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Haulage companies in Lancashire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Lancashire: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
1,625 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Lancashire, as do 376 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 29,001 lorries. The largest fleet is Wincanton Holdings Limited (1,226 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 1,625
- Goods licences
- 2,003 376 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 29,001
- New licences in 2026
- 107
Largest haulage operators in Lancashire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Lancashire, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 1,625). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Lancashire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 1 | 1,226 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 836 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 2 | 828 | |
| 4 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 06634081 | 2 | 478 | |
| 5 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 414 | |
| 6 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 369 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 323 | |
| 8 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 5 | 312 | |
| 9 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 295 | |
| 10 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 2 | 293 | |
| 11 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 290 | |
| 12 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 2 | 278 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | Great Bear Distribution LtdStandard National · 02899719 | 2 | 275 | |
| 14 | Schenk UK LtdStandard International · 02316301 | 1 | 250 | Earned recognition |
| 15 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 2 | 250 | Earned recognition |
| 16 | Sunbelt Rentals LimitedRestricted · 00444569 | 1 | 230 | |
| 17 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 225 | |
| 18 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 4 | 222 | |
| 19 | Menzies Distribution Solutions LimitedStandard National · 03805401 | 3 | 222 | |
| 20 | United Utilities Water LimitedStandard National · 02366678 | 5 | 220 | |
| 21 | Woodside Logistics Group LimitedStandard International · NI013212 | 7 | 210 | |
| 22 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 3 | 208 | |
| 23 | Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 00464777 | 1 | 200 | |
| 24 | Dm Topco LimitedStandard National · 10125468 | 1 | 200 | Earned recognition |
| 25 | W H Bowker LtdStandard International · 00364757 | 1 | 196 |
Plus 376 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Lancashire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
52% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 65% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods1,049 52%
- Standard National goods724 36%
- Standard International goods230 11%
- 1 lorries:443 licences
- 2 lorries:413 licences
- 3–5 lorries:452 licences
- 6–10 lorries:288 licences
- 11–25 lorries:199 licences
- 26–50 lorries:93 licences
- 51–100 lorries:63 licences
- 100+ lorries:52 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Lancashire.
- Postcode district PR4:146 company licences
- Postcode district PR3:132 company licences
- Postcode district PR2:119 company licences
- Postcode district BB5:106 company licences
- Postcode district LA3:97 company licences
- Postcode district WN8:93 company licences
- Postcode district PR5:92 company licences
- Postcode district BB1:88 company licences
- Postcode district L40:82 company licences
- Postcode district PR7:66 company licences
New licences in 2026
107 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Lancashire.
- Drl Plant Hire LimitedOC2093308 · granted in A&D 7176, 2 Oct 2026
- Craig Atkinson Removals LtdOC2093457 · granted in A&D 7176, 2 Oct 2026
- Your Local Skip LtdOC2092107 · granted in A&D 7175, 25 Sep 2026
- Handy Hire LtdOC2091173 · granted in A&D 7174, 18 Sep 2026
- J Park Services LtdOC2092824 · granted in A&D 7174, 18 Sep 2026
- J & K Logistics (Nw) LtdOC2081553 · granted in A&D 7173, 11 Sep 2026
- Community Gateway Association LimitedOC2093052 · granted in A&D 7173, 11 Sep 2026
- C&M Scaffolding LtdOC2093191 · granted in A&D 7173, 11 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 21 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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