A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom.
Most municipal bus companies disappeared between 1968 and 1974 before (or with) the formation of PTE bus operations.
Of the remaining municipal operators, post-1986 many were sold off or collapsed in the process of bus deregulation, which required their separation into stand-alone arms-length companies. A few remaining companies have accepted minority-stake holdings in their companies by private bus operating companies, as a method of securing investment.
| Local authorities | Company | Routes | Number of vehicles | Private shareholdings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire Council | Aberdeenshire Council Buses | Operates route 212 (Tarland to Torphins) | |||
| Beaminster Town Council | Beaminster Town Council Buses | Operates route CB3 (Bridport to Crewkerne) | None | ||
| Operates local bus services throughout Blackpool and surrounding areas | 158 buses and 75 trams (September 2013)[1] | None | |||
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | Caerphilly County Borough Council Buses | Operates routes 15 (Cefn Glas to Blackwood), C1 (Nelson Town Service), J (Caerphilly to Rudry), and L (Caerphilly to Nantddu) | None | ||
| Operates local bus services throughout Cardiff and surrounding areas | 240 | None | |||
| City of Edinburgh Council (91%), East Lothian Council (3%), Midlothian Council (3%), West Lothian Council (3%) | Operates local bus services throughout Edinburgh as well as longer distance bus routes to the surrounding areas (branded as East Coast Buses for services to the east of Edinburgh and Lothian Country Buses for services to the west of Edinburgh) | 721 buses and 27 trams (December 2012)[2] | None | ||
| Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council | Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council Buses | Operates route VH1 (Northampton to Wollaston) | None | ||
| Bus Na Comhairle | Operates routes W5 (Stornoway to Point) and W5A (Stornoway to Tolsta) and W7 (Stornoway town service) | 7 | None | ||
| Denbighshire County Council | Denbighshire Council Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Denbighshire and surrounding areas | None | ||
| DGC Buses | Operates local bus services throughout Dumfries and surrounding areas | 40 (February 2010)[3] | None | ||
| Highland Council | Highland Council Buses | Operates local bus services around Inverness and surrounding areas | |||
| Operates local bus services throughout Ipswich and surrounding areas | 76 (September 2013)[4] | None | |||
| Monmouthshire County Council | Monmouthshire County Council Buses | Operates one journey a day in each direction on route 65 (Monmouth to Chepstow) | None | ||
| Moray Council | Moray Council Buses | Operates various local bus routes around the Elgin and Keith areas | None | ||
| Operates local bus services throughout Newport and surrounding areas | 90 | None | |||
| North Lincolnshire Council | North Lincolnshire Council Buses | Operates routes 96 (Barton to Brigg) and 97 (Sandtoft to Garthorpe) and 97A (Sandtoft to Crowle) | |||
| North Yorkshire Council | North Yorkshire Council Buses | Operates many local rural bus routes around the Skipton area | None | ||
| Northern Ireland | Translink | Operates entire Northern Ireland bus network | None | ||
| Operates local bus services throughout Nottingham and surrounding areas | 315 (November 2019)[5] | 18% owned by Transdev[6] | |||
| Nottinghamshire County Council | Notts Bus | Operates many local bus routes in towns and rural areas throughout Nottinghamshire | None | ||
| Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire County Council Buses | Operates many local bus routes throughout Oxfordshire | |||
| Pembrokeshire County Council | Pembrokeshire County Council Buses | Operates many local bus routes throughout Pembrokeshire | None | ||
| Operates local bus services throughout Reading and surrounding areas, as well as local buses around Slough, Bracknell and Maidenhead (branded as Thames Valley Buses), local buses around Newbury (branded as Newbury & District), express services to London (branded as Greenline), contracts for Green Park Business Park (branded as Greenwave) and private contracts for Vodafone | 165 (May 2013)[7] | None | |||
| Scottish Borders Council | Scottish Borders Council Buses | Operates the Hawick town services and other local bus routes around the Galashiels and Hawick areas | None | ||
| Somerset Council | Somerset Council Buses | Operates local bus service throughout Somerset and surrounding areas | None | ||
| Stirling Council | Stirling Council Buses | Operates route C60 (Callander to Killin) | |||
| Operates local bus services throughout Warrington and surrounding areas | 102 (March 2017)[8] | None | |||
| West Berkshire Council | West Berkshire Council Buses | Operates local bus services throughout West Berkshire and surrounding areas | None |