Principal area · Wales
Haulage companies in Powys
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Powys principal area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
267 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Powys principal area, as do 280 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 4,218 lorries. The largest fleet is Stark Building Materials UK Limited (214 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 267
- Goods licences
- 549 280 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 4,218
- New licences in 2026
- 23
Largest haulage operators in Powys
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Powys principal area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 267). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Powys. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 214 | |
| 2 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 194 | |
| 3 | Powys County CouncilStandard National | 12 | 160 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 144 | |
| 5 | Wynnstay Group P.L.C.Standard National · 02704051 | 3 | 129 | |
| 6 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 1 | 116 | Earned recognition |
| 7 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 3 | 103 | |
| 8 | Arla Foods LimitedStandard National · 02143253 | 2 | 96 | |
| 9 | Lbs Builders Merchants LimitedStandard National · 00254946 | 1 | 89 | |
| 10 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 85 | |
| 11 | Flogas Britain LtdStandard National · 00993638 | 1 | 72 | |
| 12 | P. Davies & Sons LimitedStandard National · 01065891 | 1 | 60 | |
| 13 | A E Gough & Sons LtdStandard International · 09353870 | 1 | 55 | |
| 14 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 1 | 55 | Earned recognition |
| 15 | Dyfed Steels LtdRestricted · 01287461 | 1 | 55 | |
| 16 | Network Rail Infrastructure LtdRestricted · 02904587 | 2 | 55 | |
| 17 | Oil 4 Wales LimitedStandard National · 07318706 | 3 | 50 | |
| 18 | Scottish Power UK PLCRestricted · SC117120 | 2 | 50 | |
| 19 | Clynderwen & Cardiganshire Farmers LtdRestricted | 2 | 43 | |
| 20 | A W Jenkinson Transport LtdStandard International · 08683274 | 2 | 40 | |
| 21 | Gwynedd Environmental Waste Services LtdStandard National · 04364145 | 1 | 40 | |
| 22 | Parry & Evans LtdStandard National · 06501567 | 2 | 38 | |
| 23 | Countrywide Freight Group LtdStandard National · 02981492 | 1 | 36 | |
| 24 | National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLCStandard National · 02366894 | 2 | 34 | |
| 25 | Emerge Ecommerce LimitedStandard National · 12586194 | 2 | 32 |
Plus 280 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Powys
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
57% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 76% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 2.
- Restricted goods313 57%
- Standard National goods204 37%
- Standard International goods32 6%
- 1 lorries:157 licences
- 2 lorries:122 licences
- 3–5 lorries:137 licences
- 6–10 lorries:63 licences
- 11–25 lorries:36 licences
- 26–50 lorries:18 licences
- 51–100 lorries:10 licences
- 100+ lorries:6 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Powys.
- Postcode district SY21:53 company licences
- Postcode district SY16:42 company licences
- Postcode district LD3:37 company licences
- Postcode district SY22:30 company licences
- Postcode district LD1:20 company licences
- Postcode district LD8:19 company licences
- Postcode district SY15:18 company licences
- Postcode district LD2:17 company licences
- Postcode district SA9:14 company licences
- Postcode district SY20:13 company licences
New licences in 2026
23 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 Powys principal area.
- David Taylor (Garages) LimitedOG2092843 · granted in A&D 8978, 7 Oct 2026
- Emerge Ecommerce LimitedOG2089801 · granted in A&D 8972, 26 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOG2092139 · granted in A&D 8970, 12 Aug 2026
- Williams Skip Hire LimitedOG2090550 · granted in A&D 8967, 22 Jul 2026
- Tom Cox LtdOG2088691 · granted in A&D 8965, 8 Jul 2026
- Hopkins Cattle Grids LtdOG2090866 · granted in A&D 8962, 17 Jun 2026
- Smip LimitedOG2089430 · granted in A&D 8959, 27 May 2026
- Celtic Ridge Logistics LtdOG2088021 · granted in A&D 8958, 20 May 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 4 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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