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NCT Naas · Pass rate

NCT Naas pass rate

In 2025, 47.7% of cars passed first time at Naas, 1.5 points below the Irish average of 49.2%, stable on 2024 (47.7%). It ranks 26 of 50 centres. 89.4% of retests passed.

47.7%first-time pass rate, 2025
26 / 50national ranking
89.4%retests passed
57,692initial tests in 2025

NCT Naas pass rate by year

Best year 2022 (56.1%), weakest 2020 (39.1%), when Covid disrupted testing. The dashed line is Ireland as a whole.

35%40%45%50%55%60% 2013201520172019202120232025
NaasIreland
YearTestsNaasIrelandRank
202557,69247.7%49.2%26 of 50
202457,80047.7%50.6%32 of 50
202350,58353.7%52.9%19 of 50
202245,98156.1%54.3%18 of 49
202155,31952.9%52.8%23 of 49
202036,35739.1%43.7%31 of 47
201944,98550%50%21 of 47
201842,68249.2%49.2%21 of 47
201744,07347.1%48.5%26 of 47
201649,95544.3%47.2%39 of 47
201550,85045.7%48.1%34 of 47
201444,69746.6%48.4%29 of 47
201338,79443.9%46.6%34 of 47

How NCT Naas compares

#CentrePass rate 2025
24Fonthill48.4%
25Dundalk47.7%
26Naas47.7%
27Kells47.2%
28Charleville47.1%

All 50 centres ranked · Ireland since 2013

The car matters more than the centre

NCT Naas pass rate: questions

What is the NCT pass rate in Naas?

In 2025, 47.7% of cars passed the full NCT at Naas on the first attempt (27,511 of 57,692 initial tests), 1.5 points below the national rate of 49.2%. 89.4% of retests passed.

Has the pass rate at Naas gone up or down?

Results go back to 2013 (43.9%). The best year was 2022 (56.1%) and the weakest 2020 (39.1%). In 2025 it was 47.7%.

Is it easier to pass the NCT in Naas?

Pass rates mostly reflect the age and condition of the cars tested locally, not how strict a centre is: every centre uses the same standard. Preparing the car makes far more difference than the centre.

RSA NCT Pass Fail Rates 2025 and the NCTS annual reviews 2013–2024 (initial tests; from 2018 "pass pending recheck" counts as a pass, as in the RSA open data). Reviewed 2 October 2026.