This is a list of national and international bicycle registers intended to counter
bike theft.
Registers can either be operated by public bodies or private companies. Some registers are peer-to-peer based. Some local police departments also offer to register bicycles. Bike registers can be used to check if a bike is reported as stolen and prove ownership after a stolen bike has been recovered.
In Japan it is mandatory to register every bicycle with the police as an anti-theft measure.[1][2]
Europe
Belgium
MyBike, since 2024 operated in all three regions of the country
Bulgaria
VELOregister.BG, a commercial register.
Denmark
Danish bicycle VIN-system, the unique VIN number of a bicycle can be looked up in the "Politi" smartphone application to see if a bicycle is reported as stolen.
Germany
Bike-ID bicycle registry, Bike-ID UG, a commercial register.
EIN - a different approach, which does not need registration, but does create a code for the owner, which can be decoded by the police.
Great Britain
BikeRegister - The National Cycle Database, operated by Selectamark Security Systems.
Bike Shepherd (formerly Bike Revolution), based in London, United Kingdom (and California, U.S.). As of June 2018 currently inactive.
Stolen Bikes in the UK, UK Peer-based bike register.
Immobilise, a free UK National Property Register for bicycles and more.
Hungary
BikeSafe.hu - paid service recommended and used by national police. Bike registration provides an ownership certificate for verified purchases - similar to car documents.
Falck og Securmark Sykkelregister, a commercial
FG-approved register.
Sykkelreg.no, a free peer-to-peer based register.
Romania
RegistruldeBiciclete.ro, free bicycle register.
Sweden
Cykelregister.se, free bicycle register
Belgium
Gevondenfietsen, free bicycle register, found bike website for local authorities and police forces
MyBike.brussels, free bicycle register
Spain
Biciregistro.es, free national bicycle register that includes a tracking kit by an extra price.
North America
USA and Canada
Bike Index (Chicago, Illinois) is a free, nonprofit, peer-to-peer service with the international target audience. Bike Index was founded in 2013 and merged with Stolen Bike Registry in 2014.[3] Bike Index has an openly available list of stolen bikes. Unlike most other registers, Bike Index has an accessible
API where data is wide open to anybody who wants to use it to find and return stolen bikes.[citation needed]
BikeRegistry.com - Global Bike Registration (Houston, Texas), has free signup and an international target audience. Their list of stolen bikes is openly available.[citation needed]
National Bike Registry (NBR, originally based in California) is a free bicycle register.[4] In 2017 NBR was purchased and merged with 529 Garage (based in Seattle, Washington).
529 Garage is now coming into use across Canada. In Victoria, BC, for example, it has completely replaced the Victoria Police Department's bike registry
[1].
South America
Brazil
Bike Registrada
Oceania
Australia
National Bike Register, operated by DataDot Technology Ltd.
Australian Bike Vault, operated by non-profit organisation Stolen Bicycles Australia Ltd.
New Zealand
New Zealand Bicycle Registry, a free registration service with the openly available list of currently stolen bicycles.
See also
Danish bicycle VIN-system, a bicycle marking system where a unique code is engraved into the bicycle frame.