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Operator licences in Bideford

36 companies and organisations hold 36 operator licences with an operating centre in Bideford, according to the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026.

Operators: 36
Company licences: 36
Vehicles authorised: 891
Sole trader or partnership: 13 counted only

Bideford at a glance

Licence types: 3 Standard International, 17 Standard National and 16 Restricted.
3 licences (8%) are for buses and coaches (PSV); the rest are goods vehicle licences.
15 authorise five vehicles or fewer and 5 authorise more than 50.
Company licences here authorise 24.8 vehicles on average, against 11.8 across the West of England traffic area.
The largest operator, Evans Transport Ltd, holds 19% of the vehicles authorised in Bideford.

Largest operators in Bideford

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

Evans Transport Ltd165 vehicles
National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLC125 vehicles
M. Way & Son (Transport) Limited120 vehicles
Rawle Gammon & Baker Holdings Ltd81 vehicles
Taw and Torridge Coaches Ltd70 vehicles
Wales & West Utilities Ltd47 vehicles
Perrys Recycling Ltd37 vehicles
Torridge District Council32 vehicles
John Coles Contractors Ltd25 vehicles
Swm & Waste Recycling Limited24 vehicles

All operator licences

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

Operator licences in Bideford, by vehicles authorised
Operator	Licence	Type	Postcode district	Vehicles	Status
Evans Transport Ltd	OH0003240	Standard International	EX39	165	Valid
National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLC	OH0045198	Standard National	EX39	125	Valid
M. Way & Son (Transport) Limited	OH0216863	Standard National	EX39	120	Valid
Rawle Gammon & Baker Holdings Ltd	OH0009135	Restricted	EX39	81	Valid
Taw and Torridge Coaches Ltd	PH0004727	Standard International (PSV)	EX39	70	Valid
Wales & West Utilities Ltd	OH1104269	Standard National	EX39	47	Valid
Perrys Recycling Ltd	OH0140595	Standard National	EX39	37	Valid
Torridge District Council	OH0001831	Restricted	EX39	32	Valid
John Coles Contractors Ltd	OH1134022	Standard International	EX39	25	Valid
Swm & Waste Recycling Limited	OH1035364	Standard National	EX39	24	Valid
Tamar Trading Co.Limited	OH1145086	Standard National	EX39	18	Valid
Devonshire Pine Ltd	OH0216248	Restricted	EX39	15	Valid
Snap-On U.K. Holdings Limited	OH1103424	Restricted	EX39	15	Valid
N Hayes Limited	OH2029935	Standard National	EX22	14	Valid
Environment Agency	OH0201472	Standard National	EX39	13	Valid
Buckleigh Laundry Ltd	OH1059172	Standard National	EX39	12	Valid
Eddie Pollit Grab Hire Ltd	OH1137417	Standard National	EX39	10	Valid
Kjk Concrete Haulage Limited	OH2029544	Standard National	EX39	8	Valid
Fishleighs of Galsworthy Limited	OH2024668	Standard National	EX39	7	Valid
Kingsley Education Limited	PH2066299	Standard National (PSV)	EX39	7	Valid
Aps Packaging Ltd	OH1024685	Restricted	EX39	6	Valid
M J Smale & Sons Ltd	OH1042934	Standard National	EX39	5	Valid
Skern Lodge Limited	PH1079200	Standard National (PSV)	EX39	5	Valid
Parkham Farms Ltd	OH0222612	Restricted	EX39	4	Valid
T and T Shellfish Ltd	OH1138259	Restricted	EX39	4	Valid
Sid Little Scaffolding Ltd	OH1001356	Restricted	EX39	3	Valid
Taw & Torridge Scaffolding Ltd	OH1110831	Restricted	EX39	3	Valid
Livesey E Limited	OH2014521	Restricted	EX39	3	Valid
Sr Mini Loads Ltd	OH2048280	Standard National	EX39	3	Valid
N J Luckett Ltd	OH1026480	Standard National	EX39	2	Valid
Barton (05) Scaffolding Ltd	OH1049359	Restricted	EX39	2	Valid
C J Leonard Ltd	OH1098905	Restricted	EX39	2	Valid
Allins Ltd	OH0223265	Restricted	EX39	1	Valid
J T Evans & Son Ltd	OH1037109	Restricted	EX39	1	Valid
Westcountry Maintenance Services Ltd	OH1076633	Restricted	EX39	1	Valid
Dymond M Limited	OH2075709	Restricted	EX39	1	Valid

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

Fleet sizes

Half of the 36 company licences in Bideford authorise 8 vehicles or fewer, and 42% authorise five or fewer.

Company licences by vehicles authorised, Bideford

1 vehicle:4 licences
2 vehicles:3 licences
3–5 vehicles:8 licences
6–10 vehicles:5 licences
11–25 vehicles:8 licences
26–50 vehicles:3 licences
51–100 vehicles:2 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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