Cars on UK roads

Toyota cars on UK roads

1,793,092 Toyota cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 5.3% of all licensed cars and number 6 of the 47 makes listed here. That is up 2.3% on a year earlier; the Toyota Yaris is the most common, with 575,213 (32.1%).

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

Licensed in GB: 1,793,092; end of June 2026
Change in a year: +2.3%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 107,402; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Toyota models on UK roads

Official counts for every Toyota model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 95.9% of licensed Toyotas. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations. The fastest-growing model with 10,000 or more on the road is the bZ4X (+22.7% in a year); the fastest-shrinking is the Avensis (−13.2%).

Toyota models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Toyota	Change in a year	Typical year first used
Yaris	575,213	32.1%	+3.2%	2016
Aygo	305,212	17.0%	+2.6%	2017
Corolla	152,617	8.5%	+3.5%	2021
C-HR	146,015	8.1%	+11.7%	2021
RAV4	134,609	7.5%	−2.9%	2017
Auris	134,508	7.5%	−3.5%	2014
Prius	126,925	7.1%	+4.1%	2009
Avensis	46,060	2.6%	−13.2%	2010
Verso	24,792	1.4%	−4.5%	2013
Land Cruiser	18,083	1.0%	−3.0%	2006
iQ	15,772	0.9%	−2.6%	2010
bZ4X	12,910	0.7%	+22.7%	2024
MR2	7,662	0.4%	−6.3%	2001
GR86	7,492	0.4%	−1.6%	2015
Celica	6,824	0.4%	−9.8%	2002
Estima	5,348	0.3%	+39.0%	pre-1990

How the Toyota fleet is changing

2.8% of licensed Toyotas are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Toyotas licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2016 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is up 14.8%.

Toyota 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 1,793,092 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.

Toyota cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	1,793,092	+2.3%
June 2025	1,752,353	+2.3%
June 2024	1,712,780	+3.3%
June 2023	1,658,063	+3.3%
June 2022	1,605,425	+2.8%
June 2021	1,561,813	+2.9%
June 2020	1,517,459	+0.5%
June 2019	1,509,484	+1.8%
June 2018	1,482,241	+1.1%
June 2017	1,466,352	+1.8%
June 2016	1,440,667	—

Toyota cars by fuel type

Toyota cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	823,517	45.9%	54.3%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	788,442	44.0%	9.0%
Diesel	127,870	7.1%	27.5%
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)	33,089	1.8%	2.9%
Battery electric	17,515	1.0%	5.9%
Gas	2,573	0.1%	0.1%
Fuel cell electric	79	0.0%	0.0%

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

How old Toyota 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 (1,825,831 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Toyota cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	86,862	4.8%	383
2024	96,523	5.3%	1,279
2023	105,634	5.8%	445
2022	96,091	5.3%	530
2021	95,682	5.2%	658
2020	86,789	4.8%	580
2019	99,297	5.4%	761
2018	94,998	5.2%	916
2017	93,891	5.1%	1,041
2016	87,562	4.8%	1,105
2015	88,040	4.8%	1,433
2014	81,841	4.5%	1,738
2013	75,891	4.2%	1,896
2012	68,947	3.8%	2,260
2011	56,799	3.1%	2,383
2010	61,734	3.4%	3,376
2009	67,287	3.7%	4,472
2008	56,145	3.1%	6,135
2007	52,798	2.9%	8,099
2006	43,040	2.4%	9,531
2005 and earlier	229,980	12.6%	126,846

How many Toyota 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.

Toyota cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	117,380	96,523	82.2%	93.9%
2023	125,650	105,634	84.1%	93.5%
2022	116,168	96,091	82.7%	90.4%
2021	108,881	95,682	87.9%	91.6%
2020	98,988	86,789	87.7%	91.8%
2019	114,583	99,297	86.7%	91.3%
2018	106,398	94,998	89.3%	90.0%
2017	105,063	93,891	89.4%	88.8%
2016	100,567	87,562	87.1%	87.6%
2015	102,276	88,040	86.1%	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): 107,402.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Toyota, 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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