How many John Deere cars are left in the UK?

43,063 John Deere vehicles were licensed and 3,246 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which John Deere is rarest?

Of the published John Deere model groups, the X7 Series has the smallest surviving population at 134 licensed and 51 SORN.

UK vehicle statistics / John Deere

How many John Deere cars are left?

Name: John Deere 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 43,063 licensed and 3,246 SORN John Deere vehicles in the UK, across 22 published model groups. That means 1 in 14 surviving John Deere is currently off the road.

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

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Rarest John Deere models

The published John Deere model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

X7 Series — 134 licensed, 51 SORN
S700 Series — 192 licensed, 2 SORN
T600 Series — 238 licensed, 6 SORN
9000 Series — 236 licensed, 19 SORN
T500 Series — 285 licensed, 8 SORN

Every John Deere model

Model	Licensed	SORN
6000 Series	17,143	731
6R Series	6,553	44
XUV 800 Series	4,560	548
5000 Series	2,567	246
1000 Series	2,262	362
800 Series	1,187	229
4000 Series	1,133	195
3000 Series	1,042	248
6M 105	1,212	6
855	884	175
2000 Series	654	119
HPX Series	644	104
X9 Series	494	64
8R Series	498	3
8000 Series	440	40
7000 Series	370	41
7R Series	335	5
T500 Series	285	8
9000 Series	236	19
T600 Series	238	6
S700 Series	192	2
X7 Series	134	51

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.

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.