UK vehicle statistics / KIA
How many KIA cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,319,369 licensed and 38,109 SORN KIA vehicles in the UK, across 27 published model groups. That means 1 in 36 surviving KIA 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 KIA models
The published KIA model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
- Shuma — 15 licensed, 186 SORN
- Pride — 11 licensed, 208 SORN
- K4 — 641 licensed, 2 SORN
- Magentis — 340 licensed, 412 SORN
- Cerato — 396 licensed, 386 SORN
Every KIA model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| Sportage | 432,443 | 7,995 |
| Picanto | 221,758 | 6,515 |
| Niro | 136,293 | 681 |
| Ceed | 125,667 | 4,318 |
| RIO | 97,333 | 4,452 |
| Stonic | 57,669 | 267 |
| Venga | 45,401 | 834 |
| Sorento | 40,529 | 4,477 |
| Xceed | 41,629 | 228 |
| Soul | 24,034 | 850 |
| EV6 | 19,568 | 161 |
| PRO Ceed | 17,398 | 506 |
| EV3 AIR | 15,529 | 125 |
| Carens | 12,500 | 1,876 |
| Optima | 10,474 | 424 |
| Sedona | 3,333 | 3,093 |
| EV9 | 5,419 | 37 |
| EV4 | 2,913 | 21 |
| Proceed | 2,168 | 2 |
| EV5 | 2,148 | 0 |
| Stringer | 2,089 | 45 |
| PV5 | 1,671 | 8 |
| Cerato | 396 | 386 |
| Magentis | 340 | 412 |
| K4 | 641 | 2 |
| Pride | 11 | 208 |
| Shuma | 15 | 186 |
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.