The biggest logistics companies in the UK, 2026
The UK's biggest logistics operators — parcels, post, 3PL, road freight, forwarding and cold chain — ranked by the turnover in their own filed Companies House accounts. UK filings only: global parents don't count, in-house captives are excluded, and where a group's brands file separately we say so.
What the filings show
The parcel wars dominate the top of this table: Royal Mail's £8.20B UK operation versus Evri, DPD, UPS and FedEx — 11 parcels and post operators billing £15.60B between them, all fighting over the same e-commerce doorstep. The consolidation is live: GXO swallowed Wincanton, InPost bought Yodel — both pairs still file separately, so this table shows the pre-integration shape one last time.
The famous-name trap runs through this industry: Eddie Stobart's filing is one brand inside the Müller-owned Culina Group, which publishes no UK consolidation — its brands rank separately with ownership notes. DHL's three UK arms file separately too. And the biggest "logistics" filings of all (a £19B fuel distributor, a £6.8B foodservice supplier) aren't logistics companies at all — their turnover is goods for resale, and they're excluded with reasons.
Below the giants sits the real haulage economy: InPost UK (+120%), Pall-Ex (+67%), The Delivery Group (+47%), JAS Forwarding UK (+39%) lead the growth table, and the family hauliers (Turners, Maritime, W.H. Malcolm, Bowker) and pallet networks hold their own against global capital — businesses that move Britain's freight on margins the parcel giants would recognise all too well.
Top 40 logistics companies in the UK by filed turnover
Latest accounts filed as of August 2026 · refreshed monthly
| # | Firm | Turnover | YoY | Staff | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Royal Mail post & parcels British postal and courier service Royal Mail Group Limited, the UK operation; the listed parent (International Distribution Services, now EP Group-owned) also owns GLS, which is not UK revenue. | £8.20B | — | 126,811 | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 02 | DHL Supply Chain Contract logistics and transport provider DHL’s UK contract-logistics arm and largest UK filer; Global Forwarding (£770M) and eCommerce (£633M) file separately and are not summed. | £3.00B | -4% | — | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 03 | GXO Logistics UK Contract logistics and warehousing provider GXO’s largest UK filer; sibling GXO FST (£367M) files separately. | £2.05B | +12% | 28,568 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 04 | Evri parcels National parcel delivery network | £1.85B | — | 8,540 | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 05 | Wincanton Logistics and supply chain provider Wincanton Limited — acquired by GXO in 2024 but still filing separately; pending integration. | £1.17B | — | 19,453 | 9-mo period to Dec 2024 |
| 06 | DPD UK parcels Parcel delivery and logistics provider DPDgroup UK Ltd; sibling DPD Local (£460M) files separately. | £1.48B | — | 9,052 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 07 | Kuehne + Nagel UK freight forwarding UK freight forwarding and logistics subsidiary | £1.12B | -2% | 3,507 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 08 | UPS UK parcels UK parcel delivery and logistics operator | £1.01B | -9% | 7,405 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 09 | Whistl post & parcels Whistl Consolidated Limited, the group topco. | £822M | +7% | 1,969 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 10 | DHL Global Forwarding UK freight forwarding Freight forwarding subsidiary DHL’s forwarding arm; footnoted under DHL Supply Chain and ranked separately as a distinct division filing. | £770M | +3% | 1,074 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 11 | XPO UK XPO Transport Solutions UK Limited, the group’s largest UK filer. | £713M | +11% | 4,412 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 12 | DHL eCommerce UK parcels DHL’s parcels arm. | £633M | +3% | 3,957 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 13 | Turners Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited, consolidated. | £610M | +6% | 5,026 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 14 | JAS Forwarding UK freight forwarding Freight forwarding and logistics subsidiary | £609M | +39% | 953 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 15 | Eddie Stobart Part of the Müller-owned Culina Group, whose brands file separately — no group consolidation exists. | £557M | +10% | 3,642 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 16 | FedEx UK parcels FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited, the larger of FedEx’s two UK filers. | £540M | -5% | 6,314 | FY to May 2025 |
| 17 | Great Bear Ambient contract logistics provider Part of the Culina Group (Müller); files separately. | £513M | -2% | 4,310 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 18 | CEVA Logistics UK Freight and contract logistics provider UK arm of CMA CGM’s CEVA. | £508M | +21% | 6,457 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 19 | Yodel parcels Acquired by InPost in 2025. | £487M | -12% | 3,123 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 20 | DSV UK freight forwarding Air and sea freight forwarder DSV Air & Sea Limited, the group’s largest UK filer. | £486M | -3% | 587 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 21 | Maritime Transport Maritime Group Limited consolidates the same group; container and rail freight. | £422M | +4% | 2,857 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 22 | Unipart Logistics The logistics arm of Unipart Group, which files group accounts spanning manufacturing and consultancy too. | £392M | +17% | — | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 23 | W.H. Bowker | £381M | +18% | 953 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 24 | Marken specialist (pharma) Logistics and transportation services provider Clinical-trial and pharma logistics (UPS Healthcare). | £339M | +19% | 882 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 25 | The Delivery Group post & parcels | £288M | +47% | 442 | FY to May 2025 |
| 26 | Yusen Logistics UK UK arm of Japan’s NYK group. | £278M | +2% | 1,837 | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 27 | Davies Turner freight forwarding The UK’s largest independent freight forwarder; Davies Turner plc, consolidated. | £264M | +24% | 867 | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 28 | Europa Worldwide freight forwarding Europa Worldwide Group Limited, consolidated. | £263M | +3% | 1,149 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 29 | Culina Logistics specialist (cold chain) Part of the Culina Group (Müller); files separately. | £263M | +5% | 2,616 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 30 | MSC UK shipping agency UK subsidiary of MSC Group Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) — agency for the world’s largest container line. | £260M | -12% | 747 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 31 | Expeditors UK freight forwarding | £248M | +0% | 822 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 32 | Palletways UK pallet network | £246M | — | 713 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 33 | DFDS Logistics UK logistics arm of Denmark’s DFDS. | £245M | +13% | 582 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 34 | W.H. Malcolm Scotland’s largest independent logistics group. | £245M | +3% | 1,880 | FY to Jan 2025 |
| 35 | Menzies Distribution Solutions The principal filer of the Menzies Distribution group. | £227M | — | 1,846 | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 36 | Bulkhaul specialist (bulk) Global bulk-liquid container operator. | £205M | +8% | 526 | FY to Jun 2025 |
| 37 | Palletline pallet network | £202M | +1% | 493 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 38 | DB Schenker UK freight forwarding Schenker Limited. | £200M | -38% | 1,026 | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 39 | Walon specialist (vehicles) Finished-vehicle logistics. | £194M | — | 1,246 | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 40 | STEF Langdons specialist (cold chain) Part of France’s STEF. | £188M | +7% | 1,633 | FY to Dec 2025 |
The next 8
Firms ranked 41–48
| 41 | InPost UK parcels | £185M | +120% | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 42 | Fowler Welch specialist (cold chain) | £184M | -7% | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 43 | The Pallet Network pallet network | £183M | -1% | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 44 | Palletforce pallet network | £173M | +5% | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 45 | A W Jenkinson specialist (bulk) | £157M | +4% | FY to Mar 2025 |
| 46 | Ligentia UK freight forwarding | £123M | -18% | FY to Dec 2025 |
| 47 | ArrowXL parcels | £105M | — | FY to Dec 2024 |
| 48 | Pall-Ex pallet network | £95,000 | +67% | FY to Jul 2025 |
The firms we can't rank
Logistics' missing names are mostly captives, offshore consolidations or groups that don't publish a UK figure.
- Amazon Logistics — in-house operation inside Amazon UK Services; not a third-party logistics filing
- Culina Group (single figure) — the Müller-owned group files no UK consolidation — Eddie Stobart and Great Bear rank separately
- EV Cargo — group consolidates offshore; UK entities file individually
- DX — post take-private, group entities file audit-exempt without consolidated turnover
- Gist — acquired by M&S — now an in-house captive
How this list is built
Source. The latest annual accounts each firm filed at Companies House. Where a firm files consolidated group accounts, the group figure is used; the entity ranked is named under each firm. Where a firm filed a transition period longer or shorter than twelve months (flagged in the Accounts column), the table shows the filed figure but the firm is ranked on its annualised equivalent.
Who counts as a logistics company. Parcel and postal operators, third-party logistics, road freight, freight forwarding, pallet networks and cold chain — tagged by segment. We exclude airports, ports and ground handlers (infrastructure and aviation services), aircraft traders, in-house captives (Amazon, Tesco Distribution, AO's Expert Logistics), and distributors whose turnover is goods for resale rather than logistics fees.
Scope. UK filings only — DHL, GXO, Kuehne+Nagel and UPS rank on their UK entities, not their global parents. Where a group's brands file separately with no UK consolidation (Culina, DHL's three arms, DSV), each filer ranks individually with ownership noted rather than being summed into a number no audit supports.
Cadence. Rebuilt monthly as new accounts land. Spot a operator we've missed or misread? Tell us — the methodology only works if it's challenged.
Quick answers
- What is the biggest logistics company in the UK?
- Royal Mail — £8.20B in its latest filed UK accounts with 126,811 staff. Among third-party logistics operators, DHL Supply Chain (£3.00B) leads, ahead of GXO.
- Where is Amazon on this list?
- Amazon's UK delivery network sits inside Amazon UK Services — an in-house operation, not a third-party logistics company with its own filing. The same applies to Tesco's distribution arm and AO's Expert Logistics: captives are excluded because their 'revenue' is an internal recharge.
- Why is Eddie Stobart ranked so low?
- Because that's what its own entity files — the famous brand is one company inside the Müller-owned Culina Group, which publishes no UK consolidation. Culina's brands (Eddie Stobart, Great Bear, Culina Logistics, Fowler Welch) each rank on their own filings, with ownership noted.
- What's a pallet network?
- A hub-and-spoke co-operative where member hauliers consolidate palletised freight — Palletways UK, Palletline, The Pallet Network, Palletforce, Pall-Ex are the 5 on this list. Their turnover is network revenue, not the sum of their members' businesses.