Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in Scottish Borders
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the Scottish Borders council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
123 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the Scottish Borders council area, as do 67 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 2,673 lorries. The largest fleet is Openreach Limited (215 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 123
- Goods licences
- 190 67 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 2,673
- New licences in 2026
- 7
Largest haulage operators in Scottish Borders
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the Scottish Borders council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 123). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Scottish Borders. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 1 | 215 | |
| 2 | Scottish Borders CouncilStandard National | 18 | 204 | |
| 3 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 4 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 167 | |
| 5 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 152 | |
| 6 | Bear Scotland LimitedStandard National · SC206139 | 2 | 118 | |
| 7 | M K M Building Supplies LtdRestricted · 03100815 | 1 | 115 | |
| 8 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 2 | 115 | |
| 9 | Tillicoultry Quarries LtdStandard National · SC016360 | 1 | 90 | |
| 10 | Flogas Britain LtdStandard National · 00993638 | 1 | 74 | |
| 11 | Walon LtdStandard International · 01398125 | 1 | 70 | |
| 12 | Galt Transport LtdStandard International · SC109864 | 2 | 65 | |
| 13 | Johnston Oils LtdStandard National · SC097681 | 1 | 60 | |
| 14 | Grange Quarry LimitedStandard National · SC203651 | 1 | 50 | |
| 15 | Scottish Power UK PLCRestricted · SC117120 | 1 | 50 | |
| 16 | Advance Quarries LtdStandard National · SC409106 | 1 | 40 | |
| 17 | Olivers Transport LtdStandard International · SC115642 | 1 | 40 | |
| 18 | Forsyth of Denny LimitedStandard International · SC105626 | 1 | 36 | |
| 19 | A & R Burnett LtdStandard International · SC784010 | 2 | 32 | |
| 20 | Aureos Rail LimitedRestricted · 06000882 | 1 | 29 | |
| 21 | Masstock Arable (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02387531 | 1 | 27 | Earned recognition |
| 22 | Carrs Billington Agriculture (Sales) LtdStandard National · 00189740 | 1 | 26 | |
| 23 | Euroroute LimitedStandard International · SC110658 | 1 | 24 | |
| 24 | Pearsons of Duns LtdStandard National · SC183235 | 1 | 23 | |
| 25 | David Renton & Sons (2000) LtdStandard National · SC202888 | 1 | 20 |
Plus 67 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Scottish Borders
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); 65% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods88 46%
- Standard National goods75 39%
- Standard International goods27 14%
- 1 lorries:55 licences
- 2 lorries:33 licences
- 3–5 lorries:35 licences
- 6–10 lorries:31 licences
- 11–25 lorries:13 licences
- 26–50 lorries:10 licences
- 51–100 lorries:5 licences
- 100+ lorries:8 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Scottish Borders.
- Postcode district TD6:21 company licences
- Postcode district TD5:20 company licences
- Postcode district TD1:14 company licences
- Postcode district TD11:13 company licences
- Postcode district TD9:12 company licences
- Postcode district TD7:12 company licences
- Postcode district TD8:9 company licences
- Postcode district EH46:6 company licences
- Postcode district EH45:6 company licences
- Postcode district TD10:6 company licences
New licences in 2026
7 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 Scottish Borders council 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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