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Haulage companies in Staffordshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Staffordshire: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
1,373 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Staffordshire, as do 258 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 24,084 lorries. The largest fleet is Wincanton Holdings Limited (1,312 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 1,373
- Goods licences
- 1,636 258 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 24,084
- New licences in 2026
- 83
Largest haulage operators in Staffordshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Staffordshire, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 1,373). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Staffordshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 4 | 1,312 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard International · 00732993 | 1 | 892 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 700 | |
| 4 | DHL Ecommerce UK LimitedStandard National · 00965783 | 1 | 434 | |
| 5 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 5 | 395 | |
| 6 | Severn Trent Water LtdStandard National · 02366686 | 6 | 361 | |
| 7 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 331 | |
| 8 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 4 | 293 | |
| 9 | Maritime Transport LimitedStandard National · 01160595 | 1 | 280 | |
| 10 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 4 | 275 | |
| 11 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 4 | 255 | |
| 12 | Tesco Distribution LtdStandard National · 02972724 | 1 | 240 | Earned recognition |
| 13 | Expert Logistics LtdStandard National · 03442571 | 2 | 237 | |
| 14 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 2 | 232 | |
| 15 | Abf Grain Products LimitedStandard National · 00079590 | 1 | 224 | |
| 16 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 3 | 221 | Earned recognition |
| 17 | Great Bear Distribution LtdStandard National · 02899719 | 1 | 205 | |
| 18 | Pentalver Cannock LtdStandard National · 01189068 | 1 | 200 | |
| 19 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 2 | 193 | |
| 20 | Ceva Logistics LtdStandard International · 01291251 | 1 | 159 | |
| 21 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard National · 00995045 | 6 | 150 | |
| 22 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard National · 00239718 | 1 | 148 | Earned recognition |
| 23 | Culina Logistics LtdStandard National · 05128194 | 1 | 145 | Earned recognition |
| 24 | N.S. Clarke Transport LimitedStandard International · 04937479 | 3 | 140 | |
| 25 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 4 | 134 |
Plus 258 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Staffordshire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
45% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 63% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods737 45%
- Standard National goods638 39%
- Standard International goods261 16%
- 1 lorries:313 licences
- 2 lorries:312 licences
- 3–5 lorries:403 licences
- 6–10 lorries:251 licences
- 11–25 lorries:172 licences
- 26–50 lorries:93 licences
- 51–100 lorries:56 licences
- 100+ lorries:36 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of Staffordshire.
- Postcode district ST6:138 company licences
- Postcode district WS11:123 company licences
- Postcode district ST4:111 company licences
- Postcode district DE13:82 company licences
- Postcode district DE14:82 company licences
- Postcode district ST5:81 company licences
- Postcode district ST10:80 company licences
- Postcode district ST18:75 company licences
- Postcode district B77:63 company licences
- Postcode district ST14:60 company licences
New licences in 2026
83 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Staffordshire.
- Verta Logistics LtdOD2091894 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Sukh & Sons LtdOD2092816 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Hanbury Auto's LtdOD2088594 · granted in A&D 3223, 28 Sep 2026
- Northern Star Logistics LtdOD2093889 · granted in A&D 3223, 28 Sep 2026
- Smarflorgroup LtdOD2090329 · granted in A&D 3222, 21 Sep 2026
- Construction Services and Facilities LtdOD2092095 · granted in A&D 3222, 21 Sep 2026
- A K Transport UK Group LtdOD2090741 · granted in A&D 3221, 14 Sep 2026
- Prospeed Haulage LtdOD2093262 · granted in A&D 3221, 14 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 19 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 11 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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