Flock Counter: How Many License Plates Has Flock Safety Scanned?

Flock Safety operates one of the largest automated license plate surveillance networks in the United States

Right Now

7,716 plates scanned per second

Today ()

This Month

This Year ()

Since Flock's First Camera (2019)

~1,043

scans per American driver per year — about 2.9 per day. (20B/month × 12 = 240B/year ÷ ~230M licensed drivers)

6.7×

more images per day than Instagram. Flock captures ~667 million plate images daily. For reference, Instagram sees ~100 million photo uploads.

~9.4

estimated plate captures per day if you drive in a Flock-equipped city. (~31% of US communities use Flock, concentrating scans among those drivers)

plates captured since you opened this page.

These figures are derived from Flock Safety's own public claims. Actual scan volumes may be higher or lower. This tool does not access Flock's systems or any private data. All sources are linked below.

Sources & Methodology

Core data point

Flock Safety publicly claims 20 billion+ license plate scans per month, confirmed across NBC News, Wikipedia, EFF, and Flock's own materials through 2026.

Derived rates

Per day: ~667 million (20B ÷ 30)
Per hour: ~27.8 million
Per minute: ~463,000
Per second: ~7,716

Per-driver math

20B/month × 12 = 240B scans/year ÷ ~230M licensed US drivers = ~1,043 scans per driver per year, or ~2.9 per day.

Per-city math

Flock operates in 6,000+ communities out of ~19,500 incorporated places in the US (~31% coverage). Concentrating 240B scans among drivers in those communities: 1,043 ÷ 0.31 ÷ 365 ≈ 9.4 captures per day.

Cumulative estimate (since 2019)

Year	Est. scans	Notes
2019	~50M	First police customer, minimal deployment
2020	~5B	Early expansion
2021	~20B	Rapid growth
2022	~50B	Major adoption
2023	~100B	Scaled nationwide
2024	~170B	Continued growth
2025	~240B	20B/month run rate

Cumulative through end of 2025: ~585 billion. The live counter above adds the current year-to-date on top of that and ticks in real time at the 20B/month run rate.

Facts

~80,000–90,000 cameras deployed (independent researcher counts; Flock has not published a recent total)
~4,800 law enforcement agencies + ~1,000 business customers
6,000+ communities in 49 states
$8.4B valuation (April 2026 Series G)
~$957M raised across 9 funding rounds
$300M+ annual recurring revenue
~30% of revenue from enterprise customers (retailers, logistics, healthcare)

Sources

Wikipedia Flock Safety overview
Contrary Research Flock Safety company profile
EFF Flock Safety surveillance abuses
State of Surveillance Flock Safety network
Stateline States restrict license plate readers
PetaPixel Flock cameras exposed to the internet
NBC News Flock cameras scan billions per month
Tech Startups Flock hits $8.4B valuation (April 2026)
NPR Why cities are canceling Flock contracts
Lynnwood Times Lynnwood terminates Flock cameras
The Nation Backlash against AI surveillance cameras

Dig Further

Other tools and organizations tracking Flock Safety's surveillance network.

DeFlock Maps and lookup tool for Flock camera locations
Eyes On Flock Tracking Flock deployments by city
Have I Been Flocked? Check if your plate has appeared in a Flock network
Atlas of Surveillance EFF's database of surveillance tech
The Plate Privacy Project ALPR surveillance map by Institute for Justice

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