Israeli Private Vehicle Registration

5.8M+ vehicles in Israel with full details: make, model, year, color, fuel type and more.

VehiclesFreeחינמיישראלdata.gov.il
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About this dataset

The single most important dataset on data.gov.il for anyone working with vehicles in Israel. Every vehicle registered with the Israeli Ministry of Transport, refreshed daily. One row = one vehicle, ~30 fields. Looked up by license plate (mispar_rechev) or VIN. This dataset powers every "check this car" app in Israel (car.co.il, yad2, icar etc.).

Who it's for

Israeli vehicle startups
Insurance companies
Vehicle valuation services
Used-car dealers

How to use it

  1. 1
    resource_id: 053cea08-09bc-40ec-8f7a-156f0677aff3
  2. 2
    GET data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search.
  3. 3
    Add q="<license plate>" for a fuzzy search.
  4. 4
    Or filters={"mispar_rechev": 1234567} for exact.

Installation & setup

None. Work directly with the data.gov.il API, or download the full CSV weekly and load into Postgres. For production — a daily ETL is the right pattern.

Code examples

async function checkCar(plate) {
  const res = await fetch(
    "https://data.gov.il/api/3/action/datastore_search?" +
    new URLSearchParams({
      resource_id: "053cea08-09bc-40ec-8f7a-156f0677aff3",
      q: plate,
      limit: "1",
    })
  );
  const { result } = await res.json();
  return result.records[0];
}

const car = await checkCar("1234567");
console.log(`${car.tozeret_nm} ${car.kinuy_mishari} ${car.shnat_yitzur}`);

Sample response

{
  "result": {
    "records": [
      {
        "mispar_rechev": 1234567,
        "tozeret_nm": "טויוטה",
        "kinuy_mishari": "קורולה הייבריד",
        "shnat_yitzur": 2022,
        "tzeva_rechev": "לבן",
        "sug_delek": "היברידי בנזין",
        "ramat_gimur": "E",
        "koah_soos": 122
      }
    ]
  }
}

FAQ

About 5.8M, growing by thousands monthly.

Tips & pitfalls

Run a daily ETL into Postgres with an index on mispar_rechev — 100× faster queries.
Fields are Hebrew-transliterated — map them once to human-readable names.
Since 2023 there are new odometer fields — useful for appraisal apps.