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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Blackpool
Blackpool has 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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What the official data says about Blackpool
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Blackpool holds 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 200 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Blackpool than either number on its own. Warehousing outweighs road freight here, which usually means more distribution running out of large sites.
Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 345 employee jobs in Blackpool, out of 63,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 30 freight transport by road workplaces in Blackpool at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Blackpool, 20 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Blackpool sits above it, 5th of 24 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.
Two further counts round out the Blackpool picture: 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.11% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Blackpool ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 200 in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Blackpool in that order sit Sefton at 300 and Tameside at 200.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Blackpool ranks 23rd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 0 in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Blackpool in that order sit St. Helens at 5 and Wirral at 0.
These are 75 jobs and 30 workplaces that exist in Blackpool, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 75
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 200
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 63,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 30
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 30
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 20
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 345
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Blackpool: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Blackpool?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Blackpool and 200 in warehousing and storage, spread across 100 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Blackpool?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Blackpool: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 30 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Blackpool full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 21.1% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Blackpool, 20 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Blackpool?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Blackpool sets out what that employer asks for.