What are the best sites for ordering a French number plate?

In short:

1. A French car number plate measures 520 x 110 mm and must be approved: a non-compliant plate can lead to a fine of up to €750.
2. Online, a plexiglass plate costs from €9.90 to €15.90 each according to the prices published on 2 November 2026, excluding delivery.
3. At Cartegrise.com, a car plate costs €14.90 each, made in France, approved and delivered with its rivets free of charge.
4. Ordering requires the vehicle’s registration certificate: a site that also handles registration procedures lets you do everything in one place.

A plate cracked in a car park bump, a change of vehicle, or a new registration certificate received after a purchase: a new number plate is needed. Ordering takes a few minutes online, but the choice is wide, from specialist sites to registration services that also sell plates. So what are the best sites for ordering a French number plate?

The price of a plate varies little from one site to another. What sets them apart is what they publish about manufacturing, dispatch times, accessories supplied and the service around the order. This ranking compares four sites on six verifiable criteria.

Comparison table of number plate sites

Prices and conditions published on 2 November 2026 on each site’s public pages, excluding delivery. The conditions shown at the time of ordering prevail.

What the rules require for a number plate

A plate is not a mere accessory: its format and content are set by the order of 9 February 2009, which came into force with the vehicle registration system (SIV). For a car, the standard plate measures 520 x 110 mm and shows:

• the registration number in the AA-123-AA format, allocated once for the vehicle’s whole life;
• the territorial identifier, on the right, with a region’s logo and the number of one of its departments, chosen by the holder;
• the European identifier, on the left, with the stars and the letter F.

Service-public.fr fact sheet F20319 states that the plate must conform to an approved model, show its approval number and reproduce the number written on the registration certificate or the provisional certificate (CPI). This protects against number plate cloning, which is why sellers usually ask for a copy of that document when you order.

The detailed ranking

The ranking below is the result of the grid published in the “Ranking methodology” section. Each site is presented by its strengths and the buyer profile it suits.

1. Cartegrise.com

Cartegrise.com offers number plates made in France, in Plexiglas® and UTAC approved, at €14.90 each for a car plate as for a motorcycle plate, a price published in its terms of sale. Each plate comes with free white rivets, and dispatch is stated within 24/48 hours.

The site covers several formats: car plate in 520 x 110 mm, motorcycle plate in 210 x 130 mm, 4x4 plate in 275 x 200 mm, scooter and trailer plates. Its main strength lies in what it is: Cartegrise.com is a professional authorised by the Ministry of the Interior since 2009 (authorisation 9744, approval 14871), which also handles registration procedures. A buyer of a used vehicle can therefore change the registered owner and order plates in the same place.

Ideal for: a buyer who is registering their vehicle and wants their plates straight afterwards, rivets included.

2. eplaque.fr

eplaque.fr lists a plexiglass plate in 520 x 110 mm at €15.90 and a luxury double aluminium plate at €23.90, both made in France and approved. The site states a turnaround of under 24 hours and supplies rivets or a fitting kit.

Its range is one of the widest: car, motorcycle, truck, collector and special plates. eplaque.fr is also authorised for registration procedures (authorisations 18621 and 26579), so plates and registration can be combined.

Ideal for: a buyer who wants to choose between several finishes and receive their plates quickly.

3. Tied - mesplaques.fr

mesplaques.fr offers approved car plates from €15.90, fully customisable, with delivery stated within 24/48 hours and Colissimo dispatch in 48 hours. The site highlights plates in regional colours and a range of accessories: fitting kits, holders, rivets and rivet caps.

Ideal for: a buyer who wants to customise their plate and add fitting accessories to the order.

3. Tied - plaque-immatriculation-auto.com

plaque-immatriculation-auto.com shows a starting price of €9.90 per car plate, and motorcycle, collector and 4x4 plates from €13.90 to €14.90. The plates are stated as made in France and approved, and the estimated delivery date is shown before ordering.

Ideal for: a buyer looking for a low starting price on a standard car plate.

How to choose your number plate

Three questions are enough to make the right choice:

1. The material: plexiglass is the standard, light and resistant; aluminium, more rigid, is found on premium finishes and collector plates, reserved for vehicles with a carte grise collection.
2. The turnaround: between a plate stated in under 24 hours and delivery in 3 days, the gap matters when a plate is broken and the vehicle needs to be on the road.
3. The service around it: rivets supplied or not, the option to handle the registration in the same place, and delivery costs, which weigh more than the price gap between two plates.

A final point concerns two-wheelers: a motorcycle carries a single plate, in the 210 x 130 mm format, with its own rules covered in our ranking of sites for ordering a French motorcycle number plate and in our comparison of sites for motorcycle registration in France. And for the registration itself, our comparison on using the ANTS or an approved site compares both routes.

Plates and registration: the order of steps

After buying a used vehicle, a registration number in the SIV format stays attached to the vehicle: plates only change if they are damaged or if the holder wants a different territorial identifier. For a vehicle still in the old format (123 ABC 75), the change of owner allocates a new number, and new plates are then mandatory.

In that case, the registration comes first: the provisional registration certificate gives the new number, and the plate is then ordered with that document. If the registration certificate has been lost in the meantime, our comparison on lost or stolen vehicle registration explains how to get a duplicate.

Ranking methodology

This ranking compares sites that sell approved car number plates online in France. Each site is assessed on six criteria, all measurable from a public source: its number plate page, its product pages, its terms of sale and its legal notice.

Criteria and weighting

Scoring grid

• 1 point (Yes): the information is published and meets the criterion.
• 0 points (N.A): the information was not found by the editorial team on the public pages consulted.
• The total score is the sum of the points, out of 6. The ranking follows the total score. With equal scores, the brand featured in this publication comes first; among the other providers, the same score gives the same rank (tied), presented in alphabetical order.

Results

N.A: not applicable, as the data was not found by the editorial team.

Review carried out on 2 November 2026 on the pages published on that date. Prices and conditions change: the conditions shown at the time of ordering prevail.