Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Dumfries and Galloway
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
256 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area, as do 148 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 7,648 lorries. The largest fleet is Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited (559 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 256
- Goods licences
- 404 148 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 7,648
- New licences in 2026
- 17
Largest haulage operators in Dumfries and Galloway
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 256). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Dumfries and Galloway. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard National · 06891444 | 2 | 559 | |
| 2 | Scottish WaterStandard National | 5 | 468 | |
| 3 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 2 | 384 | |
| 4 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 309 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 240 | |
| 6 | Dumfries & Galloway CouncilStandard National | 15 | 238 | |
| 7 | Gist LimitedStandard International · 00502669 | 1 | 215 | Earned recognition |
| 8 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 9 | A W Jenkinson Transport LtdStandard International · 08683274 | 2 | 190 | |
| 10 | Nwh Group LimitedStandard National · SC335165 | 1 | 184 | |
| 11 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 12 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 167 | |
| 13 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 165 | |
| 14 | Amey Ow LimitedStandard National · 01922327 | 3 | 148 | |
| 15 | T P Niven LimitedStandard National · SC386352 | 8 | 121 | |
| 16 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 2 | 118 | |
| 17 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 2 | 115 | |
| 18 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 1 | 115 | |
| 19 | Gxo Logistics Drinks LimitedStandard National · 05761433 | 1 | 114 | |
| 20 | Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale LimitedStandard National · SC081527 | 1 | 106 | |
| 21 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 1 | 105 | Earned recognition |
| 22 | Ian Craig (Haulage) LtdStandard National · SC062837 | 1 | 80 | |
| 23 | Dundas Transport LtdStandard International · SC675902 | 1 | 78 | |
| 24 | Arla Foods LimitedStandard National · 02143253 | 1 | 75 | |
| 25 | Currie European Transport LtdStandard International · SC062686 | 2 | 75 |
Plus 148 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Dumfries and Galloway
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
39% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 63% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Standard National goods180 45%
- Restricted goods156 39%
- Standard International goods68 17%
- 1 lorries:100 licences
- 2 lorries:63 licences
- 3–5 lorries:91 licences
- 6–10 lorries:58 licences
- 11–25 lorries:43 licences
- 26–50 lorries:15 licences
- 51–100 lorries:13 licences
- 100+ lorries:21 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Dumfries and Galloway.
- Postcode district DG1:65 company licences
- Postcode district DG11:54 company licences
- Postcode district DG2:39 company licences
- Postcode district DG9:32 company licences
- Postcode district DG7:28 company licences
- Postcode district DG8:27 company licences
- Postcode district DG12:19 company licences
- Postcode district DG5:11 company licences
- Postcode district DG6:10 company licences
- Postcode district DG16:9 company licences
New licences in 2026
17 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in the Dumfries and Galloway council area.
- Wct Services LtdOM2093447 · granted in A&D 2489, 21 Sep 2026
- Building Futures Galloway Training LtdOM2086490 · granted in A&D 2487, 7 Sep 2026
- Openreach LimitedOM2092144 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Border Meats LtdOM2091451 · granted in A&D 2478, 6 Jul 2026
- Woodside Logistics Group LimitedOM2090652 · granted in A&D 2476, 22 Jun 2026
- Velocity UK LimitedOM2091150 · granted in A&D 2475, 15 Jun 2026
- Archway Roadmaster UK LtdOM2087761 · granted in A&D 2467, 20 Apr 2026
- Forest Garden LtdOM2087708 · granted in A&D 2460, 2 Mar 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 7 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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