Anyone who is looking for personalised registration plates should look at the website Private Car Numbers. As one might imagine from the address, this is the website of Private Car Numbers which is a company that has been in the business of buying and selling personalised number plates for 35 years.
Over this period of time, the company has bought and stored thousands of number plates as they have become available, with the result that in 2019 they are simply stock in much the same way that Tesco or Morrison’s keep stock, but with one major difference. Because every number plate is unique, none of them can be found anywhere else.
If you want a tin of baked beans you can go into Tesco, Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s or wherever, and buy the same beans from any of them. However, you can’t do that with number plates so, if someone is looking for a specific registration Private Car Numbers may very well have it, or something very close to it.
The company doesn’t just trade in its’ own stock but has access to many millions more personalised DVLA plates in the same way that other dealers do. So if a customer wants a plate that is not owned by Private Car Numbers, the company can still “hunt” it down and supply it. In this case, the company makes a guarantee that it will not be beaten on price. In fact, in most cases it is able not simply to match the price of another dealer, but to beat it.
This is why it makes total sense to go nowhere else if you are looking for a personalised registration. Either it cannot be found anywhere else, or if it can, you won’t pay less for it anywhere else.
Private Car Numbers also makes registration transfer as fast as possible. If the plate that you want is part of the company’s own stock, then it will be transferred in seven days or less. If it is not part of the stock, then to transfer your reg will take up to four weeks.
Private Car Numbers says that the most popular searches are for three letter combinations making up people’s initials, followed by car model numbers such as 323 and 911. Many of the plates it has in stock are linked to names, so that OO04 LAN is linked to Alan. It also currently has names available such as SUE, ROB, and PAM.