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Hauliers expanding in the UK: October 2026

178 cards in October 2026, against 28 in September 2026. The most were in South East (28). The largest single step: 944 → 1,126 vehicles, a company in East Midlands.

Cards in October 2026
178
vehicles applied for
1,699
Regions with activity
12

Last updated 6 November 2026. To quote a figure: “CapexRadar, capexradar.uk/hauliers/2026-10, 6 November 2026”.

Every operator applying to grow, week by week: the fleet growth index

See the cards on StanfellStanfell is where suppliers read the cards, with the company and how to reach it. Try it with a work email.
  • Scotland6
  • Northern Ireland7
  • North East12
  • North West18
  • Yorkshire and the Humber20
  • Wales8
  • West Midlands13
  • East Midlands14
  • East of England27
  • South West19
  • London6
  • South East28
By region, October 2026178 in all

By region

RegionCardsShare
Scotland6
Northern Ireland7
North East12
North West18
Yorkshire and the Humber20
Wales8
West Midlands13
East Midlands14
East of England27
South West19
London6
South East28

A region comes from the postcode of the site or centre. Where the record has none, the card is counted as not placed rather than guessed.

By month

A month gets its own page once it holds 5 or more cards.

Companies are named here a month after their card is published; the first in this sector appear on 21 October 2026.

How this page counts

What is counted
An application to raise the number of vehicles an operator may run, or to add an operating centre with more vehicles, at an operator we can match to a registered company.
What is left out
Surrenders, transfers, applications that do not add vehicles, and anything we cannot tie to a company with confidence.

Why it matters to a supplier

  • A fleet growing from twelve to sixteen lorries needs drivers, finance, tyres, tracking and a yard that can take them, and it needs them within weeks of the decision.
  • The application comes before the purchase. By the time new vehicles are on the road, the suppliers have already been chosen.
  • Counted by region, applications show where operators are betting on more work: new distribution contracts, new sites, new customers.

Questions

Does this include every haulier in the UK?
Every operator that applies to grow in Great Britain, each week. Operators that stay the same size do not appear, because nothing about them has changed.
Why are the company names delayed?
Because in the first month an application is a sales lead, and that is what Stanfell is for. After thirty days the name appears here for the cards Stanfell shows every reader; the others stay unnamed.

The cards behind these numbers

On Stanfell, every card in this sector carries the figure, the date, the company behind it and a reading for your trade, the day it is published.

Operator licence leads on Stanfell