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Operator licences in Cardiff

315 companies and organisations hold 316 operator licences with an operating centre in Cardiff, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Operators: 315
Company licences: 316
Vehicles authorised: 6,831
Sole trader or partnership: 45 counted only

Cardiff at a glance

Licence types: 41 Standard International, 117 Standard National and 158 Restricted.
23 licences (7%) are for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
164 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 34 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 21.6 vehicles on average, against 10.4 across the Wales traffic area.
The largest operator, Red & White Services Ltd, holds 7% of the vehicles authorised in Cardiff.

Largest operators in Cardiff

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

Red & White Services Ltd451 vehicles
Owens (Road Services) Ltd345 vehicles
Cardiff City Transport Services Limited275 vehicles
DHL Supply Chain Limited225 vehicles
Stark Building Materials UK Limited214 vehicles
Travis Perkins Trading Company Ltd194 vehicles
Cardiff County Council173 vehicles
Biffa Waste Services Limited159 vehicles
Booker Ltd158 vehicles
Royal Mail Group Ltd147 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in Cardiff, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Red & White Services Ltd	PG0006630	Standard International (PSV)	CF15	451	Valid
Owens (Road Services) Ltd	OG0079437	Standard National	CF10	345	Valid
Cardiff City Transport Services Limited	PG0000273	Standard National (PSV)	CF11	275	Valid
DHL Supply Chain Limited	OG0094759	Standard International	CF15	225	Valid
Stark Building Materials UK Limited	OG1006456	Restricted	CF24	214	Valid
Travis Perkins Trading Company Ltd	OG0088982	Restricted	CF10	194	Valid
Cardiff County Council	OG0075964	Standard National	CF11	173	Valid
Biffa Waste Services Limited	OG0075208	Standard National	CF3	159	Valid
Booker Ltd	OG0095688	Restricted	CF14	158	Valid
Royal Mail Group Ltd	OG0093504	Standard National	CF11	147	Valid
Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited	OG1110601	Standard National	CF24	136	Valid
New Adventure Travel Limited	PG1079161	Standard International (PSV)	CF10	135	Valid
Tom Prichard Contracting Limited	OG1069870	Standard National	CF5	125	Valid
UPS Ltd	OG0091810	Standard National	CF3	120	Valid
Dpdgroup UK Ltd	OG0093659	Standard National	CF3	116	Valid
Aldi Stores Limited	OG1138034	Standard National	CF3	110	Valid
Atlantic Recycling Limited	OG1096930	Standard National	CF3	105	Valid
Openreach Limited	OG2092139	Restricted	CF14	103	Valid
Turners (Soham) Ltd	OG0095426	Standard National	CF10	92	Valid
Lbs Builders Merchants Limited	OG0089620	Standard National	CF5	89	Valid
Cad Services Limited	OG1017801	Standard International	CF10	87	Valid
Certas Energy UK Limited	OG1040442	Standard National	CF10	85	Valid
Abf Grain Products Limited	OG0076699	Standard National	CF14	82	Valid
Vale of Glamorgan Council	OG0076216	Standard National	CF5	75	Valid
Wincanton Holdings Limited	OG2071132	Standard International	CF10	74	Valid
Johnsons Textile Services Limited	OG0095227	Restricted	CF3	73	Valid
Neal Soil Suppliers Ltd	OG0091825	Standard National	CF3	65	Valid
Boc Limited	OG0076872	Standard International	CF1	62	Valid
P. Davies & Sons Limited	OG0074700	Standard National	CF11	60	Valid
Breedon Trading Limited	OG2021499	Standard National	CF10	60	Valid
Gxo Logistics UK Limited	OG1105281	Standard International	CF15	59	Valid
Centregreat Ltd	OG0096113	Standard National	CF15	55	Valid
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd	OG1036778	Restricted	CF11	55	Valid
Cemex UK Cement Limited	OG1039536	Standard National	CF10	55	Valid
Balfour Beatty Group Limited	OG0087909	Standard National	CF10	50	Valid
Oil 4 Wales Limited	OG1098881	Standard National	CF10	50	Valid
Xpo Transport Solutions UK Limited	OG1105282	Standard National	CF3	49	Valid
Freight Systems Express (Wales) Limited	OG1038094	Standard National	CF3	46	Valid
Uniserve Limited	OG2031228	Standard National	CF24	46	Valid
Travis Perkins PLC	OG1141126	Restricted	CF24	44	Valid
G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited	OG0092560	Standard National	CF11	43	Valid
Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd	OG0092700	Standard National	CF10	43	Valid
Wales Environmental Ltd	OG0091295	Standard National	CF10	42	Valid
DHL Ecommerce UK Limited	OG0091411	Standard National	CF15	37	Valid
Bristol Fruit Sales (Market) Ltd	OG1058947	Standard National	CF11	35	Valid
Booker Retail Partners (GB) Ltd	OG1104146	Standard National	CF15	35	Valid
Ferris Holidays Ltd	PG1029813	Standard International (PSV)	CF15	35	Valid
Speedy Asset Services Ltd	OG1095077	Restricted	CF24	34	Valid
Premier Forest Products Limited	OG1143561	Restricted	CF11	34	Valid
Creigiau Travel Ltd	PG0007044	Standard International (PSV)	CF15	33	Valid
Hfd Limited	OG1093662	Standard National	CF11	32	Valid
M K M Building Supplies Ltd	OG2044766	Restricted	CF23	32	Valid
Freightliner Limited	OG0091147	Standard International	CF3	30	Valid
Sig Trading Limited	OG0091591	Restricted	CF14	30	Valid
Wales & West Utilities Ltd	OG1104268	Standard National	CF15	30	Valid
Watts Coaches Ltd	PG1103747	Standard International (PSV)	CF5	30	Valid
Hargreaves (UK) Services Ltd	OG1050866	Standard National	CF24	28	Valid
Sunbelt Rentals Limited	OG0086917	Restricted	CF11	26	Valid
Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd	OG1129835	Standard National	CF11	25	Valid
Safety-Kleen U.K. Limited	OG0093066	Standard National	CF3	23	Valid
Duo Skip Hire Limited	OG1041175	Standard National	CF24	21	Valid
Encon Insulation Ltd	OG0092375	Restricted	CF24	20	Valid
Mayglothling Waste Ltd	OG0095365	Standard National	CF3	20	Valid
T4 Logistics Ltd	OG1123478	Standard International	CF24	20	Valid
Kordel Ltd.	OG2018798	Restricted	CF15	20	Valid
Donald Ward Ltd	OG2065577	Standard National	CF10	20	Valid
Hughes Forrest Ltd	OG0000230	Restricted	CF23	19	Valid
Fox Group (Moving & Storage) Limited	OG2029683	Standard International	CF14	19	Valid
Wheadon's Group Travel Limited	PG0007038	Standard National (PSV)	CF5	19	Valid
Bestway Wholesale Limited	OG0094959	Standard National	CF11	18	Valid
A. Duffin Haulage Limited	OG1058236	Standard National	CF15	18	Valid
Shred-It Limited	OG1092827	Restricted	CF3	18	Valid
Valley Water Services Ltd	OG1128522	Restricted	CF14	18	Valid
Forward Waste Management Limited	OG1135105	Standard National	CF24	18	Valid
City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited	OG2013126	Restricted	CF24	18	Valid
Snow White Laundries Limited	OG2066583	Restricted	CF11	18	Valid
Apollo Minibus & Coach Hire Limited	PG1050074	Standard National (PSV)	CF5	18	Valid
Tarmac Trading Limited	OG1058346	Standard National	CF15	17	Valid
McGregor Logistics (South Wales) Limited	OG2027889	Standard International	CF10	17	Valid
Bayliss Recovery Limited	OG1017238	Standard National	CF24	16	Valid
Selco Trade Centres Limited	OG0088240	Restricted	CF14	15	Valid
Davies Crane Hire Limited	OG1007534	Standard National	CF3	15	Valid
Euroclad Group Limited	OG1033438	Standard National	CF3	15	Valid
Carlsberg Marston's Limited	OG2046134	Standard National	CF3	15	Valid
Wild Water Transport Limited	OG2079008	Standard National	CF10	15	Valid
British Broadcasting Corporation	OG0072488	Standard International	CF10	14	Valid
Global Foods Ltd	OG0081040	Restricted	CF11	14	Valid
Air Products PLC	OG0094549	Restricted	CF10	14	Valid
Wfl (UK) Limited	OG1089823	Standard National	CF10	14	Valid
First Cafes Ltd	OG1018737	Restricted	CF3	13	Valid
Surefreight (S.W.) Ltd	OG1107248	Standard National	CF10	13	Valid
Cardiff Galvanizers (1969) Ltd	OG0085132	Restricted	CF24	12	Valid
Emr Group Limited	OG0092060	Standard National	CF15	12	Valid
X L Freight Ltd	OG0095758	Standard National	CF11	12	Valid
R Matthews Contracting Limited	OG1137395	Restricted	CF11	12	Valid
General All Purpose Plastics Ltd	OG2027483	Restricted	CF14	12	Valid
Ukff Solutions Ltd	OG2074245	Restricted	CF3	12	Valid
Ariam Travel Ltd	PG1109268	Standard National (PSV)	CF11	12	Valid
Horan Construction Ltd	OG0086110	Standard National	CF24	11	Valid
Xpo Bulk UK Limited	OG1006302	Standard International	CF10	11	Valid
A Share & Sons Ltd	OG1072172	Standard National	CF31	10	Valid
R D Baker Haulage Ltd	OG1107703	Standard National	CF10	10	Valid
A Stephens Transport Ltd	OG1139346	Standard National	CF15	10	Valid
Unitmovements Ltd	OG1140080	Standard National	CF14	10	Valid
Greenergy Flexigrid Limited	OG2015148	Standard International	CF10	10	Valid
N&T Lowloader Ltd	OG2020796	Standard International	CF10	10	Valid
Fuels Transport & Logistics Ltd	OG2043754	Standard National	CF10	10	Valid
Sgm Waste Management Ltd	OG2069842	Standard National	CF3	10	Valid
Cardiff Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd	OG2073089	Restricted	CF15	10	Valid
Opex Logistics Ltd	OG2092607	Standard International	CF3	10	Valid
Kings Monkton School Limited	PG2018653	Standard National (PSV)	CF24	10	Valid
Hats Group Ltd	PG2081215	Standard International (PSV)	CF24	10	Valid
Generation (UK) Ltd	OG0079514	Restricted	CF24	9	Valid
Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd	OG1065976	Standard National	CF14	9	Valid
V&K Group Ltd	OG1110717	Standard International	CF10	9	Valid
Nationwide Platforms Limited	OG1142866	Restricted	CF11	9	Valid
Inpost UK Limited	OG2083724	Standard National	CF15	9	Valid
TR33 Limited	OG1105542	Restricted	CF3	8	Valid
Pickfords Move Management Limited	OG1117227	Standard International	CF3	8	Valid
Explore Transport Limited	OG2007122	Standard National	CF10	8	Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 316 company licences in Cardiff authorise 5 vehicles or fewer, and 52% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Cardiff

1 vehicle:40 licences
2 vehicles:46 licences
3–5 vehicles:78 licences
6–10 vehicles:52 licences
11–25 vehicles:42 licences
26–50 vehicles:24 licences
51–100 vehicles:16 licences
100+ vehicles:18 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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