Coach and bus operators · Wales

Coach companies in Bridgend

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Bridgend principal area: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and Companies House status for each company.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 12 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Bridgend principal area, plus 11 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is First Cymru Buses Ltd, authorised for 300 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 12
PSV licences: 23
Vehicles on these licences: 527
Standard licences: 15

Coach and bus companies in Bridgend

Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Bridgend, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Bridgend. Company status comes from the Companies House register.

Coach and bus companies in Bridgend
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First Cymru Buses LtdStandard National · 00133884	1	300	Active
2	Peyton Travel LimitedStandard National · 05025396	1	26	Active
3	Cresta Cars LtdStandard International · 03212411	1	25	Active
4	Gwyn Jones & Son LtdStandard International · 00566537	2	25	Active
5	Davey Travel LimitedStandard International · 05349637	2	20	Active
6	Forge Travel LimitedStandard National · 07080767	1	20	Active
7	Village Bus & Taxi LimitedStandard National · 04926403	2	20	Active
8	Pencoed Travel LtdStandard International · 03404213	2	15	Active
9	G & S Travel LimitedStandard National · 07901533	1	12	Active
10	Geo Amey LimitedStandard National · 07556404	1	12	Active
11	Driven Personal Hire LtdRestricted · 04768234	1	2	Active
12	Executive Cars (Wales) LimitedStandard National · 08406601	1	2	Active

Plus 11 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

Operating-centre towns in Bridgend with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.

Bridgend 10
Maesteg 1
Porthcawl 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Bridgend

Postcode district CF32:5 company licences
Postcode district CF31:5 company licences
Postcode district CF35:2 company licences
Postcode district CF34:1 company licences
Postcode district CF36:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

52% of the 23 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 5. A restricted PSV licence covers two vehicles at most, and 9 to 16 seat vehicles only outside a passenger transport business: a full-size coach firm needs a standard licence.

PSV licences in Bridgend by type

Standard National PSV9 39%
Restricted PSV8 35%
Standard International PSV6 26%

PSV licences in Bridgend by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:2 licences
2 vehicles:8 licences
3–5 vehicles:2 licences
6–10 vehicles:0 licences
11–25 vehicles:9 licences
26–50 vehicles:1 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:1 licences

Before you book a coach in Bridgend

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.

DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026, read 8 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 8 October 2026. How we read it

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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.