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Haulage companies in Dorset
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Dorset: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
565 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Dorset, as do 134 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 14,514 lorries. The largest fleet is Gxo Logistics UK Limited (1,129 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 565
- Goods licences
- 699 134 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 14,514
- New licences in 2026
- 24
Largest haulage operators in Dorset
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Dorset, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 565). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Dorset. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 1,129 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 1 | 954 | |
| 3 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 639 | |
| 4 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 1 | 540 | |
| 5 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 6 | 529 | |
| 6 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 460 | |
| 7 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 2 | 398 | |
| 8 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 1 | 382 | Earned recognition |
| 9 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 321 | |
| 10 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 1 | 248 | |
| 11 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 239 | |
| 12 | Dorset CouncilStandard National | 13 | 225 | |
| 13 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 1 | 225 | Earned recognition |
| 14 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 206 | |
| 15 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 206 | |
| 16 | Sig Trading LimitedRestricted · 01451007 | 1 | 195 | |
| 17 | Wessex Water Services LtdStandard National · 02366648 | 5 | 179 | |
| 18 | Johnsons Textile Services LimitedRestricted · 00464645 | 5 | 173 | |
| 19 | Wfl (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00594001 | 2 | 157 | |
| 20 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 156 | |
| 21 | Bradfords Building Supplies LimitedStandard National · 00278994 | 2 | 155 | |
| 22 | Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole CouncilStandard National | 6 | 144 | |
| 23 | Cleansing Service Group LtdStandard National · 00530446 | 2 | 140 | |
| 24 | Hunt’s Food Group LtdStandard National · 01194446 | 4 | 125 | |
| 25 | Mole Valley Farmers LtdStandard National · 00679848 | 1 | 123 |
Plus 134 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Dorset
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
54% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 64% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods380 54%
- Standard National goods244 35%
- Standard International goods75 11%
- 1 lorries:152 licences
- 2 lorries:125 licences
- 3–5 lorries:167 licences
- 6–10 lorries:100 licences
- 11–25 lorries:71 licences
- 26–50 lorries:32 licences
- 51–100 lorries:24 licences
- 100+ lorries:28 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Dorset.
- Postcode district BH21:106 company licences
- Postcode district BH23:64 company licences
- Postcode district DT11:46 company licences
- Postcode district BH12:46 company licences
- Postcode district DT2:42 company licences
- Postcode district BH16:37 company licences
- Postcode district DT10:35 company licences
- Postcode district BH20:29 company licences
- Postcode district BH17:27 company licences
- Postcode district BH15:22 company licences
New licences in 2026
24 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Dorset.
- Poole Event Transport LtdOH2091112 · granted in A&D 5976, 10 Sep 2026
- R H Scaffolding (Bournemouth) LimitedOH2091861 · granted in A&D 5975, 3 Sep 2026
- Thomas Pardy Removals & Storage LtdOH2090933 · granted in A&D 5973, 20 Aug 2026
- Holloway Contracting LimitedOH2090690 · granted in A&D 5972, 13 Aug 2026
- 3SC Group Scaffolding LimitedOH2091532 · granted in A&D 5972, 13 Aug 2026
- Top Tier Scaffolding Southern LtdOH2091923 · granted in A&D 5972, 13 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOH2092142 · granted in A&D 5972, 13 Aug 2026
- T & L Hiscock LtdOH2090436 · granted in A&D 5969, 23 Jul 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 5 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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