Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Richmond upon Thames

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 25 employee jobs in Richmond upon Thames, 0.03% of the 82,000 employee jobs in the area.

Parcel volume follows population and depot placement rather than local industry, so an area with a sorting hub in it carries a count well above its size. Taking freight, warehousing and courier work together, Richmond upon Thames records 125 employee jobs, 0.15% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 30 postal and courier activities workplaces in Richmond upon Thames at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A one-person courier operation is usually an owner-driver, and an owner-driver round is a contract, not a job.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Richmond upon Thames, 5 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Richmond upon Thames sits above it, 3rd of 33 areas on this measure. Parcel rounds are built around peaks rather than a working week, and a part-time share at this level is the ordinary result.

Two further counts round out the Richmond upon Thames picture: 25 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Richmond upon Thames ranks 30th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.15%, against 0.03% in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Richmond upon Thames in that order sit Islington at 0.04% and Westminster at 0.03%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Richmond upon Thames ranks 31st of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 30 in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Richmond upon Thames in that order sit Hammersmith and Fulham at 40 and Kensington and Chelsea at 25.

That is the size of the courier trade in Richmond upon Thames, 25 jobs across 30 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.