Metacrafter Registry

Datatypes

Dutch vehicle registration number (kenteken)

ID nl_vehicle_plate

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Registration number (kenteken) of a car or van in the Netherlands, issued by the RDW. It has six letters and digits in three groups separated by hyphens; the order of letter and digit groups is the series (sidecode). Series 4 to 12 are covered: XX-99-XX, XX-XX-99, 99-XX-XX, 99-XXX-9, 9-XXX-99, XX-999-X, X-999-XX, XXX-99-X (cars since June 2024) and X-99-XXX (vans since 2024). Since series 4 the letters are consonants without C and Q, which look too much like a zero; Y appears only in series 4. Some letter combinations, such as SS, SD, NSB and the names of political parties, are never issued. RDW open data writes the number without hyphens. Older series 1 to 3 with vowels, mopeds, trailers and special plates follow other rules and are not covered.

Categories
Transportation
Countries
Netherlands
Languages
Common to most languages
Quality
80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
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Regular expression

^(?:[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}-?\d{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}|[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}-?\d{2}|\d{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}|\d{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{3}-?\d|\d-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{3}-?\d{2}|[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}-?\d{3}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]|[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]-?\d{3}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}|[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{3}-?\d{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]|[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]-?\d{2}-?[BDFGHJ-NPR-TV-Z]{3})$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
GXR-12-BSynthetic number of series 11, the current series for cars
K-123-BDSynthetic number of series 10
12HDZBSynthetic number of series 6 written without hyphens, as in RDW open data
AB-123-C invalidVowels are not used since series 4
GC-123-R invalidC is not used
GZ-12-34-5 invalidSeven characters

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
DutchKentekenRegistratienummer van een auto of bestelauto van de RDW - zes letters en cijfers in drie groepen, in de volgorde van de kentekenserie (sidecode), zoals XXX-99-X sinds 2024.
RussianНомерной знак транспортного средства Нидерландов (kenteken)Регистрационный номер автомобиля, выдаваемый RDW - шесть букв и цифр в трёх группах, порядок которых задаёт серия (sidecode), например XXX-99-X с 2024 года.

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