Road Truck Services Ltd

What Road Truck Services Ltd does

Road Truck Services Ltd (trading as RTS) is a family-run, privately held logistics company headquartered in Kildare, Ireland, founded in 2006. The business operates across three integrated service pillars: warehousing (pallet storage, picking and packing, and purpose-built mezzanine space for retail clients), transport (domestic Irish delivery plus UK and European routes using an owned fleet ranging from 3.5 tonne box trucks to 44 tonne articulated vehicles, including dual temperature-controlled units with monitored telematics), and customs clearance (import/export documentation and compliance for UK, Northern Ireland, and European trade). Daily delivery is offered across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, with weekly coverage of all counties in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The company's operational infrastructure is built on owned assets: two physical sites in Kildare (a headquarters at Kildare Business Park and a warehouse at the Kildare Tourism Enterprise Centre) and a multi-size fleet equipped for ambient, chilled, and frozen freight. The only technology layer explicitly disclosed is a vehicle telematics monitoring system used for product safety and delivery transparency; no AI, ML, or proprietary software platform is described. The technology stack is therefore conventional asset-based logistics tooling rather than a software-defined offering.

Revenue is generated through three streams: warehousing (recurring storage and value-added services such as picking/packing), transport (transactional fees for full-load, part-load, and groupage movements), and customs (professional services for documentation and compliance). Pricing is bespoke and quote-based with no publicly disclosed standard rate cards; the company commits to 24-hour inquiry response (2 hours for urgent matters) and transparent upfront pricing. The go-to-market is consultative and direct — primarily via the company website, phone, and LinkedIn — targeting B2B customers ranging from single-store retail openings to multi-county distribution networks. Revenue, headcount beyond 16 employees, and customer logos are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Road Truck Services Ltd

Legal name

Road Truck Services Ltd

Website

https://roadtruckservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Road Truck Services Ltd is a family-run Irish logistics company founded in 2006, providing warehousing, transport, and customs services to B2B clients across Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, and Europe using its own fleet and warehouse facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Logistics Services

NAICS

General Freight Trucking (4841), Truck Transportation (484), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLADADAA

Dry Van (General Freight) TL Carriers

Transportation & Logistics/Freight Transportation (Air, Maritime, Rail, Trucking)/Truckload (TL) Motor Carriers

Keywords

• Road freight transport
• Contract warehousing services
• Customs clearance solutions
• Temperature-controlled logistics
• Pallet storage fulfillment

Headquarters

HQ city

Kildare

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Warehousing Services: Revenue generated from providing storage space for goods, including pallet storage, picking and packing services, and mezzanine space for retail clients. Services are contracted with flexible goods in/out and store delivery options.
2. Transport Services: Revenue from transporting goods across Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK, and Europe. Services include full-load and part-load collections, groupage options, with vehicles ranging from 3.5 tonne to 44 tonne capacity.
3. Customs Clearance Services: Revenue generated from handling import and export documentation, customs declarations, and compliance services for UK, Northern Ireland, and European trade.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Road Truck Services Ltd is a family-run logistics provider offering three integrated service pillars: warehousing (pallet storage, picking and packing, mezzanine storage), domestic and international road transport (vehicles from 3.5 tonne box trucks to 44 tonne articulated units, including dual temperature-controlled vehicles with telematics), and customs clearance for trade with the UK, Northern Ireland, and Europe. The company delivers across Ireland, the UK, and Europe on daily and weekly schedules, building its network around client needs rather than treating customers as add-on freight.

Product overview

Road Truck Services Ltd operates as a logistics company offering three core service pillars: Warehousing, Transport, and Customs Services. The Warehousing division provides pallet storage, picking and packing, and mezzanine storage solutions. Transport services cover domestic delivery with vehicle sizes from 3.5 tonne box trucks to 44 tonne articulated vehicles, plus UK and Europe routes with temperature-controlled options. Customs services handle import/export documentation and compliance for UK, Northern Ireland, and European trade.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Warehousing Comprehensive warehousing solutions for business clients including pallet storage, order picking and packing, and mezzanine storage areas purpose-built for retail clients with flexible goods in/out and store delivery capabilities.
• Transport Road freight transport services covering domestic delivery across Ireland using vehicles ranging from 3.5 tonne box trucks to 44 tonne articulated vehicles, plus UK and European routes with groupage options and dual temperature-controlled vehicles monitored via telematics for product safety.
• Customs Services Import and export customs solutions for UK, Northern Ireland, and European trade, guiding clients from declarations to compliance with accurate documentation and personalized assistance for simplified cross-border movement of goods.

Quantifiable outcome

• Flexible solutions from single store openings to comprehensive regional networks
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Sennder: Digital road freight platform digitising full-truckload and customs flows across Europe; signals the tech-enabled competitors that could disrupt small manual 3PL operators like RTS over time.

Direct peers

• Palletline: UK pallet network with daily Ireland and UK trunking and member-haulier model; structurally similar mid-market palletised freight player targeting retail and SME shippers.
• Cawley Transport: Irish general haulage and freight operator offering domestic and UK palletised trucking at comparable scale, competing directly with RTS for SME shipper contracts across Ireland.
• Devine Group Logistics: Irish/UK haulage and logistics firm offering groupage, full-load, and warehousing services — operates a similar integrated transport + warehousing model at comparable SME scale.
• Target Express Couriers: Ireland-based palletised distribution and logistics provider running daily Ireland/Northern Ireland/UK trunk routes — direct overlap with RTS's core transport lane.

Broad incumbents

• DSV Solutions: European-headquartered logistics provider with road, contract logistics, and customs services in Ireland and the UK; competes with RTS for customers seeking integrated cross-border logistics.
• Wincanton: UK-listed 3PL providing contract warehousing, transport and customs solutions across the UK and Ireland; competes with RTS for larger multi-site contracts but operates at much greater scale.
• Kuehne+Nagel: Global freight forwarder and contract logistics operator with strong Ireland/UK road freight and customs brokerage capability, overlapping RTS's customs service pillar at enterprise tier.
• DHL Supply Chain Ireland: Global 3PL arm of DHL operating warehousing, distribution, and customs services in Ireland; a broad incumbent that RTS competes against for mid-market and enterprise customers.

Others

• Verizon Connect (formerly Fleetmatics): Irish-origin fleet telematics and management SaaS supplier — adjacent to RTS's own telematics deployment and typical of enabling technologies small hauliers adopt.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/road-truck-services-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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