Plate code

KBY Plate Number Meaning: Kibiya, Kano

The KBY plate number is registered in Kibiya Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the KBY code — Kibiya, Kano
A plate issued in Kibiya carries the KBY code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Kibiya registers vehicles as KBY. The 2006 census put 189,870 residents on 404 km², about 470 for every square kilometre. A code names a local government area and says nothing about the make, age or condition of the vehicle carrying it.

KBY Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KBY code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
KBY-128AA Honda Accord Gold
KBY-507AA TOYOTA COROLLA ASH
KBY-222AA AUDI OTHERS CUSTOM
KBY-123AA CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT DARK GREY

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

The District Behind KBY

Local Government Area
Kibiya
State
Kano
Headquarters
Kibiya
Population
189,870 (2006)
Area
404 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the KBY Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KBY places the paperwork in Kibiya. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a KBY plate away from Kano is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the KBY plate number

What does the KBY plate number mean?

KBY is the registration code of Kibiya Local Government Area in Kano. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a KBY plate number from?

Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Kibiya — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KBY in Kano

Codes either side of KBY in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole KBY plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.