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Operator licences in North Shields

32 companies and organisations hold 32 operator licences with an operating centre in North Shields, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Operators: 32
Company licences: 32
Vehicles authorised: 1,509
Sole trader or partnership: 1 counted only

North Shields at a glance

Licence types: 1 Standard International, 9 Standard National and 22 Restricted.
1 licence (3%) is for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
16 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 5 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 47.2 vehicles on average, against 12.6 across the North East of England traffic area.
The largest operator, Go North East Limited, holds 43% of the vehicles authorised in North Shields.

Largest operators in North Shields

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

Go North East Limited652 vehicles
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd240 vehicles
Hargreaves (UK) Services Ltd150 vehicles
North Tyneside Council95 vehicles
Speedy Asset Services Ltd60 vehicles
H B Clark & Co (Successors) Ltd44 vehicles
Encon Insulation Ltd42 vehicles
Primaflow Limited37 vehicles
Galaxy Insulation and Dry Lining Limited32 vehicles
Vink UK Limited23 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in North Shields, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Go North East Limited	PB0003954	Standard National (PSV)	NE29	652	Valid
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd	OB0213546	Standard National	NE29	240	Valid
Hargreaves (UK) Services Ltd	OB0228135	Standard National	NE29	150	Valid
North Tyneside Council	OB0205349	Standard National	NE29	95	Valid
Speedy Asset Services Ltd	OB1095080	Restricted	NE29	60	Valid
H B Clark & Co (Successors) Ltd	OB0016216	Restricted	NE29	44	Valid
Encon Insulation Ltd	OB0227048	Restricted	NE29	42	Valid
Primaflow Limited	OB2013831	Restricted	NE29	37	Valid
Galaxy Insulation and Dry Lining Limited	OB2021232	Restricted	NE27	32	Valid
Vink UK Limited	OB0208515	Restricted	NE29	23	Valid
Automatic Retailing (Northern) Ltd	OB0230170	Standard International	NE29	23	Valid
Fishers Services Ltd	OB1085133	Standard National	NE29	21	Valid
Snap-On U.K. Holdings Limited	OB1103104	Restricted	NE29	19	Valid
Castle Scaffold (Northern) Ltd	OB0222995	Restricted	NE29	7	Valid
Coquet Island Shellfish Limited	OB2007752	Restricted	NE30	6	Valid
Jm McCracken & Sons Ltd	OB2072870	Standard National	NE30	6	Valid
Tyne Insulation Supplies Ltd	OB0209338	Restricted	NE29	5	Valid
Tri-Wall North East Limited	OB0223418	Restricted	NE29	5	Valid
K H Networks Ltd	OB1118515	Standard National	NE29	5	Valid
Turner & Wrights Ltd	OB1148332	Restricted	NE29	5	Valid
Farsi Foods Ltd	OB1022867	Restricted	NE29	4	Valid
Waste Management Systems Ltd	OB1057429	Restricted	NE29	4	Valid
Coolcheck Refrigeration Limited	OB1094245	Restricted	NE29	4	Valid
Ascendex Ltd	OB2084276	Standard National	NE29	4	Valid
Percy A Hudson Ltd	OB0205468	Restricted	NE30	3	Valid
Ian Thompson Waste Recycling Ltd	OB2087213	Standard National	NE30	3	Valid
55 Fisheries Limited	OB2038111	Restricted	NE30	2	Valid
Oakenclough Buildings Limited	OB2060111	Restricted	NE29	2	Valid
Rock Breakers (UK) Ltd	OB2063643	Restricted	NE29	2	Valid
Clarke's Plumbing Limited	OB2072106	Restricted	NE29	2	Valid
Larry's Fishcakes Limited	OB2049383	Restricted	NE30	1	Valid
William Oliver & Rodman Russell Limited	OB2058289	Restricted	NE29	1	Valid

1 sole trader or partnership licence also has a centre here. We count them but do not list them.

Fleet sizes

Half of the 32 company licences in North Shields authorise 6 vehicles or fewer, and 50% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, North Shields

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

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DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026, read 9 October 2026. How we read it

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