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Haulage companies in Tyne and Wear
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Tyne and Wear: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
636 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in Tyne and Wear, as do 112 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 19,244 lorries. The largest fleet is Wincanton Holdings Limited (852 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 636
- Goods licences
- 748 112 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 19,244
- New licences in 2026
- 24
Largest haulage operators in Tyne and Wear
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in Tyne and Wear, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 636). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in Tyne and Wear. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 2 | 852 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 1 | 767 | |
| 3 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 1 | 545 | |
| 4 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 3 | 529 | Earned recognition |
| 5 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 1 | 528 | |
| 6 | Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 00464777 | 3 | 513 | |
| 7 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 2 | 415 | Earned recognition |
| 8 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 2 | 382 | |
| 9 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 2 | 362 | |
| 10 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 300 | |
| 11 | Walon LtdStandard International · 01398125 | 5 | 300 | |
| 12 | E. C. M. (Vehicle Delivery Service) LimitedStandard International · 01845919 | 4 | 263 | |
| 13 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 00439684 | 2 | 242 | |
| 14 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 5 | 240 | |
| 15 | Reed Boardall Transport LtdStandard International · 01897313 | 1 | 230 | |
| 16 | Elddis Transport (Consett) LimitedStandard National · 01023189 | 1 | 226 | |
| 17 | Council of the City of Newcastle Upon TyneStandard National | 13 | 207 | |
| 18 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 1 | 205 | |
| 19 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 2 | 199 | |
| 20 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 193 | Earned recognition |
| 21 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 4 | 184 | |
| 22 | Ceva Logistics LtdStandard National · 01291251 | 2 | 182 | |
| 23 | Certas Energy UK LimitedStandard National · 04168225 | 1 | 166 | |
| 24 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 1 | 165 | Earned recognition |
| 25 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 2 | 156 |
Plus 112 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in Tyne and Wear
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
51% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 54% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 5.
- Restricted goods384 51%
- Standard National goods290 39%
- Standard International goods74 10%
- 1 lorries:119 licences
- 2 lorries:114 licences
- 3–5 lorries:171 licences
- 6–10 lorries:89 licences
- 11–25 lorries:98 licences
- 26–50 lorries:70 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 Tyne and Wear.
- Postcode district NE11:80 company licences
- Postcode district NE10:68 company licences
- Postcode district NE38:48 company licences
- Postcode district NE21:42 company licences
- Postcode district NE37:40 company licences
- Postcode district NE12:36 company licences
- Postcode district NE15:33 company licences
- Postcode district NE13:33 company licences
- Postcode district NE16:32 company licences
- Postcode district NE28:28 company licences
New licences in 2026
24 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in Tyne and Wear.
- D Vaughan Waste Services LimitedOB2088771 · granted in A&D 6726, 16 Sep 2026
- Emperor Scaffolding Ne LtdOB2090370 · granted in A&D 6724, 2 Sep 2026
- Supreme Scaffold Solutions LtdOB2090945 · granted in A&D 6724, 2 Sep 2026
- Peak Global Logistics LimitedOB2091780 · granted in A&D 6722, 19 Aug 2026
- Ian Thompson Waste Recycling LtdOB2087213 · granted in A&D 6721, 12 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOB2092134 · granted in A&D 6721, 12 Aug 2026
- Bushnell LtdOB2092323 · granted in A&D 6718, 22 Jul 2026
- Aec Transport (Ne) LtdOB2088937 · granted in A&D 6710, 27 May 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 16 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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