--- title: "Coach companies in Bristol" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/somerset/bristol markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/somerset/bristol.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 Bristol > Check a coach or bus company in Bristol (Somerset) before you book: 16 PSV-licensed operators, 872 vehicles authorised, licence type and status. 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 · Somerset 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. | # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [First West of England Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0000132) Standard National · 00025088 | 2 | 675 | Earned recognition Active | | 2 | [S J & J M Munden Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1037113) Standard National · 04806233 | 1 | 40 | Active | | 3 | [Berkeley Coach and Travel Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0000963) Standard International · 01090868 | 1 | 17 | Active | | 4 | [Bristol Airport Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph0007159) Standard National · 02078692 | 1 | 17 | Active | | 5 | [Bugler Coaches Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1026770) Standard National · 04907826 | 1 | 17 | Active | | 6 | [Club Bristol Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2076063) Standard National · 11186929 | 1 | 17 | Active | | 7 | [Kempsford Transport UK Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/company/kempsford-transport-uk-ltd-15856131) Standard National · 15856131 | 1 | 14 | Active | | 8 | [Somerset Transport Services Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1111128) Standard National · 04714436 | 1 | 9 | Active | | 9 | [High Experiences Ltd](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2085119) Standard National · 16105082 | 2 | 5 | Active | | 10 | [Intsol Recruitment Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2081034) Standard International · 07647610 | 1 | 5 | Active | | 11 | [Oakwood Airport Parking Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2067634) Standard National · 09075792 | 2 | 4 | Active | | 12 | [Citistar Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1091486) Standard National · 06931180 | 1 | 3 | Active | | 13 | [Airport Tavern Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2070724) Standard National · 07271081 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 14 | [Eclipse Hotels Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph1100260) Restricted · 04283362 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 15 | [Forge Accommodation Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2008320) Restricted · 08339241 | 1 | 2 | Active | | 16 | [Blanch House Limited](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licence/ph2002403) Restricted · 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 PSV **15** 58% - Restricted PSV **7** 27% - Standard International PSV **4** 15% PSV licences in Bristol by vehicles authorised 1. 1 vehicles: 3 licences 2. 2 vehicles: 5 licences 3. 3–5 vehicles: 8 licences 4. 6–10 vehicles: 2 licences 5. 11–25 vehicles: 6 licences 6. 26–50 vehicles: 1 licences 7. 51–100 vehicles: 0 licences 8. 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. ## More in Somerset - [All coach companies in Somerset](https://haulierscope.co.uk/coach-operators/somerset) ## 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/somerset/bristol 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.