Plate code BM — Sumy oblast

Code BM corresponds to Sumy oblast (in the list since 2004) and was assigned when the registration operation was performed at a service centre of this region.

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Series of Sumy oblast by year

Regional codes changed three times: the 2004 list, the 2013–2015 rotation and the 2021 list. Every series stays valid on the plates that were issued with it.

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this is how a plate with series BM looks

Region: Sumy oblast
In the list since: 2004
Status: valid on issued plates
Series of the region: BM HM XM EM

2004BMThe 2004 listtwo-letter regional series on the new-format platesthis series
2013–2015HMFirst-letter rotationthe region kept its second letter, the first one changed
2021XMEMThe 2021 listcurrent series list

Validity. All series remain valid on previously issued plates — a car is not re-registered because of a list change.

Issued now. Check against the current edition of the series list: some combinations were replaced by later amendments.

This is the whole region, not only series BM: the series shows where the registration operation took place, not where the owner lives.

Car market of Sumy oblast in numbers

Series BM points to the region of the registration operation, so the best context for it is the market of the whole region: what is sold here, at what prices, of what age and mileage. Active listings of the region; medians, not averages.

Median price$7,000

half of the region’s listings are cheaper, half — pricier

Market core$3 500–12 500

half of all offers sit inside this corridor

Typical car2010 · 186k km

median model year and mileage of a listing

cheap quarter: < $3,500< $3,500

median: $7,000$7,000

pricey quarter: > $12,500> $12,500

Where the region’s prices are concentrated

share of listings in each price band, $ (5th–95th percentile)

19%1k–3k

16%3k–5k

16%5k–7k

13%7k–9k

10%9k–11k

6%11k–13k

6%13k–15k

5%15k–17k

4%17k–19k

2%19k–21k

2%21k–23k

2%23k–25k

The tallest bar is the most common asking price in the region: the widest choice, but also the most rivals. Compare it with the national picture on the market analytics page.

Price and mileage by model year

bars — median price, line — median mileage of the year

The gap between neighbouring bars is the price of one year of age in this region. If a car you are looking at sits far below the mileage line for its year, the odometer is the first thing to check.

Mileage distribution

thousands of km · median 186k km

6%0–50

13%50–100

16%100–150

23%150–200

20%200–250

13%250–300

6%300–350

3%350+

Which odometer readings are most common among cars from this region. Everything to the right of the peak has been driven more than the typical local car.