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Haulage companies in West Midlands
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in West Midlands: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
2,918 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in West Midlands, as do 272 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 38,839 lorries. The largest fleet is DHL Supply Chain Limited (2,291 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 2,918
- Goods licences
- 3,190 272 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 38,839
- New licences in 2026
- 209
Largest haulage operators in West Midlands
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in West Midlands, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 2,918). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in West Midlands. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 6 | 2,291 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 4 | 1,312 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard International · 00732993 | 6 | 892 | Earned recognition |
| 4 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 4 | 700 | |
| 5 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 8 | 519 | |
| 6 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 3 | 490 | |
| 7 | DHL Ecommerce UK LimitedStandard National · 00965783 | 2 | 434 | |
| 8 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 1 | 395 | |
| 9 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 9 | 340 | Earned recognition |
| 10 | Birmingham City CouncilStandard National | 13 | 308 | |
| 11 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 5 | 293 | |
| 12 | Severn Trent Water LtdStandard National · 02366686 | 2 | 282 | |
| 13 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 275 | |
| 14 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 3 | 255 | |
| 15 | Inpost UK LimitedStandard National · 08090698 | 7 | 250 | |
| 16 | Muller UK & Ireland Group LLPStandard National · OC384928 | 1 | 240 | |
| 17 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 6 | 232 | |
| 18 | Abf Grain Products LimitedStandard National · 00079590 | 1 | 224 | |
| 19 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 5 | 221 | Earned recognition |
| 20 | Great Bear Distribution LtdStandard National · 02899719 | 2 | 205 | |
| 21 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 6 | 193 | |
| 22 | A.F. Blakemore and Son LimitedStandard National · 00391135 | 3 | 175 | |
| 23 | Ceva Logistics LtdStandard International · 01291251 | 1 | 159 | |
| 24 | Wolverhampton City CouncilStandard National | 3 | 152 | |
| 25 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard National · 00995045 | 1 | 150 |
Plus 272 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in West Midlands
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); 65% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Standard National goods1,354 42%
- Restricted goods1,325 42%
- Standard International goods511 16%
- 1 lorries:501 licences
- 2 lorries:665 licences
- 3–5 lorries:915 licences
- 6–10 lorries:523 licences
- 11–25 lorries:323 licences
- 26–50 lorries:143 licences
- 51–100 lorries:73 licences
- 100+ lorries:47 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of West Midlands.
- Postcode district WS10:238 company licences
- Postcode district DY4:194 company licences
- Postcode district WV14:185 company licences
- Postcode district B69:178 company licences
- Postcode district B70:137 company licences
- Postcode district B66:128 company licences
- Postcode district WV13:123 company licences
- Postcode district WV1:108 company licences
- Postcode district CV6:106 company licences
- Postcode district B76:104 company licences
New licences in 2026
209 goods licences granted in 2026 (published in the Traffic Commissioners’ Applications and Decisions) are already in the DVSA file with an operating centre in West Midlands.
- Aaa Transport Heathrow LtdOD2090903 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Esg Transport LtdOD2092189 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Singhram Transport LtdOD2093132 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- M C Driveways & Utilities LtdOD2093693 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Ani Transport B'Ham LtdOD2093816 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Athrav Transport LtdOD2093965 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Stallion Transport LtdOD2094012 · granted in A&D 3224, 5 Oct 2026
- Brimatt Civils Solutions LtdOD2092755 · granted in A&D 3223, 28 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 32 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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