If you want to select your own registration number, apply for a special registration plate for your vehicle in My e-Services.
Special registration plates are vehicle-specific. You cannot apply for a special registration plate that is already used in another registered vehicle. Check with the customer service for vehicle registration whether the registration number you are applying for is available.
Contact customer service for vehicle registration (External link)
If you want to transfer the special registration plate granted to your vehicle to another vehicle, you must apply for a new decision on the special registration plate.
The vehicle category (such as passenger car, motorcycle) determines the form of the special plate. For example, special registration plates for passenger cars can have two to three letters and a number up to three digits long. Special registration plates with a black background may only be issued for historic vehicles.
Read more about the restrictions on special registration plates and plate types at the bottom of this page under the title Restrictions on special registration plates and plate types.
You will receive a decision on the special registration plate either electronically in Suomi.fi Messages or by post.
Traficom will send the registration plates to the inspection station indicated in the application after the decision has been made and the plates are ready.
Once the decision has been made, you have 3 months to register the vehicle with special plates. After that, the plates will be scrapped and the registration number will become available for a new application.
When registering, present the decision on a special registration plate. The inspection station will charge a separate fee for the registration and the plates.
When you receive an invoice for the special registration plate issued to you, pay the invoice you received. If you do not pay the invoice, it may be subject to enforcement proceedings without a separate decision.
If you are unable to apply for a special registration plate using the e-services, you can apply for it with a printed form.
Fill in, print out and sign the application for special registration plate (External link)(application available in Finnish)
Send the application form to Traficom's registry at Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, PO Box 320, 00059 TRAFICOM.
