Coach and bus operators · Nottinghamshire

Coach companies in Nottingham

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

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 30 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Nottingham; the largest fleet is Nottingham City Transport Ltd (320 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 30
PSV licences: 43
Vehicles on these licences: 1,213
Earned recognition: 1

Coach and bus companies in Nottingham

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

Coach and bus companies in Nottingham
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Nottingham City Transport LtdStandard International · 02004967	3	320	Earned recognitionActive
2	Trent Motor Traction Company Limited(The)Standard National · 00131912	2	285	Active
3	Skills Motor Coaches LtdStandard International · 00612324	2	143	Active
4	Barton Buses LimitedStandard National · 02347412	3	111	Active
5	Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction Company LimitedStandard National · 02070429	1	70	Active
6	Sharpe & Sons (Nottingham) LtdStandard International · 05057320	1	35	Active
7	Tiger European (UK) LimitedStandard International · 01483582	1	30	Active
8	Arrow Specialised Transport LimitedStandard National · 04100217	2	28	Active
9	Nottingham Minibuses & Coaches LtdStandard International · 08091371	1	25	Active
10	Butler Brothers LtdStandard National · 02671132	1	14	Active
11	Hammonds Coaches LtdStandard International · 05426458	1	14	Active
12	Millennium Travel (Mansfield) LimitedStandard International · 11502009	1	14	Active
13	Aot Coaches Nottingham LLPStandard National · OC351290	3	12	Active
14	Vallances Coaches LimitedStandard International · 06852935	3	12	Active
15	Classic and Vintage Vehicle Hire LtdStandard National · 11057700	1	10	Active
16	Garys Coaches LtdStandard National · 04395942	1	10	Active
17	Nottingham Coaches LtdStandard National · 08587590	1	10	Active
18	Nottinghamshire County CouncilStandard National	2	10
19	Notts Minibuses LtdStandard International · 08677740	1	8	Active
20	Acorn Travel (UK) LtdStandard International · 14518910	1	6	Active
21	Henshaws Coaches LtdStandard International · 06838814	1	5	Active
22	Gafs Exc Travel LtdStandard National · 11933194	1	4	Active
23	Budget Travel Nottingham LtdStandard National · 16042999	1	2	Active
24	Daytona Travel LtdStandard International · 13763711	1	2	Active
25	J G Travel LimitedRestricted · 06394705	1	2	Active
26	Midland Vectis Ltd.Standard International · 11752092	1	2	Active
27	NG11 Cars LtdRestricted · 06934972	1	2	Active
28	Paramount Specialised Transport LimitedStandard National · 14683678	1	2	Active
29	Nottingham United Cars LtdStandard National · 15387393	1	1	Active
30	The Playroom Nursery LtdRestricted · 04668799	1	1	Active

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

Licence types and fleet sizes

47% of the 43 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 6. 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 Nottingham by type

Standard National PSV17 40%
Standard International PSV15 35%
Restricted PSV11 26%

PSV licences in Nottingham by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:5 licences
2 vehicles:13 licences
3–5 vehicles:2 licences
6–10 vehicles:7 licences
11–25 vehicles:7 licences
26–50 vehicles:3 licences
51–100 vehicles:3 licences
100+ vehicles:3 licences

Before you book a coach in Nottingham

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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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.