Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Highland
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Highland council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
405 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Highland council area, as do 118 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 11,730 lorries. The largest fleet is Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited (559 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 405
- Goods licences
- 523 118 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 11,730
- New licences in 2026
- 15
Largest haulage operators in Highland
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Highland council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 405). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Highland. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard National · 06891444 | 1 | 559 | |
| 2 | Scottish WaterStandard National | 2 | 468 | |
| 3 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 3 | 384 | |
| 4 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 353 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 309 | Earned recognition |
| 6 | Breedon Trading LimitedStandard National · 00156531 | 4 | 306 | |
| 7 | McPherson LtdStandard International · SC218508 | 2 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 8 | Highland CouncilStandard National | 15 | 264 | |
| 9 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 240 | |
| 10 | Co-Operative Group LtdStandard National | 1 | 237 | |
| 11 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 3 | 215 | |
| 12 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 184 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 3 | 182 | |
| 14 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 2 | 173 | |
| 15 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 5 | 167 | |
| 16 | G4S Cash Solutions (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00354883 | 1 | 163 | |
| 17 | Arnold Clark Automobiles LtdStandard National · SC036386 | 1 | 162 | |
| 18 | Dfds Logistics Services LimitedStandard International · 01682142 | 2 | 155 | |
| 19 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 4 | 152 | |
| 20 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 150 | |
| 21 | Amey Ow LimitedStandard National · 01922327 | 1 | 148 | |
| 22 | Grahams the Family Dairy Group LimitedRestricted · SC317473 | 1 | 148 | |
| 23 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 129 | |
| 24 | Carntyne Transport Co LtdStandard International · SC032077 | 5 | 121 | |
| 25 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 120 |
Plus 118 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Highland
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
36% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 61% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Standard National goods278 53%
- Restricted goods189 36%
- Standard International goods56 11%
- 1 lorries:86 licences
- 2 lorries:96 licences
- 3–5 lorries:136 licences
- 6–10 lorries:59 licences
- 11–25 lorries:57 licences
- 26–50 lorries:34 licences
- 51–100 lorries:22 licences
- 100+ lorries:33 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Highland.
- Postcode district IV1:95 company licences
- Postcode district IV2:43 company licences
- Postcode district PH33:41 company licences
- Postcode district IV6:29 company licences
- Postcode district IV3:29 company licences
- Postcode district KW14:25 company licences
- Postcode district IV18:24 company licences
- Postcode district KW1:23 company licences
- Postcode district IV12:21 company licences
- Postcode district IV15:19 company licences
New licences in 2026
15 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 Highland council area.
- Garden King Landscaping LtdOM2091758 · granted in A&D 2484, 17 Aug 2026
- Shane Maclennan Plant Contractors LimitedOM2092534 · granted in A&D 2484, 17 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOM2092144 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Alister I Sutherland & Son LtdOM2087950 · granted in A&D 2469, 4 May 2026
- Inverness Bark LtdOM2087035 · granted in A&D 2468, 27 Apr 2026
- Cws Road Freight LtdOM2089387 · granted in A&D 2468, 27 Apr 2026
- Shiel Buses LtdOM2090006 · granted in A&D 2468, 27 Apr 2026
- Macdonald Plant Hire & Contractors LtdOM2089332 · granted in A&D 2467, 20 Apr 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 12 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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