Coach and bus operators · England

Coach companies in Bristol

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Bristol: 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: 19 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Bristol, plus 4 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is First West of England Limited, authorised for 675 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 19
PSV licences: 24
Vehicles on these licences: 1,054
Standard licences: 18

Coach and bus companies in Bristol

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

Coach and bus companies in Bristol
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First West of England LimitedStandard National · 00025088	3	675	Earned recognitionActive
2	Eurocoaches LtdStandard International · 02626854	1	120	Active
3	Edwards Coaches LtdStandard International · 04045308	1	60	Active
4	Turners Coachways (Bristol) LtdStandard International · 01369495	1	60	Active
5	S J & J M Munden LtdStandard National · 04806233	8	40	Active
6	Eagle Coaches LimitedStandard International · 07167918	1	22	Active
7	The Big Lemon C.I.C.Standard National · 06045786	1	12	Active
8	Zj Travel LtdStandard National · 13756950	1	11	Active
9	Imperial Fleet LimitedRestricted · 13992091	2	7	Active
10	Rabbie's Trail Burners LimitedStandard National · SC164516	1	7	Active
11	Bristol NHS Foundation TrustStandard National	1	5
12	Westcountryminibuses LtdStandard National · 14938444	1	5	Active
13	Zoom Vans LtdStandard National · 12948991	1	5	Active
14	Wemove Solutions LtdStandard National · 10048340	1	4	Active
15	Clifton College Services LimitedRestricted · 02866554	1	2	Active
16	Daud Taxi LtdRestricted · 14791139	1	2	Active
17	Pluto Enterprises LimitedRestricted · 08771350	1	2	Active
18	Seasonal Beds LtdRestricted · 08389433	1	2	Active
19	Gramps Inns LtdRestricted · 08433297	1	1	Active

Plus 4 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Bristol 19
Infirmary 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Bristol

Postcode district BS5:9 company licences
Postcode district BS2:3 company licences
Postcode district BS3:3 company licences
Postcode district BS14:2 company licences
Postcode district BS11:2 company licences
Postcode district BS13:2 company licences
Postcode district BS4:2 company licences
Postcode district BS1:1 company licences
Postcode district BS10:1 company licences
Postcode district BS8:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

63% of the 24 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 Bristol by type

Standard National PSV13 54%
Restricted PSV6 25%
Standard International PSV5 21%

PSV licences in Bristol by vehicles authorised

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

Before you book a coach in Bristol

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.