Vehicle Registration Plates of Bulgaria - License Plate Codes

License Plate Codes

Е А ТХ ЕВ Х К КН ОВ М РА РК ЕН РВ РР Р Н СС СН СМ С,СА СО СТ Т В ВТ ВН ВР У

After the requirement that all number plate codes had to be compatible with both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets came into force –

  • The provinces that already had compatible codes retained them – e.g. Varna "B", Ruse "P"
  • Most other major cities took on the remaining single-letter codes that were hitherto unused – e.g. Burgas "A", Blagoevgrad "E" (a significant exception to this is Plovdiv's "PB")
  • The rest adopted two-letter codes that simply included random letters from their names – mostly from Cyrillic, some from Latin, and a few from a combination of the two.
Current province code Province Old province code Bulgarian spellings, Notes
А Burgas Province Бс, Б Бургас
В Varna Province Вн, В Варна
ВН Vidin Province Вд, ВД ВидиН
ВР Vratsa Province Вр, ВР ВРаца
ВТ Veliko Tarnovo Province ВТ Велико Търново
Е Blagoevgrad Province Бл, БЛ Благоевград
ЕВ Gabrovo Province Гб, Г Габрово
ЕН Pleven Province Пл, ПЛ ПлевЕН
К Kardzhali Province Кж, К Кърджали
КН Kyustendil Province Кн, КН КюстеНдил
М Montana Province Мх, М Монтана
Н Shumen Province Ш Шумен
ОВ Lovech Province Лч, Л ЛОВеч
Р Ruse Province Рс, Р Русе
РА Pazardzhik Province Пз, ПЗ Пазарджик (PAzardjik)
РВ Plovdiv Province Пд, П Пловдив
РК Pernik Province Пк, ПК Перник (PerniK)
РР Razgrad Province РЗ РазгРад
СН Sliven Province Сл, СЛ СливеН
СМ Smolyan Province См, СМ СМолян
С
СА (since 2006)		 Sofia-Capital Сф, С, А София
СО Sofia Province СФ София Област
СС Silistra Province Сс, СС СилиСтра
СТ Stara Zagora Province СтЗ, СЗ СТара Загора
Т Targovishte Province Тщ, Т Търговище
ТХ Dobrich Province Тх, ТХ Добрич
У Yambol Province Яб, Я Ямбол (Yambol)
Х Haskovo Province Хс, Х Хасково

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