The Spanish license plates, which were newly introduced on September 18, 2000, no longer indicate that they belong to a specific province. It also no longer plays a role for the letter / number combination on the license plate. Nevertheless, a system of license plates can be recognized. Depending on which category (general series, special vehicles, historical vehicles, trailers, etc.) a vehicle belongs to, you can determine when the respective license plates were assigned. The letter assignments help to determine the year of registration. The information in this article is quite extensive. Basic information, in which the most important information about the license plates of Spain is listed in a shortened form , can be found in the leading article License plates of Spain .
The type of arrangement of the letters and numbers on the Spanish license plates is assigned according to certain regulations. The license plates of the general series (cars, trucks, etc.) have four digits followed by three letters, e.g. B. 3540 FLL. The vowels (with the exception of the Y) are not assigned to the letters.
On the other vehicles, there is a letter to the left of the combination of four digits and three letters:
C: mopeds, E: special vehicles, H: historic vehicles, P: vehicles with provisional registration, R: trailers, S: provisional registrations, T: export license plates (vehicles bought in Spain that are later to be registered in another country) and V : Demonstration car
Vehicle categories
The first two or three letters of the letter combination on the right of the license plate are given here.
General series
year
2000
BB
BC
BD
2001
BF
BG
bra
BJ
BK
BL
BM
BN
BP
BR
2002
BS
BT
BV
BW
BX
BY
BZ
CB
CC
CD
2003
CF
CG
CH
CJ
CK
CL
CM
CN
CP
CR
2004
CS
CT
CV
CW
CX
CY
CZ
DB
DC
DD
DF
2005
DG
DH
DJ
DK
DL
DM
DN
DP
DR
DS
DT
DV
2006
DW
DX
DY
Double room
FB
FC
FD
FF
FG
FH
FJ
FK
2007
FL
FM
FN
FP
FR
FS
FT
FV
FW
FX
FY
2008
FZ
GB
GC
GD
GF
GG
GH
GJ
GK
2009
GL
GM
GN
GP
GR
GS
2010
GT
GV
GW
GX
GY
GZ
HB
2011
HC
HD
HF
HG
HH
2012
HJ
HK
HL
HM
HN
2013
HP
MR
HS
HT
HV
2014
HW
HX
HY
HZ
JB
2015
JC
JD
JF
JG
JH
YY
JK
JL
2016
JM
JN
JP
JR
JS
JT
JV
2017
JW
JX
JY
JZ
KB
KC
KD
Theatrical Version
KG
2018
KH
KJ
KK
KL
KM
KN
KP
KR
KS
2019
KT
KV
KW
KX
KY
concentration camp
LB
LC
LD
2020
LF
LG
LH
Initial letter C: mopeds
year
2000 ff
BB
BC
BD
BF
BG
bra
BJ
BK
BL
BM
BN
BP
BR
BS
BT
2011
BV
2017
BWB
BWC
2018
BWD
BWF
2019
BWG
BWH
First letter E: special vehicles
year
2000 ff
BB
BC
BD
BF
2012
BG
2019
BHB
BHC
BHF
First letter H: Historic vehicles
year
2000 ff
BBB
BBC
BBD
2016
BBF
First letter P: Provisional approvals (private)
year
2000
BB
2007
BC
2019
BDB
Initial letter R: trailer
year
2000
BB
2007
BC
2018
BDB
2019
BDC
BDD
Initial letter S: provisional approvals (commercial)