Service market

Event management contracts

UK public sector · 79 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
79
Last 12 months
Median contract
£80k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£35.0m
68 of 74 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
54
Suppliers
76

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most event management contracts took 14% of them (11 of 79).
  • The median contract, £80k, is 16% above the median across marketing & creative contracts (£69k).
  • London had the most contracts: 28, or 35% of the total.

Who buys event management

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

  1. 1British Council11 contracts
  2. 2UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts
  3. 3Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)3 contracts
  4. 4Home Office3 contracts
  5. 5City of London Corporation3 contracts
  6. 6Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government2 contracts
  7. 7Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 contracts
  8. 8West Midlands Growth Company Limited2 contracts
  9. 9Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 contracts
  10. 10Department for Education2 contracts

Top event management contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Total Politics3 contracts
  2. 2Calder Conferences2 contracts
  3. 3One Two Agency Ltd2 contracts
  4. 4Cazbah Limited2 contracts
  5. 5Olly Services S.r.l2 contracts
  6. 6ADS Group2 contracts
  7. 7Identity Global Ltd1 contract
  8. 8EVENT-FUL CONSULTANCY LTD1 contract
  9. 9Strata Creative Communications Limited1 contract
  10. 10KPMG1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

20Q4 2025*17Q1 202621Q2 202621Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 67 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 3 · Scotland 3

London28East of England6Wales6North West4West Midlands4South East4South West4Scotland3Northern Ireland3North East2Yorkshire and The Humber1UK-wide or not stated14

What is included

An event management agency that plans and delivers conferences, business and stakeholder events, launches, staff roadshows, hybrid events, awards ceremonies, graduations and ceremonial occasions, managing venues, delegates, running order, logistics and suppliers on the day.

  • Conference organisation and delegate management
  • Business, stakeholder and ministerial events
  • Staff conferences and roadshows
  • Hybrid and physical event delivery
  • Event logistics and on-the-day management
  • Event support for campaigns and programmes
  • Awards ceremonies and staff awards
  • Graduation ceremony delivery
  • National and state ceremonial occasions
  • Organising exhibitions, fairs and expos as the event owner

What is not included

  • Outdoor public events and festivals (mkt.events.outdoor-event-and-festival-production)
  • Trade missions and in-market overseas trade events (mkt.events.trade-missions-and-overseas-trade-events)
  • Exhibition stand build (mkt.events.exhibition-stand-design-and-build)
  • Buying stand space at another organiser's show (mkt.events.trade-show-exhibition-space)
  • Staging, seating and marquee hire (mkt.events.staging-marquees-and-temporary-event-infrastructure)
  • Ceremony special effects (mkt.events.fireworks-and-special-effects)
  • Public-facing campaign roadshows and brand ambassadors (mkt.camp.experiential-marketing)
  • Ceremony photography sold to attendees (mkt.video.graduation-and-ceremony-photography)
  • Venue hire and day delegate packages (another industry: cat.accom.conference-venue-and-meeting-room-hire)
  • Venue finding (another industry: trn.travel.venue-finding-and-booking-services)
  • Event catering (another industry: cat.event.conference-and-event-catering)
  • Event AV crews and streaming (another industry: it.av.event-av-production)
  • Webinar and virtual event platforms (another industry: it.ent.webinar-virtual-events)
  • Facilitated consultation events that gather views (another industry: csl.research.public-consultation-engagement)

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