October 2026's DVLA online auction was an online event that ran from Wednesday 14th October to Tuesday 20th October 2026.
As always, prices quoted in this report include fees and taxes.
October's Top 5
October's champion plate price was the £105,400 paid for the registration 48 O. As we have seen on many previous occasions, 'O' plates are consistently strong performers at auction, having already taken the top spot in March, May and July of this year, as well as several of last year's auctions.
This month's second place was taken by DSK 2, with an all-in price of £57,196. A good, short combination that would be an enviable initials registration.
In third place, 788 HS (£56,454) may well have been purchased as a reference to the McLaren 788HS, and we wouldn't be surprised if someone spots it on a McLaren in the near future. Interestingly, 788 HS had previously been recorded as sold at the DVLA auction in May 2026, at which time it achieved £50,521. Its reappearance this month suggests that the winning bidder in May ultimately didn't pay for the plate.
315 A, which was bought for £31,215, and 98 UK, bought for £30,980, complete October's top five.
Names
The first name combination in this month's results is CTA 1T ("C Tait") which sold for £27,161. Of course, this combination could have been purchased for other reasons: it would, for example, suit an IT entrepreneur with the initials CTA.
Following closely behind CTA 1T were LOU 16E (Louise or Louie) at £24,812 and ROM 7N ("Roman") at £24,800.
11 OCK (Hock or Lock), at £11,216 could be a name or a word plate. The name Hock, of Germanic origin is uncommon in the UK. OO76 OND (007 Bond), which sold for £11,216, no doubt made a James Bond fan very happy.
The majority of name combinations this month were fairly modest achievers, selling for under £10,000. Examples were the football-themed AR26 NAL (Arsenal) at £8,992, DAV 156N (Davison) at £8,781, BU11 ARS (Bullar or Bullars) at £7,632, BON 113S (Bonnie's or Bonnie S) at £7,521, AF22 ZAL (Afzal) at £7,508, GRE 9C (Greg C) at £7,508, NA75 SHA (Natasha) at £7,385 and quite a few more.
Words
There were relatively few prominent word combinations this month. 110 T (Hot) at £25,826 topped the word list, followed by 6 WOW at £24,751 (Surely we don't need to translate the word 'Wow'!). We wonder whether SAU 11A (Sauna) at £8,003 might have been bought by the same bidder as 110 T above ...
OC07 EAN (Ocean) sold for £7,014, B166 GUN (Big gun) for £6,890, and SHU 771T (Shut it?) for £6,890. GH22 OST at £4,184 was one of many 'Ghost' combinations we have seen at DVLA auctions. Another was amongst the lots in July 2026.
Cars
We have already seen the McLaren-themed 788 HS above, but that wasn't the only reference to the 788HS model, which made a second appearance with 788 MCL (£12,761).
Ferrari is the next brand represented, with F90 FER, which sold for £29,880. This is an interesting one, and due to the extremely rare nature of the model, we have to accept that the plate may have been bought with something else in mind. In fact, only six of the 1988 Ferrari F90 were ever made, and those were all for the Sultan of Brunei.
The F90 was a secret project. So secret, in fact, that Ferrari itself didn't initially know about it, and the bespoke order was managed by Enrico Fumia, the head of the Research and Development department at Pininfarina. The car was built on a Ferrari Testarossa chassis, upon which an entirely new body was constructed. It's well worth Googling '1988 Ferrari F90', just to admire the project's striking end result.
The similarly formatted F80 FER sold in March this year for £230,160. In 2012, F80 FER was purchased for just £900. Its 2026 price represents one of the most staggering appreciations in value that we have seen.
As always, owners of Porsche 911 models were well catered for in October's DVLA auction. Appropriate registrations on offer included 911 MFJ (£12,452), 911 ELS (£9,980), 911 SPW (£9,362), 911 MCJ and 911 SAK both at £5,036, and 911 NCJ which was snapped up for £2,441.
G60 VWR at £6,915 took a little decoding, but we decided it could well represent 'G60 (engine) Volkswagen Racing'.
Aesthetic
The auctions occasionally feature plates with apparent cryptocurrency references. In October's auction, 6 XRP, which sold for £14,306, seemed likely to refer to Ripple Labs' XRP cryptocurrency.
As always, there were a number of registrations that seemed to have been purchased for abstract visual appeal rather than with the intention of conveying a specific meaning. In this loose category of number plates, combinations featuring repeated characters (especially 0/O and X) and plates with some degree of symmetry are frequently seen.
A typical example was 350 OOO, which sold for £12,452. When rendered in the UK's regulation number plate font, the letter O and the digit 0 are identical, which adds to the repetition effect. Of course, the number 350,000 may have significance to the buyer, but the frequency with which we see plates like this suggests that something less specific may be the attracting factor in many cases.
7777 SA sold for £6,272, 4444 LH for £5,593, D10 OOO for £4,900, YYY 444Y for £4,554 and UUI 1000 for £4,171. If nothing else, the repetition of characters makes it easier for the owner to remember their registration number when typing it into one of those infuriating car park machines.
OO18 OOO (£3,986) provides an example of a plate with some degree of near symmetry, as does XX76 XXX (£2,021).
Top 50 Sales
| Plate | Price * |
|---|---|
| 48 O | £105,400 |
| DSK 2 | £57,196 |
| 788 HS | £56,454 |
| 315 A | £31,215 |
| 98 UK | £30,980 |
| F90 FER | £29,880 |
| CTA 1T | £27,161 |
| 110 T | £25,826 |
| LOU 16E | £24,812 |
| 180 P | £24,812 |
| ROM 7N | £24,800 |
| 6 WOW | £24,751 |
| 771 B | £22,489 |
| 154 AM | £21,722 |
| JOR 5H | £19,065 |
| SAS 44 | £18,731 |
| 26 NF | £18,632 |
| 150 OD | £18,632 |
| 44 YAT | £18,632 |
| 12 TOY | £18,620 |
| 212 MB | £18,101 |
| 2 NJT | £18,014 |
| 55 HER | £17,767 |
| 271 S | £16,914 |
| 13 RSR | £16,778 |
| IMZ 3 | £16,469 |
| 2 VRK | £16,383 |
| ROM 3X | £16,160 |
| 11 POT | £16,037 |
| 3 NUH | £15,641 |
| 98 YN | £15,481 |
| 95 MAX | £15,295 |
| 1 MXH | £14,937 |
| 880 SB | £14,924 |
| 311 AN | £14,912 |
| 7 SCO | £14,343 |
| 82 RJP | £14,306 |
| 1 UPY | £14,306 |
| 6 XRP | £14,306 |
| 190 Y | £14,306 |
| 11 RKH | £14,294 |
| 53 YA | £14,084 |
| 18 VSB | £13,997 |
| 1 UAV | £13,960 |
| APN 4S | £13,824 |
| 994 RS | £13,738 |
| HAJ 1A | £13,688 |
| 101 LEE | £13,688 |
| 44 RYN | £13,688 |
| SAF 4X | £13,688 |
* Prices include fees and taxes.
The stats
October's DVLA online auction comprised 2,000 lots, 1,977 of which were sold and 23 unsold. Purchasers spent a total of £6,605,779.
The next DVLA online auction will run from Wednesday 18th November to Tuesday 24th November 2026.
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