

Search 71 million DVLA number plates

1. Search

Search 71 million plates and find the one you want.

Buy a DVLA number plate from £40

2. Buy

Buy it online from £40 plus VAT and the DVLA fee.

Yellowhite DVLA transfer service

3. We transfer

We handle the DVLA assignment and all the paperwork for you. See our DVLA number plate transfer service for the detail.

Physical number plates delivered free

4. Plates arrive

Your physical plates arrive, free and fast, ready to fit once the registration is assigned.

If you are not sure a plate suits your vehicle, check the age rule first with our free vehicle age checker.

DVLA, cherished and personalised plates explained

These terms overlap, which trips people up. DVLA number plates is the broad term for any private registration the DVLA issues or records. Cherished number plates are the older, dateless registrations with no year identifier, the rarest and most collectable. Personalised plates is the everyday phrase for any registration chosen to spell a name, initials or a word. Whatever you call it, the buying and transfer process through Yellowhite is the same, and every plate we sell is genuine DVLA endorsed stock, even if they come from private sellers (we make 100% sure of that or your money back).

For the documents involved, our guide to DVLA documents explained covers the V5C, V750, V778 and V317.

DVLA number plate FAQs

All registrations, from personalised or private plates to stock plates on your vehicle issued in the UK are DVLA number plates. A registered dealer like Yellowhite lists all DVLA stock alongside thousands of exclusive and privately held registrations on the resale market, so you see far more choice in one search.

This is a great question we get and Yellowhite is a DVLA-registered dealer, an independent reseller legally recognised by the DVLA to buy, sell and transfer registrations. The DVLA is the government agency that issues and records plates. They have strict rules for registrations that we uphold, to ensure we can handle everything for you, from purchase, to printing plates to transferring the registration on to your vehicle. No faff. So yes, we handle the buying and the transfer paperwork on your behalf.

We have some great registrations at great prices. DVLA plates start from £40 plus VAT and the DVLA fee. The price rises with how short, memorable or sought-after the combination is, so a long dateless plate costs less than a clean set of initials.

The DVLA charges an £80 assignment fee to put a private registration onto a vehicle. It is separate from the plate price and the VAT but it is not subject to VAT.

Yellowhite can complete a transfer within the same day that we have a certified registration. This goes the same for a transfer straight from another vehicle and we manage the whole process and keep you updated. There is nothing you need at the point of purchase and we will ask you for a snap of your logbook after purchase.

Yes. Almost any UK-registered vehicle that is taxed or on a SORN can get a DVLA number plate, with one main rule: a plate cannot make a vehicle look newer than it is. Check your vehicle's age with our free vehicle age checker tool before you buy.

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