It's a manufacturer-dealer service-history lookup that now also returns records from a vehicle's fleet, lease, contract-hire or rental period. Around half of new UK cars start life on a fleet, and they're typically maintained to strict service schedules — those records used to be invisible to retail buyers, and now they aren't.

No. Fleet, lease and hire records are now included on every standard check at no extra cost — £9.99 for consumers, £4.99 for trade pay-as-you-go, or as low as £2.81/check on a monthly trade plan. Same price, more data.

The clearest signal is the keeper history on the V5C. A first registered keeper that's a leasing company, fleet operator, car-hire firm or large limited company usually means the car was ex-fleet. Our report surfaces the service entries from that period so you can verify how it was maintained.

Generally yes. Fleet operators enforce manufacturer service intervals to protect resale value and meet end-of-contract return inspections. Most fleet cars also stay inside the franchised main-dealer network during their first three years — exactly the dealer-stamped service trail buyers want to see.

Ex-lease is one type of ex-fleet. A lease (PCH or contract hire) is typically a 2–4 year contract held by a leasing company. Other fleet placements include company cars on a corporate fleet policy, daily-rental cars, short-term hire, and pool cars. All count as ex-fleet — our check covers each.

Not by itself. Buyers price condition, service history and mileage — not the keeper-type on the logbook. The real factor that affects resale is high mileage, which is more common on ex-fleet cars because they're used for business. A low-mileage ex-fleet car with full main-dealer service history is often a strong second-hand buy.

BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Ford and Vauxhall dominate the UK corporate-fleet market and have the deepest dealer-record coverage. Volkswagen, Skoda, Toyota and Land Rover are also strong. See full per-brand coverage on the manufacturers index page.

Rolling out from summer 2026. Lookups against vehicles already in the dataset return fleet entries immediately when they exist. We don't backfill historic checks — re-run any vehicle you previously checked with a missing-history result to see if records now exist.

We surface every dealer service entry on file in date order, including the servicing dealership. Where a record carries a fleet-operator or leasing-company marker we'll display it. The keeper history on the V5C remains the authoritative source of who owned the car when.

It isn't a separate product — it's the same check with broader source data. Run a standard service history check and you'll now see records from the vehicle's fleet period included alongside the records from when it was privately owned. One check, one price, one report.