Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Edinburgh
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Edinburgh council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
138 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Edinburgh council area, as do 11 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 6,967 lorries. The largest fleet is Royal Mail Group Ltd (571 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 138
- Goods licences
- 149 11 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 6,967
- New licences in 2026
- 6
Largest haulage operators in Edinburgh
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Edinburgh council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 138). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Edinburgh. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 3 | 571 | |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 486 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 384 | |
| 4 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 2 | 353 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | The City of Edinburgh CouncilStandard National | 14 | 341 | |
| 6 | McPherson LtdStandard International · SC218508 | 1 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 240 | |
| 8 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 9 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 184 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 182 | |
| 11 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 12 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 167 | |
| 13 | Enva Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC057052 | 1 | 164 | |
| 14 | G4S Cash Solutions (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00354883 | 1 | 163 | |
| 15 | Arnold Clark Automobiles LtdStandard National · SC036386 | 1 | 162 | |
| 16 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 150 | |
| 17 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 1 | 134 | Earned recognition |
| 18 | Bear Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC206139 | 1 | 118 | |
| 19 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 1 | 115 | |
| 20 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 1 | 115 | |
| 21 | Boc LimitedStandard International · 00337663 | 1 | 108 | |
| 22 | Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale LimitedStandard National · SC081527 | 1 | 106 | |
| 23 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 90 | |
| 24 | Network Rail Infrastructure LtdRestricted · 02904587 | 1 | 85 | |
| 25 | Inpost UK LimitedStandard National · 08090698 | 1 | 84 |
Plus 11 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Edinburgh
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
43% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 34% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 13.
- Standard National goods68 46%
- Restricted goods64 43%
- Standard International goods17 11%
- 1 lorries:19 licences
- 2 lorries:12 licences
- 3–5 lorries:19 licences
- 6–10 lorries:20 licences
- 11–25 lorries:33 licences
- 26–50 lorries:17 licences
- 51–100 lorries:7 licences
- 100+ lorries:22 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Edinburgh.
- Postcode district EH28:35 company licences
- Postcode district EH11:24 company licences
- Postcode district EH6:20 company licences
- Postcode district EH12:18 company licences
- Postcode district EH5:16 company licences
- Postcode district EH14:11 company licences
- Postcode district EH16:8 company licences
- Postcode district EH15:5 company licences
- Postcode district EH29:5 company licences
- Postcode district EH7:5 company licences
New licences in 2026
6 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 Edinburgh council area.
- Openreach LimitedOM2092144 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Rise Access & Scaffolding Solutions LimitedOM2091803 · granted in A&D 2481, 27 Jul 2026
- The Roof Company (Trc) LtdOM2090636 · granted in A&D 2478, 6 Jul 2026
- Johnsons UK Services LimitedOM2089032 · granted in A&D 2462, 16 Mar 2026
- Equivo LimitedOM2087385 · granted in A&D 2458, 16 Feb 2026
- Psi Production Services LimitedOM2084890 · granted in A&D 2453, 12 Jan 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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