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Haulage companies in Derbyshire

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

1,279 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Derbyshire, as do 306 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 25,158 lorries. The largest fleet is Gxo Logistics UK Limited (1,647 lorries).

Licensed companies
1,279
Goods licences
1,599 306 sole traders
Lorries on these licences
25,158
New licences in 2026
89

Largest haulage operators in Derbyshire

Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Derbyshire, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 1,279). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Derbyshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.

Largest haulage operators in Derbyshire
#OperatorSites hereLorriesChecks
1Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC03727041,647Earned recognition
2DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 005288671836Earned recognition
3Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 041382031828
4Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 066340811478
5Evri LimitedStandard National · 039007821423
6Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 024819912414
7Gist LimitedStandard National · 005026691357Earned recognition
8Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 007335033323
9Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 016473622312
10A W Jenkinson Transport LtdStandard International · 086832741290
11UPS LtdStandard National · 019331731290
12Great Bear Distribution LtdStandard National · 028997192275
13Lomas Distribution LtdStandard International · 028926696275
14DHL International (UK) LtdStandard International · 011849881261
15Schenk UK LtdStandard International · 023163012250Earned recognition
16Yusen Logistics (UK) LimitedStandard National · 025482972247
17Breedon Trading LimitedStandard National · 001565316245
18Explore Transport LimitedStandard International · 094037765238Earned recognition
19Sunbelt Rentals LimitedRestricted · 004445693230
20Ascott Transport LimitedStandard International · 006334982225
21Booker LtdRestricted · 001973802222
22Dm Topco LimitedStandard National · 101254681200Earned recognition
23Donald Ward LtdStandard National · 012922886200
24E. C. M. (Vehicle Delivery Service) LimitedStandard National · 018459192192
25Boughey Distribution LtdStandard National · 007976721184Earned recognition

Plus 306 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Towns in Derbyshire

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); 65% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.

Goods licences in Derbyshire by type
  • Standard National goods681 43%
  • Restricted goods673 42%
  • Standard International goods245 15%
Goods licences in Derbyshire by lorries authorised
  1. 1 lorries:297 licences
  2. 2 lorries:321 licences
  3. 3–5 lorries:423 licences
  4. 6–10 lorries:235 licences
  5. 11–25 lorries:153 licences
  6. 26–50 lorries:76 licences
  7. 51–100 lorries:46 licences
  8. 100+ lorries:48 licences

Busiest postcode districts

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

Company goods licences by postcode district, Derbyshire
  1. Postcode district DE7:122 company licences
  2. Postcode district DE11:120 company licences
  3. Postcode district DE55:118 company licences
  4. Postcode district DE24:110 company licences
  5. Postcode district DE73:96 company licences
  6. Postcode district SK17:88 company licences
  7. Postcode district DE6:84 company licences
  8. Postcode district DE21:72 company licences
  9. Postcode district DE4:71 company licences
  10. Postcode district S41:61 company licences

New licences in 2026

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

New operator licences granted, month by month

Traffic areas

The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 16 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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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.