Total Newly Registered Vehicles by Year

This dataset shows counts of transactions associated with authorizing vehicles to be used on public roads, commonly referred to as “buying tabs” or “buying tags”. The data includes new registration activity by fuel type, county, primary use class, and date. This is a subset of "Vehicle Registration by Class and County" open dataset. This is comparable to the Fee Distribution Report #14, that is titled "Motor Vehicle Registration By Class and County (New Vehicles)".

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Source https://data.wa.gov/resource/jsct-cy95
Author Department of Licensing
Last Updated October 17, 2025, 12:16 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2025, 20:00 (UTC)
1. For this dataset, “New” means vehicles registered in Washington for the first time, even if the vehicle is new or used.
2. There are two different County fields in this dataset. Transaction County provides information about where the transaction occurred. The Residential County provides information about where the vehicle is stored.
3. The Fuel Type of ‘Unpowered’ may be assigned to vehicles of any Primary Use Class. These are most likely vehicles being towed by powered vehicles. The Fuel Type is a manually entered field and may not align with manufacturer’s specifications.
4. Fiscal Year 2017 is incomplete because the dataset starts January 2017. Depending on when the data is viewed, the current Fiscal Year may be incomplete. Please review the Fiscal Year field description for time parameters.
5. Due to adjustments related to vehicle registration, transactional counts may change from prior publications.
Category Transportation
Metadata Language English
Originator Research and Analysis Office, Department of Licensing
Period of Time Data includes transactions completed from January 2017 through January 2025.
Posting Frequency Monthly
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