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As of 4 November 2026, 22,434 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in United Kingdom; 217 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 22,434
- Hiring now
- 217 · 36 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Removals & moving services · 5,937
- Top city
- London · 1,057
- Parent market
- Transport, logistics & rental · 36,966
Freight transport & equipment rental in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Removals & moving services | 5,937 | 26% |
| Freight forwarding & logistics | 5,936 | 26% |
| Vehicle rental | 3,549 | 16% |
| Courier & express delivery | 3,354 | 15% |
| Road freight haulage | 2,781 | 12% |
| Construction equipment rental | 1,240 | 6% |
| Vehicle transport & car shipping | 955 | 4% |
| Warehousing & fulfilment 3PL | 925 | 4% |
| Heavy haulage & project cargo | 655 | 3% |
| Crane hire & lifting services | 624 | 3% |
| Vehicle leasing & fleet management | 552 | 2% |
| Other freight transport & equipment rental | 539 | 2% |
| Campervan & motorhome rental | 390 | 2% |
| Cold chain & refrigerated transport | 304 | 1% |
| General equipment & tool rental | 213 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,979 · 4 |
| 2-10 employees | 15,994 · 39 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,567 · 64 |
| 51-200 employees | 696 · 76 |
| 201-500 employees | 119 · 15 |
| 501-1000 employees | 44 · 12 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 25 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 1,057 | 5% |
| Birmingham | 232 | 1% |
| Manchester | 229 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 121 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 104 | 0% |
| Hounslow | 98 | 0% |
| Bristol | 92 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 88 | 0% |
| Croydon | 78 | 0% |
| Newington | 73 | 0% |
| Canary Wharf | 71 | 0% |
| Bradford | 70 | 0% |
The biggest freight transport & equipment rental companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of freight transport & equipment rental in United Kingdom
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22,434 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in United Kingdom; 217 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/transport_logistics_rental/united-kingdom/freight_transport_and_equipment_rental)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Freight transport & equipment rental in United Kingdom: questions
How many freight transport & equipment rental companies are there in United Kingdom?
22,434 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Transport, logistics & rental → Freight transport & equipment rental → leaf niches such as removals & moving services, freight forwarding & logistics, vehicle rental. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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