What are Northern Ireland Number (NI) Plates?

Northern Ireland (NI) number plates are often referred to as Northern irish number plates or irish number plates. They are refer to a vehicles registration which is issued in Northern Ireland.

These NI Number plates are able to be used on vehicles in Northern Ireland but also vehicles in England, Scotland and wales.  

NI number plates have different letter combinations but they always include the letter I or  Z in them and the numbers start at 1 and go to 9999.

NI Number plates are "Dateless" and can be assigned to any year of vehicle regardless of its age. As NI number plates carry no age identifier this makes them a perfect solution for someone wanting to hide the age of their vehicle ( Car, Bus, Lorry, Van, Motorcycle and Motorhome).

What do the letters on Northern Ireland number plates mean?

Northern Ireland number plates have distinct letter combinations that differ from the rest of the UK. These two-letter combinations indicate the region of registration for a vehicle.

Reading a Northern Ireland number plate is easy. The first character on a Northern Ireland number plate is just a letter and doesn’t have any meaning. 

The second two characters will feature either an I or a Z, accompanied by an additional letter denoting the Northern Ireland county where the plate was issued.

Northern Ireland number plates are dateless which means you won’t be able to tell the age of the vehicle by reading the registration plate.

See examples below for each county in Northern Ireland. 

A Belfast registration will contain one of the following combinations; AZ, CZ, EZ, FZ, GZ, OZ, PZ. TZ, UZ, WZ OR XI

A County Antrim registration will contain one of the following combinations; DZ, IA, KZ, and RZ.

A County Down registration will contain one of the following combinations; BZ, IJ, JZ, SZ.

A County Tyrone registration will contain one of the the following combinations; HZ, JI or  VZ.

An Armagh registration will contain one of the the following combinations; IB, LZ or XZ.

A Fermanagh registration will contain one of the the following combinations; IG,IL, 

A County Londonderry registration will contain one of the the following combinations; IW, NZ or YZ.

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