Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in South Lanarkshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the South Lanarkshire council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
359 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the South Lanarkshire council area, as do 85 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 8,486 lorries. The largest fleet is Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Limited (559 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 359
- Goods licences
- 444 85 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 8,486
- New licences in 2026
- 21
Largest haulage operators in South Lanarkshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the South Lanarkshire council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 359). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in South Lanarkshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Distribution (Holdings) LimitedStandard National · 06891444 | 1 | 559 | |
| 2 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 486 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 1 | 447 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Glasgow City CouncilStandard National | 1 | 400 | |
| 5 | South Lanarkshire CouncilStandard National | 12 | 245 | |
| 6 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 7 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 165 | |
| 8 | Dfds Logistics Services LimitedStandard International · 01682142 | 2 | 155 | |
| 9 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 152 | |
| 10 | Hillhouse Quarry Group LimitedStandard National · SC135103 | 1 | 148 | |
| 11 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 1 | 134 | Earned recognition |
| 12 | Patersons of Greenoakhill LtdStandard National · SC054793 | 1 | 132 | |
| 13 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 129 | |
| 14 | Carntyne Transport Co LtdStandard International · SC032077 | 2 | 121 | |
| 15 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 120 | |
| 16 | Menzies Distribution Solutions LimitedStandard National · 03805401 | 2 | 119 | |
| 17 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 1 | 118 | |
| 18 | Yuill & Dodds LtdStandard International · SC088529 | 2 | 112 | |
| 19 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard National · 00995045 | 1 | 110 | |
| 20 | Boc LimitedStandard International · 00337663 | 1 | 108 | |
| 21 | Tennent Caledonian Breweries Wholesale LimitedStandard National · SC081527 | 1 | 106 | |
| 22 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 1 | 105 | Earned recognition |
| 23 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 00439684 | 2 | 92 | |
| 24 | Tillicoultry Quarries LtdStandard National · SC016360 | 2 | 90 | |
| 25 | Network Rail Infrastructure LtdRestricted · 02904587 | 1 | 85 |
Plus 85 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in South Lanarkshire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
42% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 58% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Standard National goods198 45%
- Restricted goods186 42%
- Standard International goods60 14%
- 1 lorries:79 licences
- 2 lorries:74 licences
- 3–5 lorries:105 licences
- 6–10 lorries:72 licences
- 11–25 lorries:48 licences
- 26–50 lorries:29 licences
- 51–100 lorries:15 licences
- 100+ lorries:22 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of South Lanarkshire.
- Postcode district ML11:62 company licences
- Postcode district G71:54 company licences
- Postcode district G72:53 company licences
- Postcode district ML3:49 company licences
- Postcode district G74:36 company licences
- Postcode district G75:34 company licences
- Postcode district ML9:30 company licences
- Postcode district ML12:24 company licences
- Postcode district G73:19 company licences
- Postcode district ML8:15 company licences
New licences in 2026
21 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 South Lanarkshire council area.
- Uist Transport LimitedOM2092982 · granted in A&D 2491, 5 Oct 2026
- The Stage Group LimitedOM2092550 · granted in A&D 2488, 14 Sep 2026
- Forgie Commercials LtdOM2093196 · granted in A&D 2488, 14 Sep 2026
- A & D Recovery LtdOM2090702 · granted in A&D 2485, 24 Aug 2026
- Northcore Group LtdOM2091734 · granted in A&D 2480, 20 Jul 2026
- Enk Landscaping LtdOM2090411 · granted in A&D 2475, 15 Jun 2026
- Sun Shack LimitedOM2090152 · granted in A&D 2471, 18 May 2026
- W J B Distribution LimitedOM2089617 · granted in A&D 2466, 13 Apr 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 9 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 10 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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