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How many Mercedes GLA Class cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 114,968 licensed and 1,815 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes GLA Class generic-model group.

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Is the GLA Class disappearing?

114,968 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the GLA Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 43% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,815 are declared SORN — 1 in 64 of the 116,783 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 Q1114,9681,815
2025 Q4113,0011,771
2025 Q3111,4891,694
2025 Q2108,9721,698
2025 Q1106,9911,672
2024 Q4103,6591,598
2024 Q3100,3151,501
2024 Q298,8611,435
2024 Q197,2261,400
2023 Q494,4641,369
2023 Q393,0621,276
2023 Q292,8331,253
2023 Q191,2071,248
2022 Q489,4651,237
2022 Q389,0151,202
2022 Q288,5041,163
2022 Q186,6961,160
2021 Q485,0321,128
2021 Q384,4781,102
2021 Q283,6351,055
2021 Q180,5421,040
2020 Q477,6531,018
2020 Q376,167883
2020 Q273,496812
2020 Q172,276641
2019 Q469,371493
2019 Q366,303342
2019 Q260,667215
2019 Q157,595191
2018 Q452,378248
2018 Q348,011190
2018 Q244,045141
2018 Q141,225113
2017 Q436,736119
2017 Q333,29481
2017 Q229,39880
2017 Q126,70386
2016 Q424,22843
2016 Q322,19234
2016 Q218,97738
2016 Q115,96329
2015 Q413,12232
2015 Q310,39527
2015 Q27,27614
2015 Q15,40210
2014 Q43,8068
2014 Q32,9547

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Common questions

How many Mercedes GLA Class cars are left in the UK?

114,968 were licensed and 1,815 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes GLA Class cars are SORN?

1,815 are declared SORN — 1 in 64 of the 116,783 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the GLA Class disappearing?

114,968 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the GLA Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 43% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,815 are declared SORN — 1 in 64 of the 116,783 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one GLA Class 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.