Coach and bus operators · Suffolk
Coach companies in Ipswich
Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Ipswich, Suffolk: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 17 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Ipswich; the largest fleet is First Eastern Counties Buses Limited (360 vehicles authorised).
- Coach and bus companies
- 17
- PSV licences
- 17
- Vehicles on these licences
- 657
- Earned recognition
- 1
Coach and bus companies in Ipswich
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Ipswich, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Ipswich. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Eastern Counties Buses LimitedStandard International · 00257815 | 1 | 360 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | Ipswich Buses LtdStandard National · 02000058 | 1 | 78 | Active |
| 3 | Vertas (Ipswich) LimitedStandard National · 10040474 | 1 | 65 | Active |
| 4 | Beestons (Hadleigh) LtdStandard National · 00503643 | 1 | 40 | Active |
| 5 | Specialist Passenger Solutions LimitedStandard National · 09828017 | 2 | 35 | Active |
| 6 | Charlise LtdStandard International · 09842158 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 7 | Inspired Learning Group (UK) LimitedStandard National · 01550681 | 1 | 15 | Active |
| 8 | Squirrell's Coaches LimitedStandard National · 04626879 | 1 | 9 | Active |
| 9 | Suffolk Travel LtdStandard International · 12754796 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 10 | Stansfields Transport Solutions LtdStandard National · 14016609 | 1 | 7 | Active |
| 11 | D.M.C Transport LtdStandard National · 13433230 | 1 | 6 | Active |
| 12 | C & J Coaches LtdStandard International · 12084829 | 1 | 5 | Active |
| 13 | Ipswich Education LimitedStandard National · 10875162 | 1 | 5 | Active |
| 14 | Three C's Travel LtdStandard National · 05771707 | 1 | 4 | Active |
| 15 | Deltabus LtdStandard National · 16954804 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 16 | Schoollink Suffolk LtdStandard National · 16683912 | 1 | 2 | Active |
| 17 | B K P Limousines LimitedRestricted · 06807261 | 1 | 1 | Active |
Licence types and fleet sizes
35% of the 17 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 8. 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 PSV12 71%
- Standard International PSV4 24%
- Restricted PSV1 6%
Before you book a coach in Ipswich
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 8 October 2026. How we read it
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