Current Colors

These are all of the colors currently used on Wisconsin plate stickers. Regular stickers are used on most vehicles, like cars, trucks, and so on, while quarterly stickers are used on heavy truck and trailer types. 2026 stickers are used on farm, motorcycle, and moped plates, while 2028 stickers are currently only used on school bus, special-x, and driver education plates. 2030 stickers are being issued to long-term light trailer plates, such as those used on U-Hauls. Expired stickers (such as March 2024) aren't shown.

Years with an asterisk (*) are estimates based on previous year stickers and known sticker color patterns. If you have information/images of unconfirmed stickers, please feel free to contact me.

Type 2024 2025 2026 2028 2030
Regular 24 25 26 28 30
Quarterly March 25
Quarterly June 24 25
Quarterly September 24
Quarterly December 24
School Bus Inspection 2024
Boat/Snowmobile 2024 2025* 2026*

Recently Used Sticker Colors

These are the sticker colors used in the last 5 years or so. Currently valid stickers aren't shown on this table and are shown in the current colors table.

Type 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Regular 19 20 21 22 23
Quarterly March 19 20 21 22 23 24
Quarterly June 19 20 21 22 23
Quarterly September 19 20 21 22 23
Quarterly December 19 20 21 22 23
School Bus Inspection 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Boat/Snowmobile 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Historical Colors

This is the table for all license plate, license plate sticker, and license plate tab color cycles from 1905 to present. Plate types that have a lot in common are grouped together, and plate types that followed the same color cycle as another type for every year they were issued are not shown; for example, distributor plates aren't shown as they've followed dealer plate colors since they were introduced, while heavy farm truck plates are shown because they started out using farm truck colors then went to using heavy truck colors.

Key of all the codes I use on this table:
Years with a white border are years that are guesses based on previous year sticker colors.
Years with a dash (-) before 1960 are tabs, years with a dash after 1959 are plates. Example: a "59-" would indicate a tab for 1959, while a "60-" would indicate a base plate for 1960.
Years with an asterisk (*) have notes on them. Click on the asterisk to see more.
Years with no border are years known to exist, though the colors are unknown.
Table cells that are just a dash are years where stickers/tabs weren't issued, so there is no color cycle for them.

Also note that this table is horribly misaligned as I haven't had the chance to work on this table much as I focus on other pages. I will *eventually* fix that, however I have thousands of images to edit currently so the historical table is lower on my priority of things to work on.

Passenger
 
Not Issued
until 1905
 
1911
1905-1911
(Undated)
1912
1913
1914
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
1938
1939
1940
19 41
19 42
43-
44-
45-
46
47-*
48-
49-
50-
51-
52-
53
54-
55
56-
57
58-
59
60-
61-
62
63-
64
65-
66
67
68-
69
70
71
72
73-
74
75
76
77
78
79
80-
81
82
83
84
85
86
87*
88*
89
90
91
92
93
94
95*
96
97
98
99
2000
01*
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Truck
 
Not Issued until 1918
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
30 31
31 32
32 33
33 34
34 35
35 36
36 37
37 38
38 39
39 40
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44 45
45 46
47-
1948
49-
50-
1951
52*
53-
54
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78
79*
80*
81-
82
83
84
85
86
87
88-
89
90
91
92
93
94
95*
96
97
98
99
2000
01*
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Farm
 
Not Issued until 1934
34 35
35 36
36 37
37 38
38 39
39 40
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44 45
45 46
47-
1948
49-
50-
1951
52*
53-
54
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78
79
80
81-
82
83
84
85
86
87
88-
89
90
-
92
-
94
-
96
-
98
-
2000
-
02
-
04
-
06
-
08
-
10
-
12
-
14
-
16
-
18
-
20
-
22
-
24
-
26
-
28
-
30
Motorcycle
 
Not Issued until 1909
1909 -
1911
1911
1912
1913
1914
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
1940
1941
1942
1943
43-4-
44-5-
1946
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
1958
1959
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72-
73
74-
75
-
77-
78
79-
80
81-
82
83-
84
85*
86
87
88
89-
90
-
92
-
94-
-
96
-
98
-
2000
-
02
-
04
-
06
-
08
-
10
-
12
-
14
-
16
-
18
-
20
-
22
-
24
-
26
-
28
-
30
Dealer
 
Not Issued
until 1905
 
1911
1905-1911
(Undated)
1912
1913
1914
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
1938
1939
1940
19 41
19 42
43-
1944
45-
19 46
19 47
19 48
19 49
50
19 51
19 52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66-
67-
68-
69-
70-
71-
72-
73-
74-
75-
76-
77-
78-
79-
80
81-
82
83-
84
85-
86
87-
88
89-
90
91*
92
93
94
95
96
97*
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11*
12*
13*
2011 - 2030 (undated)
Heavy Farm Truck
 
Not Issued until 1951
1951
52*
53-
54
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78
79-
80
81-
82
83-
84
85-*
86
87-
88
89-
90
91-
92
93-
94
95-
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10-*
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Insert Truck
 
Not Issued until 1940
3-31-40
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44 45
45 46
47-
47 48
48 49
49 50
50 51
51 52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66-
67-
68-
69-
70-
71-
72-
73
74-
75
76-
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
89
90-
91
92-
93
94-
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09-
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Light Truck for Hire
 
Not Issued until 1941
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44 45
45 46
47-
47 48
48 49
49 50
50 51
51 52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66-
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
76-
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
89
90-
91
92-
93
94-
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05*
06*
07*
08*
 
Discontinued
Quarterly March
 
Not Issued until 1941
40 41-*
41 42-*
42-43-*
43-4-*
44 45-*
45 46-*
47-*
47 48-
48 49-
49 50-
50 51-
51 52-
53-
54-
55-
56-
57-
58-
59-
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Quarterly June
 
Not Issued until 1941
40 41-*
41 42-*
42-43-*
43-4-*
44 45-*
45 46-*
47-*
47 48-
48 49-
49 50-
50 51-
51 52-
53-
54-
55-
56-
57-
58-
59-
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Quarterly September
 
Not Issued until 1940
40 41-*
41 42-*
42-43-*
43-4-*
44 45-*
45 46-*
47-*
47 48-
48 49-
49 50-
50 51-
51 52-
53-
54-
55-
56-
57-
58-
59-
60-
61
62
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Quarterly December
 
Not Issued until 1940
40 41-*
41 42-*
42-43-*
43-4-*
44 45-*
45 46-*
47-*
47 48-
48 49-
49 50-
50 51-
51 52-
53-
54-
55-
56-
57-
58-
59-
60-
61
62
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Monthly
 
Not Known until 1965
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
 
Unknown
Issuance
 
Quarterly Colors*
Dual Purpose Farm
 
Not Issued until 1978
78-
79
80
81-
82
83
84
85
86
87
88-
89
90
91
92
93
94
95*
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05*
06*
07*
08*
09*
 
Discontinued
Dual Purpose Vehicle
 
Not Issued until 1977
77-
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88-
89
90
91
92
93
94
95*
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05*
06*
07*
08*
09*
 
Discontinued
Driver Education
 
Not Issued until 1975
75-
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89-
-
93
-
98
-
03
-
08*
-
13*
-
18*
-
23*
-
28*
-
Apportioned
 
Not Issued until 1978
78-
79
80
81-
82-
83-
84-
85-
86-
87-
88-
89-
90-
91-
92-
93-
94-
95-
96-
97-
98-
99-*
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18-*
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Apportioned Semi Trailer
 
Not Issued until 1978
78-
79
80
81-
82-
83-
84-
85-
86-
87-
88-
89-
01-
99-01
 
Discontinued
Permit Reciprocity/
Prorate
 
Not Issued until 1956
56
57
58
59*
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66-
67-
68-
69-
70-
71-*
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
 
Discontinued (?)
Candian Reciprocity
 
Not Issued until 1956
(56)
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
?
65-
?
 
Discontinued
Tax Only
 
Not Issued until 1955
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
?
65-
66-
67-
68-
69-
70-
71-
72-
73
74-
75-
76-
77-
78-
79-
80-
81-
82-
83-
84-
85-
86-
 
Discontinued
Semi Trailer
 
Not Issued until 1954
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66-
67-
68-
69-
70-
71-
72-
73
74-
75
76-
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86
 
1987 - 2030 (Undated)
5-Year Semi Trailer
 
Not Issued until 1982
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
 
Discontinued
Light Trailer
 
Not Known until 1929
29
30
30 31
31 32
32 33
33 34
34 35
35 36
36 37
37 38
38 39
39 40
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44 45
45 46
47-
1948
49-
50-
1951
52*
53-
54
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
?
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78
79-
80
81-
82
83-
84
85-
86
87-
88
89-
90
91
92
93
94
95-
96
97
98
99
2000
01*
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Mobile Home*
 
Not Issued until 1940
40 41
41 42
42-43
43-4-
44-5-
45-46
47-
1948
49-
50-
1951
52*
53-
54
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78
79
80-
81
82
83
84
85
86-
87
88
89
90
91
92
93-
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08*
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Light Trailer for Hire
 
Not Issued until 1976
76-
77
85-
86
87-
88
89-
-
94
95-
-
2000
01-
-
06
-
12
-
18
-
24
-
30
Limited Trailer
 
Not Known until 1940
40 41
41 42?
42-43
?
45 46?
47-?
1948
49-?
50-?
1951?
52
53-?
?
 
Discontinued (?)
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
55
56-
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
-
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
89
90-
91
92-
93
94-
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09-*
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Farm Trailer
 
Not Issued
until 1905
 
1911
1905-1911
(Undated)
1912
1913
1914
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
1938
1939
1940
19 41
19 42
43-
44-
45-
46
47-*
48-
49-
50-
51-
52-
53
54-
55
56-
57
58-
59
60-
61-
62
63-
64
65-
66
67
68-
69
70
71
72
73-
74
75
76
77
78
79
80-
81
82
83
84
85
86
87*
88*
89
90
91
92
93
94
95*
96
97
98
99
2000
01*
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Special-UX
 
Not Known until 1956
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65-
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
76
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
89
90-
91
92-
93
94-
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05*
06*
07*
08*
 
Discontinued
Special-X
 
Not Known until 1954
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
76
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
-
93-
-
98-
-
03*
-
08
-
13*
-
18
-
23
-
28
-
BX Bus
 
Not Known until 1955
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65
66
67-
68
69
70-
71
72
73
74-
75
76
77
78-
79
80-
81
82-
83
84-
85
86-
87
88-
-
93-
-
98-
-
03*
-
08*
-
13
-
18
-
23
-
28
-
School Bus
 
Not Known until 1945
45 46
47-
47 48
48 49?
49 50
50 51
51 52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60-
61-
62-
63-
64-
65
66
67-
68
69
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98-
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03*
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08*
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13
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18
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28
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Insert Bus
 
Not Issued until 1941
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42-43
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47-
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City Bus
 
Not Issued until 1926
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34
35
36
37
1938
1939
3-31-40
 
Unknown Issuance
 
Discontinued
School Bus Inspection
 
Not Issued until 1973
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Municipal
 
Not Known until 1924
 
1924 - 1929
(Undated)
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1931
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1938
1939
1940
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1942
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Farm Trailer
 
Not Known until 1955
Created October 27, 2018. Updated April 24, 2024.