UK vehicle statistics / Hymer
How many Hymer cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 990 licensed and 101 SORN Hymer vehicles in the UK, across 3 published model groups. That means 1 in 11 surviving Hymer is currently off the road.
Looking at a Hymer?
Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.
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Is the Hymer fleet shrinking?
Adding up every published Hymer model group: Licensed numbers peaked at 1,034 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 990 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 27% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 101 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 1,091 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Rarest Hymer models
The published Hymer model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
Every Hymer model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| B Class | 570 | 48 |
| ML Class | 223 | 26 |
| Exsis | 197 | 27 |
How to read these numbers
Licensed means taxed and legal to use on the road at the end of the quarter. SORN means the keeper has declared it off the road — it still exists, but it is not in use. A model group's total is the best available proxy for how many survive, and a shrinking one means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply.
Common questions
How many Hymer cars are left in the UK?
990 Hymer vehicles were licensed and 101 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 3 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.
Which Hymer is rarest?
Of the published Hymer model groups, the Exsis has the smallest surviving population at 197 licensed and 27 SORN.
Is the Hymer fleet shrinking?
Licensed numbers peaked at 1,034 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 990 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 27% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 101 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 1,091 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Does a Hymer population figure describe the car I am looking at?
No. It describes the model group. Enter the registration for that car's own free MOT, tax and mileage record.
Source and limitations
Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.
Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.