Council area · Scotland
Haulage companies in West Dunbartonshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in the West Dunbartonshire council area: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
49 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in the West Dunbartonshire council area, as do 12 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 1,849 lorries. The largest fleet is Stark Building Materials UK Limited (384 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 49
- Goods licences
- 61 12 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 1,849
- New licences in 2026
- 0
Largest haulage operators in West Dunbartonshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in the West Dunbartonshire council area, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 49). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in West Dunbartonshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 1 | 384 | |
| 2 | McPherson LtdStandard International · SC218508 | 2 | 300 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Booker LtdRestricted · 00197380 | 1 | 173 | |
| 4 | Scotia Gas Networks LimitedRestricted · 04958135 | 1 | 115 | |
| 5 | West Dunbartonshire CouncilStandard National | 7 | 100 | |
| 6 | Galt Transport LtdStandard International · SC109864 | 3 | 65 | |
| 7 | Highland Fuels LimitedStandard National · SC032343 | 1 | 60 | |
| 8 | Johnston Oils LtdStandard National · SC097681 | 1 | 60 | |
| 9 | J.W. Suckling Transport LimitedStandard National · 01158646 | 1 | 55 | |
| 10 | William Thompson & Son (Dumbarton) LtdStandard International · SC025901 | 1 | 52 | |
| 11 | The Royal Bank of Scotland PLCRestricted · SC083026 | 1 | 47 | |
| 12 | Acre Industrial & Cleaning Services LimitedStandard National · SC117639 | 1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Mgm Timber (Scotland) LimitedRestricted · SC129921 | 1 | 37 | |
| 14 | Fuels Transport & Logistics LtdStandard National · 13089199 | 1 | 32 | |
| 15 | Nwl Honeywagon Co. LtdStandard International · SC609553 | 3 | 25 | |
| 16 | Complete Paving Requirements (Scotland) LimitedRestricted · SC236251 | 2 | 22 | |
| 17 | Doherty & Lafferty LimitedStandard National · SC060293 | 1 | 20 | |
| 18 | Stewart Shaw Holdings LtdRestricted · SC080687 | 1 | 20 | |
| 19 | Xpo Bulk UK LimitedStandard National · 02974193 | 1 | 20 | |
| 20 | Kelerbay LimitedStandard International · 02985507 | 1 | 18 | |
| 21 | Arbour Services LimitedStandard National · SC406230 | 1 | 14 | |
| 22 | McGuire Transport (Scotland) Ltd.Standard International · SC519518 | 1 | 12 | |
| 23 | The Boxshop LimitedStandard National · SC097103 | 1 | 12 | |
| 24 | Albion Gases LtdRestricted · SC719728 | 1 | 9 | |
| 25 | Hoodem LimitedStandard National · SC077013 | 1 | 8 |
Plus 12 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in West Dunbartonshire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
39% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 49% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 6.
- Standard National goods27 44%
- Restricted goods24 39%
- Standard International goods10 16%
- 1 lorries:8 licences
- 2 lorries:7 licences
- 3–5 lorries:15 licences
- 6–10 lorries:7 licences
- 11–25 lorries:9 licences
- 26–50 lorries:5 licences
- 51–100 lorries:6 licences
- 100+ lorries:4 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of West Dunbartonshire.
- Postcode district G82:28 company licences
- Postcode district G81:16 company licences
- Postcode district G83:9 company licences
- Postcode district G60:1 company licences
New licences in 2026
0 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 West Dunbartonshire council area.
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 1 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
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