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LicensePlateData

Developer-first tools that give access to a library of vehicle information, including license plate to VIN lookup, VIN decoding, and OEM-style vehicle imagery for passenger cars, ATVs, and light and heavy trucks and trailers from 1980 to current model years.

LicensePlateData publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Images API, Plate API, and VIN API. Tagged areas include Vehicles, License Plates, VIN, Automotive, and Plate Lookup.

LicensePlateData’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 2 more developer resources.

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36.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
VehiclesLicense PlatesVINAutomotivePlate LookupVIN Decoding

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 36.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

LicensePlateData Images API

Vehicle imagery

LicensePlateData Plate API

Convert license plates to VINs

LicensePlateData VIN API

Decode VINs into vehicle attributes

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

LicensePlateData API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Licenseplatedata Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Licenseplatedata Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Licenseplatedata Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Licenseplatedata Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Licenseplatedata Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Licenseplatedata Agentic Access

3 operations

3 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: licenseplatedata
name: LicensePlateData
description: Developer-first tools that give access to a library of vehicle information, including license plate to VIN lookup,
  VIN decoding, and OEM-style vehicle imagery for passenger cars, ATVs, and light and heavy trucks and trailers from 1980
  to current model years.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/licenseplatedata.png
tags:
- Vehicles
- License Plates
- VIN
- Automotive
- Plate Lookup
- VIN Decoding
created: '2025-02-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/licenseplatedata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: licenseplatedata:licenseplatedata-images-api
  name: LicensePlateData Images API
  description: Vehicle imagery
  humanURL: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  baseURL: https://api.licenseplatedata.com/v1
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/licenseplatedata-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://portal.licenseplatedata.com/
- aid: licenseplatedata:licenseplatedata-plate-api
  name: LicensePlateData Plate API
  description: Convert license plates to VINs
  humanURL: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  baseURL: https://api.licenseplatedata.com/v1
  tags:
  - Plate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/licenseplatedata-plate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://portal.licenseplatedata.com/
- aid: licenseplatedata:licenseplatedata-vin-api
  name: LicensePlateData VIN API
  description: Decode VINs into vehicle attributes
  humanURL: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  baseURL: https://api.licenseplatedata.com/v1
  tags:
  - VIN
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/licenseplatedata-vin-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://licenseplatedata.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://portal.licenseplatedata.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/licenseplatedata-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/licenseplatedata-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/licenseplatedata-authentication.yml
- url: https://licenseplatedata.com/blog
  type: Blog