UK company counts · Logistics and transport
Logistics and transport companies in the UK
About 150,000 active logistics and transport companies are registered in the UK, according to the Companies House register of 1 September 2026. 63% of them have an employee count in accounts filed up to 24 October 2026.
Accounts filed up to 24 October 2026 Register of 1 September 2026
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By size: logistics and transport in the UK
| Employees | Companies | Share | All sectors, UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro 0 to 9 | about 87,000 | 58% | 58% |
| Small 10 to 49 | about 6,000 | 4% | 4% |
| Medium 50 to 249 | about 1,300 | 1% | 1% |
| Large 250 or more | about 150 | under 1% | under 1% |
| No figure filed not known | about 54,000 | 36% | 37% |
| All active companies | about 150,000 | 100% | 100% |
| Grew by 10 or more staff any size | about 630 | under 1% | under 1% |
Shares are worked out from the rounded counts. No figure filed means the company has not filed a machine-readable headcount: it may be large or small, and it is never counted as zero. A filed 0 is a real answer and sits under micro.
By region
| Region | All sizes | Medium 50 to 249 | Large 250+ | Grew by 10+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | about 3,200 | about 60 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 20 |
| North West | about 15,000 | about 160 | about 20 | about 70 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | about 12,000 | about 110 | fewer than 10 | about 50 |
| East Midlands | about 11,000 | about 90 | fewer than 10 | about 40 |
| West Midlands | about 17,000 | about 90 | fewer than 20 | about 70 |
| East of England | about 16,000 | about 160 | about 20 | about 80 |
| London | about 36,000 | about 150 | about 20 | about 80 |
| South East | about 18,000 | about 160 | fewer than 20 | about 80 |
| South West | about 7,900 | about 90 | fewer than 10 | about 50 |
| Wales | about 3,500 | about 50 | fewer than 10 | about 30 |
| Scotland | about 7,500 | about 120 | fewer than 20 | about 50 |
| Northern Ireland | about 2,100 | about 50 | fewer than 10 | about 20 |
Region comes from the registered office postcode. Companies with no UK postcode count in the UK totals only.
What is counted
- Sector
- All of Section H, transportation and storage: road haulage, removals, warehousing, freight handling, postal and courier services, and passenger transport including taxis and coaches (divisions 49 to 53). SIC 2007: Section H (Transportation and storage).
- Companies
- Active companies on the Companies House register. A company with several of these codes counts once.
- Headcounts
- 63% of these companies have an employee count in accounts we have read. The rest are shown as No figure filed, never as zero.
- Dates
- Each company's size is from its latest filed accounts, read up to 24 October 2026. Accounts are filed up to nine months after the year end, so a figure can describe a year that ended some time ago.
- Rounding
- Counts are rounded to two significant figures, and under 20 are shown only as fewer than 10 or fewer than 20, so no count points at a single company. The report is exact.
Questions about these figures
How many logistics and transport companies are there in the UK?
About 150,000 active logistics and transport companies are registered in the UK, according to the Companies House register of 1 September 2026. 63% of them have an employee count in accounts filed up to 24 October 2026. Counts are rounded to two significant figures, and are for active companies only.
How is company size measured?
By the average number of employees each company states in its latest filed accounts, read from the tagged figure in accounts filed electronically. The bands count employees only: micro 0 to 9, small 10 to 49, medium 50 to 249 and large 250 or more. That is not the Companies Act size test, which also uses turnover and balance sheet. 63% of logistics and transport companies in the UK have filed a figure; the rest are counted as No figure filed, never as zero.
How up to date is this?
The register is the Companies House snapshot of 1 September 2026, and new accounts are read every day; these figures use accounts filed up to 24 October 2026. Each company's headcount is as of its own accounts date, which can be a year or more before the day it was filed.
Can I download the list?
Yes. The list of these companies, with names, company numbers, registered addresses, SIC codes and every headcount with the date of its accounts, is a one-off CSV for £25 (up to 1,500 companies), with no account and no sales call. Unlimited, from £159 a month, allows up to 5,000 companies a list. The free search shows the same count, not which companies.
Which SIC codes count as logistics and transport?
All of Section H, transportation and storage: road haulage, removals, warehousing, freight handling, postal and courier services, and passenger transport including taxis and coaches (divisions 49 to 53). Codes counted: Section H (Transportation and storage). A company counts if any of its SIC codes is in the set.