Malaysian Number Plate Prefixes
Every Malaysian plate carries a story in its prefix. This guide maps each letter and special series to the state or category it represents — W for Kuala Lumpur, B for Selangor, KV for Langkawi, SUKOM for the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and more.
State prefixes
- W — Kuala Lumpur · 523 spotted
- V — Kuala Lumpur (V Series) · 430 spotted
- B — Selangor · 329 spotted
- J — Johor · 463 spotted
- P — Penang · 209 spotted
- A — Perak · 262 spotted
- K — Kedah · 120 spotted
- M — Melaka · 130 spotted
- N — Negeri Sembilan · 98 spotted
- D — Kelantan · 99 spotted
- T — Terengganu · 71 spotted
- R — Perlis · 91 spotted
- C — Pahang · 93 spotted
- F — Putrajaya · 27 spotted
- L — Labuan · 24 spotted
- Q — Sarawak · 82 spotted
- S — Sabah · 447 spotted
Special series
- KV — Langkawi · 22 spotted
- EV — Electric Vehicles · 7 spotted
- LIMO — Limousines · 0 spotted
- HW — Hired Without Driver · 3 spotted
- TAXI — Taxi · 0 spotted
- JPJ — JPJ · 1 spotted
Commemorative plates
- PUTRAJAYA — PUTRAJAYA · 4 spotted
- SUKOM — SUKOM · 2 spotted
- PATRIOT — PATRIOT · 4 spotted
- MERDEKA — MERDEKA · 0 spotted
- MADANI — MADANI · 1 spotted
- JAGUH — JAGUH · 0 spotted
- BAIK — BAIK · 0 spotted
- G1M — G1M · 4 spotted
- 1MALAYSIA — 1MALAYSIA · 0 spotted
- GOLD — GOLD · 7 spotted
- MALAYSIA — MALAYSIA · 12 spotted
- ASEANXV — ASEANXV · 2 spotted
- PERFECT — PERFECT · 3 spotted
- SIS — SIS · 2 spotted
Vanity / brand plates
- PROTON — PROTON · 1 spotted
- PERODUA — PERODUA · 2 spotted
- BEZZA — BEZZA · 0 spotted
- SAGA — SAGA · 0 spotted
- MYVI — MYVI · 0 spotted
- LOTUS — LOTUS · 3 spotted