UK vehicle statistics / Kubota

How many Kubota L2 Series cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 637 licensed and 83 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Kubota L2 Series generic-model group.

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Is the L2 Series disappearing?

637 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the L2 Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 171% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 83 are declared SORN — 1 in 9 of the 720 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.

When it shows up in the statistics

Kubota L2 Series first appears in the published DfT series in 2018 Q3. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

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

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q163783
2025 Q461876
2025 Q361477
2025 Q259972
2025 Q157867
2024 Q455965
2024 Q355260
2024 Q253556
2024 Q151253
2023 Q449349
2023 Q345946
2023 Q244440
2023 Q142138
2022 Q439533
2022 Q337428
2022 Q231825
2022 Q130623
2021 Q430121
2021 Q327918
2021 Q225116
2021 Q123513
2020 Q42149
2020 Q31926
2020 Q21625
2020 Q11355
2019 Q41143
2019 Q3981
2019 Q2791
2019 Q1461
2018 Q4190
2018 Q310
2018 Q200
2018 Q100
2017 Q400
2017 Q300
2017 Q200
2017 Q100
2016 Q400
2016 Q300
2016 Q200
2016 Q100
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

How many Kubota L2 Series cars are left in the UK?

637 were licensed and 83 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Kubota L2 Series cars are SORN?

83 are declared SORN — 1 in 9 of the 720 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the L2 Series disappearing?

637 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the L2 Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 171% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 83 are declared SORN — 1 in 9 of the 720 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the L2 Series appear in the UK statistics?

Kubota L2 Series first appears in the published DfT series in 2018 Q3. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one L2 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.