List of Trucking Companies in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 2,004 trucking companies in Ireland, one in every 201 Irish companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 24 firms employ 50 people or more. One in four haulage firms is based in Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Galway and Limerick. Below you find the largest haulage firms in Ireland, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Irish company database or through the Company Data API.

2,004 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies2,0041 in201 Irish companiesCities333Largest cityDublin 289Sole traders7%Employees1-4 (79%)Revenue< $100K (55%)Email3%Phone7%Website5%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Windsor Motors Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Belgard Road	Dublin	N/A	*****.ie	1968	$222,537,660	300	Corporation	12	26650
2	Cabletron Systems LIMITED	Ireland	Limerick	The National Technological Park	Limerick	N/A	N/A	1992	$207,297,439	150	Foreign company	2	903211
3	Volvo Car Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Citywest	5 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus	N/A	N/A	*****.com	1987	$117,946,569	15	Corporation	678	182538
4	Nvd Trading LIMITED	Ireland	New Ross	Marshmeadows	Wexford	Y34XY81	N/A	2023	$82,590,286	462	Corporation	5	737352
5	Dfds Logistics Contracts (ireland) LIMITED	Ireland	Nenagh	Lisbunny Industrial Estate	North Tipperary	E45N239	N/A	2003	$67,942,601	171	Corporation	174	372496
6	Airtraks LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 22	Unit A1, Baldonnell Business Park	Dublin	D22 K0V1	*****.ie	1995	$56,311,407	239	Corporation	1059	242075
7	Xpo Logistics Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	28 Fitzwilliam Street Lower	Dublin	D02	N/A	2010	$50,599,643	49	Corporation	769	484040
8	Virginia Transport LIMITED	Ireland	Cavan	Maghera	Cavan	N/A	N/A	1982	$38,247,158	170	Corporation	6	92464
9	J. Ryan Haulage LIMITED	Ireland	New Ross	South Knock	Wexford	N/A	N/A	1997	$37,783,579	126	Corporation	5	267830
10	Hannon Logistics LIMITED	Ireland	Lusk	Coldwinters	Dublin	N/A	*****.com	2010	$36,163,235	389	Corporation	10	490867
11	Hendrick Global Transport Holdings LIMITED	Ireland	Oldtown	Isabella	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2018	$35,751,335	95	Corporation	2	624996
12	Michael Cronin (sand & Gravel) LIMITED	Ireland	Killarney	Coolcaslough	Kerry	V93 XX82	N/A	1998	$32,231,374	174	Corporation	4	280326
13	Palletxpress LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Huntstown Business Park	Dublin	D11 HY68	*****.com	2004	$30,807,408	57	Corporation	3	383355
14	Portway Trailers LIMITED	Ireland	Dundalk	Portway House	Louth	N/A	N/A	2008	$22,112,206	178	Corporation	2	452797
15	Coll-8 Logistics Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 22	Unit 2 Baldonnell Business Park	Dublin	D22 XK20	*****.com	2019	$19,436,699	70	Corporation	35	658415
16	Tuscola Company LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	7a Carrickbrennan Road	Dublin	A94 K0N7	N/A	1985	$16,864,096	76	Corporation	N/A	106576
17	Peter & Damien Foley Transport LIMITED	Ireland	Wexford	Burkestown	Wexford	Y34 P228	*****.com	2003	$15,301,373	170	Corporation	N/A	379232
18	Overhaul Driven By Trust LIMITED	Ireland	Dundalk	Unit 6&7	Louth	A91 K584	N/A	2016	$15,037,255	410	Corporation	4	575750
19	Cosgrave Transport (limerick) LIMITED	Ireland	Limerick	Annacotty Business Park	Limerick	N/A	*****.com	1993	$11,777,931	68	Corporation	N/A	207187
20	Hannon Pharma Link LIMITED	Ireland	Lusk	Coldwinters	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2022	$5,626,478	39	Corporation	10	727195
21	Montgomery Transport (ireland) LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Bond Road	Dublin	N/A	*****.com	1986	$5,478,904	13	Corporation	52	116625
22	Dsv Inventory Management Solutions LIMITED	Ireland	Naas	Rowan Tree Road	Kildare	W91 VE82	*****.com	2006	$5,157,895	7	Corporation	2844	430961
23	M & P Sales And Marketing LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Maguire & Paterson House	Dublin	D15	N/A	1922	$4,642,546	30	Corporation	42	7110
24	Oxalis Logistics Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	25-28 North Wall Quay	Dublin	D01 H104	N/A	1981	$4,296,655	27	Corporation	44	83881
25	Burke Investments LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Unit F3, Block F, Calmount Park	Dublin	D12 PX28	N/A	2009	$3,938,910	17	Corporation	3	468694

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Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 1,992 Irish haulage firms with a known headcount, 1,569 (79%) have one to four people, 205 have five to nine, 194 have ten to 49 and 24 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,096, 55%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 101,774 89%
Small 10 to 49194 10%
Medium 50 to 24924 1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

Grey line: the share among all Irish companies (87% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 19 more than $10 million.

107

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest haulage firms in Ireland

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Dublin. Click a name for the record.

NVD Trading is the largest haulage firm in Ireland by headcount. 24 firms employ 50 people or more; 13 employ 100 or more.

1New Ross462 staff
2Dundalk410 staff
3Lusk389 staff
4Dublin300 staff
5Dundalk178 staff
6Nenagh171 staff
7Wexford170 staff
8Cavan170 staff
9Dublin165 staff
10Waterford130 staff

By employee size · 1,992 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,569	79%
5-9	205	10%
10-19	121	6%
20-49	73	4%
50-99	11	0.6%
100-199	8	0.4%
200-499	5	0.3%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

79% have 1 to 4 people; 73 have 20 to 49; 24 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,096	55%
$100K-$500K	748	37%
$500K-$1M	121	6%
$1M-$5M	14	0.7%
$5M-$10M	3	0.1%
$10M-$50M	12	0.6%
$50M-$100M	4	0.2%
$100M-$500M	3	0.1%

55% under $100,000; 14 between $1M and $5M; 22 above $5M.

How many trucking companies are there in Ireland?

Trucking companies and haulage firms in Ireland

2,004

4 November 2026

There are 2,004 trucking companies and haulage firms in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 201 Irish companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (107 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,949 97%
Head offices: 52
Branch offices: 3

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4941. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4941.

1,797 of the 2,004 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (90%); 146 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Haulage firms in Dublin

Dublin has 289 trucking companies and haulage firms, 0.2% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 51% below the national share. Three in four Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 6 have 50 or more. 24 new firms were entered in 2026, 19 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 218 · 76%
5-9: 32 · 11%
10-19: 16 · 6%
20-49: 13 · 5%
50+: 6 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 11 · 4%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.3%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 270 · 93%
Other or none: 7 · 2%

Of the Irish total: 14.4%
Of all Dublin companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 0.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 24
Entered 2025: 31
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 22.4%

Old

Before 1990: 19 · 7%
1990 or later: 270 · 93%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 28.4%

Reachable

Email: 17 · 6%
Phone: 30 · 10%
Website: 34 · 12%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 158 · 55%
$100K-$500K: 76 · 26%
$500K-$1M: 42 · 15%
$1M and more: 12 · 4%

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Where in Ireland?

Dublin has the most trucking companies in Ireland (289), ahead of Cork (88), Dundalk (57), Galway (46) and Limerick (44). Together the five hold one in four of them.

Cities by number of firms

333 Irish cities have at least one haulage firm; 50 have ten or more; 165 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in fourteen Irish haulage firms work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Nine in ten are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders1467%
Partnerships80.4%
Ltd, DAC and PLC1,79790%
No form on record or other533%

Single-site: 97%
Head offices: 52
Branches: 3

All Irish companies: 2% sole traders, 0.3% partnerships, 83% Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How reachable are they?

Haulage firms are harder to reach than the average Irish company: 7% list a phone number and 5% a website.

Email65 3%
Phone135 7%
Website109 5%

Grey line: all Irish companies (email 14%, phone 22%, website 21%).

The full list with these fields is in our Irish company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 9 wholesale companies for every haulage firm in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Wholesale Companies	17,544	27%	67%
Transport Companies	9,209	20%	67%
Food Distribution Companies	2,837	21%	65%
Logistics Companies	2,208	20%	65%
Trucking Companies	2,004	5%	78%
Taxi Companies	638	24%	70%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	475,877	16.5
Poland	170,531	27.0
South Africa	119,469	15.5
The USA	95,961	1.5
The Czech Republic	91,590	26.0
Ireland	2,004	5.0

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Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

107 haulage firms were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 162 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.6% of the inflow.

952022
1152023
1262024
1622025
1072026 so far

104 of this year's 107 are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Galway7 staff
2Wexford7 staff
3Enniscorthy7 staff
4Navan7 staff
5Foreign company7 staff

The oldest firms in Ireland

Our data holds 0 Irish haulage firms from before 1900, 2 from before 1950 and 67 from before 1990.

1922
1. Dublin
1933
1. Dublin
1957
1. Kilkenny
1963
1. Ennis
1965
1. Portlaoise
1966
1. Baldoyle

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Irish haulage firms date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many trucking companies are there in Ireland?

There are 2,004 trucking companies and haulage firms in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 201 Irish companies.

Which is the largest haulage firm in Ireland?

NVD Trading in New Ross, with 462 staff. By revenue Windsor Motors Unlimited in Dublin leads with $222.5 million a year.

Which Irish city has the most trucking companies?

Dublin, with 289, ahead of Cork (88), Dundalk (57), Galway (46) and Limerick (44).

How many haulage firms are there in Dublin?

289, which is 0.2% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 51% below the national share.

How big is a typical haulage firm?

Small. 79% of the 1,992 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 24 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Irish trucking companies sole traders or companies?

One in fourteen (146) are sole traders, 0.4% are partnerships and 90% (1,797) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many haulage firms started in 2026?

107 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 162 in 2025. 104 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest haulage firm in Ireland?

M & P Sales and Marketing in Dublin, 1922, followed by Aztec Freight in Dublin (1933) and T. Dore & Son in Kilkenny (1957). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers trucking companies?

Irish trucking companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4941. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4941.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 2,004 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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