Cars on UK roads

Lexus cars on UK roads

207,972 Lexus cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 0.6% of all licensed cars and number 28 of the 47 makes listed here. That is up 4.6% on a year earlier; the Lexus NX is the most common, with 45,099 (21.7%).

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

Licensed in GB: 207,972; end of June 2026
Change in a year: +4.6%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 15,906; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Lexus models on UK roads

Official counts for every Lexus model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 94.0% of licensed Lexuss. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations. The fastest-growing model with 10,000 or more on the road is the LBX (+67.9% in a year); the fastest-shrinking is the IS (−7.0%).

Lexus models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Lexus	Change in a year	Typical year first used
NX	45,099	21.7%	+8.8%	2020
RX	38,018	18.3%	−2.1%	2014
IS	30,131	14.5%	−7.0%	2010
CT	29,505	14.2%	−0.2%	—
UX	24,898	12.0%	+5.2%	2022
LBX	15,158	7.3%	+67.9%	2025
GS	6,346	3.0%	−6.4%	—
ES	6,268	3.0%	+2.7%	2022

How the Lexus fleet is changing

10.7% of licensed Lexuss are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Lexuss licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2018 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is up 23.3%.

Lexus cars 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 207,972 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.

Lexus cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	207,972	+4.6%
June 2025	198,907	+5.1%
June 2024	189,226	+5.4%
June 2023	179,533	+3.1%
June 2022	174,157	+3.3%
June 2021	168,649	+5.3%
June 2020	160,179	+3.1%
June 2019	155,423	+2.8%
June 2018	151,219	+2.4%
June 2017	147,700	+3.8%
June 2016	142,254	—

Lexus cars by fuel type

Lexus cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Hybrid electric (petrol)	158,112	76.0%	9.0%
Petrol	24,030	11.6%	54.3%
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)	14,061	6.8%	2.9%
Battery electric	8,240	4.0%	5.9%
Diesel	3,387	1.6%	27.5%
Gas	139	0.1%	0.1%

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

How old Lexus cars 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 (207,153 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Lexus cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	15,877	7.7%	85
2024	15,481	7.5%	425
2023	14,929	7.2%	223
2022	9,533	4.6%	127
2021	12,453	6.0%	125
2020	12,114	5.9%	160
2019	13,770	6.7%	188
2018	10,572	5.1%	158
2017	10,716	5.2%	164
2016	11,525	5.6%	187
2015	10,825	5.2%	197
2014	9,515	4.6%	185
2013	7,566	3.6%	139
2012	7,176	3.5%	162
2011	6,822	3.3%	196
2010	4,579	2.2%	278
2009	4,635	2.2%	435
2008	5,011	2.4%	819
2007	5,982	2.9%	1,452
2006	4,742	2.3%	1,682
2005 and earlier	13,330	6.4%	12,264

How many Lexus cars 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.

Lexus cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	16,837	15,481	92.0%	93.9%
2023	16,069	14,929	92.9%	93.5%
2022	10,772	9,533	88.5%	90.4%
2021	13,935	12,453	89.4%	91.6%
2020	13,757	12,114	88.1%	91.8%
2019	15,738	13,770	87.5%	91.3%
2018	12,438	10,572	85.0%	90.0%
2017	12,706	10,716	84.3%	88.8%
2016	13,963	11,525	82.5%	87.6%
2015	13,374	10,825	80.9%	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): 15,906.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Lexus, including models below the 5,000-car threshold and cars whose model DfT does not know. Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt at the quarter end; SORN cars are excluded from the licensed count.

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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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