Singapore license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Singapore.

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Custom text: real plates never carry this combination.

This image is not a license plate: it must not be fitted to a vehicle and does not mean the combination is available.

Plate types

How to read the plate

No region code

You cannot tell the region from this country's plates.

Series and number

Letters and digits — the registration itself.

County

The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

A Singapore car plate has the letter S, two more series letters (no I or O), 1–4 digits and a check letter at the end (SBA 1234 G). There is no region: the first letter gives the vehicle class — S for private cars, F for motorcycles, G for light goods vehicles, SH for taxis. The check letter is calculated from the series letters and digits using the LTA algorithm. The usual plate is white on black; a white front and yellow rear pair is also allowed.

Region codes

Plates in this country do not show the region — you cannot tell it from the plate.

History

The letter S once stood for Singapore in the shared system of the Straits Settlements and Malaya, alongside the Malaysian state letters; the S and SB…SY series ran until 1971. When SY ran out in 1972, the E series was issued, and from 1984 S returned with two series letters. SA was never issued to avoid confusion with Sabah's SA.