CONNECTED REPORT

UK government spending

National totals, year-on-year change and concentration of disclosed award notice value — not spend, invoices or supplier revenue. Open any row to follow the same evidence into a more specific route.

Award notices77,677Held Contracts Finder records
Disclosed award notice value£814.5bnPositive GBP award fields only
Public buyers3,707Published buyer labels
Priced notices68,152Notices with a positive award field
Label for every poundEvery £ figure on this page is disclosed award notice value. It is not spend, invoiced spend or supplier revenue.
YEAR ON YEAR

Disclosed award notice value by publication year

Supplier shares and HHI use the sum of values attributed to suppliers. A shared notice can appear under more than one supplier; these measures do not establish market share or payments received.

CONCENTRATION

Buyer share of disclosed award notice value

TOP 5 BUYERS62.8%

Share of disclosed award notice value

TOP 10 BUYERS71.7%

Share of disclosed award notice value

BUYER HHI1,431

Herfindahl–Hirschman index on disclosed award notice value

CONCENTRATION

Supplier share of attributed notice value

TOP 5 SUPPLIERS4.7%

Share of disclosed award notice value

TOP 10 SUPPLIERS9.3%

Share of disclosed award notice value

SUPPLIER HHI33

Herfindahl–Hirschman index on disclosed award notice value

BUYERS

Top buyers by disclosed award notice value

Department routes →
01Crown Commercial Service373 award notices£224bndisclosed award notice value02FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST88 award notices£200.1bndisclosed award notice value03NHS ENGLAND673 award notices£43.9bndisclosed award notice value04MINISTRY OF DEFENCE1,552 award notices£22.1bndisclosed award notice value05Wiltshire Council11 award notices£21.3bndisclosed award notice value06The Crescent Academy2 award notices£18bndisclosed award notice value07GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL AGENCY113 award notices£15bndisclosed award notice value08Supply Chain Coordination Limited47 award notices£14.4bndisclosed award notice value09Ministry Of Justice972 award notices£13.2bndisclosed award notice value10Department For Work and Pensions355 award notices£12.3bndisclosed award notice value11UK Atomic Energy Authority68 award notices£10.1bndisclosed award notice value12COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST20 award notices£10.1bndisclosed award notice value13HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL979 award notices£6.8bndisclosed award notice value14Home Office537 award notices£6.6bndisclosed award notice value15PALLADIUM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED48 award notices£6.6bndisclosed award notice value16N H S Shared Business Services89 award notices£6.6bndisclosed award notice value17NHS London Procurement Partnership (Hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT)15 award notices£6.3bndisclosed award notice value18H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS322 award notices£5.9bndisclosed award notice value19SELLAFIELD LIMITED34 award notices£5bndisclosed award notice value20Department For Education757 award notices£4.7bndisclosed award notice value
SUPPLIERS

Top contractors by disclosed award notice value

National contractors index →
NEXT QUESTION

Prefer a plain-English route?

The question library turns the same data into twenty common lines of enquiry.

Browse 20 public-money questions →