Service market

Building renovation contracts

UK public sector · 421 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
421
Last 12 months
Median contract
£346k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£670m
396 of 415 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
232
Suppliers
299

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most building renovation contracts took 6% of them (23 of 421).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £346k, is 2.5 times the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • North West had the most contracts: 61, or 14% of the total.

Who buys building renovation

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

  1. 1NHS Property Services Limited14 contracts
  2. 2Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office10 contracts
  3. 3Newry, Mourne and Down District Council10 contracts
  4. 4Kent County Council8 contracts
  5. 5Burnley Borough Council7 contracts
  6. 6Oxfordshire County Council6 contracts
  7. 7Rochdale Borough Council5 contracts
  8. 8Metropolitan Police Service5 contracts
  9. 9Hampshire County Council5 contracts
  10. 10Progress Housing Group5 contracts

Top building renovation contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lindum Group6 contracts
  2. 2Speller Metcalfe5 contracts
  3. 3Wates4 contracts
  4. 4Brims Construction Limited4 contracts
  5. 5Woodland Corporate Interiors Limited4 contracts
  6. 6BORRAS CONSTRUCTION LTD4 contracts
  7. 7CURTIS BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED4 contracts
  8. 8Willmott Dixon3 contracts
  9. 9G F Tomlinson3 contracts
  10. 10Quinn London Limited3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

96Q4 2025*112Q1 202698Q2 2026114Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 375 · Wales 17 · Scotland 16 · Northern Ireland 13

North West61South East58London51East of England33Yorkshire and The Humber31North East29South West29West Midlands26East Midlands24Wales17Scotland13Northern Ireland11UK-wide or not stated38

What is included

Refurbishment or remodelling of whole existing buildings or substantial parts of them, including conversion and change of use, with strip-out, structural alterations, fabric, finishes and services.

  • Whole-building refurbishment schemes
  • Reconfiguration and remodelling of existing buildings
  • Change of use (library to health centre, retail floors to innovation centre, day centre to flats, house to apartments)
  • Refurbishment and re-use of listed buildings
  • Student halls and residential building refurbishment
  • Custody suite upgrades
  • Pre-construction services agreements for a refurbishment

What is not included

  • Interior fit-out of offices or rooms within a building (con.build.interior-fit-out)
  • Extensions and localised alterations (con.build.extensions-minor-works)
  • Toilet and washroom refurbishment (con.build.washroom-refurbishment)
  • Laboratory and clinical room refurbishment (con.build.specialist-room-refurbishment)
  • Void property refurbishment (con.repair.void-works)
  • Planned improvement programmes to tenanted homes (con.repair.planned-maintenance-programmes)

Often bought by the same buyers