Generator · Dutch data

Dutch vehicle registration plate

Endpoint GET /v1/nl/vehicle-registration

What it covers

Returns a realistic Dutch vehicle registration plate (*kenteken*). `type` selects the kind: `standard` (default, a current civilian sidecode-11 `LLL-NN-L`, e.g. PDA-01-D), `motorcycle` (`M`-series `NN-LLL-N`), `historic` (dark-blue pre-1978 `NN-NN-LL`), `diplomatic` (`CD-NN-NN`), `military` (KM/KZ/LM/DM + `LL-NN-NN`), `dealer` (green `HA-NN-NN`), or `export` (`Z-NN-NN`). For a `standard` plate, `sidecode` pins one of the still-issued civilian sidecodes (5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11) and `era` chooses `current`, `legacy` (the digit-leading sidecodes 3/4), or `both`. The Netherlands encodes no region, issues no vanity plates, and no plate carries a checksum, so there is no invalid variant. Use `format` to choose hyphenated or compact rendering.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
countinteger1–1000Number of records to return, 1–1000 (your plan may lower this). Omitted returns a single record; set it for a batch.
edgebooleanRestrict output to edge-case plates from the rare corners of the format.
era"current" | "legacy" | "both"Which era of civilian sidecodes a standard plate honours: current (default), legacy (digit-leading 3/4), or both.
extremebooleanReturn a correct value wrapped in a hostile encoding (untrimmed whitespace, invisible/zero-width characters, BOM, or bidi/combining marks). Homoglyphs are excluded so the value stays machine-parseable; it still validates after normalisation.
format"with-hyphen" | "compact"Plate rendering: hyphenated or compact. Default with-hyphen.
invalidbooleanReturn a deliberately invalid value that fails validation, for testing rejection paths.
seedintegerInteger seed for reproducible output: the same seed always yields the same record.
sidecodeintegerPin a standard plate to a still-issued civilian sidecode: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, or 11.
type"standard" | "motorcycle" | "historic" | "diplomatic" | "military" | "dealer" | "export"Plate kind: standard, motorcycle, historic, diplomatic, military, dealer, or export.

Response fields

FieldTypeDescription
valuestringThe plate in the requested format, e.g. "PDA-01-D".
type"standard" | "motorcycle" | "historic" | "diplomatic" | "military" | "dealer" | "export"Which kind of plate this is.

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