Market intelligence

Who buys what, and from whom.

Most suppliers pick their buyers by accident — whoever happened to publish something they saw. These pages show what each public body actually buys, which firms keep winning it, how many bidders turn up, and how often they go back to market. Published award data, aggregated and free to read.

From award notices published on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. We list a buyer only where we hold enough to say something useful: at least 20 awards, across at least 2 years, to at least 6 different suppliers, in at least 3 sectors. Below that a page would be a headline figure with nothing underneath it, so we do not publish one. Several hundred buyers clear that bar; we publish the 50 we hold the richest record on — the deepest history, the widest spread of sectors and suppliers, the most recent activity — and add more deliberately rather than all at once.

• Ministry of Defence3,554 awards

  £111,862,649,551 awarded · 2,180 suppliers

• Hampshire County Council2,038 awards

  £24,792,282,963 awarded · 1,135 suppliers · South East

• Ministry of Justice2,078 awards

  £21,559,801,427 awarded · 1,024 suppliers

• East Riding of Yorkshire Council1,121 awards

  £3,044,992,568 awarded · 1,113 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• Nottingham City Council1,166 awards

  £1,011,562,987 awarded · 727 suppliers

• Bristol City Council1,969 awards

  £1,636,222,373 awarded · 1,110 suppliers · South West

• West Northamptonshire Council886 awards

  £627,144,316 awarded · 700 suppliers · East Midlands

• Hull City Council896 awards

  £621,631,333 awarded · 682 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• Leeds City Council984 awards

  £1,836,821,079 awarded · 936 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• UK Research & Innovation6,033 awards

  £631,445,629 awarded · 2,191 suppliers

• Sheffield City Council669 awards

  £3,584,722,544 awarded · 715 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• Coventry City Council497 awards

  £10,868,969,466 awarded · 720 suppliers · West Midlands

• Darlington Borough Council979 awards

  £1,348,740,170 awarded · 454 suppliers

• Home Office1,165 awards

  £20,764,549,117 awarded · 790 suppliers

• Leicester City Council3,458 awards

  £1,668,694,414 awarded · 749 suppliers

• Lancashire County Council418 awards

  £5,552,417,722 awarded · 429 suppliers · North West

• Bedford Borough Council372 awards

  £242,909,933 awarded · 351 suppliers · East of England

• Leicestershire County Council1,322 awards

  £803,029,505 awarded · 1,206 suppliers

• NHS England2,743 awards

  £63,609,493,682 awarded · 2,024 suppliers

• Liverpool City Council546 awards

  £2,328,779,423 awarded · 411 suppliers · North West

• Surrey County Council3,189 awards

  £5,387,405,064 awarded · 690 suppliers · West Midlands

• Derbyshire County Council1,004 awards

  £1,221,800,034 awarded · 1,237 suppliers

• Transport for London712 awards

  £13,524,721,435 awarded · 321 suppliers · London

• Sunderland City Council401 awards

  £405,927,984 awarded · 449 suppliers · North East

• East Sussex County Council689 awards

  £1,201,276,050 awarded · 384 suppliers · South East

• London Borough of Hackney538 awards

  £852,288,416 awarded · 597 suppliers

• Lincolnshire County Council886 awards

  £2,754,180,673 awarded · 1,208 suppliers · East Midlands

• Staffordshire County Council666 awards

  £1,167,880,745 awarded · 685 suppliers · West Midlands

• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council513 awards

  £568,309,436 awarded · 546 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• Kirklees Council649 awards

  £871,010,932 awarded · 776 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• North Lincolnshire Council617 awards

  £124,177,774 awarded · 315 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority635 awards

  £1,299,329,513 awarded · 572 suppliers · North West

• Southampton City Council491 awards

  £761,102,390 awarded · 454 suppliers

• Cornwall Council317 awards

  £6,223,336,553 awarded · 573 suppliers

• Department of Health and Social Care508 awards

  £2,768,085,879 awarded · 356 suppliers

• Durham County Council1,015 awards

  £2,062,543,534 awarded · 1,141 suppliers · North East

• Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust498 awards

  £342,225,086 awarded · 354 suppliers · Yorkshire and the Humber

• The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London607 awards

  £476,875,387 awarded · 520 suppliers · London

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office351 awards

  £19,104,183,108 awarded · 349 suppliers · London

• North Northamptonshire Council533 awards

  £1,802,329,472 awarded · 763 suppliers · East Midlands

• Kent County Council653 awards

  £8,103,786,162 awarded · 714 suppliers · South East

• Derby City Council683 awards

  £996,334,585 awarded · 533 suppliers · East Midlands

• Department for Work and Pensions944 awards

  £30,451,623,486 awarded · 602 suppliers

• Newcastle City Council427 awards

  £513,369,608 awarded · 412 suppliers · North East

• Essex County Council353 awards

  £4,454,156,329 awarded · 1,002 suppliers · East of England

• Birmingham City Council744 awards

  £2,693,961,622 awarded · 555 suppliers · West Midlands

• West Sussex County Council790 awards

  £2,137,200,421 awarded · 404 suppliers · South East

• London Borough of Merton592 awards

  £673,118,557 awarded · 309 suppliers · West Midlands

• Department for Education1,680 awards

  £32,086,773,623 awarded · 1,334 suppliers

• Somerset NHS Foundation Trust498 awards

  £347,355,630 awarded · 363 suppliers · South West