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title: "Hauliers by county"
canonical_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers
markdown_url: https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers.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/)
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# Hauliers by county

> 45,229 companies with a goods vehicle operator licence, sorted into 101 counties and council areas of England, Scotland and Wales. DVSA data, 7 Sept 2026.

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).

Directory

Goods vehicle operator licences in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026, sorted into the counties of England and the council and principal areas of Scotland and Wales by the postcode of each operating centre. Open a county for its largest hauliers, towns and new licences.

The most licensed goods operators are in West Midlands (2,906 company licences), then Greater London and Essex.

- **Counties and areas:** 101
- **Haulage companies:** 45,229
- **Largest county:** West Midlands
- **Lorries in the largest:** 38,893

## Where the hauliers are

The 12 counties and areas with the most company goods licences. A licence with operating centres in two counties counts in both.

Company goods licences by county, top 12

1. [West Midlands **2,906** company licences, 12%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-midlands)
2. [Greater London **2,779** company licences, 12%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/greater-london)
3. [Essex **2,517** company licences, 11%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/essex)
4. [West Yorkshire **2,266** company licences, 10%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-yorkshire)
5. [Greater Manchester **2,265** company licences, 10%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/greater-manchester)
6. [Kent **1,955** company licences, 8%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/kent)
7. [Lincolnshire **1,666** company licences, 7%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/lincolnshire)
8. [Lancashire **1,620** company licences, 7%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/lancashire)
9. [Hampshire **1,577** company licences, 7%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/hampshire)
10. [South Yorkshire **1,494** company licences, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/south-yorkshire)
11. [Staffordshire **1,378** company licences, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/staffordshire)
12. [Leicestershire **1,370** company licences, 6%](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/leicestershire)

## England

- [Bedfordshire 909 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/bedfordshire)
- [Berkshire 967 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/berkshire)
- [Bristol 532 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/bristol)
- [Buckinghamshire 1,034 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/buckinghamshire)
- [Cambridgeshire 931 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/cambridgeshire)
- [Cheshire 1,260 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/cheshire)
- [Cornwall 519 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/cornwall)
- [County Durham 884 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/county-durham)
- [Cumbria 648 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/cumbria)
- [Derbyshire 1,291 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/derbyshire)
- [Devon 1,032 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/devon)
- [Dorset 569 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/dorset)
- [East Riding of Yorkshire 844 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-riding-of-yorkshire)
- [East Sussex 451 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-sussex)
- [Essex 2,517 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/essex)
- [Gloucestershire 994 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/gloucestershire)
- [Greater London 2,779 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/greater-london)
- [Greater Manchester 2,265 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/greater-manchester)
- [Hampshire 1,577 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/hampshire)
- [Herefordshire 288 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/herefordshire)
- [Hertfordshire 1,074 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/hertfordshire)
- [Isle of Wight 113 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/isle-of-wight)
- [Kent 1,955 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/kent)
- [Lancashire 1,620 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/lancashire)
- [Leicestershire 1,370 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/leicestershire)
- [Lincolnshire 1,666 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/lincolnshire)
- [Merseyside 1,011 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/merseyside)
- [Norfolk 1,011 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/norfolk)
- [North Yorkshire 917 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/north-yorkshire)
- [Northamptonshire 1,137 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/northamptonshire)
- [Northumberland 275 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/northumberland)
- [Nottinghamshire 987 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/nottinghamshire)
- [Oxfordshire 591 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/oxfordshire)
- [Rutland 34 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/rutland)
- [Shropshire 766 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/shropshire)
- [Somerset 1,073 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/somerset)
- [South Yorkshire 1,494 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/south-yorkshire)
- [Staffordshire 1,378 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/staffordshire)
- [Suffolk 1,100 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/suffolk)
- [Surrey 905 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/surrey)
- [Tyne and Wear 642 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/tyne-and-wear)
- [Warwickshire 951 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/warwickshire)
- [West Midlands 2,906 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-midlands)
- [West Sussex 683 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-sussex)
- [West Yorkshire 2,266 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-yorkshire)
- [Wiltshire 746 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/wiltshire)
- [Worcestershire 669 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/worcestershire)

## Scotland

- [Aberdeen 217 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/aberdeen)
- [Aberdeenshire 309 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/aberdeenshire)
- [Angus 94 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/angus)
- [Argyll and Bute 112 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/argyll-and-bute)
- [Clackmannanshire 48 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/clackmannanshire)
- [Dumfries and Galloway 255 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/dumfries-and-galloway)
- [Dundee 137 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/dundee)
- [East Ayrshire 172 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-ayrshire)
- [East Dunbartonshire 40 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-dunbartonshire)
- [East Lothian 58 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-lothian)
- [East Renfrewshire 33 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/east-renfrewshire)
- [Edinburgh 138 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/edinburgh)
- [Falkirk 214 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/falkirk)
- [Fife 246 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/fife)
- [Glasgow 346 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/glasgow)
- [Highland 406 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/highland)
- [Inverclyde 28 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/inverclyde)
- [Midlothian 78 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/midlothian)
- [Moray 99 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/moray)
- [Na h-Eileanan Siar 55 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/na-h-eileanan-siar)
- [North Ayrshire 118 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/north-ayrshire)
- [North Lanarkshire 503 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/north-lanarkshire)
- [Orkney Islands 42 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/orkney-islands)
- [Perth and Kinross 176 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/perth-and-kinross)
- [Renfrewshire 128 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/renfrewshire)
- [Scottish Borders 125 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/scottish-borders)
- [Shetland Islands 58 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/shetland-islands)
- [South Ayrshire 66 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/south-ayrshire)
- [South Lanarkshire 361 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/south-lanarkshire)
- [Stirling 106 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/stirling)
- [West Dunbartonshire 49 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-dunbartonshire)
- [West Lothian 279 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/west-lothian)

## Wales

- [Blaenau Gwent 71 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/blaenau-gwent)
- [Bridgend 211 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/bridgend)
- [Caerphilly 130 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/caerphilly)
- [Cardiff 294 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/cardiff)
- [Carmarthenshire 293 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/carmarthenshire)
- [Ceredigion 104 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/ceredigion)
- [Conwy 76 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/conwy)
- [Denbighshire 130 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/denbighshire)
- [Flintshire 255 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/flintshire)
- [Gwynedd 153 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/gwynedd)
- [Isle of Anglesey 90 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/isle-of-anglesey)
- [Merthyr Tydfil 52 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/merthyr-tydfil)
- [Monmouthshire 151 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/monmouthshire)
- [Neath Port Talbot 130 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/neath-port-talbot)
- [Newport 221 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/newport)
- [Pembrokeshire 159 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/pembrokeshire)
- [Powys 269 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/powys)
- [Rhondda Cynon Taf 182 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/rhondda-cynon-taf)
- [Swansea 201 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/swansea)
- [Torfaen 82 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/torfaen)
- [Vale of Glamorgan 93 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/vale-of-glamorgan)
- [Wrexham 174 company licences](https://haulierscope.co.uk/hauliers/wrexham)

## How counties are worked out

Each operating centre’s postcode district is placed in the county where most of its postcodes are, using the Office for National Statistics postcode directory. England uses its ceremonial counties (Greater London, Kent, West Yorkshire); Scotland its 32 council areas; Wales its 22 principal areas.

County pages are indexed for search when at least 10 company goods licences have an operating centre there. Sole traders and partnerships are counted, never named.

[Download counts by county (CSV)](https://haulierscope.co.uk/data/hauliers-by-county.csv)

## 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 vet a haulier before you book](https://haulierscope.co.uk/guides/vet-a-haulier)
- [How to check a haulier's 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. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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/).

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.

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