--- title: "Coach companies in Plymouth" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/devon/plymouth markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/devon/plymouth.md dvsa_file_date: 2026-10-07 publisher: HaulierScope licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) --- # Coach companies in Plymouth > Check a coach or bus company in Plymouth (Devon) before you book: 11 PSV-licensed operators, 756 vehicles authorised, licence type and status. Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 October 2026 (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records). Coach and bus operators · Devon Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Plymouth, Devon: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status. Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: **11** companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Plymouth; the largest fleet is Stagecoach Devon Ltd (475 vehicles authorised). - **Coach and bus companies:** 11 - **PSV licences:** 20 - **Vehicles on these licences:** 756 - **Earned recognition:** 1 ## Coach and bus companies in Plymouth Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Plymouth, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Plymouth. Company status comes from the Companies House register. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Stagecoach Devon Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1020951) Standard National · 03142135 | 1 | 475 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [Dealtop Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0005305) Standard International · 02078288 | 1 | 80 | Active | | 3 | [Roselyn Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1038599) Standard International · 05132789 | 1 | 47 | Active | | 4 | [Devonport Royal Dockyard Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/devonport-royal-dockyard-limited-02077752) Standard National · 02077752 | 1 | 25 | Active | | 5 | [Tamar Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1145484) Standard International · 09993205 | 3 | 25 | Active | | 6 | [Plymouth College and St Dunstan's Abbey Schools Charity](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2079571) Standard National · 05189426 | 1 | 16 | — | | 7 | [Plymouth Education Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2082070) Standard National · 16067801 | 1 | 16 | Active | | 8 | [S J Pearce Transport Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1108665) Standard National · 05945643 | 1 | 11 | Active | | 9 | [Dan Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2074103) Standard National · 15676262 | 1 | 8 | Active | | 10 | [Edgemoor Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2072518) Standard National · 15497209 | 2 | 4 | Active | | 11 | [Plymouth Argyle Football Club Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2083338) Restricted · 07796376 | 1 | 2 | Active | Plus 9 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named. ## Licence types and fleet sizes 35% of the 20 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 10. 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 Plymouth by type - Standard National PSV **11** 55% - Restricted PSV **5** 25% - Standard International PSV **4** 20% PSV licences in Plymouth by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 2 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 4 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 1 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 3 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 7 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 1 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 1 licences 8. 100+ vehicles: 1 licences ## Before you book a coach in Plymouth 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 in Devon - [All coach companies in Devon](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/devon) - [Every operator licence in Plymouth 180](https://haulierscope.co.uk/area/west-of-england/plymouth) ## 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 Oct 2026 Source: 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](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. --- Canonical page: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/devon/plymouth Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Companies House data. HaulierScope is an independent service, not affiliated with DVSA or the Traffic Commissioners. It is updated when DVSA publishes a new file, usually weekly.