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title: "Coach and bus operators by county"
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# Coach and bus operators by county

> Check a coach or bus company's PSV operator licence before you book: 3,117 licensed companies in 101 counties and council areas. DVSA data, 7 Sept 2026.

Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026 (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records).

Directory

Every bus and coach (PSV) operator licence held by a company in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026, by the county of each operating centre. For schools, clubs and groups hiring a coach, and for anyone checking a bus operator.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **3,117** companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence in Great Britain, the most in Greater London (338).

- **PSV companies:** 3,117
- **Counties and areas:** 101
- **Towns with a page:** 125
- **Most in:** Greater London

## Where the coach companies are

Coach and bus companies by county, top 12

1. [Greater London **338** companies, 23%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london)
2. [Greater Manchester **181** companies, 12%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-manchester)
3. [West Midlands **177** companies, 12%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-midlands)
4. [Lancashire **100** companies, 7%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/lancashire)
5. [Essex **95** companies, 7%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/essex)
6. [Buckinghamshire **93** companies, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/buckinghamshire)
7. [Kent **89** companies, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/kent)
8. [West Yorkshire **88** companies, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-yorkshire)
9. [Surrey **86** companies, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/surrey)
10. [Berkshire **81** companies, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire)
11. [Merseyside **68** companies, 5%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/merseyside)
12. [Hampshire **61** companies, 4%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/hampshire)

## England

- [Bedfordshire 52 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/bedfordshire)
- [Berkshire 81 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire)
- [Bristol 19 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/bristol)
- [Buckinghamshire 93 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/buckinghamshire)
- [Cambridgeshire 50 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cambridgeshire)
- [Cheshire 56 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cheshire)
- [Cornwall 26 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cornwall)
- [County Durham 53 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/county-durham)
- [Cumbria 46 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cumbria)
- [Derbyshire 52 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/derbyshire)
- [Devon 47 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/devon)
- [Dorset 44 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/dorset)
- [East Riding of Yorkshire 25 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-riding-of-yorkshire)
- [East Sussex 29 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-sussex)
- [Essex 95 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/essex)
- [Gloucestershire 55 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/gloucestershire)
- [Greater London 338 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london)
- [Greater Manchester 181 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-manchester)
- [Hampshire 61 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/hampshire)
- [Herefordshire 15 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/herefordshire)
- [Hertfordshire 57 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/hertfordshire)
- [Isle of Wight 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/isle-of-wight)
- [Kent 89 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/kent)
- [Lancashire 100 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/lancashire)
- [Leicestershire 46 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/leicestershire)
- [Lincolnshire 56 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/lincolnshire)
- [Merseyside 68 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/merseyside)
- [Norfolk 49 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/norfolk)
- [North Yorkshire 58 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/north-yorkshire)
- [Northamptonshire 33 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/northamptonshire)
- [Northumberland 26 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/northumberland)
- [Nottinghamshire 44 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/nottinghamshire)
- [Oxfordshire 45 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/oxfordshire)
- [Rutland 2 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/rutland)
- [Shropshire 26 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/shropshire)
- [Somerset 58 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/somerset)
- [South Yorkshire 57 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/south-yorkshire)
- [Staffordshire 55 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/staffordshire)
- [Suffolk 49 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/suffolk)
- [Surrey 86 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/surrey)
- [Tyne and Wear 31 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/tyne-and-wear)
- [Warwickshire 36 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/warwickshire)
- [West Midlands 177 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-midlands)
- [West Sussex 50 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-sussex)
- [West Yorkshire 88 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-yorkshire)
- [Wiltshire 32 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/wiltshire)
- [Worcestershire 31 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/worcestershire)

## Scotland

- [Aberdeen 19 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/aberdeen)
- [Aberdeenshire 21 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/aberdeenshire)
- [Angus 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/angus)
- [Argyll and Bute 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/argyll-and-bute)
- [Clackmannanshire 4 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/clackmannanshire)
- [Dumfries and Galloway 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/dumfries-and-galloway)
- [Dundee 10 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/dundee)
- [East Ayrshire 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-ayrshire)
- [East Dunbartonshire 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-dunbartonshire)
- [East Lothian 5 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-lothian)
- [East Renfrewshire 5 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/east-renfrewshire)
- [Edinburgh 43 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/edinburgh)
- [Falkirk 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/falkirk)
- [Fife 22 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/fife)
- [Glasgow 22 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/glasgow)
- [Highland 33 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/highland)
- [Inverclyde 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/inverclyde)
- [Midlothian 14 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/midlothian)
- [Moray 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/moray)
- [Na h-Eileanan Siar 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/na-h-eileanan-siar)
- [North Ayrshire 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/north-ayrshire)
- [North Lanarkshire 31 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/north-lanarkshire)
- [Orkney Islands 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/orkney-islands)
- [Perth and Kinross 12 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/perth-and-kinross)
- [Renfrewshire 21 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/renfrewshire)
- [Scottish Borders 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/scottish-borders)
- [Shetland Islands 7 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/shetland-islands)
- [South Ayrshire 4 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/south-ayrshire)
- [South Lanarkshire 30 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/south-lanarkshire)
- [Stirling 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/stirling)
- [West Dunbartonshire 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-dunbartonshire)
- [West Lothian 30 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-lothian)

## Wales

- [Blaenau Gwent 4 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/blaenau-gwent)
- [Bridgend 12 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/bridgend)
- [Caerphilly 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/caerphilly)
- [Cardiff 23 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff)
- [Carmarthenshire 28 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/carmarthenshire)
- [Ceredigion 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/ceredigion)
- [Conwy 12 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/conwy)
- [Denbighshire 18 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/denbighshire)
- [Flintshire 15 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/flintshire)
- [Gwynedd 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/gwynedd)
- [Isle of Anglesey 7 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/isle-of-anglesey)
- [Merthyr Tydfil 8 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/merthyr-tydfil)
- [Monmouthshire 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/monmouthshire)
- [Neath Port Talbot 14 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/neath-port-talbot)
- [Newport 11 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/newport)
- [Pembrokeshire 9 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/pembrokeshire)
- [Powys 17 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/powys)
- [Rhondda Cynon Taf 18 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/rhondda-cynon-taf)
- [Swansea 20 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/swansea)
- [Torfaen 7 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/torfaen)
- [Vale of Glamorgan 6 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/vale-of-glamorgan)
- [Wrexham 12 companies](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/wrexham)

## Towns with the most coach companies

Towns with at least 8 company PSV licences have their own page. Number = company PSV licences.

- [London 121](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london/london)
- [Birmingham 80](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-midlands/birmingham)
- [Manchester 61](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-manchester/manchester)
- [Bolton 45](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-manchester/bolton)
- [Edinburgh 34](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/edinburgh/edinburgh)
- [Liverpool 34](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/merseyside/liverpool)
- [Nottingham 32](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/nottinghamshire/nottingham)
- [Aylesbury 29](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/buckinghamshire/aylesbury)
- [High Wycombe 28](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/buckinghamshire/high-wycombe)
- [Hounslow 27](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london/hounslow)
- [Oldham 26](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-manchester/oldham)
- [Leicester 26](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/leicestershire/leicester)
- [Reading 25](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/reading)
- [Cardiff 24](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/cardiff/cardiff)
- [Sheffield 24](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/south-yorkshire/sheffield)
- [Walsall 23](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-midlands/walsall)
- [Glasgow 22](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/glasgow/glasgow)
- [Slough 21](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/berkshire/slough)
- [Wembley 21](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london/wembley)
- [Luton 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/bedfordshire/luton)
- [Derby 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/derbyshire/derby)
- [Bristol 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/gloucestershire/bristol)
- [Preston 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/lancashire/preston)
- [Swansea 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/swansea/swansea)
- [Leeds 20](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-yorkshire/leeds)
- [Bristol 19](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/bristol/bristol)
- [Croydon 19](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/greater-london/croydon)
- [Southampton 19](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/hampshire/southampton)
- [Norwich 18](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/norfolk/norwich)
- [Livingston 18](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/west-lothian/livingston)

[Download counts by county (CSV)](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/coach-operators-by-county.csv)

## Before you book a coach in Great Britain

Anyone who runs a vehicle for hire or reward that can carry 9 or more passengers needs a PSV operator licence (GOV.UK). Ask the company for its licence number, open its page here and check that the licence is valid and that the vehicles you need fit its authorisation.

## More data and tools

- [**Upcoming public inquiries** Traffic Commissioner public inquiries listed for companies, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/public-inquiries)
- [**Haulier insolvency watch** Licences held by companies in liquidation or administration.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/insolvency-watch)
- [**Companies House filing watch** Hauliers whose accounts are overdue at Companies House.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/filing-watch)
- [**Continuation dates by month** Which operator licences are due for continuation, and when.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/continuations)
- [**DVSA earned recognition list** Operators in DVSA's earned recognition scheme, by traffic area.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/earned-recognition)
- [**Data status** How old each source is and when we last checked it.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/status)
- [**Applications and Decisions by area** The latest weekly bulletin in each traffic area: new applications, objection deadlines, grants and refusals.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/applications-and-decisions)
- [**New operator licences granted** Every new goods and PSV licence granted, month by month, with the companies named.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/new-operator-licences)
- [**Licences revoked, surrendered or terminated** Licences the Traffic Commissioners list each month as revoked, surrendered or terminated, in their own wording.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licences-ended)

Guides

- [How to check a PSV operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/psv-operator-licence-check)
- [Types of operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/operator-licence-types)
- [What curtailed, suspended and revoked mean](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/curtailed-suspended-revoked)

DVSA file 7 Sep 2026 Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. [How we read it](https://haulierscope.co.uk/methodology)

Contains public sector information licensed under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).

Company status: Companies House register. Contains Companies House data. County lookup: ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.

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