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Operator licences in Thurso

29 companies and organisations hold 30 operator licences with an operating centre in Thurso, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Operators: 29
Company licences: 30
Vehicles authorised: 1,636
Sole trader or partnership: 8 counted only

Thurso at a glance

Licence types: 4 Standard International, 16 Standard National and 10 Restricted.
5 licences (17%) are for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
14 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 6 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 54.5 vehicles on average, against 13.7 across the Scotland traffic area.
The largest operator, Bluebird Buses Limited, holds 25% of the vehicles authorised in Thurso.

Largest operators in Thurso

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

Bluebird Buses Limited406 vehicles
Highland Council264 vehicles
Biffa Waste Services Limited182 vehicles
Ember Core Ltd171 vehicles
Certas Energy UK Limited167 vehicles
Travis Perkins Trading Company Ltd152 vehicles
Northwards Ltd.50 vehicles
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC47 vehicles
Mgm Timber (Scotland) Limited37 vehicles
D Steven & Son (Unlimited Company)37 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in Thurso, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Bluebird Buses Limited	PM0000005	Standard International (PSV)	KW14	406	Valid
Highland Council	OM0021134	Standard National	KW14	264	Valid
Biffa Waste Services Limited	OM0036619	Standard National	KW14	182	Valid
Ember Core Ltd	PM2025892	Standard National (PSV)	KW14	171	Valid
Certas Energy UK Limited	OM1040392	Standard National	KW14	167	Valid
Travis Perkins Trading Company Ltd	OM0033291	Restricted	KW14	152	Valid
Northwards Ltd.	OM1002880	Standard National	KW14	50	Valid
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	OM2011558	Restricted	KW14	47	Valid
Mgm Timber (Scotland) Limited	OM0035113	Restricted	KW14	37	Valid
D Steven & Son (Unlimited Company)	OM0035897	Standard International	KW14	37	Valid
Simpson Oils Ltd	OM1074930	Standard National	KW14	20	Valid
Dunnetts Transport Ltd	PM2047685	Standard International (PSV)	KW14	17	Valid
Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd	OM0022227	Standard National	KW14	16	Valid
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited	OM2062649	Standard National	KW14	14	Valid
Speedy Skip Hire Ltd	OM0021823	Standard National	KW14	12	Valid
The Durness Bus Ltd	PM1118200	Standard International (PSV)	KW14	10	Valid
Led Scotland Ltd	OM1111197	Standard National	KW14	4	Valid
G B & L Mackay Ltd	OM2073360	Standard National	KW14	4	Valid
O'Brien Construction Ltd	OM0027295	Restricted	KW14	3	Valid
Green & Cameron Ltd	OM1000091	Restricted	KW14	3	Valid
Cowan Plant Strathy Limited	OM2028845	Restricted	KW14	3	Valid
G G Mackay Limited	OM2073863	Standard National	KW14	3	Valid
Blargoans Limited	OM1110801	Standard National	KW14	2	Valid
Donns Scaffolding & Steel Fixing Ltd	OM1125558	Restricted	KW14	2	Valid
A & R Mechanical Engineering & Recovery Services Ltd	OM2071982	Standard National	KW14	2	Valid
Reay Holdings Limited	OM2086125	Standard National	KW14	2	Valid
Henderson Construction Consultancy Ltd	OM2086429	Standard National	KW14	2	Valid
Blargoans Limited	PM1090064	Restricted (PSV)	KW14	2	Valid
Caithness Scaffolding Contractors Ltd	OM0037774	Restricted	KW14	1	Valid
Norse Stone Ltd	OM2075336	Restricted	KW14	1	Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 30 company licences in Thurso authorise 11 vehicles or fewer, and 47% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Thurso

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