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Haulage companies in County Durham

Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in County Durham: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.

884 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in County Durham, as do 216 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 27,174 lorries. The largest fleet is DHL Supply Chain Limited (1,556 lorries).

Licensed companies
884
Goods licences
1,100 216 sole traders
Lorries on these licences
27,174
New licences in 2026
49

Largest haulage operators in County Durham

Companies and organisations with an operating centre in County Durham, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 884). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in County Durham. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.

Largest haulage operators in County Durham
#OperatorSites hereLorriesChecks
1DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 0052886721,556Earned recognition
2Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 021559512852Earned recognition
3Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 066340812788
4Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 041382032767
5Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 016473622635
6Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC0372701529Earned recognition
7Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 024819912528
8Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 004647771513
9Warburtons LtdStandard National · 001787111415Earned recognition
10Durham County CouncilStandard National12389
11Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 009461071382
12Co-Operative Group LtdStandard National1370
13Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 016285301362
14Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 050269142301
15UPS LtdStandard National · 019331731300
16Walon LtdStandard International · 013981251300
17Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 020353152277Earned recognition
18Schenk UK LtdStandard International · 023163012250Earned recognition
19Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 004396841242
20Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 022911981240
21Pd Port Services LimitedStandard International · 012339972227
22Elddis Transport (Consett) LimitedStandard National · 010231892226
23M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 031008153226
24Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 007335033205
25Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 007329932193Earned recognition

Plus 216 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Towns in County Durham

Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.

Licence types and fleet sizes

42% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 55% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.

Goods licences in County Durham by type
  • Standard National goods499 45%
  • Restricted goods459 42%
  • Standard International goods142 13%
Goods licences in County Durham by lorries authorised
  1. 1 lorries:193 licences
  2. 2 lorries:174 licences
  3. 3–5 lorries:242 licences
  4. 6–10 lorries:156 licences
  5. 11–25 lorries:145 licences
  6. 26–50 lorries:82 licences
  7. 51–100 lorries:54 licences
  8. 100+ lorries:54 licences

Busiest postcode districts

Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of County Durham.

Company goods licences by postcode district, County Durham
  1. Postcode district TS18:77 company licences
  2. Postcode district DL14:68 company licences
  3. Postcode district DH6:67 company licences
  4. Postcode district DL5:61 company licences
  5. Postcode district TS23:60 company licences
  6. Postcode district DH3:57 company licences
  7. Postcode district TS25:54 company licences
  8. Postcode district DL1:54 company licences
  9. Postcode district DH7:47 company licences
  10. Postcode district DH2:45 company licences

New licences in 2026

49 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in County Durham.

New operator licences granted, month by month

Traffic areas

The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 24 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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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.