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Haulage companies in Greater Manchester
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Greater Manchester: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
2,272 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Greater Manchester, as do 314 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 39,102 lorries. The largest fleet is Gxo Logistics UK Limited (1,307 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 2,272
- Goods licences
- 2,586 314 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 39,102
- New licences in 2026
- 142
Largest haulage operators in Greater Manchester
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Greater Manchester, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 2,272). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Greater Manchester. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 5 | 1,307 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 9 | 1,226 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 3 | 836 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 2 | 828 | |
| 5 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard International · 00995045 | 3 | 505 | |
| 6 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 06634081 | 3 | 478 | |
| 7 | Maritime Transport LimitedStandard National · 01160595 | 2 | 430 | |
| 8 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 1 | 423 | |
| 9 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 414 | |
| 10 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 3 | 369 | Earned recognition |
| 11 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 6 | 323 | |
| 12 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 6 | 312 | |
| 13 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 4 | 295 | |
| 14 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 3 | 293 | |
| 15 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 2 | 290 | |
| 16 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 278 | Earned recognition |
| 17 | Great Bear Distribution LtdStandard National · 02899719 | 3 | 275 | |
| 18 | Lomas Distribution LtdStandard International · 02892669 | 1 | 275 | |
| 19 | Booker Direct LtdStandard National · 04004640 | 1 | 265 | |
| 20 | Schenk UK LtdStandard International · 02316301 | 3 | 250 | Earned recognition |
| 21 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 2 | 250 | Earned recognition |
| 22 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 238 | Earned recognition |
| 23 | Sunbelt Rentals LimitedRestricted · 00444569 | 5 | 230 | |
| 24 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 3 | 225 | |
| 25 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 3 | 222 |
Plus 314 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Greater Manchester
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); 60% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods1,299 50%
- Standard National goods953 37%
- Standard International goods334 13%
- 1 lorries:454 licences
- 2 lorries:451 licences
- 3–5 lorries:642 licences
- 6–10 lorries:446 licences
- 11–25 lorries:338 licences
- 26–50 lorries:119 licences
- 51–100 lorries:69 licences
- 100+ lorries:67 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Greater Manchester.
- Postcode district M17:183 company licences
- Postcode district BL9:92 company licences
- Postcode district OL10:90 company licences
- Postcode district OL9:77 company licences
- Postcode district SK6:73 company licences
- Postcode district BL5:70 company licences
- Postcode district M28:68 company licences
- Postcode district M31:67 company licences
- Postcode district BL3:66 company licences
- Postcode district WN6:63 company licences
New licences in 2026
142 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 Manchester.
- Logan & Son Transport LtdOC2090898 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- Proximus Logistics LimitedOC2093016 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- North West Pallets LimitedOC2093272 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- Arz Haulage Nw LtdOC2093526 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- Gbc McR LtdOC2093795 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- A J Haulage LimitedOC2094918 · granted in A&D 7177, 9 Oct 2026
- Wigan Plant Hire LimitedOC2092402 · granted in A&D 7176, 2 Oct 2026
- A A & T Rentals LtdOC2093751 · granted in A&D 7176, 2 Oct 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 29 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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