UK vehicle statistics / JCB

How many JCB cars are left?

Name: JCB licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 38,185 licensed and 19,649 SORN JCB vehicles in the UK, across 47 published model groups. That means 1 in 3 surviving JCB is currently off the road.

Looking at a JCB?

Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.

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Is the JCB fleet shrinking?

Adding up every published JCB model group: 38,185 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the JCB range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 63% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 19,649 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 57,834 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Before you buy

Ask why it was off the road — Of the 57,834 JCB vehicles still on the DVLA record, 1 in 3 is SORN (19,649 at 2026 Q1). A car that has been laid up needs a closer look at brakes, tyres and the MOT history.
Check the actual JCB — These figures describe the model group. Enter the registration for that vehicle's free MOT, tax and mileage record before you pay a deposit.

Rarest JCB models

The published JCB model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

930 — 80 licensed, 22 SORN
2CX — 53 licensed, 52 SORN
Ct160 — 65 licensed, 43 SORN
514 — 90 licensed, 23 SORN
406 — 80 licensed, 35 SORN

Every JCB model

Model	Licensed	SORN
540	6,880	6,490
535	3,283	3,662
531	2,003	1,706
3CX	2,418	1,011
525	1,820	1,135
Tm320	2,380	83
542	2,415	41
532	2,138	32
538	1,939	24
4220	1,730	43
9FT	882	869
536	1,580	69
6ST	733	587
3sth	750	452
520	612	559
533	549	536
541	741	128
560	590	167
526	545	34
6FT	381	186
403	371	42
1T	143	225
Tm420	347	16
4CX	250	69
9tft	49	245
6tst	72	214
3fth	179	85
HD 110	193	67
435	238	6
530	226	3
35	157	67
3tsth	51	161
926	57	147
419	189	4
JS	128	56
8018	143	32
6tft	44	128
527	147	25
16C	152	2
TM 220	126	3
516	70	56
8330	116	7
406	80	35
514	90	23
Ct160	65	43
2CX	53	52
930	80	22

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 JCB cars are left in the UK?

38,185 JCB vehicles were licensed and 19,649 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 47 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which JCB is rarest?

Of the published JCB model groups, the 930 has the smallest surviving population at 80 licensed and 22 SORN.

Is the JCB fleet shrinking?

38,185 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the JCB range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 63% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 19,649 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 57,834 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does a JCB 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.