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Haulage companies in Somerset
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Somerset: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
1,071 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Somerset, as do 333 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 23,784 lorries. The largest fleet is Wincanton Holdings Limited (1,188 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 1,071
- Goods licences
- 1,404 333 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 23,784
- New licences in 2026
- 73
Largest haulage operators in Somerset
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Somerset, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 1,071). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Somerset. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 3 | 1,188 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 1,129 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard International · 06891444 | 1 | 872 | |
| 4 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 2 | 672 | |
| 5 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 1 | 639 | |
| 6 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 3 | 540 | |
| 7 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 5 | 529 | |
| 8 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 1 | 516 | Earned recognition |
| 9 | Gist LimitedStandard National · 00502669 | 1 | 460 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 460 | |
| 11 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 1 | 382 | Earned recognition |
| 12 | Walon LtdStandard International · 01398125 | 5 | 330 | |
| 13 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 321 | |
| 14 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 2 | 304 | |
| 15 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 3 | 239 | |
| 16 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 206 | |
| 17 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 3 | 206 | |
| 18 | Ringway Infrastructure Services LtdRestricted · 02756434 | 2 | 200 | |
| 19 | Sig Trading LimitedRestricted · 01451007 | 1 | 195 | |
| 20 | Booker Direct LtdStandard National · 04004640 | 1 | 189 | |
| 21 | Wessex Water Services LtdStandard National · 02366648 | 8 | 179 | |
| 22 | Stef Langdons LtdStandard International · 01026181 | 2 | 171 | |
| 23 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard National · 00439684 | 1 | 169 | |
| 24 | Wfl (UK) LimitedStandard National · 00594001 | 1 | 157 | |
| 25 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 156 |
Plus 333 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Somerset
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 goods662 47%
- Standard National goods573 41%
- Standard International goods169 12%
- 1 lorries:314 licences
- 2 lorries:295 licences
- 3–5 lorries:325 licences
- 6–10 lorries:181 licences
- 11–25 lorries:147 licences
- 26–50 lorries:55 licences
- 51–100 lorries:48 licences
- 100+ lorries:39 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Somerset.
- Postcode district BA11:102 company licences
- Postcode district TA6:96 company licences
- Postcode district BA3:70 company licences
- Postcode district TA21:58 company licences
- Postcode district BA4:57 company licences
- Postcode district TA9:56 company licences
- Postcode district BA22:48 company licences
- Postcode district BS48:45 company licences
- Postcode district BS40:42 company licences
- Postcode district BS31:38 company licences
New licences in 2026
73 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Somerset.
- Blackbull Transport LtdOH2082043 · granted in A&D 5979, 1 Oct 2026
- Lambrook Farming LimitedOH2086580 · granted in A&D 5979, 1 Oct 2026
- Nu-Style Products LimitedOH2091057 · granted in A&D 5979, 1 Oct 2026
- The West End Garage (Bruton) LimitedOH2093698 · granted in A&D 5979, 1 Oct 2026
- SOLO Groundworks LtdOH2091668 · granted in A&D 5977, 17 Sep 2026
- Qorone LimitedOH2090684 · granted in A&D 5974, 27 Aug 2026
- C J Harper LtdOH2091238 · granted in A&D 5974, 27 Aug 2026
- R Shepherd Contracting LtdOH2091341 · granted in A&D 5974, 27 Aug 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 15 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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