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Operator licences in Whitby

29 companies and organisations hold 29 operator licences with an operating centre in Whitby, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

Operators: 29
Company licences: 29
Vehicles authorised: 1,539
Sole trader or partnership: 11 counted only

Whitby at a glance

Licence types: 4 Standard International, 15 Standard National and 10 Restricted.
3 licences (10%) are for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
11 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 7 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 53.1 vehicles on average, against 12.6 across the North East of England traffic area.
The largest operator, Arriva Durham County Ltd, holds 25% of the vehicles authorised in Whitby.

Largest operators in Whitby

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

Arriva Durham County Ltd390 vehicles
North Yorkshire Council231 vehicles
M K M Building Supplies Ltd226 vehicles
Certas Energy UK Limited166 vehicles
Ny Highways Limited135 vehicles
Yorwaste Ltd80 vehicles
Brandsby Agricultural Trading Association Ltd62 vehicles
Wcf Ltd.39 vehicles
A R Wholesale Ltd35 vehicles
Esk Valley Coaches Limited35 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in Whitby, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Arriva Durham County Ltd	PB0002717	Standard National (PSV)	YO22	390	Valid
North Yorkshire Council	OB0181671	Standard National	YO22	231	Valid
M K M Building Supplies Ltd	OB0222544	Restricted	YO22	226	Valid
Certas Energy UK Limited	OB1040485	Standard National	YO22	166	Valid
Ny Highways Limited	OB2042953	Standard National	YO22	135	Valid
Yorwaste Ltd	OB0216550	Standard National	YO22	80	Valid
Brandsby Agricultural Trading Association Ltd	OB0003566	Standard National	YO22	62	Valid
Wcf Ltd.	OB0174566	Standard National	YO21	39	Valid
A R Wholesale Ltd	OB2045995	Standard International	YO21	35	Valid
Esk Valley Coaches Limited	PB1112834	Standard International (PSV)	YO22	35	Valid
Total Environmental Technology Ltd	OB1048793	Standard International	YO22	29	Valid
Coastal & Country Coaches Ltd	PB0003380	Standard National (PSV)	YO22	20	Valid
Wilf Noble Construction & Plant Hire Ltd	OB1010199	Standard National	YO22	14	Valid
Wilf Noble Recycling Ltd	OB1148451	Standard National	YO22	14	Valid
Armstrong Richardson & Co Ltd	OB0205614	Standard International	YO21	12	Valid
Wilf Noble Building Supplies Ltd	OB1142165	Standard National	YO22	12	Valid
Mike Dowson Limited	OB1143317	Restricted	YO21	12	Valid
Sky Scaffolding (Whitby) Ltd	OB1035756	Restricted	YO22	8	Valid
Rdl Scaffolding Ltd	OB2028496	Restricted	YO22	3	Valid
Rob Forster Services Ltd	OB2072207	Standard National	YO22	3	Valid
J.J. Harrison Landscapes Ltd	OB1048350	Restricted	YO22	2	Valid
John Noble Ltd	OB1073418	Standard National	YO22	2	Valid
Sam Wilkinson Solid Fuels Ltd	OB1112865	Restricted	YO22	2	Valid
Harland Bros (Builders) Ltd	OB1147476	Restricted	YO21	2	Valid
J W Mortimer Ltd	OB1095531	Standard National	YO21	1	Valid
Fusco Ltd	OB1134096	Restricted	YO22	1	Valid
Parkes Construction (Whitby) Ltd	OB2016093	Restricted	YO21	1	Valid
Fryup Forge Steel Building Solutions Ltd	OB2050018	Restricted	YO21	1	Valid
Pbl Plant Ltd	OB2091569	Standard National	YO22	1	Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 29 company licences in Whitby authorise 12 vehicles or fewer, and 38% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Whitby

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