Principal area · Wales
Haulage companies in Merthyr Tydfil
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Merthyr Tydfil principal area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
53 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Merthyr Tydfil principal area, as do 11 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 1,198 lorries. The largest fleet is Castell Howell Foods Ltd (180 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 53
- Goods licences
- 64 11 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 1,198
- New licences in 2026
- 2
Largest haulage operators in Merthyr Tydfil
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Merthyr Tydfil principal area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 53). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Merthyr Tydfil. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castell Howell Foods LtdStandard National · 02269053 | 1 | 180 | |
| 2 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 158 | |
| 3 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 103 | |
| 4 | Neath Port Talbot County Borough CouncilStandard National | 1 | 102 | |
| 5 | Monex Cranes LtdStandard International · 04859379 | 1 | 84 | |
| 6 | P. Davies & Sons LimitedStandard National · 01065891 | 1 | 60 | |
| 7 | Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilStandard National | 4 | 52 | |
| 8 | Balfour Beatty Group LimitedStandard National · 00101073 | 1 | 50 | |
| 9 | M Group (Services) LimitedStandard National · 10260164 | 1 | 35 | |
| 10 | National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLCStandard National · 02366894 | 1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Conway Bailey Transport LtdStandard International · 04002249 | 1 | 30 | |
| 12 | Network Plus Services LtdStandard National · 04057938 | 1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Wolseley UK LimitedStandard National · 00636445 | 1 | 20 | Earned recognition |
| 14 | Hughes Forrest LtdRestricted · 00926615 | 1 | 19 | |
| 15 | Barden Network Engineering LtdRestricted · 03039308 | 1 | 18 | |
| 16 | Valley Water Services LtdRestricted · 07973937 | 1 | 18 | |
| 17 | Ies Utilities Group LtdRestricted · 11262423 | 1 | 15 | |
| 18 | M&J Plant & Transport LtdStandard National · 04096903 | 1 | 15 | |
| 19 | J D Express LtdStandard International · 04516047 | 1 | 12 | |
| 20 | Draig Haulage LtdStandard National · 05300800 | 1 | 11 | |
| 21 | G Force Telecomms LtdRestricted · 09583218 | 1 | 10 | |
| 22 | Merthyr Borough Recycling Centre LtdStandard National · 05211749 | 1 | 10 | |
| 23 | Bowen (Contracting) LimitedStandard National · 04398320 | 1 | 8 | |
| 24 | Darren Lewis Transport LtdStandard National · 08741939 | 1 | 8 | |
| 25 | Raynes (South Wales) LtdRestricted · 09092550 | 3 | 8 |
Plus 11 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Merthyr Tydfil
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
55% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 53% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods35 55%
- Standard National goods24 38%
- Standard International goods5 8%
- 1 lorries:6 licences
- 2 lorries:14 licences
- 3–5 lorries:14 licences
- 6–10 lorries:10 licences
- 11–25 lorries:9 licences
- 26–50 lorries:4 licences
- 51–100 lorries:3 licences
- 100+ lorries:4 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Merthyr Tydfil.
- Postcode district CF48:42 company licences
- Postcode district CF46:9 company licences
- Postcode district CF47:4 company licences
New licences in 2026
2 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 Merthyr Tydfil principal area.
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 1 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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