Abstract: A license plate holder, curved or otherwise, for receiving a license plate and wherein the license plate holder further has a pair of bumper guards, preferably of hard rubber or any other hard material to protect the bumpers of a vehicle. In a preferred embodiment the bumper guards are vertical and are disposed on each end of a license plate holder. In another embodiment the bumper guards may be horizontal and placed both at the upper edge and lower edge of the license plate holder and in a third embodiment a license plate holder may have a set of both vertical and horizontal bumper guards incorporated into one license plate holder.