LeadQuasar lists 1,312 haulage and trucking businesses in the United Kingdom. 1,203 have a phone number (92%), 905 a website (69%) and 480 a business email address (37%). London holds the most, with 298 firms (23%), and you can browse the list free by region before you unlock a single contact.
What is on the UK haulage companies list?
Each record is a haulage or trucking business with the contact details on file for it. The mix of those details tells you how to work the list: nearly every firm has a phone number, two in three have a website, and just over a third have an email address.
That fits how haulage runs. Most UK hauliers are owner-run firms with a yard, a handful of lorries and a small office, where the owner still plans loads and sometimes still drives. The office phone gets answered because that is how work arrives. An email from a stranger does not get the same attention, so treat email as the follow-up to a call rather than the opener.
Which regions have the most haulage companies?
Seven regions have their own haulage page. They are ranked here by number of firms, largest first, in the same order as the UK trucking hub.
London leads with 298 firms, 23% of the list, and it is also the largest city. If you want general haulage companies in London, the London page is the place to start. Firms in other regions stay on the UK hub until their region has enough to earn a page.
Remember that a region page lists firms by where they are based, not by where they drive. A haulier with a yard in the West Midlands may run into Bristol and Cornwall every day. If you need a firm that covers the South West, start with the South West page, then call West Midlands firms and ask where their regular runs go.
How do you find the big haulage companies in the UK?
The list does not rank firms by fleet size or turnover, so finding the big operators takes a little research. With 905 firms showing a website, most of it can be done before you pick up the phone. Look for:
Several depots on the website rather than a single yard.
Fleet details. Many hauliers state how many lorries and trailers they run, or show the fleet in photos.
Contract distribution or warehousing offered alongside haulage.
Constant driver recruitment and an in-house workshop.
The operator's licence. Every goods vehicle operator's licence sets how many vehicles the firm may run, and that record is public.
Bigger firms buy differently. A large haulier is more likely to have a separate transport manager, a finance team and a procurement process, so expect more than one conversation.
Can this list help you find HGV loads?
Not directly. It is a list of hauliers, not a load exchange, and it does not hold freight waiting for a lorry. If you run lorries and want more work, though, two kinds of business on LeadQuasar are worth a call.
Other hauliers. Firms pass on work they cannot cover and look for backloads for lorries that would otherwise run home empty. A haulier in another region who runs the opposite direction to you is a natural partner, so call and offer to swap work.
Freight forwarders and logistics firms. They hand loads to hauliers every day. They have their own list, covered in the UK logistics guide.
Who should you ask for, and when should you call?
Two roles matter in a haulage firm:
The owner or managing director buys almost everything in a small firm: trucks, trailers, fuel, insurance and finance.
The transport manager is named on the operator's licence and answers for keeping vehicles and drivers compliant. Anything that touches maintenance records, tachographs, driver hours or safety checks goes through them, even when the owner signs.
In the smallest firms they are the same person. Call late morning or early afternoon: early mornings are spent getting lorries out, and late afternoons planning tomorrow's loads. Avoid Friday afternoons, when the office is chasing paperwork and paying drivers, and the end of the month, when invoices go out and cash is tight.
What do UK hauliers buy?
Fuel cards and fuel management, since fuel is the cost every haulier watches.
Telematics and tachograph analysis for tracking, driver hours and infringement reports.
Maintenance and inspections: workshops, mobile mechanics, tyres and inspection scheduling.
Trucks and trailers on lease, contract hire or used sale.
Insurance for the fleet, goods in transit and liability.
Drivers, through HGV recruitment and agency cover.
Invoice finance, because hauliers often wait weeks to be paid for a job they fuelled up front.
Lead with one concrete problem. "We cut your tachograph infringement report to one page a week" beats "we help transport businesses grow".
A calling plan for the UK haulage list
Browse free. Open the UK trucking hub and filter by region. No account is needed to search.
Pick a region where you can visit or where your service runs, and check each firm's website for fleet clues and the kind of work it does: general haulage, pallets, bulk, containers or chilled.
Call late morning and ask for the owner or the transport manager, depending on what you sell.
Email the 480 firms with an address after the call, and refer to it. Follow UK GDPR and PECR: limited companies can be emailed with a clear opt-out, but sole traders and some partnerships count as individuals and need consent first.
Book callbacks for every "ring me next month".
A free account unlocks 50 contacts a day, enough for a full day of calls. To take the whole list into a dialler, Pro costs $9.99 a month for unlimited unlocks and CSV export, and you can try Pro free for 7 days. If you also sell to American carriers, the US trucking guide covers that list.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a list of UK haulage companies?
Yes. LeadQuasar lists 1,312 UK haulage and trucking businesses, browsable free by region. 1,203 have a phone number and 905 a website.
How many UK haulage firms have an email address?
480, or 37% of the list. Nearly every firm has a phone number, so plan to call first.
Which region has the most haulage companies?
London, with 298 firms (23%), followed by the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber.
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