Plate code

KSF Plate Number Meaning: Kosofe, Lagos

The KSF plate number is registered in Kosofe Local Government Area, Lagos. 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 KSF code — Kosofe, Lagos
A plate issued in Kosofe carries the KSF code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Kosofe stands behind KSF. About 1,010,800 residents (2022) live on 81 km² there — some 12,500 people to every square kilometre. The district is one of twenty in the Lagos plate directory, and its code behaves like all the others: issued once at registration, carried by the vehicle afterwards, changed only when the car is registered somewhere new.

KSF Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KSF 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
KSF-128AA Toyota Highlander Wine
KSF-174AA Toyota Sienna Green
KSF-236AA Toyota Camry Grey
KSF-305AA Toyota Camry White
KSF-419AA Honda Accord Gold
KSF-507AA Honda Crv Wine
KSF-628AA Toyota Hilux White
KSF-741AA Toyota Gold
KSF-853AA Ford Explorer Jeep Green
KSF-956AA Honda Accord White
KSF-111AA M/Benz C180 Brown
KSF-222AA M/Benz Blue
KSF-333AA Honda Civic Violet
KSF-444AA Honda Pilot Gold
KSF-555AA Toyota Highlander Silver
KSF-666AA Nissan Xterra Jeep Blue
KSF-777AA Lexus Lx 570 Black
KSF-888AA Rover S/Car Black
KSF-999AA Toyota Sienna Gold
KSF-123AA Innoson Bus White
KSF-234AA v/Wagen Passat Blue
KSF-345AA Hyundai Sonata Silver
KSF-456AA Toyota 4 Runner Ash
KSF-567AA Nissan Sunny Car Black
KSF-678AA Landrover Lrs Jeep Blue

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.

What KSF Plates Look Like

34 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 11 of 33 records
White Most common colour — 7 of 33 records

Counted from the 34 KSF plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind KSF

Local Government Area
Kosofe
State
Lagos
Headquarters
Kosofe
Population
1,010,800 (2022)
Area
81 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 KSF Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KSF places the paperwork in Kosofe. 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 KSF plate away from Lagos 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 KSF plate number

What does the KSF plate number mean?

KSF is the registration code of Kosofe Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 KSF plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a KSF plate number?

No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.

Is a KSF plate valid outside Lagos?

Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.

How do I check a full KSF plate number?

Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.

Have a whole KSF 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.