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Mercedes-Benz B Class: how many are still registered?

72,224still registered

Mercedes-Benz B Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 314 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 76,362 (2022 Q2) - 94.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 67,648 in 2030.

3,124 of the survivors (4.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

94.5% survives 2022 Q2 peak: 76,362

Declared off-road (SORN)3,124 · 4.3%
Disappearing per year1.3%
Projected 2030~67,648

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mercedes-Benz B Class nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Mercedes-Benz B Class vans2still reg.Mercedes-Benz B Class lorries1still reg.Mercedes-Benz B Class buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 72,224 surviving Mercedes-Benz B Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 13,114 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 75.4% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2005 → 2025
10,0005,0000
20052025
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On the road over time

Total Mercedes-Benz B Class cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

76,139
2005log scale2026: 69,168
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz B Class cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

1301cc to 1400cc7,025 cars · 9.7%
1401cc to 1500cc21,144 cars · 29.4%
1501cc to 1600cc8,672 cars · 12.0%
1601cc to 1700cc3,017 cars · 4.2%
1701cc to 1800cc10,877 cars · 15.1%
1901cc to 2000cc12,978 cars · 18.0%
2001cc to 2100cc568 cars · 0.7%
2101cc to 2200cc7,512 cars · 10.4%
2601cc to 2700cc1 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel45,616 · 63.1%
Petrol24,577 · 34.0%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)1,098 · 1.5%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (petrol)497 · 0.6%
Battery Electric430 · 0.5%
Other fuels (2)6 · under 0.1%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.