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Operator licences in Shetland

58 companies and organisations hold 60 operator licences with an operating centre in Shetland, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Operators: 58
Company licences: 60
Vehicles authorised: 1,220
Sole trader or partnership: 20 counted only

Shetland at a glance

Licence types: 7 Standard International, 35 Standard National and 18 Restricted.
7 licences (12%) are for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
38 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 7 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 20.3 vehicles on average, against 13.7 across the Scotland traffic area.
The largest operator, Openreach Limited, holds 18% of the vehicles authorised in Shetland.

Largest operators in Shetland

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

Openreach Limited215 vehicles
Certas Energy UK Limited167 vehicles
Dfds Logistics Services Limited155 vehicles
Veolia Es (UK) Limited90 vehicles
Peterson (United Kingdom) Ltd77 vehicles
Streamline Shipping Group Ltd65 vehicles
Highland Fuels Limited60 vehicles
Northwards Ltd.50 vehicles
Shetland Islands Council41 vehicles · 2 licences here
R Robertson & Son Ltd34 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in Shetland, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Openreach Limited	OM2092144	Restricted	ZE1	215	Valid
Certas Energy UK Limited	OM1040392	Standard National	ZE1	167	Valid
Dfds Logistics Services Limited	OM1134151	Standard International	ZE1	155	Valid
Veolia Es (UK) Limited	OM0038358	Standard National	ZE2	90	Valid
Peterson (United Kingdom) Ltd	OM0035970	Standard International	ZE1	77	Valid
Streamline Shipping Group Ltd	OM1015124	Standard National	ZE1	65	Valid
Highland Fuels Limited	OM0021731	Standard National	ZE1	60	Valid
Northwards Ltd.	OM1002880	Standard National	ZE1	50	Valid
R Robertson & Son Ltd	PM2016873	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	34	Valid
Garriock Bros.Limited	OM0019572	Standard National	ZE2	33	Valid
Shetland Islands Council	OM0020657	Standard National	ZE2	33	Valid
R S Henderson Ltd	OM1125131	Standard National	ZE2	25	Valid
Emn Plant Limited	OM1082690	Standard National	ZE2	20	Valid
Altrad Environmental Services Onshore Limited	OM1125974	Standard National	ZE2	16	Valid
Tulloch Developments Ltd	OM0031882	Standard National	ZE1	14	Valid
Lhd Marine Supplies Ltd	OM0025129	Standard National	ZE1	13	Valid
J W G PLC	OM0019561	Restricted	ZE1	10	Valid
Enquest Heather Limited	OM2062437	Restricted	ZE2	10	Valid
Ness Engineering Ltd	OM0038558	Standard National	ZE2	9	Valid
Shetland Islands Council	PM0001045	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	8	Valid
Robinson Transport (Shetland) Ltd	PM1136085	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	7	Valid
Allan's of Gillock Ltd	OM0036373	Restricted	ZE2	6	Valid
D I T T Construction Ltd	OM0026478	Restricted	ZE1	5	Valid
Cw Johnson Plant Ltd	OM1148477	Standard National	ZE2	5	Valid
D & R Contractors Ltd	PM1112997	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	5	Valid
Shetland Bus and Coach Ltd	PM2060400	Standard International (PSV)	ZE1	5	Valid
Pelagia Shetland Limited	OM0027233	Restricted	ZE1	4	Valid
Shetland Farm Dairies Ltd	OM0033746	Restricted	ZE2	4	Valid
John Tulloch (Shetland Products) Ltd	OM0036195	Restricted	ZE1	4	Valid
M M W Marine Services Ltd	OM1068693	Standard International	ZE1	4	Valid
Whd Plant Limited	OM1099711	Standard National	ZE1	4	Valid
D & R Contractors Ltd	OM1119064	Standard National	ZE2	4	Valid
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd	OM1120398	Restricted	ZE2	4	Valid
A Chadwick (Plant Hire) Limited	OM1133407	Standard National	ZE2	4	Valid
Thulecraft Limited	OM1134174	Standard National	ZE2	4	Valid
Wastbus Ltd	PM1124698	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	4	Valid
Ocean Kinetics Ltd	OM0038716	Restricted	ZE1	3	Valid
D H Marine (Shetland) Ltd	OM1055944	Standard National	ZE1	3	Valid
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd	OM1143890	Standard National	ZE1	3	Valid
T P Gifford Plant & Haulage Ltd	OM2026031	Standard National	ZE2	3	Valid
K and K Transport(Shetland) Ltd	PM2061329	Standard National (PSV)	ZE2	3	Valid
Lerwick Port Authority	OM0021318	Restricted	ZE1	2	Valid
Ssf Shetland Limited	OM0029031	Restricted	ZE2	2	Valid
Shetland Amenity Trust	OM1021757	Standard National	ZE1	2	Valid
Malakoff Limited	OM1061934	Restricted	ZE1	2	Valid
Hunter & Morrisons Limited	OM1140704	Standard National	ZE1	2	Valid
Reid Removals Ltd	OM1145730	Standard International	ZE2	2	Valid
Whalsay Marine Services Ltd	OM2039312	Standard National	ZE1	2	Valid
Aquila Waste Management Solutions Limited	OM2071823	Standard National	ZE2	2	Valid
G R Burns Contractor Ltd	OM2078700	Standard International	ZE2	2	Valid
S&Jd Robertson North Air Limited	OM0035564	Standard National	ZE3	1	Valid
Unst Shellfish Ltd	OM1076038	Restricted	ZE2	1	Valid
Michael Pottinger Engineering Limited	OM1117993	Restricted	ZE2	1	Valid
R S Plant Contractor Ltd	OM2025456	Restricted	ZE2	1	Valid
GB & Am Anderson Limited	OM2034040	Restricted	ZE2	1	Valid
Msm (International) Ltd	OM2060342	Standard International	ZE1	1	Valid
Lts Shetland Limited	OM2066121	Standard National	ZE3	1	Valid
Mjm Shetland Ltd	OM2068458	Standard National	ZE2	1	Valid
Bisset and White Builders Ltd	OM2070340	Restricted	ZE1	1	Valid
Whalsay Haulage Limited	OM2089246	Standard National	ZE2	1	Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 60 company licences in Shetland authorise 4 vehicles or fewer, and 63% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Shetland

1 vehicle:10 licences
2 vehicles:9 licences
3–5 vehicles:19 licences
6–10 vehicles:6 licences
11–25 vehicles:5 licences
26–50 vehicles:4 licences
51–100 vehicles:4 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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