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Operator licences in Ashington

19 companies and organisations hold 19 operator licences with an operating centre in Ashington, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

Operators: 19
Company licences: 19
Vehicles authorised: 428
Sole trader or partnership: 3 counted only

Ashington at a glance

Licence types: 1 Standard International, 11 Standard National and 7 Restricted.
1 licence (5%) is for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
10 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 3 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 22.5 vehicles on average, against 12.6 across the North East of England traffic area.
The largest operator, Arriva Northumbria Ltd, holds 39% of the vehicles authorised in Ashington.

Largest operators in Ashington

Companies and organisations by vehicles authorised on their licences with a centre in Ashington.

Arriva Northumbria Ltd167 vehicles
Northern Electric PLC94 vehicles
J T Dove Ltd52 vehicles
R. Thornton & Co. Ltd.25 vehicles
N.B. Clark Limited18 vehicles
Dedicated Transport Solutions Limited16 vehicles
Emmex Freight Services Ltd14 vehicles
Border Aggregates and Landscaping Supplies Limited10 vehicles
3 C Services Limited10 vehicles
Now Transport Limited5 vehicles

All operator licences

Filter licences in AshingtonLicence type, goods or PSV, status, fleet size, earned recognition, Companies House flags

Operator licences in Ashington, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Arriva Northumbria Ltd	PB0002032	Standard National (PSV)	NE63	167	Valid
Northern Electric PLC	OB0205757	Restricted	NE63	94	Valid
J T Dove Ltd	OB0205387	Restricted	NE63	52	Valid
R. Thornton & Co. Ltd.	OB0224792	Standard National	NE63	25	Valid
N.B. Clark Limited	OB2014079	Standard National	NE63	18	Valid
Dedicated Transport Solutions Limited	OB2020949	Standard International	NE63	16	Valid
Emmex Freight Services Ltd	OB1018084	Standard National	NE63	14	Valid
3 C Services Limited	OB2015827	Standard National	NE63	10	Valid
Border Aggregates and Landscaping Supplies Limited	OB2063751	Standard National	NE63	10	Valid
Thornton Brothers Limited	OB1078103	Standard National	NE63	5	Valid
Now Transport Limited	OB2092048	Standard National	NE63	5	Valid
Ashington Removals & Storage Centre Limited	OB2059230	Standard National	NE63	3	Valid
Bernicia Group	OB2017118	Restricted	NE63	2	Valid
Bison Scaffolding Ltd	OB2091162	Restricted	NE63	2	Valid
Forge Leisure (UK) Limited	OB1090987	Restricted	NE63	1	Valid
Tony Mac Limited	OB1139454	Restricted	NE63	1	Valid
Flexible Engineered Solutions Limited	OB2070361	Restricted	NE63	1	Valid
Blu Services Ltd	OB2081724	Standard National	NE63	1	Valid
Sparton Civils Limited	OB2085638	Standard National	NE63	1	Valid

3 sole trader or partnership licences also have a centre here. We count them but do not list them.

Fleet sizes

Half of the 19 company licences in Ashington authorise 5 vehicles or fewer, and 53% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Ashington

1 vehicle:5 licences
2 vehicles:2 licences
3–5 vehicles:3 licences
6–10 vehicles:2 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:0 licences
51–100 vehicles:2 licences
100+ vehicles:1 licences

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DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. DVSA publishes the file weekly at best; this is the newest file we hold. How we read it

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