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North Macedonia

Северна Македонија

North Macedonian plates use a two-letter city code, four digits and two letters, with a red panel repeating the letters in Cyrillic.

CURRENT STANDARD
СКАБSK 4821 AB
City 0000 AAIntroduced 2012 · NMK field 2019
THE SYSTEM

How the numbering works

01

The ordinary example follows City 0000 AA.

02

SK identifies Skopje; the opening pair is geographic.

03

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is NMK.

04

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

05

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

BEYOND THE STANDARD

Special & distinctive series

Colour and suffixes can completely change a plate's meaning.

СКАБSK 4821 AB

Standard private

The current ordinary City 0000 AA registration.

SK 482AB

Motorcycle

Motorcycles use a compact two-line layout.

СКАБ12-A-048

Diplomatic

Diplomatic registrations use protected status codes.

СКАБSK 4821-P

Temporary

Temporary and test series use distinct final letters.

CURRENT REFERENCE

North Macedonia's current plate system

A reconstructed current plate and concise system timeline, separated from the more extensively documented country archives.

2012 · NMK field 2019
SK 4821 AB

Present registration system

North Macedonian plates use a two-letter city code, four digits and two letters, with a red panel repeating the letters in Cyrillic.

2012

Current grammar introduced

The City 0000 AA system establishes the ordinary plate described above.

Today

City coded

SK identifies Skopje; the opening pair is geographic.

BEYOND THE EVERYDAY

More plates worth knowing

Special status, vehicle class or use can change the colour, prefix, suffix or even the entire registration logic.

Motorcycle
SK 482AB

Motorcycles use a compact two-line layout.

Diplomatic
СКАБ12-A-048

Diplomatic registrations use protected status codes.

Temporary
СКАБSK 4821-P

Temporary and test series use distinct final letters.

CURRENT GRAMMAR

How to read North Macedonia's ordinary plate

North Macedonian plates use a two-letter city code, four digits and two letters, with a red panel repeating the letters in Cyrillic.

FormatCity 0000 AA

The ordinary example follows City 0000 AA.

Geographic clueCity coded

SK identifies Skopje; the opening pair is geographic.

International markNMK

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is NMK.

Physical variantsEuropean long format

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

Protected seriesSpecial use

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

VISIBLE CATEGORIES

Ordinary and special plates use separate visual rules

Colour, prefix, dimensions or a control field can signal a different legal registration class.

Standard privateSK 4821 AB

The current ordinary City 0000 AA registration.

MotorcycleSK 482 AB

Motorcycles use a compact two-line layout.

Diplomatic12-A-048

Diplomatic registrations use protected status codes.

TemporarySK 4821-P

Temporary and test series use distinct final letters.

PLATE REFERENCE

Formats and protected families

Search the ordinary City 0000 AA grammar and the principal special registrations represented in this guide.

7 of 7 entriesCity codedCountry mark NMK
City
Opening registration blockOrdinary format · 1
0000
Registration block 2Ordinary format · 2
AA
Registration block 3Ordinary format · 3
SK
Standard privatePlate family · 1
SK
MotorcyclePlate family · 2
12-A-048
DiplomaticPlate family · 3
SK
TemporaryPlate family · 4
GOOD TO KNOW

Three road-side clues

SK identifies Skopje; the opening pair is geographic.

The NMK identifier distinguishes the country in international traffic.

Special-series colours and codes are legal status markers rather than decorative alternatives.

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