Free License Plate Generator

Use the box above to type the legend and a region code. The white plate updates as you type. Download PNG saves the picture. Open a state or country page if you want the serial rules before you type.

What this preview covers

Browse the 50 states and DC or the country format index for local examples and source notes. Use random plates and vanity words.

Pick a format

• California — 1ABC123 now, 123ABC1 from 2026, plus the black-and-yellow Legacy story.
• Michigan — ABC 1234, and the only state here with an official vanity character rule.
• Japan — office name, class number, hiragana, four digits.
• UK — front white, rear yellow, age identifier in the middle.
• Germany — area code plus FE-Schrift and the blue D band.

Standard US passenger plates are commonly 12 by 6 inches, a 2:1 proportion. Export dimensions are image pixels and are shown in the size selector. If you need ideas before you type, start at plate ideas.

For novelty, visualization and creative projects only — not a registration document.