Dutch License Plate Lookup (RDW)

Look up Dutch vehicles by license plate (kenteken), or search the national vehicle register by make, model, color and dates. The data is the RDW's official open data, joined into one record per vehicle: specifications, APK (MOT) expiry, the full APK inspection history with every defect found, odometer verdict, registration flags, fuels with emissions, and recalls. No proxy, no login, no scraping.

Use cases

• Used-car checks: APK validity and the inspection history (what failed, when), odometer verdict (Logisch / Onlogisch), open recalls, export and taxi history, whether the car is insured (WAM) and can be registered.
• Dealers, importers and fleets: enrich a list of plates in bulk, or find vehicles by make, model and first-admission year.
• Garages and marketing apps: find vehicles whose APK expires in a date range.
• Apps and insurers: structured specs and emissions for a plate, ready for JSON, CSV or Excel.

Input

Field	Description
licensePlates	Plates in any format (GX-Z86-T, gxz86t). If set, the search filters are ignored.
make / model	Make (exact, case-insensitive) and model (matched anywhere in the name).
vehicleType	Passenger car, commercial vehicle, motorcycle, moped, bus, trailer, ...
color	Main color in the register's Dutch wording (ZWART, WIT, GRIJS, ...).
firstAdmissionFrom / firstAdmissionTo	First-admission date range, YYYY-MM-DD.
apkExpiresFrom / apkExpiresTo	APK expiry date range, YYYY-MM-DD.
includeFuel / includeRecalls / includeInspections	Add fuels and emissions / recalls / APK inspection history (all default on).
maxItems	Cap on vehicles returned. Default 100.
appToken	Optional free RDW app token for higher rate limits on very large runs.

A search needs at least one filter. Plates that are not in the register are listed in the run's Key-Value store under NOT_FOUND_PLATES and are not charged.

Output (one row per vehicle)

plate, vehicleType, make, model, bodyType, color, secondColor, seats, doors, cylinders, engineCapacityCc, emptyMassKg, kerbMassKg, maxMassKg, towingBrakedKg, towingUnbrakedKg, lengthCm, widthCm, wheelbaseCm, catalogPriceEur, bpmEur, firstAdmissionDate, firstRegistrationNlDate, lastRegistrationDate, apkExpiryDate, apkValid, insured, exported, taxi, canBeRegistered, odometerVerdict, odometerYear, euVehicleCategory, typeApprovalNumber, fuels, openRecallCount, recalls, and with includeInspections: inspectionCount, lastInspectionDate, defectsFoundTotal, inspections.

• fuels: one entry per fuel (type, emissionClass, co2GramPerKm, consumptionLPer100Km, powerKw, electricPowerKw, hybridClass). Hybrids list petrol and electricity separately.
• recalls: referenceCode, statusCode (O open, P producer reports repair), status, publishedDate, manufacturer, defect, category, consequences, remedy, hazards.
• inspections (newest first): date, time, inspectionType (for example APK Lichte voertuigen), notificationType (for example periodieke controle), newExpiryDate, and defects: each with id, description (the RDW's wording in force on the inspection date), articleNumber and count. These are the notifications garages send to the RDW; a notification with no defects means none were reported. Very old inspections may be missing.
• Values the register does not hold come back as null. The register does not hold the owner or any personal data; this Actor returns vehicle data only.

Notes

• Source: RDW open data (opendata.rdw.nl), which updates daily. Data reflects the register, not a physical inspection.
• apkValid compares the APK expiry date with today's date when the run executes.