County · England
Haulage companies in Greater London
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Greater London: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
2,766 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Greater London, as do 290 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 43,330 lorries. The largest fleet is Veolia Es (UK) Limited (1,575 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 2,766
- Goods licences
- 3,062 290 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 43,330
- New licences in 2026
- 132
Largest haulage operators in Greater London
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Greater London, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 2,766). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Greater London. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 7 | 1,575 | |
| 2 | Tesco Distribution LtdStandard National · 02972724 | 1 | 1,092 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 8 | 1,016 | |
| 4 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 7 | 961 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 4 | 656 | Earned recognition |
| 6 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 5 | 650 | |
| 7 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 13 | 560 | |
| 8 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 7 | 515 | |
| 9 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 3 | 445 | |
| 10 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 10 | 439 | Earned recognition |
| 11 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 2 | 421 | Earned recognition |
| 12 | John Lewis PLCStandard National · 00233462 | 5 | 413 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 8 | 411 | Earned recognition |
| 14 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard International · 01628530 | 7 | 391 | |
| 15 | F M Conway LimitedStandard National · 00706445 | 8 | 372 | |
| 16 | Lanes Group LimitedRestricted · 03784486 | 6 | 370 | |
| 17 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 9 | 315 | |
| 18 | Gist LimitedStandard National · 00502669 | 1 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 19 | Serco LimitedStandard National · 00242246 | 4 | 276 | |
| 20 | Fcc Environment (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02902416 | 3 | 254 | |
| 21 | Countrystyle Recycling LtdStandard International · 05103813 | 1 | 250 | |
| 22 | Ford Motor Co LtdStandard International · 00235446 | 1 | 250 | |
| 23 | Sortera LimitedStandard National · 02069980 | 10 | 250 | |
| 24 | Day Group LimitedStandard National · 00432417 | 5 | 238 | |
| 25 | Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 00464777 | 2 | 230 |
Plus 290 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Greater London
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
50% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 64% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods1,524 50%
- Standard National goods1,087 35%
- Standard International goods451 15%
- 1 lorries:469 licences
- 2 lorries:614 licences
- 3–5 lorries:863 licences
- 6–10 lorries:518 licences
- 11–25 lorries:318 licences
- 26–50 lorries:135 licences
- 51–100 lorries:84 licences
- 100+ lorries:61 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Greater London.
- Postcode district NW10:157 company licences
- Postcode district UB7:147 company licences
- Postcode district CR0:144 company licences
- Postcode district RM13:124 company licences
- Postcode district DA8:122 company licences
- Postcode district IG11:112 company licences
- Postcode district EN3:107 company licences
- Postcode district RM9:101 company licences
- Postcode district UB3:87 company licences
- Postcode district E16:77 company licences
New licences in 2026
132 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Greater London.
- Gr Traders LimitedOK2089526 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Filosabi LimitedOK2091672 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Jagtar Transport LimitedOK2092638 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Honey Haulage LimitedOK2093344 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Hendry Haulage Group LtdOK2093373 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- G and D Transport London LimitedOK2091210 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Paulpaul LimitedOK2091600 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Ddvr Family LtdOK2092790 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 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 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 10 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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