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Operator licences in Whitehaven

16 companies and organisations hold 16 operator licences with an operating centre in Whitehaven, according to the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026.

Operators
16
Company licences
16
Vehicles authorised
942
Sole trader or partnership
2 counted only

Whitehaven at a glance

  • Licence types: 1 Standard International, 7 Standard National and 8 Restricted.
  • 1 licence (6%) is for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
  • 5 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 6 authorise more than 50.
  • Company licences here authorise 58.9 vehicles on average, against 11.9 across the North West of England traffic area.
  • The largest operator, Sunbelt Rentals Limited, holds 24% of the vehicles authorised in Whitehaven.

Largest operators in Whitehaven

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

  1. Sunbelt Rentals Limited230 vehicles
  2. Openreach Limited189 vehicles
  3. Cumberland Council166 vehicles
  4. Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd75 vehicles
  5. Gap Group Ltd70 vehicles
  6. Speedy Asset Services Ltd59 vehicles
  7. J T Atkinson & Sons Limited47 vehicles
  8. Sellafield Limited45 vehicles
  9. G & A M Lawson Ltd23 vehicles
  10. Jacksons Timber Ltd12 vehicles

All operator licences

Filter licences in WhitehavenLicence type, goods or PSV, status, fleet size, earned recognition, Companies House flags
Operator licences in Whitehaven, by vehicles authorised
OperatorLicenceTypePostcode districtVehiclesStatus
RSunbelt Rentals LimitedOC0277999RestrictedCA28230Valid
ROpenreach LimitedOC2092136RestrictedCA28189Valid
SNCumberland CouncilOC2063131Standard NationalCA28166Valid
RNetwork Rail Infrastructure LtdOC1029170RestrictedCA2875Valid
SNGap Group LtdOC0282993Standard NationalCA2870Valid
RSpeedy Asset Services LtdOC1095073RestrictedCA2859Valid
RJ T Atkinson & Sons LimitedOC0262818RestrictedCA2847Valid
SISellafield LimitedOC0226800Standard InternationalCA2845Valid
SNG & A M Lawson LtdOC0282625Standard NationalCA2823Valid
RJacksons Timber LtdOC0294369RestrictedCA2812Valid
RBlomfields LtdOC1022022RestrictedCA2811Valid
RAbc Scaffolding (Cumbria) LtdOC2019765RestrictedCA285Valid
SNO'Connor Fencing LtdOC0290832Standard NationalCA283Valid
SNT W West LtdOC1133987Standard NationalCA283Valid
SNWest Coast Plant Hire LtdOC2031224Standard NationalCA282Valid
SNDownton Travel LtdPC1117556Standard National (PSV)CA282Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 16 company licences in Whitehaven authorise 34 vehicles or fewer, and 31% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Whitehaven
  1. 1 vehicle:0 licences
  2. 2 vehicles:2 licences
  3. 3–5 vehicles:3 licences
  4. 6–10 vehicles:0 licences
  5. 11–25 vehicles:3 licences
  6. 26–50 vehicles:2 licences
  7. 51–100 vehicles:3 licences
  8. 100+ vehicles:3 licences

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

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