Coach and bus operators · Wales

Coach companies in Powys

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 with an operating centre in the Powys principal area: 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: 17 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Powys principal area, plus 14 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Lloyds Coaches Limited, authorised for 74 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 17
PSV licences: 31
Vehicles on these licences: 395
Standard licences: 23

Coach and bus companies in Powys

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

Coach and bus companies in Powys
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Lloyds Coaches LimitedStandard National · 07106672	4	74	Active
2	R E Morris & Sons LtdStandard International · 03759163	2	48	Active
3	Williams Motors (Cwmdu) LtdStandard International · 01324639	2	45	Earned recognitionActive
4	Celtic Travel (Llanidloes) LimitedStandard International · 07781631	4	33	Active
5	Herdman Coaches LtdStandard National · 09214814	1	26	Active
6	Owens of Oswestry Coaches LtdStandard International · 02584905	2	26	Active
7	Cookson Travel LimitedStandard National · 08319062	1	18	Active
8	Owens Motors LtdStandard National · 00634801	1	12	Active
9	Geoff Williams Minibuses LtdStandard National · 04700853	1	11	Active
10	D L Jones (Wales) LimitedStandard International · 05189178	1	6	Active
11	Radnorshire Travel LimitedStandard National · 10615714	3	6	Active
12	Pc & Pd Harley LimitedStandard National · 15515826	3	5	Active
13	Brian Davies & Son LtdStandard National · 04765820	1	4	Active
14	Rhiew Valley Motors LtdStandard International · 04205646	1	4	Active
15	Highway Adventures LtdStandard International · 12626909	1	2	Active
16	Proactive Adventure LimitedRestricted · 06146607	1	2	Active
17	Knighton Taxis LtdRestricted · 06557534	1	1	Active

Plus 14 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Welshpool 3
Brecon 2
Builth Wells 2
Knighton 2
Llandrindod Wells 2
Llanymynech 2
Montgomery 2
Newtown 2
Crickhowell 1
Llanbrynmair 1
Llanidloes 1
Machynlleth 1
Meifod 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Powys

Postcode district SY21:3 company licences
Postcode district SY22:3 company licences
Postcode district LD1:2 company licences
Postcode district LD2:2 company licences
Postcode district LD3:2 company licences
Postcode district LD7:2 company licences
Postcode district SY15:2 company licences
Postcode district SY16:2 company licences
Postcode district SY19:1 company licences
Postcode district NP8:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

48% of the 31 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 Powys by type

Standard National PSV14 45%
Standard International PSV9 29%
Restricted PSV8 26%

PSV licences in Powys by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:4 licences
2 vehicles:7 licences
3–5 vehicles:4 licences
6–10 vehicles:5 licences
11–25 vehicles:5 licences
26–50 vehicles:5 licences
51–100 vehicles:1 licences
100+ vehicles:0 licences

Before you book a coach in Powys

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 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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.