UK vehicle statistics / Mazda

How many Mazda CX-5 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 94,275 licensed and 1,867 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mazda CX-5 generic-model group.

Looking at a CX-5?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular CX-5 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the CX-5 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 94,878 in 2025 Q4 and stand at 94,275 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 50% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,867 are declared SORN — 1 in 51 of the 96,142 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

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.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q194,2751,867
2025 Q494,8781,674
2025 Q393,9171,640
2025 Q292,4131,508
2025 Q189,7301,240
2024 Q486,9811,026
2024 Q385,962895
2024 Q284,615780
2024 Q183,176746
2023 Q481,540747
2023 Q380,149613
2023 Q277,640519

Other Mazda models

  • 2 — 140,291 licensed
  • MX-5 — 79,773 licensed
  • 3 — 109,371 licensed
  • 6 — 51,492 licensed
  • CX-30 — 43,823 licensed
  • CX-3 — 24,677 licensed

See how many of every Mazda model are left

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.