--- title: "Coach companies in Nottingham" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/nottinghamshire/nottingham markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/nottinghamshire/nottingham.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 Nottingham > Check a coach or bus company in Nottingham (Nottinghamshire) before you book: 30 PSV-licensed operators, 1,213 vehicles authorised, licence type and… 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 · Nottinghamshire 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. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Nottingham City Transport Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb0002362) Standard International · 02004967 | 3 | 320 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [Trent Motor Traction Company Limited(The)](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/trent-motor-traction-company-limited-the-00131912) Standard National · 00131912 | 2 | 285 | Active | | 3 | [Skills Motor Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/skills-motor-coaches-ltd-00612324) Standard International · 00612324 | 2 | 143 | Active | | 4 | [Barton Buses Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/barton-buses-limited-02347412) Standard National · 02347412 | 3 | 111 | Active | | 5 | [Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction Company Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pc0004218) Standard National · 02070429 | 1 | 70 | Active | | 6 | [Sharpe & Sons (Nottingham) Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1032369) Standard International · 05057320 | 1 | 35 | Active | | 7 | [Tiger European (UK) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb0002379) Standard International · 01483582 | 1 | 30 | Active | | 8 | [Arrow Specialised Transport Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1021625) Standard National · 04100217 | 2 | 28 | Active | | 9 | [Nottingham Minibuses & Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1129926) Standard International · 08091371 | 1 | 25 | Active | | 10 | [Butler Brothers Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb0002119) Standard National · 02671132 | 1 | 14 | Active | | 11 | [Hammonds Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1092058) Standard International · 05426458 | 1 | 14 | Active | | 12 | [Millennium Travel (Mansfield) Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2017365) Standard International · 11502009 | 1 | 14 | Active | | 13 | [Aot Coaches Nottingham LLP](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1093955) Standard National · OC351290 | 3 | 12 | Active | | 14 | [Vallances Coaches Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1142279) Standard International · 06852935 | 3 | 12 | Active | | 15 | [Classic and Vintage Vehicle Hire Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2010119) Standard National · 11057700 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 16 | [Garys Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1076894) Standard National · 04395942 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 17 | [Nottingham Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1125487) Standard National · 08587590 | 1 | 10 | Active | | 18 | [Nottinghamshire County Council](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1071529) Standard National | 2 | 10 | — | | 19 | [Notts Minibuses Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2003728) Standard International · 08677740 | 1 | 8 | Active | | 20 | [Acorn Travel (UK) Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2064358) Standard International · 14518910 | 1 | 6 | Active | | 21 | [Henshaws Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1087792) Standard International · 06838814 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 22 | [Gafs Exc Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2062405) Standard National · 11933194 | 1 | 4 | Active | | 23 | [Budget Travel Nottingham Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2091667) Standard National · 16042999 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 24 | [Daytona Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2051705) Standard International · 13763711 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 25 | [J G Travel Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1085266) Restricted · 06394705 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 26 | [Midland Vectis Ltd.](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2061635) Standard International · 11752092 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 27 | [NG11 Cars Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb1105617) Restricted · 06934972 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 28 | [Paramount Specialised Transport Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2088069) Standard National · 14683678 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 29 | [Nottingham United Cars Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2092700) Standard National · 15387393 | 1 | 1 | Active | | 30 | [The Playroom Nursery Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/pb2065420) Restricted · 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 PSV **17** 40% - Standard International PSV **15** 35% - Restricted PSV **11** 26% PSV licences in Nottingham by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 5 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 13 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 2 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 7 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 7 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 3 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 3 licences 8. 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. ## More in Nottinghamshire - [All coach companies in Nottinghamshire](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/nottinghamshire) - [Every operator licence in Nottingham 515](https://haulierscope.co.uk/area/north-east-of-england/nottingham) ## 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 9 October 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 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/nottinghamshire/nottingham 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.