Cars on UK roads

Volvo cars on UK roads

761,964 Volvo cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 2.3% of all licensed cars and number 18 of the 47 makes listed here. That is up 5.8% on a year earlier; the Volvo XC40 is the most common, with 187,737 (24.6%).

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

Licensed in GB: 761,964; end of June 2026
Change in a year: +5.8%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 72,079; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Volvo models on UK roads

Official counts for every Volvo model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 98.2% of licensed Volvos. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations. The fastest-growing model with 10,000 or more on the road is the EX30 (+73.1% in a year); the fastest-shrinking is the S40 (−16.6%).

Volvo models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Volvo	Change in a year	Typical year first used
XC40	187,737	24.6%	+20.9%	2023
XC60	151,658	19.9%	+7.3%	2018
XC90	92,667	12.2%	+4.4%	2019
V40	90,724	11.9%	−2.0%	2016
V60	42,105	5.5%	+1.0%	2017
V70	33,146	4.3%	−8.3%	2008
EX30	23,760	3.1%	+73.1%	2025
V50	21,628	2.8%	−14.1%	2009
C30	17,761	2.3%	−9.8%	2010
V90	17,498	2.3%	−0.3%	2019
S60	17,263	2.3%	−7.5%	2013
XC70	14,709	1.9%	−4.9%	2011
S40	12,197	1.6%	−16.6%	2008
C40	7,662	1.0%	+5.5%	2023
S90	7,186	0.9%	−2.3%	2018
C70	5,507	0.7%	−12.8%	2008
S80	5,203	0.7%	−11.7%	2008

How the Volvo fleet is changing

17.2% of licensed Volvos are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Volvos licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2018 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is up 23.5%.

Volvo 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 761,964 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.

Volvo cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	761,964	+5.8%
June 2025	719,900	+5.9%
June 2024	679,718	+4.3%
June 2023	651,803	+3.3%
June 2022	630,933	+2.3%
June 2021	617,032	+5.9%
June 2020	582,647	+2.0%
June 2019	571,090	+4.3%
June 2018	547,296	+2.3%
June 2017	534,872	+3.3%
June 2016	517,855	—

Volvo cars by fuel type

Volvo cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Diesel	318,940	41.9%	27.5%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	149,016	19.6%	9.0%
Petrol	144,469	19.0%	54.3%
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)	75,481	9.9%	2.9%
Battery electric	55,114	7.2%	5.9%
Hybrid electric (diesel)	17,982	2.4%	0.3%
Plug-in hybrid electric (diesel)	691	0.1%	0.0%
Gas	271	0.0%	0.1%

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

How old Volvo 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 (759,280 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Volvo cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	64,845	8.5%	1,821
2024	64,244	8.5%	558
2023	48,413	6.4%	412
2022	33,399	4.4%	922
2021	45,168	5.9%	273
2020	43,953	5.8%	272
2019	53,166	7.0%	360
2018	46,919	6.2%	378
2017	41,787	5.5%	384
2016	42,207	5.6%	435
2015	38,245	5.0%	591
2014	34,885	4.6%	824
2013	27,247	3.6%	799
2012	25,188	3.3%	1,097
2011	23,846	3.1%	1,611
2010	24,047	3.2%	2,435
2009	20,163	2.7%	2,535
2008	14,938	2.0%	2,622
2007	11,681	1.5%	2,976
2006	9,306	1.2%	3,265
2005 and earlier	45,633	6.0%	42,464

How many Volvo 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.

Volvo cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	67,391	64,244	95.3%	93.9%
2023	51,048	48,413	94.8%	93.5%
2022	37,347	33,399	89.4%	90.4%
2021	48,884	45,168	92.4%	91.6%
2020	46,876	43,953	93.8%	91.8%
2019	56,723	53,166	93.7%	91.3%
2018	50,787	46,919	92.4%	90.0%
2017	46,576	41,787	89.7%	88.8%
2016	47,216	42,207	89.4%	87.6%
2015	43,967	38,245	87.0%	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): 72,079.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Volvo, 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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