Cheap private number plates under £500

Buying a private plate under £500

The most affordable end of the market. Plates under £500 are usually current-style or later prefix registrations — the fastest way to personalise a car without spending serious money. Every plate here is listed direct by its owner, so there is no dealer margin baked into the price.

Every registration on Plate Circle has its own page with any recorded sale prices, spotted sightings and community notes, so you can sanity-check a price before you make an offer. Sellers are identity checked before a listing goes live, and buyers pay a 3% premium only when a sale is agreed.