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Haulage companies in Cumbria
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Cumbria: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
644 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Cumbria, as do 241 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 18,447 lorries. The largest fleet is Gxo Logistics UK Limited (1,307 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 644
- Goods licences
- 887 241 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 18,447
- New licences in 2026
- 43
Largest haulage operators in Cumbria
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Cumbria, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 644). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Cumbria. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 1,307 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 836 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 4 | 828 | |
| 4 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard International · 00995045 | 4 | 505 | |
| 5 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 06634081 | 2 | 478 | |
| 6 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 2 | 423 | |
| 7 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 1 | 414 | |
| 8 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 369 | Earned recognition |
| 9 | Gist LimitedStandard National · 00502669 | 1 | 357 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 2 | 323 | |
| 11 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 2 | 293 | |
| 12 | A W Jenkinson Transport LtdStandard International · 08683274 | 5 | 290 | |
| 13 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 290 | |
| 14 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 238 | Earned recognition |
| 15 | Sunbelt Rentals LimitedRestricted · 00444569 | 3 | 230 | |
| 16 | Ascott Transport LimitedStandard International · 00633498 | 2 | 225 | |
| 17 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 3 | 222 | |
| 18 | E. C. M. (Vehicle Delivery Service) LimitedStandard National · 01845919 | 3 | 192 | |
| 19 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 4 | 189 | |
| 20 | Gxo Logistics Drinks LimitedStandard National · 05761433 | 1 | 172 | |
| 21 | Cumberland CouncilStandard National | 11 | 166 | |
| 22 | Westmorland and Furness CouncilStandard National | 9 | 158 | |
| 23 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 00439684 | 2 | 152 | |
| 24 | Ny Highways LimitedStandard National · 12220433 | 1 | 135 | |
| 25 | J T Atkinson & Sons LimitedRestricted · 01027936 | 14 | 133 |
Plus 241 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Cumbria
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
46% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 62% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods411 46%
- Standard National goods365 41%
- Standard International goods111 13%
- 1 lorries:224 licences
- 2 lorries:147 licences
- 3–5 lorries:179 licences
- 6–10 lorries:106 licences
- 11–25 lorries:115 licences
- 26–50 lorries:44 licences
- 51–100 lorries:36 licences
- 100+ lorries:36 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Cumbria.
- Postcode district CA11:108 company licences
- Postcode district CA6:99 company licences
- Postcode district CA14:63 company licences
- Postcode district LA6:43 company licences
- Postcode district CA7:41 company licences
- Postcode district CA3:41 company licences
- Postcode district LA9:39 company licences
- Postcode district LA14:35 company licences
- Postcode district CA2:33 company licences
- Postcode district CA10:30 company licences
New licences in 2026
43 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Cumbria.
- Swm (Nw) LtdOC2088247 · granted in A&D 7176, 2 Oct 2026
- Esk Services LimitedOC2092504 · granted in A&D 7174, 18 Sep 2026
- Western Meats LimitedOC2093295 · granted in A&D 7173, 11 Sep 2026
- Carruthers Haulage LimitedOC2088633 · granted in A&D 7169, 14 Aug 2026
- West Coast Scaffolding Cumbria LimitedOC2091723 · granted in A&D 7169, 14 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOC2092136 · granted in A&D 7168, 7 Aug 2026
- Lakes Ready Mix LtdOC2088808 · granted in A&D 7165, 17 Jul 2026
- C J Slater Haulage LimitedOC2088792 · granted in A&D 7162, 26 Jun 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 17 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 9 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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