Coach and bus operators · England

Coach companies in Nottinghamshire

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Nottinghamshire: 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: 44 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Nottinghamshire, plus 22 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited, authorised for 460 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 44
PSV licences: 69
Vehicles on these licences: 1,939
Standard licences: 51

Coach and bus companies in Nottinghamshire

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

Coach and bus companies in Nottinghamshire
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Lincolnshire Road Car Company LimitedStandard International · 00232799	4	460	Earned recognitionActive
2	Nottingham City Transport LtdStandard International · 02004967	3	320	Earned recognitionActive
3	Trent Motor Traction Company Limited(The)Standard National · 00131912	3	285	Active
4	Skills Motor Coaches LtdStandard International · 00612324	2	143	Active
5	Johnson Bros (Tours) LtdStandard International · 02921086	4	120	Active
6	Barton Buses LimitedStandard National · 02347412	3	111	Active
7	Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction Company LimitedStandard National · 02070429	1	70	Active
8	Marshalls of Sutton-on-Trent LtdStandard International · 05993272	2	35	Active
9	Sharpe & Sons (Nottingham) LtdStandard International · 05057320	2	35	Active
10	Tiger European (UK) LimitedStandard International · 01483582	1	30	Active
11	Arrow Specialised Transport LimitedStandard National · 04100217	2	28	Active
12	Geo Amey LimitedStandard National · 07556404	1	28	Active
13	Nottingham Minibuses & Coaches LtdStandard International · 08091371	1	25	Active
14	C W Moxon LtdStandard International · 00807493	1	18	Active
15	Butler Brothers LtdStandard National · 02671132	2	14	Active
16	Hammonds Coaches LtdStandard International · 05426458	1	14	Active
17	Kettlewell (Retford) LtdStandard International · 00832903	1	14	Active
18	Millennium Travel (Mansfield) LimitedStandard International · 11502009	3	14	Active
19	Aot Coaches Nottingham LLPStandard National · OC351290	3	12	Active
20	Gem Mini Travel LtdStandard National · 06138362	2	12	Active
21	Vallances Coaches LimitedStandard International · 06852935	3	12	Active
22	Classic and Vintage Vehicle Hire LtdStandard National · 11057700	1	10	Active
23	Garys Coaches LtdStandard National · 04395942	1	10	Active
24	Nottingham Coaches LtdStandard National · 08587590	1	10	Active
25	Nottinghamshire County CouncilStandard National	2	10
26	Notts Minibuses LtdStandard International · 08677740	1	8	Active
27	Acorn Travel (UK) LtdStandard International · 14518910	2	6	Active
28	Unity Coaches LtdStandard International · 10070792	1	6	Active
29	Henshaws Coaches LtdStandard International · 06838814	1	5	Active
30	Gafs Exc Travel LtdStandard National · 11933194	1	4	Active
31	Budget Travel Nottingham LtdStandard National · 16042999	1	2	Active
32	Daytona Travel LtdStandard International · 13763711	1	2	Active
33	Forest Travel Holidays LtdStandard International · 06052009	1	2	Active
34	Human Touch Ambulance LtdRestricted · 06969308	1	2	Active
35	J G Travel LimitedRestricted · 06394705	1	2	Active
36	Midland Vectis Ltd.Standard International · 11752092	1	2	Active
37	NG11 Cars LtdRestricted · 06934972	1	2	Active
38	Paramount Specialised Transport LimitedStandard National · 14683678	1	2	Active
39	Emjay Tours LtdStandard International · 04697351	1	1	Active
40	Just Go Holidays LtdStandard National · 04553601	1	1	Active
41	Liz Hobbs Group LimitedRestricted · 03995769	1	1
42	Nottingham United Cars LtdStandard National · 15387393	1	1	Active
43	Paper Moon Day Nurseries (Mansfield) LtdRestricted · 05271273	1	1	Active
44	The Playroom Nursery LtdRestricted · 04668799	1	1	Active

Plus 22 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Nottingham 32
Worksop 5
Mansfield 4
Newark 4
Retford 3
Southwell 3
Sutton-in-Ashfield 3
Council 1
Hucknall 1
Langar 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Nottinghamshire

Postcode district NG2:8 company licences
Postcode district NG17:5 company licences
Postcode district NG6:5 company licences
Postcode district NG16:4 company licences
Postcode district NG4:4 company licences
Postcode district NG7:3 company licences
Postcode district NG18:3 company licences
Postcode district NG25:3 company licences
Postcode district S81:3 company licences
Postcode district DN22:3 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

54% of the 69 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 Nottinghamshire by type

Standard National PSV26 38%
Standard International PSV25 36%
Restricted PSV18 26%

PSV licences in Nottinghamshire by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:12 licences
2 vehicles:21 licences
3–5 vehicles:4 licences
6–10 vehicles:8 licences
11–25 vehicles:10 licences
26–50 vehicles:5 licences
51–100 vehicles:5 licences
100+ vehicles:4 licences

Before you book a coach in Nottinghamshire

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

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.