HGV class 2 driver jobs in Carmarthenshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Carmarthenshire holds 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 150 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Carmarthenshire than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 955 employee jobs in Carmarthenshire, out of 71,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 115 freight transport by road workplaces in Carmarthenshire at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 100 of them, 87%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Carmarthenshire, 250 are part time, 38.5% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Carmarthenshire sits above it, 8th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Carmarthenshire picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.15% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Carmarthenshire ranks 14th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 150 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Vale of Glamorgan at 175 and Pembrokeshire at 125.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Carmarthenshire ranks 7th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 10 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Cardiff at 10 and Monmouthshire at 10.

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