Coach and bus operators · Somerset

Coach companies in Bristol

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

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 16 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Bristol; the largest fleet is First West of England Limited (675 vehicles authorised).

Coach and bus companies: 16
PSV licences: 26
Vehicles on these licences: 872
Earned recognition: 1

Coach and bus companies in Bristol

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

Coach and bus companies in Bristol
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	First West of England LimitedStandard National · 00025088	2	675	Earned recognitionActive
2	S J & J M Munden LtdStandard National · 04806233	1	40	Active
3	Berkeley Coach and Travel LtdStandard International · 01090868	1	17	Active
4	Bristol Airport LimitedStandard National · 02078692	1	17	Active
5	Bugler Coaches LtdStandard National · 04907826	1	17	Active
6	Club Bristol LtdStandard National · 11186929	1	17	Active
7	Kempsford Transport UK LtdStandard National · 15856131	1	14	Active
8	Somerset Transport Services LtdStandard National · 04714436	1	9	Active
9	High Experiences LtdStandard National · 16105082	2	5	Active
10	Intsol Recruitment LimitedStandard International · 07647610	1	5	Active
11	Oakwood Airport Parking LimitedStandard National · 09075792	2	4	Active
12	Citistar LimitedStandard National · 06931180	1	3	Active
13	Airport Tavern LimitedStandard National · 07271081	1	2	Active
14	Eclipse Hotels LimitedRestricted · 04283362	1	2	Active
15	Forge Accommodation LimitedRestricted · 08339241	1	2	Active
16	Blanch House LimitedRestricted · 07311856	1	1	Active

Plus 10 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Licence types and fleet sizes

62% of the 26 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 5. 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 Bristol by type

Standard National PSV15 58%
Restricted PSV7 27%
Standard International PSV4 15%

PSV licences in Bristol by vehicles authorised

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

Before you book a coach in Bristol

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.