Coach and bus operators · Scotland

Coach companies in Renfrewshire

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Renfrewshire council 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: 22 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Renfrewshire council area, plus 4 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is McGill's Bus Service Ltd, authorised for 600 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 22
PSV licences: 26
Vehicles on these licences: 963
Standard licences: 22

Coach and bus companies in Renfrewshire

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

Coach and bus companies in Renfrewshire
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	McGill's Bus Service LtdStandard National · SC027238	2	600	Active
2	Loch Lomond Bus Services Ltd.Standard International · SC240425	2	190	Active
3	The Ultimate Highland Experience LtdStandard International · SC294344	1	40	Active
4	Discover Scotland Tours LtdStandard National · SC313476	1	18	Active
5	Silver Fox Coaches LtdStandard International · SC050853	1	14	Active
6	Boyds Coach Hire LtdStandard National · SC150742	1	11	Active
7	Acacia Coaches LtdStandard International · SC551888	1	8	Active
8	Apcoa Parking (UK) LtdStandard National · 02572947	1	8	Active
9	Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard International · 03887962	1	7	Active
10	Colchri Ltd.Standard National · SC205405	1	7	Active
11	Flying Scot Glasgow LtdStandard National · SC182653	1	6	Active
12	P1 Airport Parking LimitedStandard National · 12536592	2	6	Active
13	Ritaat Al Hayat Coach LtdStandard International · SC827704	1	6	Active
14	Stage Hire Scotland LtdStandard International · SC337290	1	6	Active
15	Airparks Services LtdStandard National · 02652781	1	4	Active
16	Ijpm Logistics LtdStandard International · SC796666	1	4	Active
17	Ciaodreamer LimitedStandard National · SC519257	1	2	Active – proposal to strike off
18	Littleinch LtdRestricted · SC111248	1	2	Active
19	Ss Travel (Greenock) LimitedStandard International · SC849274	1	2	Active
20	Surrey 100 LimitedRestricted · SC450433	1	2	Active
21	Asap.Coaches LtdStandard International · SC668519	1	1	Active
22	West of Scotland Chauffeur Drive LimitedRestricted · SC318355	1	1	Active

Plus 4 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

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

Paisley 13
Renfrew 7
Johnstone 2
Bishopton 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Renfrewshire

Postcode district PA3:10 company licences
Postcode district PA4:7 company licences
Postcode district PA1:2 company licences
Postcode district PA5:2 company licences
Postcode district PA2:1 company licences
Postcode district PA7:1 company licences
Postcode district PA8:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

42% of the 26 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 Renfrewshire by type

Standard International PSV12 46%
Standard National PSV10 38%
Restricted PSV4 15%

PSV licences in Renfrewshire by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:4 licences
2 vehicles:5 licences
3–5 vehicles:2 licences
6–10 vehicles:8 licences
11–25 vehicles:4 licences
26–50 vehicles:1 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:2 licences

Before you book a coach in Renfrewshire

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.