--- title: "Open data downloads" canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/data markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/data.md dvsa_file_date: 2026-09-07 publisher: HaulierScope licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) --- # Open data downloads > Free CSV downloads of GB operator licence data: 9 datasets plus monthly files, companies only, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026 (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records). Open data The data behind HaulierScope’s reports and lists, as plain CSV (UTF-8, comma-separated, one header row). Each file is rebuilt from the newest source we hold when you download it. 29 CSV files, free to download and reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Companies and organisations are named; sole traders and partnerships appear only as counts. - **Datasets:** 9 - **Monthly files:** 20 - **DVSA file:** 7 September 2026 - **Licence:** OGL v3.0 ## The register From the current DVSA operator licence file. - **Operator licences held by companies and organisations**: Every licence in the current DVSA file held by a company or other organisation: type, status, vehicles and trailers authorised, traffic area and continuation date. Sole traders, partnerships and withheld records are left out. **13 columns** [company-licences.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/company-licences.csv) - **licence\_number:** Operator licence number - **operator\_name:** Company or organisation name in the DVSA file - **company\_number:** Companies House number (blank for organisations without one) - **holder\_type:** company or other (public body, charity…) - **category:** goods or psv - **licence\_type:** Restricted, Standard National, Standard International or Special Restricted - **status:** valid, curtailed, suspended, or unmapped - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised - **trailers\_authorised:** Trailers authorised - **traffic\_area:** Traffic area that issued the licence - **continuation\_date:** Continuation date (not an expiry date) - **operating\_centres:** Number of operating centres - **file\_date:** Date of the DVSA file - **Licences and vehicles by traffic area**: Per traffic area: licences, vehicles authorised, and licences by category and type in the current DVSA file (every holder, as counts). **6 columns** [traffic-area-stats.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/traffic-area-stats.csv) - **traffic\_area:** Traffic area - **category:** goods or psv - **licence\_type:** Licence type - **licences:** Licences in the DVSA file - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised on them - **file\_date:** Date of the DVSA file ## Traffic Commissioner notices and decisions From the weekly Applications and Decisions, Notices and Proceedings, and the decisions on GOV.UK. - **New operator licences granted**: Every new goods and PSV operator licence the Traffic Commissioners published as granted, since January 2026, companies and organisations only. One row per grant. **12 columns** [new-operator-licences.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences.csv) - **licence\_number:** Operator licence number as printed in the notice - **operator\_name:** Company or organisation name (sole traders and partnerships are never included) - **company\_number:** Companies House number, when the licence is in the DVSA file - **category:** goods or psv - **licence\_class:** R, SN, SI or SR as printed - **traffic\_area:** Traffic area that published the notice - **published\_as:** The publication's own section heading - **effective\_date:** With-effect-from date when printed, else the publication date - **publication:** Applications and Decisions (A&D) or Notices and Proceedings (N&P) - **issue\_number:** Issue number printed on the publication - **published\_date:** Publication date - **source\_url:** The GOV.UK PDF - **Traffic Commissioner decisions about companies**: Written regulatory decisions of the Traffic Commissioners that name only companies or organisations: outcome, dates, appeal status, licences and the GOV.UK link. **9 columns** [tc-decisions.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/tc-decisions.csv) - **operator\_name:** Company or organisation - **company\_number:** Companies House number, when the licence is in the DVSA file - **outcome:** GOV.UK outcome label - **decision\_date:** Date of the written decision - **published\_date:** First published on GOV.UK - **appeal\_status:** Appeal or stay recorded on GOV.UK - **traffic\_area:** Traffic Commissioner region - **licence\_numbers:** Licences in the decision heading (space-separated) - **source\_url:** The decision on GOV.UK (or the GOV.UK finder searched by licence number) ## Rankings Biggest operators by vehicles authorised. - **Biggest haulage companies (top 100)**: The 100 companies with the most lorries authorised on standard goods vehicle operator licences in Great Britain. **10 columns** [biggest-haulage-companies.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/biggest-haulage-companies.csv) - **rank:** Rank by vehicles authorised (ties share a rank) - **company\_name:** Company name in the DVSA file - **company\_number:** Companies House number - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised on the licences in scope - **trailers\_authorised:** Trailers authorised on the licences in scope - **licences:** Licences in scope - **share\_of\_gb\_total:** Share of every vehicle authorised in scope in Great Britain (0-1) - **main\_traffic\_area:** Traffic area with most of the vehicles - **earned\_recognition:** On DVSA's earned recognition list - **companies\_house\_status:** Companies House status (blank when the name does not match) - **Biggest coach and bus operators (top 100)**: The 100 companies with the most vehicles authorised on PSV operator licences in Great Britain. **10 columns** [biggest-coach-and-bus-operators.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/biggest-coach-and-bus-operators.csv) - **rank:** Rank by vehicles authorised (ties share a rank) - **company\_name:** Company name in the DVSA file - **company\_number:** Companies House number - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised on the licences in scope - **trailers\_authorised:** Trailers authorised on the licences in scope - **licences:** Licences in scope - **share\_of\_gb\_total:** Share of every vehicle authorised in scope in Great Britain (0-1) - **main\_traffic\_area:** Traffic area with most of the vehicles - **earned\_recognition:** On DVSA's earned recognition list - **companies\_house\_status:** Companies House status (blank when the name does not match) ## Geography Counties and council areas, from the ONS Postcode Directory join. - **Goods vehicle operator licences by county**: Goods vehicle operator licences by county, from the DVSA operator licence file and the ONS Postcode Directory (each operating centre's postcode district placed in its county). A licence with centres in two counties counts in both. **9 columns** [hauliers-by-county.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/hauliers-by-county.csv) - **county\_slug:** Page slug (/hauliers/{slug}, /coach-operators/{slug}) - **county:** Ceremonial county (England), principal area (Wales) or council area (Scotland) - **country:** England, Scotland or Wales - **company\_licences:** Present licences of companies and organisations with an operating centre in the county - **companies:** Distinct companies and organisations among them - **sole\_trader\_and\_partnership\_licences:** Licences of sole traders and partnerships (counted, never named) - **withheld\_licences:** Licences withheld at the holder's request - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised on every licence counted (a licence's whole authorisation) - **page\_indexed:** Whether the county page is indexed for search (threshold met) - **PSV (bus and coach) operator licences by county**: PSV (bus and coach) operator licences by county, from the DVSA operator licence file and the ONS Postcode Directory (each operating centre's postcode district placed in its county). A licence with centres in two counties counts in both. **9 columns** [coach-operators-by-county.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/coach-operators-by-county.csv) - **county\_slug:** Page slug (/hauliers/{slug}, /coach-operators/{slug}) - **county:** Ceremonial county (England), principal area (Wales) or council area (Scotland) - **country:** England, Scotland or Wales - **company\_licences:** Present licences of companies and organisations with an operating centre in the county - **companies:** Distinct companies and organisations among them - **sole\_trader\_and\_partnership\_licences:** Licences of sole traders and partnerships (counted, never named) - **withheld\_licences:** Licences withheld at the holder's request - **vehicles\_authorised:** Vehicles authorised on every licence counted (a licence's whole authorisation) - **page\_indexed:** Whether the county page is indexed for search (threshold met) ## Reports The figures behind our data reports. - **State of the GB operator licence register 2026: every figure**: The figures behind the 2026 report in long format: register totals, licence types, fleet bands, holders and Companies House status from the current files, and monthly and per-area notice flows for January to September 2026. Aggregates only. **5 columns** [state-of-the-register-2026.csv](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/state-of-the-register-2026.csv) - **section:** register, fleet, holder, status, flow, area, companies\_house, earned\_recognition - **measure:** What is counted - **dimension:** Breakdown value (licence type, band, month, traffic area…); blank for totals - **value:** The count - **as\_of:** Date of the source file, or the report period ## Monthly files One file per publication month, same 12 columns as the notices datasets. ### [New operator licences granted](https://haulierscope.co.uk/new-operator-licences) - [October 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-10.csv) 39 rows - [September 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-09.csv) 353 rows - [August 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-08.csv) 373 rows - [July 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-07.csv) 415 rows - [June 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-06.csv) 380 rows - [May 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-05.csv) 326 rows - [April 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-04.csv) 363 rows - [March 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-03.csv) 377 rows - [February 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-02.csv) 357 rows - [January 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/new-operator-licences-2026-01.csv) 265 rows ### [Licences revoked, surrendered or terminated](https://haulierscope.co.uk/licences-ended) - [October 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-10.csv) 17 rows - [September 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-09.csv) 327 rows - [August 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-08.csv) 315 rows - [July 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-07.csv) 332 rows - [June 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-06.csv) 353 rows - [May 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-05.csv) 378 rows - [April 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-04.csv) 366 rows - [March 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-03.csv) 372 rows - [February 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-02.csv) 417 rows - [January 2026](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/licences-ended-2026-01.csv) 367 rows ## Licence and attribution The files are derived from public-sector information and published under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). When you reuse them, include: “Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: HaulierScope, from DVSA and Traffic Commissioner data”, and link to the page the data came from. Privacy: director, partner and transport manager names and correspondence addresses never enter our data. Sole traders and partnerships are never named in any file, because their operator name is usually a person’s name. Records withheld at the holder’s request are left out. See the [privacy notice](https://haulierscope.co.uk/privacy) and [methodology](https://haulierscope.co.uk/methodology). Need the data through an API instead? The [JSON API and MCP server](https://haulierscope.co.uk/developers) are free to use. ## 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 an operator licence](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/how-to-check-a-haulier) DVSA file 7 Sep 2026 Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. [How we read it](https://haulierscope.co.uk/methodology) Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette. Contains public sector information licensed under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). --- Canonical page: https://haulierscope.co.uk/data Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Companies House data. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. HaulierScope is an independent service, not affiliated with DVSA or the Traffic Commissioners. It is updated when DVSA publishes a new file, usually weekly.