Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Argyll and Bute
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Argyll and Bute council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
112 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Argyll and Bute council area, as do 47 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 3,856 lorries. The largest fleet is Scottish Water (468 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 112
- Goods licences
- 159 47 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 3,856
- New licences in 2026
- 6
Largest haulage operators in Argyll and Bute
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Argyll and Bute council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 112). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Argyll and Bute. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish WaterStandard National | 5 | 468 | |
| 2 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 2 | 384 | |
| 3 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 309 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Breedon Trading LimitedStandard National · 00156531 | 3 | 306 | |
| 5 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 6 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 184 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 2 | 129 | |
| 8 | Carntyne Transport Co LtdStandard International · SC032077 | 1 | 121 | |
| 9 | T P Niven LimitedStandard National · SC386352 | 1 | 121 | |
| 10 | Bear Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC206139 | 2 | 118 | |
| 11 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 1 | 115 | |
| 12 | Sse PLCRestricted · SC117119 | 1 | 109 | |
| 13 | Argyll & Bute CouncilStandard National | 16 | 73 | |
| 14 | Oilfast LimitedStandard National · SC694847 | 1 | 71 | |
| 15 | Peter McKerral & Co LtdStandard National · SC346549 | 4 | 65 | |
| 16 | Highland Fuels LimitedStandard National · SC032343 | 3 | 60 | |
| 17 | Gleaner LimitedStandard National · SC030017 | 4 | 50 | |
| 18 | The Royal Bank of Scotland PLCRestricted · SC083026 | 2 | 47 | |
| 19 | Mitie (Defence) LimitedStandard National · 02574880 | 2 | 44 | |
| 20 | B Mundell LtdStandard International · SC054931 | 2 | 40 | |
| 21 | D & J Campbell LimitedStandard International · SC419281 | 4 | 40 | |
| 22 | McFadyens Contractors (Campbeltown) LtdStandard National · SC059723 | 1 | 30 | |
| 23 | McFadyens Transport LimitedStandard International · SC165397 | 1 | 30 | |
| 24 | O'Toole International Logistics LimitedStandard International · 09662564 | 1 | 30 | |
| 25 | Portrail Group (Scotland) LimitedStandard International · SC369593 | 2 | 28 |
Plus 47 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Argyll and Bute
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
44% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 63% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Standard National goods78 49%
- Restricted goods70 44%
- Standard International goods11 7%
- 1 lorries:38 licences
- 2 lorries:27 licences
- 3–5 lorries:35 licences
- 6–10 lorries:15 licences
- 11–25 lorries:18 licences
- 26–50 lorries:10 licences
- 51–100 lorries:4 licences
- 100+ lorries:12 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Argyll and Bute.
- Postcode district PA34:33 company licences
- Postcode district PA31:18 company licences
- Postcode district PA28:17 company licences
- Postcode district PA23:15 company licences
- Postcode district PA37:10 company licences
- Postcode district PA20:9 company licences
- Postcode district G84:8 company licences
- Postcode district PA29:7 company licences
- Postcode district PA75:4 company licences
- Postcode district PA42:4 company licences
New licences in 2026
6 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in the Argyll and Bute council area.
- Tiny Fish LtdOM2088806 · granted in A&D 2490, 28 Sep 2026
- Ardmaleish Boatbuilding Company Limited (The)OM2088368 · granted in A&D 2487, 7 Sep 2026
- Openreach LimitedOM2092144 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Ribs Marine Services LtdOM2088598 · granted in A&D 2470, 11 May 2026
- United Infrastructure Power T&D LimitedOM2086801 · granted in A&D 2455, 26 Jan 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 2 of the companies here are on DVSA’s earned recognition list.
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
Traffic Commissioner decisions and weekly publications: Office of the Traffic Commissioner on GOV.UK. Insolvency notices: The Gazette.
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