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Haulage companies in East Sussex
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in East Sussex: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
452 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in East Sussex, as do 126 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 13,232 lorries. The largest fleet is Veolia Es (UK) Limited (1,575 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 452
- Goods licences
- 578 126 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 13,232
- New licences in 2026
- 21
Largest haulage operators in East Sussex
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in East Sussex, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 452). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in East Sussex. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 3 | 1,575 | |
| 2 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 2 | 961 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 650 | |
| 4 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 2 | 560 | |
| 5 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 515 | |
| 6 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 445 | |
| 7 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 421 | Earned recognition |
| 8 | F M Conway LimitedStandard National · 00706445 | 2 | 372 | |
| 9 | Lanes Group LimitedRestricted · 03784486 | 1 | 370 | |
| 10 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 1 | 315 | |
| 11 | Countrystyle Recycling LtdStandard International · 05103813 | 1 | 250 | |
| 12 | Day Group LimitedStandard National · 00432417 | 5 | 238 | |
| 13 | M T S Cleansing Services LtdStandard National · 02045340 | 1 | 214 | |
| 14 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 1 | 212 | Earned recognition |
| 15 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 2 | 195 | |
| 16 | Biffa Municipal LtdStandard National · 04321212 | 5 | 191 | |
| 17 | Sig Trading LimitedRestricted · 01451007 | 2 | 185 | |
| 18 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 2 | 167 | |
| 19 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 1 | 142 | Earned recognition |
| 20 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 2 | 139 | |
| 21 | UK Power Networks Services (South East) LimitedRestricted · 02366867 | 5 | 126 | |
| 22 | Stanmore Quality Services LimitedStandard National · 03238593 | 1 | 125 | |
| 23 | Ferns Surfacing LimitedRestricted · 03193093 | 1 | 110 | |
| 24 | Wfl (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00594001 | 2 | 98 | |
| 25 | Nsl LimitedStandard National · 06033060 | 1 | 96 |
Plus 126 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in East Sussex
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
55% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 66% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods318 55%
- Standard National goods193 33%
- Standard International goods67 12%
- 1 lorries:128 licences
- 2 lorries:116 licences
- 3–5 lorries:139 licences
- 6–10 lorries:78 licences
- 11–25 lorries:45 licences
- 26–50 lorries:29 licences
- 51–100 lorries:20 licences
- 100+ lorries:23 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of East Sussex.
- Postcode district BN27:62 company licences
- Postcode district TN22:49 company licences
- Postcode district BN9:41 company licences
- Postcode district BN41:40 company licences
- Postcode district BN8:37 company licences
- Postcode district TN38:28 company licences
- Postcode district TN21:25 company licences
- Postcode district BN1:25 company licences
- Postcode district BN26:23 company licences
- Postcode district TN31:22 company licences
New licences in 2026
21 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in East Sussex.
- Totalworks Group LimitedOK2088345 · granted in A&D 4487, 17 Sep 2026
- Vintents LtdOK2090606 · granted in A&D 4486, 10 Sep 2026
- Openreach LimitedOK2092141 · granted in A&D 4482, 13 Aug 2026
- McAllister Bros LimitedOK2092088 · granted in A&D 4481, 6 Aug 2026
- Alpha Scaffolding Services LtdOK2088268 · granted in A&D 4478, 16 Jul 2026
- Plastica LimitedOK2091122 · granted in A&D 4472, 4 Jun 2026
- Amenity Horticultural Services LimitedOK2088868 · granted in A&D 4471, 28 May 2026
- Tolchards LtdOK2090016 · granted in A&D 4467, 30 Apr 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 6 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 11 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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