Freight & couriers leads the family.
The 5 trades grouped into transport and logistics, busiest first. Freight & couriers took 15,232 of the 35,916 counted here over the last twelve months, 42% of the family on its own. Each trade opens on its own page, broken down town by town.
| Trade | Oct 2026 | Last 12 months | Relative twelve-month volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freight & couriers | 1,625 | 15,232 | |
| Motor vehicle repair | 730 | 8,620 | |
| Used car dealers | 592 | 6,432 | |
| Taxi & private hire | 389 | 3,993 | |
| Removals | 156 | 1,639 | |
| Transport and logistics, all 5 trades | 3,492 | 35,916 |
The families are ours, not the register's: they exist so the colour on every chart means something. A company carrying more than one SIC code can land in more than one trade, so the rows above can count the same company twice and the family total is a total of the rows rather than a headcount of companies. The grouping is set out in full on the method page, SIC code by SIC code.
The busiest month was the latest one.
New transport companies registered across the UK each month. The busiest month was October on 3,492. The quietest was December on 2,246.
New transport companies in the UK, by month
Nov 2025 – Oct 2026 · 35,916 in total
Registrations dip over Christmas and pick up in the new year in almost every trade, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the one before it.
How far back it goes.
Transport and logistics companies still on the register, by year of incorporation, and the like-for-like comparison underneath: the first 10 months of 2026 against the same 10 months of 2025.
New transport companies in the UK, by year
2015 to 2026 · 2026 counts January to October only
Older years undercount. The register only holds companies that still exist. Anything formed in an earlier year and since dissolved has dropped off it, so the further back the chart goes the more it undercounts. That alone makes every trade look like it is growing. Some of the rise here is real growth and some of it is simply that recent companies have had less time to close. The long view of UK company formation takes the same problem apart across all 39 trades.
| Trade | Change | Jan–Oct 2025 | Jan–Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi & private hire | Up 31% | 2,636 | 3,442 |
| Motor vehicle repair | Up 16% | 6,490 | 7,521 |
| Freight & couriers | Up 13% | 11,552 | 13,044 |
| Used car dealers | Up 10% | 5,067 | 5,552 |
| Removals | Up 8% | 1,306 | 1,415 |
5 of the 5 trades in this family registered more companies in the first 10 months of 2026 than in the same months of 2025; 0 registered fewer. Taxi & private hire moved most on the way up, at 31%.
Where transport firms are starting.
New transport companies registered over the last twelve months, by the post town on the registered office address, or, where that office is a formation agent, by the town the company's directors run their other companies from.
London is counted as a single post town, so it is not really in the same contest as the rest of the list. It took 2.1 times as many new transport companies last year as Birmingham. Leaving it in the ranking below would squash every other bar to a stub, so it sits up here on its own.
Ranked 2 to 16, without London
Bars scaled to Birmingham at 1,274, not to London
Each town above links to its busiest transport trade there where that pairing has enough volume for a page, and to the town itself where it does not. Every town counted, ranked and linked.
The rest of the register.
43,806 new companies were counted across all 39 trades in October 2026, 3,492 of them in this family. Here is where the other 40,314 landed.
Management consultancy, Web & software development, IT consultancy, Advertising & design, Business support services, Architecture & engineering, Education & training, IT support, Estate agents, Accounting, Recruitment, Photography, Legal services Retail and food 126,759 8 trades · Last 12 months
Online retail, Takeaways, Restaurants & cafes, Hairdressing & beauty, Convenience stores, Catering & events, Pubs & bars, Wholesale Property 80,044 2 trades · Last 12 months
Property investment & letting, Property management Building and trades 74,672 4 trades · Last 12 months
Construction, Electricians, Plumbers & HVAC, Landscaping People and care 41,761 7 trades · Last 12 months
Health practitioners, Cleaning services, Care services, Fitness, Security services, Childcare, Veterinary
All 39 trades in one table · The long view · How the counts are made
23,999 new companies in transport and logistics, registered March to November 2026. Any month from £15.
23,999 companies in transport and logistics registered across the UK in March to November 2026 are in the file, each with its name, number, registered address, directors and trade. Every company registered, with its website, email and phone number where we can find one. Most companies this new have no website yet, so many rows will be the company, its address and its directors.
Bought per trade or as one transport and logistics file. National, the whole UK; filter by town in the file. Any month from £15; every month we hold for £647.97, 10% off. 3p a company, £15 minimum an order. Pick one month, any mix, or everything.
- Freight & couriers 11,211 companies £302.70
- Motor vehicle repair 6,425 companies £173.48
- Used car dealers 4,711 companies £127.20
- Taxi & private hire 3,010 companies £81.27
- Removals 1,173 companies £31.67
- Every trade, with its count and price
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Five rows from this list, with an email found
Real companies from the file, picked from the ones we found an email for: most companies this new have none yet. The full file has every column and the whole address. We hide most of each email here, never in the file you buy.
| Company | Town | Registered | Trade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-DRIVE PERFORMANCE LTD | Birmingham | 24 Aug 2026 | Motor vehicle repair | i•••@fdriveperformance.com |
| MULLINS AIR CONDITIONING SERVICES LTD | Ruislip | 20 Jul 2026 | Freight & couriers | i•••@mullinsairconditioningservices.co.uk |
| DRIVE DIRECT MOTORS LTD | Bury | 14 Oct 2026 | Used car dealers | s•••@drivedirectmotors.co.uk |
| HOGG'S MECHELEC LTD | Inverness | 30 May 2026 | Motor vehicle repair | i•••@hoggsmechelec.com |
| VEHICLE REPAIR EXPERTS LTD | Bury | 9 Jul 2026 | Motor vehicle repair | i•••@vehiclerepairexperts.co.uk |