UK vehicle statistics / Kubota

How many Kubota RTV Series vans are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 4,243 licensed and 705 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Kubota RTV Series generic-model group.

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Is the RTV Series disappearing?

4,243 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the RTV Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 62% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 705 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 4,948 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 Q14,243705
2025 Q44,157662
2025 Q34,118643
2025 Q24,051613
2025 Q13,988583
2024 Q43,945554
2024 Q33,909505
2024 Q23,858486
2024 Q13,777467
2023 Q43,683434
2023 Q33,621412
2023 Q23,552391
2023 Q13,427384
2022 Q43,368371
2022 Q33,229346
2022 Q23,071342
2022 Q12,991331
2021 Q42,914321
2021 Q32,903295
2021 Q22,817284
2021 Q12,625271
2020 Q42,564249
2020 Q32,452239
2020 Q22,357218
2020 Q12,292209
2019 Q42,209188
2019 Q32,126171
2019 Q22,035156
2019 Q11,893158
2018 Q41,818154
2018 Q31,732146
2018 Q21,647135
2018 Q11,552120
2017 Q41,456113
2017 Q31,405107
2017 Q21,33893
2017 Q11,22077
2016 Q41,11366
2016 Q31,00856
2016 Q290350
2016 Q184930
2015 Q478322
2015 Q369517
2015 Q261916
2015 Q150613
2014 Q446910
2014 Q34397

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Common questions

How many Kubota RTV Series vans are left in the UK?

4,243 were licensed and 705 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Kubota RTV Series vans are SORN?

705 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 4,948 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the RTV Series disappearing?

4,243 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the RTV Series is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 62% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 705 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 4,948 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one RTV 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.