Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Fife
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Fife council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
245 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Fife council area, as do 61 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 6,576 lorries. The largest fleet is W H Malcolm Ltd (568 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 245
- Goods licences
- 306 61 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 6,576
- New licences in 2026
- 10
Largest haulage operators in Fife
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Fife council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 245). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Fife. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W H Malcolm LtdStandard National · SC035770 | 2 | 568 | |
| 2 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 384 | |
| 3 | Breedon Trading LimitedStandard National · 00156531 | 3 | 306 | |
| 4 | McPherson LtdStandard International · SC218508 | 1 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Fife CouncilStandard National | 10 | 230 | |
| 6 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 7 | Enva Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC057052 | 1 | 164 | |
| 8 | Arnold Clark Automobiles LtdStandard National · SC036386 | 1 | 162 | |
| 9 | Dfds Logistics Services LimitedStandard International · 01682142 | 1 | 155 | |
| 10 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 152 | |
| 11 | Grahams the Family Dairy Group LimitedRestricted · SC317473 | 1 | 148 | |
| 12 | Hillhouse Quarry Group LimitedStandard National · SC135103 | 2 | 148 | |
| 13 | Carntyne Transport Co LtdStandard International · SC032077 | 1 | 121 | |
| 14 | Bear Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC206139 | 2 | 118 | |
| 15 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 1 | 115 | |
| 16 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 2 | 115 | |
| 17 | Sse PLCRestricted · SC117119 | 1 | 109 | |
| 18 | Tillicoultry Quarries LtdStandard National · SC016360 | 1 | 90 | |
| 19 | Sig Trading LimitedRestricted · 01451007 | 1 | 78 | |
| 20 | Gap Group LtdStandard National · 00198823 | 1 | 77 | |
| 21 | Dyce Carriers LtdStandard International · SC067039 | 1 | 76 | |
| 22 | Currie European Transport LtdStandard International · SC062686 | 1 | 75 | |
| 23 | The Cress Company (Scotland) LimitedStandard National · SC313126 | 1 | 75 | |
| 24 | Fife Creamery LimitedStandard National · SC069753 | 1 | 70 | |
| 25 | Calor Gas LimitedStandard National · 00303703 | 1 | 68 |
Plus 61 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Fife
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
54% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 57% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods166 54%
- Standard National goods116 38%
- Standard International goods24 8%
- 1 lorries:54 licences
- 2 lorries:47 licences
- 3–5 lorries:72 licences
- 6–10 lorries:46 licences
- 11–25 lorries:38 licences
- 26–50 lorries:20 licences
- 51–100 lorries:12 licences
- 100+ lorries:17 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Fife.
- Postcode district KY1:43 company licences
- Postcode district KY11:42 company licences
- Postcode district KY7:28 company licences
- Postcode district KY15:25 company licences
- Postcode district KY4:23 company licences
- Postcode district KY5:21 company licences
- Postcode district KY12:19 company licences
- Postcode district KY6:18 company licences
- Postcode district KY8:16 company licences
- Postcode district KY2:11 company licences
New licences in 2026
10 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 Fife council area.
- Peel Tech LimitedOM2092536 · granted in A&D 2490, 28 Sep 2026
- Excalon LimitedOM2091781 · granted in A&D 2480, 20 Jul 2026
- St Transport Scotland LtdOM2089906 · granted in A&D 2477, 29 Jun 2026
- Velocity UK LimitedOM2091150 · granted in A&D 2475, 15 Jun 2026
- Swift Asset Services UK LtdOM2090913 · granted in A&D 2474, 8 Jun 2026
- Archway Roadmaster UK LtdOM2087761 · granted in A&D 2467, 20 Apr 2026
- David Lowrie Fish Merchants LtdOM2089223 · granted in A&D 2467, 20 Apr 2026
- James Moore Haulage & Construction LtdOM2086373 · 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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