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Haulage companies in West Yorkshire
Every goods vehicle operator licence in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in West Yorkshire: the largest operators, the towns, licence types, fleet sizes and new licences. Check any haulier before you book it.
2,275 companies and organisations hold a goods vehicle operator licence with an operating centre in West Yorkshire, as do 453 sole traders and partnerships. Their licences authorise 41,922 lorries. The largest fleet is DHL Supply Chain Limited (1,556 lorries).
- Licensed companies
- 2,275
- Goods licences
- 2,728 453 sole traders
- Lorries on these licences
- 41,922
- New licences in 2026
- 133
Largest haulage operators in West Yorkshire
Companies and organisations with an operating centre in West Yorkshire, by lorries authorised on the licence (the top 25 of 2,275). A licence’s authorisation covers all its operating centres, which can be in more than one county; “sites here” counts the ones in West Yorkshire. Earned recognition is DVSA’s compliance scheme.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Lorries | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DHL Supply Chain LimitedStandard International · 00528867 | 1 | 1,556 | Earned recognition |
| 2 | Wincanton Holdings LimitedStandard International · 02155951 | 1 | 852 | Earned recognition |
| 3 | Xpo Transport Solutions UK LimitedStandard International · 06634081 | 3 | 788 | |
| 4 | Royal Mail Group LtdStandard National · 04138203 | 6 | 767 | |
| 5 | Stark Building Materials UK LimitedRestricted · 01647362 | 5 | 635 | |
| 6 | Eddie Stobart LimitedStandard National · 00995045 | 4 | 585 | |
| 7 | Evri LimitedStandard National · 03900782 | 3 | 545 | |
| 8 | Gxo Logistics UK LimitedStandard International · SC037270 | 3 | 529 | Earned recognition |
| 9 | Veolia Es (UK) LimitedStandard National · 02481991 | 2 | 528 | |
| 10 | Asda Stores LtdStandard National · 00464777 | 4 | 513 | |
| 11 | Leeds City CouncilStandard National | 18 | 463 | |
| 12 | Maritime Transport LimitedStandard National · 01160595 | 3 | 462 | |
| 13 | Warburtons LtdStandard National · 00178711 | 2 | 415 | Earned recognition |
| 14 | Biffa Waste Services LimitedStandard National · 00946107 | 4 | 382 | |
| 15 | Fedex Express UK Transportation LimitedStandard National · 01628530 | 3 | 362 | |
| 16 | Dx Network Services LimitedStandard National · 05026914 | 5 | 301 | |
| 17 | UPS LtdStandard National · 01933173 | 2 | 300 | |
| 18 | Walon LtdStandard International · 01398125 | 2 | 300 | |
| 19 | Sysco GB LimitedStandard National · 02035315 | 3 | 277 | Earned recognition |
| 20 | Dm Topco LimitedStandard National · 10125468 | 5 | 273 | Earned recognition |
| 21 | E. C. M. (Vehicle Delivery Service) LimitedStandard International · 01845919 | 1 | 263 | |
| 22 | Schenk UK LtdStandard International · 02316301 | 2 | 250 | Earned recognition |
| 23 | Turners (Soham) LtdStandard International · 00439684 | 1 | 242 | |
| 24 | Suez Recycling and Recovery UK LtdStandard National · 02291198 | 1 | 240 | |
| 25 | City of Wakefield Metropolitan District CouncilStandard National | 11 | 239 | Earned recognition |
Plus 453 licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Towns in West Yorkshire
Town pages list every company licence with an operating centre there. Number = company licences.
Licence types and fleet sizes
50% of goods licences here are restricted (the holder’s own goods only); 63% authorise five lorries or fewer; the median is 4.
- Restricted goods1,377 50%
- Standard National goods1,002 37%
- Standard International goods349 13%
- 1 lorries:464 licences
- 2 lorries:548 licences
- 3–5 lorries:701 licences
- 6–10 lorries:429 licences
- 11–25 lorries:283 licences
- 26–50 lorries:157 licences
- 51–100 lorries:83 licences
- 100+ lorries:63 licences
Busiest postcode districts
Company goods licences with an operating centre in each postcode district of West Yorkshire.
- Postcode district BD4:142 company licences
- Postcode district LS10:137 company licences
- Postcode district WF10:130 company licences
- Postcode district LS9:127 company licences
- Postcode district LS27:117 company licences
- Postcode district LS12:90 company licences
- Postcode district LS25:88 company licences
- Postcode district WF17:85 company licences
- Postcode district WF12:75 company licences
- Postcode district WF5:66 company licences
New licences in 2026
133 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 Yorkshire.
- Mazuli LtdOB2088542 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Total Escalators LimitedOB2090455 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Css Bradford LtdOB2091484 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Site Logistic Services LtdOB2093012 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Phethean D LimitedOB2093456 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Bushell's Transport LtdOB2093626 · granted in A&D 6729, 7 Oct 2026
- Jd Robinson's LtdOB2091129 · granted in A&D 6728, 30 Sep 2026
- Hall Surfacing LimitedOB2085679 · granted in A&D 6727, 23 Sep 2026
Traffic areas
The Traffic Commissioner who issued each licence (the second letter of the licence number). 34 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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