UK vehicle statistics / Skoda

How many Skoda Fabia cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 248,340 licensed and 16,653 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Skoda Fabia generic-model group.

Looking at a Fabia?

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 Fabia is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Fabia disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 263,249 in 2019 Q3 and stand at 248,340 in 2026 Q1, down 6%. That is down 4% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 16,653 are declared SORN — 1 in 16 of the 264,993 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 Q1248,34016,653
2025 Q4248,70116,352
2025 Q3249,57115,726
2025 Q2249,59815,570
2025 Q1250,50815,484
2024 Q4250,19614,924
2024 Q3250,40514,488
2024 Q2250,31714,257
2024 Q1250,88714,045
2023 Q4251,89213,552
2023 Q3252,81013,055
2023 Q2253,74812,822

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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.