Coach and bus operators · Leicestershire

Coach companies in Leicester

Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Leicester, Leicestershire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 28 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Leicester; the largest fleet is Leicester Citybus Limited (220 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 28
PSV licences: 41
Vehicles on these licences: 868
Earned recognition: 2

Coach and bus companies in Leicester

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

Coach and bus companies in Leicester
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Leicester Citybus LimitedStandard International · 02000072	1	220	Earned recognitionActive
2	Arriva Midlands LtdStandard National · 02141078	2	168	Earned recognitionActive
3	Central Connect Transport LimitedStandard International · 09964786	1	146	Active
4	Centrebus North LtdStandard National · 05649134	2	99	Active
5	Ausden Clark LimitedStandard International · 01067886	2	50	Active
6	Beaver Bus LtdStandard National · 06458179	1	30	Active
7	Confidence Bus & Coach Ltd.Standard International · 04659593	1	27	Active
8	Driving Plus LtdStandard National · 02436612	1	18	Active
9	Geo Amey LimitedStandard National · 07556404	1	18	Active
10	Andrews of Leicester LtdStandard International · 04961485	1	6	Active
11	Asmal Coaches LtdStandard International · 16787689	1	6	Active
12	Industria Personnel Services LtdStandard National · 04386504	2	5	Active
13	Mallu Travel LtdStandard National · 11022247	1	4	Active
14	British Gas Trading LimitedStandard National · 03078711	1	3	Active
15	Driver Training Education LtdStandard National · 14681260	1	3	Active
16	Burley Travels LimitedStandard National · 15790021	1	2	Active
17	City Self Drive (Leicester) LimitedRestricted · 04711313	1	2	Active
18	Dbl Bus & Coach LtdStandard National · 15641548	1	2	Active
19	Empire Travels LtdStandard International · 13762570	1	2	Active
20	Matrix Travels (Leic) LtdStandard International · 11179944	1	2	Active
21	Mkl Chauffeurs LtdRestricted · 12959347	1	2	Active
22	N & P Travel LtdStandard International · 14757026	1	2	Active
23	A Zoom LtdStandard International · 06874139	1	1	Active
24	Ba Travels (Leic) LtdStandard National · 14586698	1	1	Active
25	Captains Coaches LtdStandard National · 11872917	1	1	Active
26	Cyrus Travels LimitedStandard National · 13960202	1	1	Active
27	Midlands Minibuses LtdStandard International · 16637311	1	1
28	Navsa LimitedRestricted · 07861998	2	1	Active

Plus 13 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

68% of the 41 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 2. 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 Leicester by type

Standard National PSV18 44%
Standard International PSV14 34%
Restricted PSV9 22%

PSV licences in Leicester by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:10 licences
2 vehicles:12 licences
3–5 vehicles:6 licences
6–10 vehicles:3 licences
11–25 vehicles:3 licences
26–50 vehicles:3 licences
51–100 vehicles:1 licences
100+ vehicles:3 licences

Before you book a coach in Leicester

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 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 October 2026. How we read it

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