Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in North Lanarkshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the North Lanarkshire council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
507 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the North Lanarkshire council area, as do 71 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 12,914 lorries. The largest fleet is Royal Mail Group Ltd (571 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 507
- Goods licences
- 578 71 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 12,914
- New licences in 2026
- 25
Largest haulage operators in North Lanarkshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the North Lanarkshire council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 507). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in North Lanarkshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 2 | 571 | |
| 2 | W H Malcolm LtdStandard National · SC035770 | 1 | 568 | |
| 3 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 6 | 486 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 6 | 447 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 353 | Earned recognition |
| 6 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 309 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 3 | 240 | |
| 8 | Co-Operative Group LtdStandard National | 1 | 237 | |
| 9 | Gist LimitedStandard International · 00502669 | 4 | 215 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 11 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 3 | 182 | |
| 12 | Stef Langdons LtdStandard National · 01026181 | 2 | 170 | |
| 13 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 165 | |
| 14 | Arnold Clark Automobiles LtdStandard National · SC036386 | 2 | 162 | |
| 15 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 2 | 150 | |
| 16 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 2 | 148 | Earned recognition |
| 17 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 134 | Earned recognition |
| 18 | Patersons of Greenoakhill LtdStandard National · SC054793 | 1 | 132 | |
| 19 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 129 | |
| 20 | Carntyne Transport Co LtdStandard International · SC032077 | 1 | 121 | |
| 21 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 120 | |
| 22 | Menzies Distribution Solutions LimitedStandard National · 03805401 | 1 | 119 | |
| 23 | Bear Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC206139 | 1 | 118 | |
| 24 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 2 | 118 | |
| 25 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 1 | 115 |
Plus 71 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in North Lanarkshire
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); 52% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 5.
- Standard National goods283 49%
- Restricted goods208 36%
- Standard International goods87 15%
- 1 lorries:63 licences
- 2 lorries:91 licences
- 3–5 lorries:147 licences
- 6–10 lorries:90 licences
- 11–25 lorries:83 licences
- 26–50 lorries:45 licences
- 51–100 lorries:30 licences
- 100+ lorries:29 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of North Lanarkshire.
- Postcode district ML1:107 company licences
- Postcode district ML6:80 company licences
- Postcode district ML5:76 company licences
- Postcode district ML4:74 company licences
- Postcode district G67:51 company licences
- Postcode district ML7:43 company licences
- Postcode district G68:36 company licences
- Postcode district G69:35 company licences
- Postcode district ML2:33 company licences
- Postcode district G65:18 company licences
New licences in 2026
25 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 North Lanarkshire council area.
- Premier Access Services LtdOM2090736 · granted in A&D 2491, 5 Oct 2026
- Ajs Global LtdOM2093549 · granted in A&D 2490, 28 Sep 2026
- Cambusnethan Metals Ltd.OM2091992 · granted in A&D 2486, 31 Aug 2026
- Lynn and Son's Scaffolding Access LtdOM2091721 · granted in A&D 2485, 24 Aug 2026
- Geo-Structural LtdOM2090923 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOM2092144 · granted in A&D 2483, 10 Aug 2026
- Power Grid Civils LimitedOM2090997 · granted in A&D 2481, 27 Jul 2026
- Crosby Weighing LimitedOM2092021 · granted in A&D 2479, 13 Jul 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 10 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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