Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in East Lothian
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the East Lothian council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
58 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the East Lothian council area, as do 28 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 1,033 lorries. The largest fleet is Tillicoultry Quarries Ltd (90 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 58
- Goods licences
- 86 28 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 1,033
- New licences in 2026
- 3
Largest haulage operators in East Lothian
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the East Lothian council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 58). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in East Lothian. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tillicoultry Quarries LtdStandard National · SC016360 | 1 | 90 | |
| 2 | East Lothian CouncilStandard National | 9 | 76 | |
| 3 | Browns Manufacturing LimitedStandard International · SC105710 | 1 | 64 | |
| 4 | Fcc Environment (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02902416 | 1 | 61 | |
| 5 | D Geddes Contractors LtdStandard National · SC060200 | 1 | 60 | |
| 6 | Hamilton Waste & Recycling LimitedStandard National · SC233908 | 2 | 58 | |
| 7 | The Royal Bank of Scotland PLCRestricted · SC083026 | 1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Seacliff Haulage LtdStandard International · SC257055 | 1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Mgm Timber (Scotland) LimitedRestricted · SC129921 | 1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Andrew Black LimitedStandard National · SC224735 | 2 | 33 | |
| 11 | Aviagen LtdRestricted · 01610943 | 1 | 33 | |
| 12 | Abbey Logistics Group LimitedStandard National · 02484251 | 1 | 29 | |
| 13 | Stapleton's (Tyre Services) LimitedStandard National · 00332098 | 1 | 28 | |
| 14 | Masstock Arable (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02387531 | 1 | 27 | Earned recognition |
| 15 | Lothian Health BoardStandard National | 1 | 26 | |
| 16 | Holcim UK LimitedStandard National · 00245717 | 1 | 24 | |
| 17 | Tarmac Cement LimitedStandard National · 00066558 | 1 | 23 | |
| 18 | Chrystal Petroleum Co LtdStandard National · SC058359 | 1 | 21 | |
| 19 | Forth Resource Management LtdStandard National · SC229855 | 3 | 20 | |
| 20 | Richard Edward and Company (Scotland) LimitedStandard National · SC420579 | 1 | 20 | |
| 21 | Thistle Timber & Building Supplies LtdRestricted · SC182761 | 1 | 16 | |
| 22 | Frontier Agriculture LimitedStandard National · 05288567 | 1 | 11 | |
| 23 | Edf Energy Nuclear Generation LimitedRestricted · 03076445 | 1 | 10 | |
| 24 | R Flynn & Sons LtdStandard National · SC747138 | 1 | 10 | |
| 25 | Pure Malt Products LtdStandard National · SC039605 | 1 | 9 |
Plus 28 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in East Lothian
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
37% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 66% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Standard National goods46 53%
- Restricted goods32 37%
- Standard International goods8 9%
- 1 lorries:19 licences
- 2 lorries:18 licences
- 3–5 lorries:20 licences
- 6–10 lorries:7 licences
- 11–25 lorries:7 licences
- 26–50 lorries:9 licences
- 51–100 lorries:6 licences
- 100+ lorries:0 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of East Lothian.
- Postcode district EH33:16 company licences
- Postcode district EH41:13 company licences
- Postcode district EH39:11 company licences
- Postcode district EH42:11 company licences
- Postcode district EH21:6 company licences
- Postcode district EH32:4 company licences
- Postcode district EH34:2 company licences
- Postcode district EH40:1 company licences
- Postcode district EH36:1 company licences
New licences in 2026
3 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 East Lothian council area.
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 1 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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