Haulier insolvency watch: administration and liquidation
Operator licences in the DVSA file held by companies that the Companies House register at 30 September 2026 shows in liquidation, administration or receivership, and insolvency notices in The Gazette for licence-holding companies. Each fact is dated. Whether a licence continues is a matter for the Traffic Commissioner.
In liquidation
198
In administration
61
In receivership
0
Register date
30 Sep 2026
This data comes from the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 (30 days ago). Our latest check for a newer file is overdue (last check 3 October 2026). Data status
By traffic area
259 companies with 273 licences in liquidation, administration or receivership. A company with licences in two areas is counted in each.
Licence-holding companies in liquidation, administration or receivership, by traffic areaLiquidation, administration or receivership
East of England53 companies: 53 liquidation, administration or receivership
London and the South East of England50 companies: 50 liquidation, administration or receivership
North East of England46 companies: 46 liquidation, administration or receivership
North West of England20 companies: 20 liquidation, administration or receivership
Scotland21 companies: 21 liquidation, administration or receivership
Wales16 companies: 16 liquidation, administration or receivership
West Midlands28 companies: 28 liquidation, administration or receivership
West of England39 companies: 39 liquidation, administration or receivership
Companies in liquidation, administration or receivership by traffic area
Sole traders and partnerships have no company record and are not part of this watch. 12 companies are left out because the company number on the DVSA record belongs to a differently named company.
Gazette insolvency notices, last 90 days
Winding-up petitions and orders, liquidations, administrations and receiverships published in The Gazette for companies that hold an operator licence, matched by company number. These usually appear weeks before the Companies House status changes.
Gazette insolvency notices for licence-holding companies, last 90 days
Atom feed of insolvency notices for licence-holding companies. Contains information from The Gazette licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What the register shows
In liquidation
A liquidator is winding the company up.
In administration
An administrator runs the company, usually to rescue it or to get a better result for its creditors.
In receivership
A receiver, usually appointed by a lender, deals with some or all of the company’s assets.
Gazette insolvency notice
A notice published in The Gazette, the official public record, such as a winding-up petition or the appointment of a liquidator or administrator. A petition can be dismissed; the notice says what was published, on its date.
Why a licence can still be listed
The DVSA operator licence file and the Companies House register are separate public registers, updated on their own timetables. A licence stays in the DVSA file (here, the file dated 7 September 2026) until the Traffic Commissioner records a change, so the two can differ for a while. What happens to a licence is a matter for the Traffic Commissioner.
This page reports what the registers show on their dates. It is not a finding about any operator or its conduct. If a company here is yours and something is wrong, or you want to add a statement, use the link on its row.
DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . How we read it
Company facts: Companies House register at . Contains Companies House data.