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Changes in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026

Every difference between this file and the one dated 7 September 2026, licence by licence and field by field.

Between the DVSA files dated 7 September 2026 and 7 October 2026, 540 licences are not in the newer file, 440 licences are new, 16 were curtailed and 6 were suspended: 9,240 changes in all.

Not in the newer file
540
New in the file
440
Now curtailed
16
Now suspended
6

Where the register changed

Licences not in the file dated 7 October 2026 by traffic area, with the other three movements in the table. 534 of the 540 were listed as valid in the file before. The file does not say why a licence is no longer listed.

Licences not in the DVSA file dated 7 Oct 2026, by traffic area
  1. East of England99 licences, 18%
  2. North East of England90 licences, 17%
  3. West of England80 licences, 15%
  4. North West of England78 licences, 14%
  5. London and the South East of England71 licences, 13%
  6. West Midlands53 licences, 10%
  7. Scotland38 licences, 7%
  8. Wales31 licences, 6%
Licences no longer listed, per traffic areaBoundaries: ONS, OGL v3. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023.
Changes by traffic area between the DVSA files dated 7 September 2026 and 7 October 2026
Traffic areaNot in the newer fileNew in the fileNow curtailedNow suspended
East of England999610
London and the South East of England715631
North East of England906612
North West of England787120
Scotland382701
Wales311410
West Midlands535842
West of England805240

By fleet size

Vehicles authorised on each licence: the last figure in the file for licences no longer listed, the first for new ones.

Licences no longer listed, by vehicles authorised
  1. 1 vehicles:172 licences
  2. 2 vehicles:127 licences
  3. 3–5 vehicles:125 licences
  4. 6–10 vehicles:73 licences
  5. 11–25 vehicles:29 licences
  6. 26–50 vehicles:10 licences
  7. 51–100 vehicles:4 licences
  8. 100+ vehicles:0 licences
New licences, by vehicles authorised
  1. 1 vehicles:158 licences
  2. 2 vehicles:125 licences
  3. 3–5 vehicles:113 licences
  4. 6–10 vehicles:34 licences
  5. 11–25 vehicles:9 licences
  6. 26–50 vehicles:1 licences
  7. 51–100 vehicles:0 licences
  8. 100+ vehicles:0 licences

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828 changes in this file are on sole trader, partnership or withheld licences. We count them but do not list them.

DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 October 2026. How we read it

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