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Haulage companies in Kent
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Kent: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
1,959 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Kent, as do 376 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 34,422 lorries. The largest fleet is Veolia Es (UK) Limited (1,575 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 1,959
- Goods licences
- 2,335 376 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 34,422
- New licences in 2026
- 106
Largest haulage operators in Kent
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Kent, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 1,959). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Kent. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 1 | 1,575 | |
| 2 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 4 | 1,016 | |
| 3 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 2 | 961 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 7 | 656 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 4 | 650 | |
| 6 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 3 | 560 | |
| 7 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 2 | 515 | |
| 8 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 2 | 445 | |
| 9 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 439 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 3 | 421 | Earned recognition |
| 11 | John Lewis PLCStandard National · 00233462 | 3 | 413 | Earned recognition |
| 12 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 5 | 411 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard International · 01628530 | 4 | 391 | |
| 14 | F M Conway LimitedStandard National · 00706445 | 5 | 372 | |
| 15 | Lanes Group LimitedRestricted · 03784486 | 2 | 370 | |
| 16 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 3 | 315 | |
| 17 | Gist LimitedStandard National · 00502669 | 1 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 18 | Fcc Environment (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02902416 | 9 | 254 | |
| 19 | Countrystyle Recycling LtdStandard International · 05103813 | 5 | 250 | |
| 20 | Day Group LimitedStandard National · 00432417 | 4 | 238 | |
| 21 | Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 00464777 | 1 | 230 | |
| 22 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 1 | 230 | |
| 23 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 1 | 218 | Earned recognition |
| 24 | M T S Cleansing Services LtdStandard National · 02045340 | 9 | 214 | |
| 25 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 4 | 212 | Earned recognition |
Plus 376 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Kent
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 goods1,158 50%
- Standard National goods757 32%
- Standard International goods420 18%
- 1 lorries:406 licences
- 2 lorries:469 licences
- 3–5 lorries:608 licences
- 6–10 lorries:362 licences
- 11–25 lorries:270 licences
- 26–50 lorries:111 licences
- 51–100 lorries:57 licences
- 100+ lorries:52 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Kent.
- Postcode district ME20:115 company licences
- Postcode district DA10:110 company licences
- Postcode district DA1:108 company licences
- Postcode district ME2:99 company licences
- Postcode district TN12:93 company licences
- Postcode district ME10:92 company licences
- Postcode district ME9:90 company licences
- Postcode district DA11:89 company licences
- Postcode district ME3:82 company licences
- Postcode district ME14:68 company licences
New licences in 2026
106 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Kent.
- Orlestoneoak LimitedOK2093266 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Keystone Lintels LimitedOK2093292 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Grey-Water Drainage Solutions LtdOK2088423 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Alfred Smith Grab Hire LimitedOK2089875 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Mjv Design & Development LtdOK2091303 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- All Scaffolding Services Kent LtdOK2092128 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Ggs Concrete LimitedOK2092172 · granted in A&D 4489, 1 Oct 2026
- Cern Surfacing LimitedOK2091684 · granted in A&D 4488, 24 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 28 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 8 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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