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Haulage companies in West Sussex
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in West Sussex: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
684 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in West Sussex, as do 111 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 16,699 lorries. The largest fleet is Royal Mail Group Ltd (1,016 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 684
- Goods licences
- 795 111 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 16,699
- New licences in 2026
- 32
Largest haulage operators in West Sussex
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in West Sussex, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 684). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in West Sussex. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 1 | 1,016 | |
| 2 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 1 | 961 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 3 | 650 | |
| 4 | Travis Perkins Trading Company LtdRestricted · 00733503 | 2 | 560 | |
| 5 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 3 | 515 | |
| 6 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 1 | 445 | |
| 7 | Dpdgroup UK LtdStandard National · 00732993 | 2 | 439 | Earned recognition |
| 8 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 1 | 411 | Earned recognition |
| 9 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard International · 01628530 | 1 | 391 | |
| 10 | Lanes Group LimitedRestricted · 03784486 | 1 | 370 | |
| 11 | Serco LimitedStandard National · 00242246 | 2 | 276 | |
| 12 | Countrystyle Recycling LtdStandard International · 05103813 | 2 | 250 | |
| 13 | Day Group LimitedStandard National · 00432417 | 1 | 238 | |
| 14 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 1 | 230 | |
| 15 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 1 | 218 | Earned recognition |
| 16 | M T S Cleansing Services LtdStandard National · 02045340 | 3 | 214 | |
| 17 | Travis Perkins PLCRestricted · 00824821 | 1 | 212 | Earned recognition |
| 18 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard National · 06634081 | 1 | 195 | |
| 19 | Biffa Municipal LtdStandard National · 04321212 | 3 | 191 | |
| 20 | Huws Gray LtdRestricted · 02506633 | 1 | 189 | |
| 21 | Sig Trading LimitedRestricted · 01451007 | 1 | 185 | |
| 22 | Bfs Group LimitedStandard International · 00239718 | 1 | 175 | Earned recognition |
| 23 | Openreach LimitedRestricted · 10690039 | 2 | 167 | |
| 24 | Fowler Welch LimitedStandard National · 01001101 | 2 | 156 | Earned recognition |
| 25 | Cemex UK Cement LimitedStandard National · 00475212 | 4 | 142 | Earned recognition |
Plus 111 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in West Sussex
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
49% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 60% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods388 49%
- Standard National goods297 37%
- Standard International goods110 14%
- 1 lorries:144 licences
- 2 lorries:150 licences
- 3–5 lorries:180 licences
- 6–10 lorries:123 licences
- 11–25 lorries:97 licences
- 26–50 lorries:37 licences
- 51–100 lorries:33 licences
- 100+ lorries:31 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of West Sussex.
- Postcode district RH10:145 company licences
- Postcode district RH12:60 company licences
- Postcode district RH13:55 company licences
- Postcode district PO20:54 company licences
- Postcode district RH17:51 company licences
- Postcode district BN18:47 company licences
- Postcode district BN5:32 company licences
- Postcode district BN6:28 company licences
- Postcode district BN17:27 company licences
- Postcode district RH19:27 company licences
New licences in 2026
32 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 Sussex.
- Southern Elite Contractors LtdOK2093676 · granted in A&D 4490, 8 Oct 2026
- Mvk Transport LtdOK2093790 · granted in A&D 4488, 24 Sep 2026
- Norton Commercials LimitedOK2093625 · granted in A&D 4487, 17 Sep 2026
- South Coast Commercials Sussex LtdOK2090331 · granted in A&D 4485, 3 Sep 2026
- Anr Vehicle Transportation LtdOK2086428 · granted in A&D 4484, 27 Aug 2026
- Openreach LimitedOK2092141 · granted in A&D 4482, 13 Aug 2026
- S&B Transport & Logistics LimitedOK2092647 · granted in A&D 4482, 13 Aug 2026
- Sussex Grab Services LtdOK2090156 · granted in A&D 4481, 6 Aug 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 14 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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