Coach and bus operators · Renfrewshire
Coach companies in Paisley
Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Paisley, Renfrewshire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 13 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Paisley; the largest fleet is Discover Scotland Tours Ltd (18 vehicles authorised).
- Coach and bus companies
- 13
- PSV licences
- 17
- Vehicles on these licences
- 103
- Earned recognition
- 0
Coach and bus companies in Paisley
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Paisley, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Paisley. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discover Scotland Tours LtdStandard National · SC313476 | 1 | 18 | Active |
| 2 | Boyds Coach Hire LtdStandard National · SC150742 | 1 | 11 | Active |
| 3 | Acacia Coaches LtdStandard International · SC551888 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 4 | Apcoa Parking (UK) LtdStandard National · 02572947 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 5 | Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard International · 03887962 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 6 | Colchri Ltd.Standard National · SC205405 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 7 | Flying Scot Glasgow LtdStandard National · SC182653 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 8 | P1 Airport Parking LimitedStandard National · 12536592 | 2 | 6 | Active |
| 9 | Ritaat Al Hayat Coach LtdStandard International · SC827704 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 10 | Airparks Services LtdStandard National · 02652781 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 11 | Ciaodreamer LimitedStandard National · SC519257 | 1 | 2 | Active – proposal to strike off |
| 12 | Asap.Coaches LtdStandard International · SC668519 | 1 | 1 | Active |
| 13 | West of Scotland Chauffeur Drive LimitedRestricted · SC318355 | 1 | 1 | Active |
Plus 4 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Licence types and fleet sizes
41% of the 17 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.
- Standard National PSV9 53%
- Standard International PSV6 35%
- Restricted PSV2 12%
Before you book a coach in Paisley
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 , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 9 October 2026. How we read it
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