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Haulage companies in Cornwall
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 with an operating centre in Cornwall: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
519 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Cornwall, as do 266 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 15,183 lorries. The largest fleet is Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited (872 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 519
- Goods licences
- 785 266 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 15,183
- New licences in 2026
- 26
Largest haulage operators in Cornwall
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Cornwall, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 519). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Cornwall. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard International · 06891444 | 3 | 872 | |
| 2 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 2 | 672 | |
| 3 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 5 | 540 | |
| 4 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 504 | |
| 5 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 488 | Earned recognition |
| 6 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 421 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 398 | |
| 8 | Biffa Municipal LtdStandard National · 04321212 | 6 | 310 | |
| 9 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 304 | |
| 10 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 280 | |
| 11 | Cornwall CouncilStandard National | 19 | 272 | |
| 12 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 1 | 255 | |
| 13 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 239 | |
| 14 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 3 | 206 | |
| 15 | Ringway Infrastructure Services LtdRestricted · 02756434 | 4 | 200 | |
| 16 | Boc LimitedStandard International · 00337663 | 1 | 186 | |
| 17 | Johnsons Textile Services LimitedRestricted · 00464645 | 4 | 173 | |
| 18 | Conway Bailey Transport LtdStandard International · 04002249 | 6 | 165 | |
| 19 | Evans Transport LtdStandard International · 00437864 | 1 | 165 | |
| 20 | Wfl (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00594001 | 2 | 157 | |
| 21 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 156 | |
| 22 | Bradfords Building Supplies LimitedStandard National · 00278994 | 3 | 155 | |
| 23 | Holcim UK LimitedStandard National · 00245717 | 3 | 150 | |
| 24 | Serco LimitedStandard National · 00242246 | 1 | 146 | |
| 25 | Cleansing Service Group LtdStandard National · 00530446 | 2 | 140 |
Plus 266 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Cornwall
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
53% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 64% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods413 53%
- Standard National goods301 38%
- Standard International goods71 9%
- 1 lorries:207 licences
- 2 lorries:124 licences
- 3–5 lorries:174 licences
- 6–10 lorries:111 licences
- 11–25 lorries:74 licences
- 26–50 lorries:29 licences
- 51–100 lorries:34 licences
- 100+ lorries:32 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Cornwall.
- Postcode district PL15:63 company licences
- Postcode district PL26:55 company licences
- Postcode district TR16:46 company licences
- Postcode district TR15:41 company licences
- Postcode district PL12:36 company licences
- Postcode district PL14:34 company licences
- Postcode district TR4:32 company licences
- Postcode district PL30:29 company licences
- Postcode district PL31:28 company licences
- Postcode district TR8:26 company licences
New licences in 2026
26 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Cornwall.
- Openreach LimitedOH2092142 · granted in A&D 5972, 13 Aug 2026
- Superior Render Supplies LimitedOH2092280 · granted in A&D 5971, 6 Aug 2026
- Eco Active Arborists LtdOH2089396 · granted in A&D 5970, 30 Jul 2026
- Gas Shack LtdOH2090557 · granted in A&D 5965, 25 Jun 2026
- Jones Drainage & Groundworks LtdOH2085997 · granted in A&D 5964, 18 Jun 2026
- Gcu (UK) LimitedOH2089114 · granted in A&D 5964, 18 Jun 2026
- T Floyd Scaffolding LimitedOH2089777 · granted in A&D 5964, 18 Jun 2026
- R Perry and Sons LtdOH2089978 · granted in A&D 5959, 14 May 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 9 of the companies here are on DVSA’s earned recognition list.
DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 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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