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Top 25 Short haul trucking companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,497 short haul trucking companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 16,117 professional contacts across them, including 4,121 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers short haul trucking companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest short haul trucking companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 698 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through two decades of investment, innovation, and growth, Maritime Transport has evolved from small beginnings into a leading logistics business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 558 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're proud to be forward thinkers, as well as forward movers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 541 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gregory Group is one of the largest privately owned logistics companies in the UK with 50 sites, 22 warehouses and 1,300 vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 331 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Metro power the supply chains of leading global brands and manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GBA Logistics is an experienced and insightful logistics company that uses its knowledge to deliver trusted, confident, and reliable transportation solutions with our own fleet of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Owens Group has seen five successful decades, experiencing consistent growth built on solid family values with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction With a dedicated…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Simarco is one of the UK’s leading independent freight groups with a proud heritage spanning 3 decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “XDP was formed in 1995 and has since grown to be the largest privately owned parcel and freight network in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Priority Freight is a leading time-critical logistics specialist, helping our clients to meet complex and urgent transport challenges by adding speed and flexibility to their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1933, Clarke Transport has stood as a beacon of trust and reliability in the UK logistics sector, driven by our deep-rooted family values and commitment to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pall-Ex is a renowned name in logistics, delivering an efficient and reliable service backed by innovative technology and a first-class network of established shareholder SMEs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Palletways is Europe’s largest provider of express palletised distribution services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ONE MOTION LOGISTICS LTD is a transportation/trucking/railroad company based out of TRIDENT HOUSE TRIDENT BUSINESS PARK, DIDCOT, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OTL Solutions is a leading resource provider within the logistics space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1994, Courier Logistics began with two vans and a determination to build something reliable, long-term and people-led.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HANNON Transport offers fully in-house logistics solutions across Europe, UK & ROI We offer you the same door to door service whether it be for a full load or groupage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “APLE offer everything you need to safely deliver or store your goods including; pallet delivery, dedicated same day & next day services, warehousing and storage facilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Woodside Logistics Group offers the complete transport solution comprising of Woodside Haulage, Woodside Motorfreight, Woodside Distribution, Woodside Tankfreight and Woodside…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the last 20 years Goldstar has grown to become one of the most trustworthy haulage companies in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Having recently celebrated our 30th Anniversary KRL is an established nationwide and worldwide company with growing teams and offices being able to provide multi-modal freight…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Meachers Global Logistics is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of international freight and transport logistics services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Uniexpress is one of the UK’s largest independently owned freight forwarders, providing reliable global logistics solutions across sea, air and road, supported by comprehensive UK…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Buffaload Logistics is a family-owned business with more than 100 years combined experience in the temperature-controlled transport and distribution sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: short haul trucking companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names short haul trucking companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of short haul trucking companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name short haul trucking companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Short haul trucking companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 18, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 1,497 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among short haul trucking companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “short haul trucking companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names short haul trucking companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among short haul trucking companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,121 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names short haul trucking companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many short haul trucking companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,497 short haul trucking companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Maritime Transport LTD, headquartered in Felixstowe, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most short haul trucking companies?
London leads with 120 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (36) and Birmingham (32).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,121 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,497 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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