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How many Mercedes Hymer trucks are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,175 licensed and 60 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes Hymer generic-model group.

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Is the Hymer disappearing?

1,175 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Hymer is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 250% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 60 are declared SORN — 1 in 21 of the 1,235 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

Mercedes Hymer first appears in the published DfT series in 2016 Q1. 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 Q11,17560
2025 Q41,12164
2025 Q31,09236
2025 Q21,02028
2025 Q190949
2024 Q485349
2024 Q384113
2024 Q278412
2024 Q170822
2023 Q467038
2023 Q367016
2023 Q263912
2023 Q158519
2022 Q456426
2022 Q354311
2022 Q25248
2022 Q146811
2021 Q442022
2021 Q34127
2021 Q23826
2021 Q133622
2020 Q432528
2020 Q332012
2020 Q225421
2020 Q122749
2019 Q424718
2019 Q32465
2019 Q22211
2019 Q11953
2018 Q41779
2018 Q31674
2018 Q21372
2018 Q11073
2017 Q4902
2017 Q3801
2017 Q2560
2017 Q1420
2016 Q4190
2016 Q3150
2016 Q2120
2016 Q120
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

How many Mercedes Hymer trucks are left in the UK?

1,175 were licensed and 60 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes Hymer trucks are SORN?

60 are declared SORN — 1 in 21 of the 1,235 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the Hymer disappearing?

1,175 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Hymer is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 250% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 60 are declared SORN — 1 in 21 of the 1,235 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the Hymer appear in the UK statistics?

Mercedes Hymer first appears in the published DfT series in 2016 Q1. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one Hymer 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.