List of current bus operators of 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. Their UK bus operations are not yet large, but they are growing.

Abellio part of Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
ComfortDelGro
- See ComfortDelGro UK bus companies
RATPDev
- See List of RATPDev companies
Transdev
- See List of Transdev UK bus companies

Other bus groups

Rotala

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

Wellglade Group

Municipal operators

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

London

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

companies owned by three of the 'Big Five':
companies owned by other groups:
- Abellio (Abellio London)
- ComfortDelGro (Metroline)
- RATP (London Sovereign, London United)
independent operators:
- Sullivan Buses
- 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

Scotland

Bruce's Coaches
Speciality Coach Hire
McGill's Bus Services
- McGill's Scotland East
- Xplore Dundee
West Coast Motors
- Borders Buses
Peter Hoggs of jedburgh
Shiel Buses

Wales

Tour bus companies

Express coaches

UK express coach operators include:

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