Volume of new commercial vehicles registered in the UK 2003-2022

In the period under consideration, commercial vehicle registrations oscillated. In 2003 there were just under 363,700 vehicles registered in the UK. This number remained relatively stable until 2008 when it amounted to around 355,900 cars. In 2009, commercial vehicle registrations dropped to the lowest value registered, with less than 229,800 units. In the following years, registrations increased until reaching a peak of 430,694 units in 2016. Between 2017 and 2019, registrations dropped and stagnated before dropping to 292,657 vehicles registered in 2020. In the last year, the number of new commercial car registrations increased dramatically compared to the previous year and reached 282,139.