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Haulage companies in Northumberland
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Northumberland: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
275 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Northumberland, as do 156 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 7,040 lorries. The largest fleet is Xpo Transport Solutions UK Limited (788 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 275
- Goods licences
- 431 156 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 7,040
- New licences in 2026
- 16
Largest haulage operators in Northumberland
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Northumberland, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 275). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Northumberland. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 06634081 | 1 | 788 | |
| 2 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 3 | 635 | |
| 3 | E. C. M. (Vehicle Delivery Service) LimitedStandard International · 01845919 | 1 | 263 | |
| 4 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 4 | 240 | |
| 5 | Reed Boardall Transport LtdStandard International · 01897313 | 1 | 230 | |
| 6 | Elddis Transport (Consett) LimitedStandard National · 01023189 | 2 | 226 | |
| 7 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 3 | 226 | |
| 8 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 205 | |
| 9 | Northumberland County CouncilStandard National | 13 | 195 | |
| 10 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 184 | |
| 11 | Fergusons Transport LtdStandard International · 00325778 | 3 | 152 | |
| 12 | Hargreaves (UK) Services LtdStandard National · 03735251 | 3 | 150 | |
| 13 | Northumbrian Water LtdStandard National · 02366703 | 4 | 111 | |
| 14 | Murray Hogg LtdStandard International · 01159333 | 1 | 105 | |
| 15 | Ken Mallinson & Sons LimitedStandard International · 03230756 | 1 | 98 | |
| 16 | Thompsons of Prudhoe LimitedStandard National · 01181171 | 1 | 96 | |
| 17 | Delifresh LimitedStandard National · 04437211 | 1 | 95 | |
| 18 | Northern Electric PLCRestricted · 02366942 | 4 | 94 | |
| 19 | Network Rail Infrastructure LtdRestricted · 02904587 | 2 | 80 | |
| 20 | Remondis LimitedStandard National · 04696376 | 1 | 80 | |
| 21 | M.G.L. Demolition LimitedStandard National · 01051184 | 1 | 70 | |
| 22 | Premier Waste Recycling LimitedStandard National · 07566881 | 1 | 65 | |
| 23 | Burton Roofing Merchants LtdRestricted · 01713728 | 1 | 63 | |
| 24 | J R Rix & Sons LtdStandard National · 00577587 | 1 | 63 | |
| 25 | James Burrell LimitedStandard National · 00218384 | 1 | 62 |
Plus 156 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Northumberland
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
46% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 70% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods200 46%
- Standard National goods181 42%
- Standard International goods50 12%
- 1 lorries:117 licences
- 2 lorries:76 licences
- 3–5 lorries:108 licences
- 6–10 lorries:43 licences
- 11–25 lorries:40 licences
- 26–50 lorries:21 licences
- 51–100 lorries:12 licences
- 100+ lorries:14 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Northumberland.
- Postcode district NE23:49 company licences
- Postcode district NE22:35 company licences
- Postcode district TD15:29 company licences
- Postcode district NE66:28 company licences
- Postcode district NE46:27 company licences
- Postcode district NE61:25 company licences
- Postcode district NE24:25 company licences
- Postcode district NE63:19 company licences
- Postcode district NE65:14 company licences
- Postcode district NE49:13 company licences
New licences in 2026
16 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Northumberland.
- HT3 Transport LtdOB2091403 · granted in A&D 6728, 30 Sep 2026
- Now Transport LimitedOB2092048 · granted in A&D 6725, 9 Sep 2026
- Sh Haulage LimitedOB2093003 · granted in A&D 6722, 19 Aug 2026
- Oysstta LimitedOB2091416 · granted in A&D 6716, 8 Jul 2026
- Jet Haulage LtdOB2090668 · granted in A&D 6715, 1 Jul 2026
- Lineside Maintenance Company LimitedOB2089232 · granted in A&D 6714, 24 Jun 2026
- Bison Scaffolding LtdOB2091162 · granted in A&D 6713, 17 Jun 2026
- Saf Scaffolding Solutions LtdOB2087921 · granted in A&D 6712, 10 Jun 2026
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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