Dennis Specialist Vehicles

• Dennis Brothers Limited
• Dennis Motors Limited
• Hestair Dennis
• Dennis Specialist Vehicles

The later style of Dennis badge, still used on Dennis mowers
Company type	Public listed company
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Dennis Brothers
Founded	1895; 129 years ago (1895)
Founder	John and Raymond Dennis
Defunct	2007; 17 years ago (2007) (As TransBus International)
Fate	Municipal vehicles sold 1999 Public service vehicles sold under receivership in 2004
Successor	Alexander Dennis Dennis Eagle
Headquarters	Guildford , England
Number of locations	(Plants) Guildford, Warwick, Scarborough, Anston, Blackpool, Wigan, Falkirk, Belfast
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John and Raymond Dennis David Hargreaves Geoff Hollyhead
Products	Cars, Lorries, Buses Fire appliances Vans, Ambulances Waste management vehicles Motor mowers Airport tugs
Parent	independent (1895-1972) Hestair Group (1972-1989) Trinity Holdings MBO Dennis Group (1989-1998) Mayflower Corporation (1998-2001) Transbus International (2001-2004) Alexander Dennis (2004-present)
Website	Dennis Group website

Dennis Specialist Vehicles was an English manufacturer of commercial vehicles based in Guildford, building buses, fire engines, lorries (trucks) and municipal vehicles such as dustcarts. All vehicles were made to order to the customer's requirements and more strongly built than mass production equivalents. For most of the 20th century the Dennis company was Guildford's main employer.

Following a decade of financial difficulties original shareholders sold out in 1972 and Dennis's ownership has since passed through quite a number of hands. The Woodbridge site was sold and a new small factory built in Slyfield remains in use by lineal business descendant, bus-maker Alexander Dennis. No Dennis haulage trucks have been built since 1985. The last Dennis fire engine left the Guildford factory in 2007.

The Dennis brand is still used on Alexander Dennis buses, Dennis Eagle dustcarts and Dennis mowers.