Sector

Digital agency for commercial vehicle dealers and fleet operators

A commercial vehicle dealer website has to sell on spec, not sizzle. Fleet buyers filter by payload, wheelbase, roof height, body type and conversion before they look at a price, then want a quote for ten units on account. We build van and truck dealer sites, marketplace feeds and B2B quoting tools that fit how fleet buyers actually buy.

315,422
new LCVs registered in the UK in 2025, down 10.3%; electric vans up 36.2% to a 9.5% share
5.18m
vans and 626,566 trucks in use in the UK in 2025, including 113,256 electric vans

The commercial-vehicle trade covers van and truck dealers, converters and bodybuilders, fleet operators, fleet-management providers and the telematics firms that serve them. It had a rough 2025: new LCV registrations fell 10.3% to 315,422 while electric vans grew 36.2% to 30,169, still only a 9.5% share against a 16% ZEV-mandate target. The pickup market was hit hardest, with registrations down 55.3% year-to-date in 2026 after HMRC reclassified double-cab pickups as cars for BiK and capital allowances from April 2025. The parc itself is huge and ageing: 5.18 million vans and 627,000 trucks in use, one in six of each operated by BVRLA members.

Fleet buyers research online and transact B2B. They want L2H2 versus L3H3, payload in kilograms, gross vehicle weight, ply-lining, racking, tail-lifts, refrigeration, tipper and Luton bodies, Euro 6 and ULEZ status, and then a total-cost-of-ownership case for going electric. The dealer's stack is usually Keyloop or Pinewood, a feed to Auto Trader Vans, Commercial Motor and Truck Locator, and cap hpi commercial-vehicle data for spec and values. Most sites bury all of that behind a car-shaped template with a make-model search that cannot filter by wheelbase, and a contact form that treats a ten-van fleet enquiry the same as a private buyer.

We build sites around the spec sheet. Stock pages carry the structured commercial attributes from your DMS and cap hpi data, filters work the way a transport manager thinks, and conversions are shown as their own stock type with the bodybuilder's spec attached. Quoting supports multi-unit, account and contract-hire routes and lands in a CRM that knows the difference between a sole trader and a fleet manager. Feeds go out to Auto Trader Vans and the truck marketplaces from the same data. Around it we produce the content fleet buyers search for, from electric-van TCO to O-licence and DVSA compliance explainers, and integrate telematics and fleet-management platforms such as Webfleet, Samsara and FleetCheck where the customer wants a joined-up service.

The usual problems

  • Spec-heavy stock on a car-shaped website

    No filter for payload, wheelbase or roof height, conversions listed as base vans, and the transport manager gives up and rings a competitor.

  • Fleet enquiries treated like retail leads

    A request for six tippers on contract hire lands in the same inbox as a single-van enquiry with no quoting tool and no account route.

  • Feeds to Auto Trader Vans and the truck marketplaces

    Commercial attributes get lost or mis-mapped in the feed, so listings show the wrong body type or no payload and the enquiry never comes.

  • Electric-van TCO nobody explains

    Operators want the running-cost case for going electric, and a dealer that publishes it wins the conversation before the tender starts.

  • Telematics and fleet software in silos

    Servicing, defect reporting and telematics data live in separate systems, and the dealer aftersales team cannot see any of it.

  • Compliance content left on the table

    O-licence, DVSA earned recognition, tachograph and driver-hours questions are searched daily and rarely answered by dealers.

-55.3%
pickup registrations year-to-date in 2026 after the April 2025 double-cab tax change
1 in 6
vans and trucks on UK roads are operated by BVRLA members

Commercial Vehicles & Fleet: common questions

What makes a commercial vehicle dealer website different from a car dealer site?

The stock schema. Vans and trucks need payload, GVW, wheelbase, roof height, body type, conversion details, Euro status and ULEZ compliance as filterable fields, plus multi-unit and account enquiry routes. A car template with a van category cannot do it.

Can you feed our van stock to Auto Trader Vans and truck marketplaces?

Yes. We map commercial attributes from your DMS or stock system to Auto Trader Vans, Commercial Motor and Truck Locator formats, validate each export and log rejections so a listing never goes out with a missing payload or the wrong body type.

How should we handle fleet enquiries for multiple vehicles?

With a quoting tool that captures quantity, spec, finance route (outright, contract hire, lease) and delivery timing, then routes the lead by size and type into a CRM with account history. Fleet managers expect a written quote, not a callback from the showroom.

Can the website help sell electric vans?

Yes. Publish a total-cost-of-ownership calculator using real energy, maintenance and tax inputs, show payload after battery weight honestly, cover charging options for depots, and write the guides operators search for. Dealers who explain the maths win the tender conversation.

Do you integrate with telematics and fleet-management software?

Yes. We connect dealer aftersales and customer portals to platforms such as Webfleet, Samsara and FleetCheck so service due dates, defect reports and mileage flow into bookings and reminders, and build bespoke fleet tools where the off-the-shelf products stop.

Talk to the pit wall

Let's talk about your commercial vehicles and fleet business

Tell us what you sell, fix, break or race and what is getting in the way. We will come back within one working day with a straight answer and, if it fits, a fixed-price scope.

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