UK vehicle statistics / John Deere

How many John Deere 1000 Series cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 2,262 licensed and 362 SORN vehicles in the UK within the John Deere 1000 Series generic-model group.

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Is the 1000 Series disappearing?

2,262 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the 1000 Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 41% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 362 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 2,624 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q12,262362
2025 Q42,221349
2025 Q32,240340
2025 Q22,186331
2025 Q12,079331
2024 Q42,038311
2024 Q32,047295
2024 Q22,016285
2024 Q11,993282
2023 Q41,938276
2023 Q31,931260
2023 Q21,885247
2023 Q11,813246
2022 Q41,815240
2022 Q31,762230
2022 Q21,777212
2022 Q11,733212
2021 Q41,743203
2021 Q31,702190
2021 Q21,650166
2021 Q11,607149
2020 Q41,579141
2020 Q31,548129
2020 Q21,525116
2020 Q11,495107
2019 Q41,43891
2019 Q31,41581
2019 Q21,36165
2019 Q11,30061
2018 Q41,22456
2018 Q31,18948
2018 Q21,13343
2018 Q11,07137
2017 Q494927
2017 Q391426
2017 Q287920
2017 Q182319
2016 Q469816
2016 Q367613
2016 Q26078
2016 Q15494
2015 Q44262
2015 Q34082
2015 Q23692
2015 Q12831
2014 Q41681
2014 Q31431

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Common questions

How many John Deere 1000 Series cars are left in the UK?

2,262 were licensed and 362 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many John Deere 1000 Series cars are SORN?

362 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 2,624 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the 1000 Series disappearing?

2,262 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the 1000 Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 41% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 362 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 2,624 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one 1000 Series is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its 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.