By council

Scrap metal dealers are licensed by their local authority. 148 councils have 4+ current licences.

Council	Licensed
East Riding of Yorkshire	55
Sheffield	45
Sandwell	43
County Durham	42
Leeds	40
Birmingham	39
Rotherham	38
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	35
Wiltshire	34
Barnsley	33
Kingston upon Hull, City of	32
Walsall	30
Dudley	29
Stoke-on-Trent	29
Breckland	27
Wakefield	27
Erewash	24
Cheshire East	24
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	24
Nottingham	24
Canterbury	23
Doncaster	23
Kirklees	23
Shropshire	22
North Lincolnshire	21
Bexley	19
Bury	19
North Northamptonshire	19
Newcastle upon Tyne	19
Warrington	19
Swale	19
Thanet	17
Buckinghamshire	17
Cornwall	16
Mansfield	16
Fenland	15
Coventry	15
Cheshire West and Chester	14
Southampton	14
Bristol, City of	14
Wolverhampton	14
Stafford	14
Redcar and Cleveland	14
New Forest	13
Telford and Wrekin	13
North East Lincolnshire	13
Amber Valley	13
Medway	13
Burnley	13
North East Derbyshire	13
Halton	13
Rushcliffe	12
Havering	12
Braintree	12
Tamworth	12
West Northamptonshire	12
Brentwood	12
Great Yarmouth	12
Wigan	12
Tendring	12
South Kesteven	11
Greenwich	11
Northumberland	11
North Yorkshire	11
East Lindsey	11
Test Valley	11
Newcastle-under-Lyme	10
Milton Keynes	10
Dover	10
Southend-on-Sea	10
Isle of Wight	10
Gateshead	10
York	10
Derby	10
South Tyneside	10
Stroud	9
Bracknell Forest	9
West Berkshire	9
Charnwood	9
Bassetlaw	9
Waverley	9
Gloucester	9
Wokingham	9
Maidstone	9
Crawley	8
High Peak	8
North Somerset	8
Huntingdonshire	8
South Staffordshire	8
Salford	8
Bolton	8
Thurrock	8
Basingstoke and Deane	8
Hinckley and Bosworth	8
Dartford	8
Maldon	7
Bedford	7
Sunderland	7
Gosport	7
Bath and North East Somerset	7
Peterborough	7
Barking and Dagenham	7
Arun	7
Folkestone and Hythe	7
South Gloucestershire	7
South Derbyshire	7
Mid Sussex	7
Wealden	6
Bolsover	6
Cannock Chase	6
Liverpool	6
Hyndburn	6
East Suffolk	6
Tunbridge Wells	6
Redbridge	6
Rother	6
Luton	6
Torbay	5
South Hams	5
East Staffordshire	5
Staffordshire Moorlands	5
Bromley	5
Rugby	5
South Oxfordshire	5
Winchester	5
Sevenoaks	5
Broadland	5
Tonbridge and Malling	5
Basildon	5
Derbyshire Dales	5
Tewkesbury	5
Melton	5
Torridge	5
Epping Forest	4
Rushmoor	4
North West Leicestershire	4
Worthing	4
Gravesham	4
Eastleigh	4
Broxtowe	4
Newham	4
Oxford	4
Adur	4
Runnymede	4
Lewes	4
Hastings	4
Windsor and Maidenhead	4
Preston	4