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Haulage companies in Shropshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Shropshire: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
765 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Shropshire, as do 275 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 14,634 lorries. The largest fleet is DHL Supply Chain Limited (2,291 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 765
- Goods licences
- 1,041 275 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 14,634
- New licences in 2026
- 37
Largest haulage operators in Shropshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Shropshire, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 765). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Shropshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 2,291 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 7 | 700 | |
| 3 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 1 | 519 | |
| 4 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 331 | |
| 5 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 293 | |
| 6 | Severn Trent Water LtdStandard National · 02366686 | 3 | 282 | |
| 7 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 275 | |
| 8 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 5 | 255 | |
| 9 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 240 | |
| 10 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 4 | 232 | |
| 11 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 1 | 193 | |
| 12 | Culina Logistics LtdStandard National · 05128194 | 1 | 145 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | N.S. Clarke Transport LimitedStandard International · 04937479 | 1 | 140 | |
| 14 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 8 | 134 | |
| 15 | Cml F & L [telford] LtdStandard National · 06663387 | 2 | 120 | |
| 16 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 119 | |
| 17 | Menzies Distribution Solutions LimitedStandard National · 03805401 | 1 | 119 | |
| 18 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 2 | 115 | |
| 19 | Elis UK LimitedRestricted · 00228604 | 1 | 114 | Earned recognition |
| 20 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard National · 00439684 | 1 | 108 | |
| 21 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard National · 06891444 | 1 | 101 | |
| 22 | Simmonds Transport LtdStandard National · 04212198 | 2 | 100 | |
| 23 | Kuehne + Nagel LtdStandard International · 01722216 | 2 | 94 | |
| 24 | Specialist Building Products LtdStandard National · 01268689 | 3 | 94 | |
| 25 | Kier Transportation LimitedStandard National · 05606089 | 5 | 92 |
Plus 275 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Shropshire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
47% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 67% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 3.
- Restricted goods488 47%
- Standard National goods428 41%
- Standard International goods125 12%
- 1 lorries:227 licences
- 2 lorries:209 licences
- 3–5 lorries:260 licences
- 6–10 lorries:168 licences
- 11–25 lorries:87 licences
- 26–50 lorries:42 licences
- 51–100 lorries:27 licences
- 100+ lorries:21 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Shropshire.
- Postcode district SY4:86 company licences
- Postcode district SY5:66 company licences
- Postcode district SY10:66 company licences
- Postcode district TF7:63 company licences
- Postcode district TF9:58 company licences
- Postcode district TF1:54 company licences
- Postcode district SY13:53 company licences
- Postcode district SY1:45 company licences
- Postcode district SY7:39 company licences
- Postcode district TF2:38 company licences
New licences in 2026
37 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Shropshire.
- Jr Scott Construction LimitedOD2088715 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Advanced Wastewater Treatment LtdOD2089895 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Aggregate Recycling Shropshire LtdOD2092494 · granted in A&D 3220, 7 Sep 2026
- Badesha Transport LtdOD2092782 · granted in A&D 3219, 31 Aug 2026
- Blue Sky Scaffolding LtdOD2092831 · granted in A&D 3219, 31 Aug 2026
- Aarav Transport LtdOD2093213 · granted in A&D 3219, 31 Aug 2026
- Imperial Bricks LtdOD2092441 · granted in A&D 3218, 24 Aug 2026
- Aztec Controls LimitedOD2092909 · granted in A&D 3218, 24 Aug 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 7 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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