Buying a Car License Plate in Egypt

Join Faydety to find out all about buying a car license plate, how to get a unique plate, what the letters and numbers mean, as well as how to register for the new private car replacement initiative. 

How to buy a license plate in Egypt:

To request a license plate or a unique license plate access lo7tak.com

Inquiries and complaints from here 

Create your own license plate here

Guide to create your own unique license plate here 

Guide to bid for a unique license plate here

What do the characters on the license plates mean?

Each colour category indicates a certain sector as follows:

• Light blue: private vehicles.
• Orange: taxis
• Dark blue: police cars
• Red: trucks and tractors.
• Brown: commercial vehicles.
• Yellow: cars entered through customs.
• Green: diplomatic vehicles.

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The license plate characters explained:

Cairo governorate:

The license plate has 3 letters and 3 numbers with no restrictions. 

Giza governorate:

The plate has 2 letters and 4 numbers with no restrictions. 

Lower &Upper Egypt governorates:

They all have 3 letters and 4 numbers with the first letter being unique to each governorate as follows:

Alexandria: starts with س

Dakahlia: starts with د

Al-Sharqia: starts with ر

Menofia: starts with م

Kafr el-Sheikh: starts with ل

Beheira: starts with ب

Gharbia: starts with ع

Fayoum: starts with ف

Qualyubia: starts with ق

Beni Suef: starts with و

Assiut: starts with ى

Minya: starts with ن

Sohag: starts with هـ

Canal, Red Sea, North and South Sinai:

These plates have 3 letters and 4 numbers like the others but here they always starts with the same 1^st letter ط while the 2^nd letter is unique to each governorate

Port Said: ط ع 

Ismailia: ط ص

Suez: ط س

Damietta: ط د

North Sinai: ط ا

South Sinai: ط ج

Red Sea: ط ر

New Valley (El Wadi El Gedid) and Matrouh:

3 letters and 4 numbers starting with a fixed ج  with the second unique per governorate. 

Matrouh: ج هـ

New Valley: ج ب

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Qena, Luxor, and Aswan:

3 letters and 4 numbers with a fixed 1^st letterص  and the 2^nd letter being unique to each governorate

Qena: ص أ

Luxor: ص ق

Aswan:ص و

Old car replacement initiative registration site:

To register for the private vehicle replacement initiative Go Green and get a new natural gas operated car click here

Phase 1 launched in the following governorates: Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Qualyubia, Port Said, Suez, and the Red Sea. 

One of the advantages of the initiative is the Ministry of Finance granting a “green incentive” according to the following percentages:

Private vehicles: 10% of the new car’s price with a maximum of 22,000 EGP. 

Taxis: 20% of the new car’s price with a maximum of 45,000 EGP

Microbus: 25% of the new car’s price with a maximum of 65,000 EGP

More details here 

Register here

More on the private vehicles initiative here.