Service market

Asphalt contracts

UK public sector · 58 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
58
Last 12 months
Median contract
£140k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£78.9m
52 of 57 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
30
Suppliers
48

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most asphalt contracts took 36% of them (21 of 58).
  • The median contract, £140k, is close to the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • East Midlands had the most contracts: 14, or 24% of the total.

Who buys asphalt

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Derbyshire County Council9 contracts
  2. 2Nottingham City Council9 contracts
  3. 3East Riding of Yorkshire Council3 contracts
  4. 4Leicestershire County Council3 contracts
  5. 5City and County of Swansea3 contracts
  6. 6Lancashire County Council2 contracts
  7. 7Scottish Borders Council2 contracts
  8. 8South Gloucestershire Council2 contracts
  9. 9Nuclear Restoration Services2 contracts
  10. 10Staffordshire County Council2 contracts

Top asphalt contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Aggregate Industries5 contracts
  2. 2Tarmac5 contracts
  3. 3BITUCHEM BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED4 contracts
  4. 4Cemex4 contracts
  5. 5Dragon Asphalt Ltd4 contracts
  6. 6J C Balls & Sons Limited4 contracts
  7. 7Colas3 contracts
  8. 8Lancashire County Council2 contracts
  9. 9Stacey Processing2 contracts
  10. 10DAWKES & CO LTD2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

14Q4 2025*20Q1 202612Q2 202612Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 47 · Scotland 5 · Wales 5 · Northern Ireland 1

East Midlands14North West7Yorkshire and The Humber5Wales5Scotland5West Midlands4North East3East of England2South West1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated11

What is included

Supply and delivery of heavy construction materials to highway, civils and utility teams: roadstone and aggregates, soils and sands, asphalt, bitumen binders, ready-mix and volumetric concrete and precast concrete kerbs, slabs and paving.

  • Roadstone and aggregates
  • Soils and sands
  • Asphalt and tarmac call-offs
  • Polymer modified binder and bitumen emulsion
  • Ready-mix, volumetric and mini-mix concrete
  • Precast concrete kerbs, slabs and block paving
  • Highway construction and maintenance materials and packed products
  • Precast concrete products: hollowcore and other floor slabs, drainage units, kerbs, culverts and highway foundations
  • Precast structural units, walls and stairs

What is not included

  • Bagged building materials for repairs teams (con.site.building-materials)
  • De-icing salt (con.site.de-icing-salt)
  • Laying of surfacing and highway works (con.civils.carriageway-resurfacing)

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