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Geographic information system contracts

UK public sector · 137 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
137
Last 12 months
Median contract
£71k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£69.6m
132 of 136 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
97
Suppliers
60

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most geographic information system contracts took 53% of them (72 of 137).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 38% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £71k, is 35% below the median across it & software contracts (£110k).

Who buys geographic information system

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

  1. 1Highways England7 contracts
  2. 2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs5 contracts
  3. 3Ministry of Defence5 contracts
  4. 4United Utilities Water Limited3 contracts
  5. 5Scottish Government3 contracts
  6. 6Ofgem3 contracts
  7. 7NHS England3 contracts
  8. 8Met Office3 contracts
  9. 9Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government3 contracts
  10. 10Nuclear Decommissioning Authority2 contracts

Top geographic information system contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Esri UK48 contracts
  2. 21Spatial Group Limited8 contracts
  3. 3NEC Software Solutions8 contracts
  4. 41Spatial4 contracts
  5. 5MAPCHESTER LTD4 contracts
  6. 6Geoxphere3 contracts
  7. 7Dotted Eyes Solutions Ltd3 contracts
  8. 8CACI2 contracts
  9. 9StatMap Ltd2 contracts
  10. 10Cadcorp2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

26Q4 2025*47Q1 202633Q2 202629Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 123 · Scotland 8 · Wales 4 · Northern Ireland 2

South West17London14West Midlands13South East13Yorkshire and The Humber10East of England9North East8North West8Scotland5Wales4East Midlands3Northern Ireland2UK-wide or not stated31

What is included

Geographic information system software and hosted mapping platforms that store, analyse and map location data, with their licences, hosting, support and bespoke GIS builds, including web map apps, geocoding, spatial data integration tools and geospatial data hubs.

  • Desktop and enterprise GIS licences and support
  • Hosted and web mapping platforms and web map apps
  • Geocoding and spatial data integration tools
  • Geospatial data hubs and spatial data infrastructure
  • Bespoke GIS builds and GIS managed services

What is not included

  • Buying satellite, aerial or chart data -> it.data.earth-observation-and-geospatial-data
  • Address lookup data and gazetteer services -> it.data.address-data-and-gazetteer-services
  • Software to maintain the council's LLPG -> it.lob.address-gazetteer-management
  • General ETL and data quality tools -> it.data.data-integration-and-data-quality
  • Property and estates records held on a GIS base -> it.estates.cafm-asset-maintenance
  • Local plan and land availability tools -> it.lob.local-plan-and-land-availability
  • Live bus location systems -> it.lob.real-time-passenger-information

Often bought by the same buyers