County · England
Haulage companies in Essex
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 with an operating centre in Essex: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
2,516 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Essex, as do 415 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 51,307 lorries. The largest fleet is Wincanton Holdings Limited (2,853 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 2,516
- Goods licences
- 2,932 415 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 51,307
- New licences in 2026
- 153
Largest haulage operators in Essex
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Essex, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 2,516). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Essex. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 3 | 2,853 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 2 | 1,552 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 1 | 1,216 | |
| 4 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 1,139 | |
| 5 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard International · 00732993 | 1 | 1,128 | Earned recognition |
| 6 | Tesco Distribution LtdStandard National · 02972724 | 1 | 1,092 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Maritime Transport LimitedStandard National · 01160595 | 3 | 996 | |
| 8 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 00439684 | 1 | 940 | |
| 9 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 4 | 861 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 4 | 774 | |
| 11 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 689 | Earned recognition |
| 12 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard International · 01628530 | 2 | 613 | |
| 13 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 587 | |
| 14 | Co-Operative Group LtdStandard National | 2 | 560 | |
| 15 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 3 | 558 | |
| 16 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 9 | 527 | |
| 17 | John Lewis PLCStandard National · 00233462 | 1 | 472 | Earned recognition |
| 18 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 3 | 431 | |
| 19 | UPS LtdStandard International · 01933173 | 1 | 394 | |
| 20 | UK Power Networks (Operations) LimitedRestricted · 03870728 | 2 | 368 | |
| 21 | Culina Logistics LtdStandard National · 05128194 | 2 | 302 | Earned recognition |
| 22 | Inpost UK LimitedStandard National · 08090698 | 1 | 294 | |
| 23 | Goldstar Transport LtdStandard National · 02953405 | 1 | 283 | |
| 24 | DHL International (UK) LtdStandard International · 01184988 | 2 | 261 | |
| 25 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 4 | 260 |
Plus 415 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Essex
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
45% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 63% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods1,320 45%
- Standard National goods997 34%
- Standard International goods615 21%
- 1 lorries:483 licences
- 2 lorries:539 licences
- 3–5 lorries:838 licences
- 6–10 lorries:438 licences
- 11–25 lorries:330 licences
- 26–50 lorries:153 licences
- 51–100 lorries:85 licences
- 100+ lorries:66 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Essex.
- Postcode district RM19:204 company licences
- Postcode district RM20:151 company licences
- Postcode district SS17:141 company licences
- Postcode district EN9:132 company licences
- Postcode district RM18:129 company licences
- Postcode district CM13:129 company licences
- Postcode district CM3:115 company licences
- Postcode district RM15:88 company licences
- Postcode district CO7:84 company licences
- Postcode district SS11:76 company licences
New licences in 2026
153 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Essex.
- Mag Aggregates LtdOF2087274 · granted in A&D 5605, 16 Sep 2026
- Wff Building LtdOF2091340 · granted in A&D 5605, 16 Sep 2026
- Olive Transport LtdOF2091881 · granted in A&D 5605, 16 Sep 2026
- Behin LtdOF2093251 · granted in A&D 5605, 16 Sep 2026
- W.S.N LtdOF2087709 · granted in A&D 5604, 9 Sep 2026
- Eco Group Hire and Office Furniture LtdOF2091531 · granted in A&D 5604, 9 Sep 2026
- Luktro Transport LimitedOF2092255 · granted in A&D 5604, 9 Sep 2026
- Chancelevel LimitedOF2093642 · granted in A&D 5604, 9 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 30 of the companies here are on DVSA’s earned recognition list.
DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . 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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