List of current bus operators of the United Kingdom

Main article: Bus transport in the United Kingdom

This is a list of current bus and coach operators of the United Kingdom, including public transport, private hire and tour operators.

This list is a structured list of current operators, for an alphabetically ordered index of current and former operators, see List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

Large groups

Most bus services in the United Kingdom are run by the Big Five, five large groups of companies which emerged in the 1990s from the consolidation of bus companies privatised in the 1980s. These groups are all focused on transport. Some of them also run rail services, express coach services and overseas transport companies.

They are:

• Arriva
  • See List of Arriva bus companies
• FirstGroup
  • See List of First UK bus companies
• Go-Ahead Group
  • See List of Go-Ahead bus companies
• Mobico Group
  • See List of Mobico Group UK bus companies
• Stagecoach Group
  • See List of Stagecoach UK bus companies

Foreign-owned groups

A number of large foreign companies have entered the UK bus market, these include:

• ComfortDelGro
  • See ComfortDelGro UK bus companies
• RATPDev
  • See List of RATPDev companies
• Transdev
  • See List of Transdev UK bus companies

Other bus groups

• Rotala
  • Diamond East Midlands
  • Diamond North West
  • Diamond South East
  • Diamond West Midlands
  • Hotel Hoppa
  • Preston Bus

• Centrebus
  • Centrebus
  • Chaserider
  • D&G Bus
  • High Peak Buses (formed in April 2012 between Trentbarton (Dove Holes Depot) and Centrebus)

• Wellglade Group
  • Kinchbus
  • Notts + Derby
  • TM Travel
  • Trentbarton

Municipal operators

For a list of the remaining local-government owned bus companies see Municipal bus companies.

London

Main article: London Buses

In London, a variety of companies run buses under contract to London Buses. They are:

• companies owned by four of the 'Big Five':
  • Arriva London
  • Go-Ahead London (London Central, London General, Blue Triangle, Docklands Buses)
  • First Bus London (London Sovereign, London United)
  • Stagecoach London (East London, Selkent, Thameside)
• companies owned by other groups:
  • Transport UK Group (Transport UK London Bus)
  • ComfortDelGro (Metroline)
• independent operators:
  • Uno

Northern Ireland

In Omagh with an Ulsterbus to Bundoran.

In Northern Ireland most bus services are operated by government-owned Translink through their subsidiaries:

• Metro (formerly Citybus)
• Ulsterbus

Some cross-border services are operated by Bus Éireann.

Independent companies

England

Bakers Dolphin Berrys Coaches The Big Lemon Bullocks Coaches Black Cat Travel Chalkwell Coaches Connect2Wiltshire Connexionsbuses Country Bus (Newton Abbot) Cumfybus Dales & District Delaine Buses Go-Coach Hatch Green Coaches Hodge's Coaches Hornsbys Bus & Coach Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel J.R Dent Bus & Coach Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches Leisuretime Lynx Mayne Coaches Minsterley Motors

Mountain Goat NIBS Buses PC Coaches of Lincoln Quantock Motor Services Redwing Coaches Redline Buses Redrose Travel Red Eagle Buses Safeguard Coaches Skills Coaches Southdown PSV South West Coaches Speciality Coach Hire Stephensons of Essex Sullivan Buses Star Travel Buses Thames Valley Buses Travel Express Trustybus Tates Travel Uno Whippet Wilfreda Beehive Xelabus York Pullman Z&S Buses

Scotland

• Bruce's Coaches
• Speciality Coach Hire
• McGill's Bus Services
  • McGill's Scotland East
  • Xplore Dundee
• West Coast Motors
  • Borders Buses
• Peter Hogg of Jedburgh
• Shiel Buses
• Shuttle Buses

Wales

• Leisuretime
• Edwards Coaches
• Lloyds Coaches
• Richards Brothers
• Tanat Valley Coaches

Tour bus companies

See also: Open top buses in the United Kingdom

• Big Bus Tours
• City Sightseeing
• Golden Tours
• The Original Tour

Express coaches

Main article: Coach transport in the United Kingdom

UK express coach operators include:

• EasyBus
• Flixbus
• Green Line Coaches, part of Arriva
• Megabus, part of Stagecoach
• National Express Coaches
• Parks Motor Group
• Scottish Citylink