Proliferation and migration of fibroblasts are vital for fetal lung development. However the regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. We have previously shown that TROP2 gene expression is closely associated with fetal lung cell proliferation in vivo and that TROP2 knock-down decreases proliferation of fetal lung fibroblasts in culture. We hypothesized that the Trop2 protein also regulates the morphology and motility of fetal lung fibroblasts. Fibroblasts isolated from fetal rat lungs (gestational age E19) adopted a myofibroblast-like morphology in culture. Trop2 protein was localized to lamellipodia. TROP2 siRNA significantly decreased: TROP2 mRNA levels by 77%, the proportion of cells containing Trop2 protein by 70% and cell proliferation by 50%. TROP2 siRNA also decreased the degree of motility as determined by the number of gridlines that cells moved across (2.2 ± 0.2 vs. 3.2 ± 0.2; p < 0.001). TROP2 knock-down altered cell morphology causing a notable absence of lamellipodia and abnormal localisation of components of the cell migration apparatus and it reduced phosphorylated ERK1 and ERK2 levels. In contrast, TROP2 over-expression significantly increased: TROP2 mRNA levels by 40-fold, cell proliferation by 40%, the proportion of cells that were motile by 20% and the number of gridlines that cells moved across (2.1 ± 0.2 vs. 1.6 ± 0.1; p<0.001). Our data suggests that Trop2 regulates cell proliferation and motility and that it does so by regulating the ERK pathway and several critical components of the cell migration apparatus.