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How many Citroen C3 cars are on UK roads?

249,531 Citroen C3 cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, with another 13,475 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT and DVLA licensing statistics. That is down 0.6% on a year earlier and 31.9% of all licensed Citroen cars, making it number 1 of the 11 Citroen models listed here and number 30 of 408 models nationally.

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Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Licensed in GB: 249,531; end of June 2026, DfT VEH0120
Change in a year: −0.6%; all cars: +1.5%
Typical year of first use: 2017; median, UK, 31 Dec 2025 (all cars: 2016)

What the numbers say about the Citroen C3

The number of Citroen C3s on the road is down 0.6% on a year earlier, behind the +1.5% for all cars and ahead of Citroen as a whole (−3.3%). It is within 5% of its peak of 255,626 (December 2024).

12,531 Citroen C3s were first registered in the UK from July 2025 to June 2026, 51% of them hybrid electric (petrol).

73% of licensed Citroen C3s are petrol, against 54% of all cars. There are almost no electric or plug-in versions on the road.

41% of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier (all cars: 44%), and 5.1% of registered Citroen C3s are SORN against 9.9% of all cars.

Of the 13,465 Citroen C3s first registered in 2015, 90% were still licensed at the end of 2025, against 86% of all cars first registered that year (73 Auto analysis; see the table below).

Citroen C3s licensed, year by year

Official data: cars licensed (taxed, or exempt and on the road) in Great Britain at the end of each June. The peak in this series was 255,626 at the end of December 2024.

Citroen C3s licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	249,531	−0.6%
June 2025	251,141	−1.3%
June 2024	254,387	+1.7%
June 2023	250,024	+1.5%
June 2022	246,314	−0.7%
June 2021	248,037	+0.2%
June 2020	247,512	−0.2%
June 2019	248,112	+4.5%
June 2018	237,512	+3.4%
June 2017	229,638	+2.4%
June 2016	224,187	—

Citroen C3s by fuel type

Citroen C3s licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	182,027	73.0%	54.3%
Diesel	61,476	24.6%	27.5%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	6,020	2.4%	9.0%

Official data, end of June 2026. Fuel types with fewer than 10 cars are not listed.

How old Citroen C3s on the road are

Official data from DfT table VEH0124: cars licensed and SORN at 31 December 2025 in the whole UK, by the year the car was first used (for a car imported used, that is its first use abroad). This table is annual and UK-wide, so its total (258,376 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Citroen C3s by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	7,326	2.8%	71
2024	16,373	6.3%	183
2023	15,080	5.8%	101
2022	12,572	4.9%	135
2021	12,189	4.7%	78
2020	12,109	4.7%	79
2019	22,718	8.8%	200
2018	23,726	9.2%	280
2017	19,157	7.4%	299
2016	10,573	4.1%	189
2015	12,098	4.7%	268
2014	13,506	5.2%	332
2013	12,881	5.0%	429
2012	13,659	5.3%	659
2011	13,579	5.3%	848
2010	15,467	6.0%	1,138
2009	7,452	2.9%	810
2008	3,509	1.4%	619
2007	3,609	1.4%	904
2006	3,109	1.2%	965
2005 and earlier	7,684	3.0%	5,686

How many Citroen C3s are still on the road

73 Auto analysis of two official tables: cars first registered in the UK each year (VEH0160) and cars of that year of first use still licensed at 31 December 2025 (VEH0124). The ratio is an indication, not a tracked cohort: imported used cars and cars exported, scrapped or declared off the road all move the figure, and years where the ratio exceeded 100% or fewer than 1,000 cars were registered are left out.

Citroen C3s first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	17,166	16,373	95.4%	93.9%
2023	15,727	15,080	95.9%	93.5%
2022	13,833	12,572	90.9%	90.4%
2021	12,847	12,189	94.9%	91.6%
2020	12,709	12,109	95.3%	91.8%
2019	24,178	22,718	94.0%	91.3%
2018	25,500	23,726	93.0%	90.0%
2017	20,799	19,157	92.1%	88.8%
2016	11,477	10,573	92.1%	87.6%
2015	13,465	12,098	89.8%	86.0%

First registrations: UK, calendar years. Licensed: UK, 31 December 2025. Cars first registered in the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026): 12,531.

Other Citroen models on UK roads

Citroen models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Citroen	Change in a year
Citroen C4	171,377	21.9%	−6.4%
Citroen C1	149,216	19.1%	−4.6%
Citroen DS3	59,354	7.6%	−7.6%
Citroen Berlingo	52,720	6.7%	−2.1%
Citroen C5	37,019	4.7%	+6.2%
Citroen Xsara	14,268	1.8%	−26.0%
Citroen DS4	8,169	1.1%	−9.1%
Citroen Spacetourer	6,768	0.9%	+37.1%
Citroen E-C3	6,146	0.8%	+438.2%
Citroen C2	5,743	0.7%	−26.5%

Limitations

Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt and allowed on the road at the quarter end; SORN cars are registered but declared off the road. DfT groups cars by its own “generic model” (CITROEN C3), which 73 Auto maps to the Citroen C3 as named in our list-price catalogue; body styles and derivatives sold under that name are included. The Great Britain quarterly figures and the UK annual age table are separate official tables, so their totals differ slightly.

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Where these figures come from

Vehicle licensing statistics data files: VEH0120 (GB), VEH0124 and VEH0160 (UK) — Department for Transport and DVLA. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Shares, changes, rankings and the still-licensed indication (73 Auto analysis of the DfT files) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.

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