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Housebuilding contracts

UK public sector · 302 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
302
Last 12 months
Median contract
£7.7m
Recorded value
Recorded value
£7.0bn
286 of 300 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
130
Suppliers
178

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most housebuilding contracts took 10% of them (29 of 302).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 26% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £7.7m, is 55.7 times the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • Scotland had the most contracts: 53, or 18% of the total.

Who buys housebuilding

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

  1. 1COASTLINE DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED13 contracts
  2. 2Thirteen Housing Group Limited11 contracts
  3. 3WESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED9 contracts
  4. 4The Highland Council9 contracts
  5. 5Caledonia Housing Association9 contracts
  6. 6Kingdom Housing Association8 contracts
  7. 7Choice Housing7 contracts
  8. 8The Guinness Partnership6 contracts
  9. 9Plymouth Community Homes6 contracts
  10. 10Woven Housing Association6 contracts

Top housebuilding contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Classic Builders (South West) Limited8 contracts
  2. 2Star Contractors6 contracts
  3. 3Hill Group5 contracts
  4. 4Countryside Properties5 contracts
  5. 5Lovell Partnerships Limited5 contracts
  6. 6EBC PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED5 contracts
  7. 7J. Harper and Sons (Leominster) Limited5 contracts
  8. 8Capital & Centric4 contracts
  9. 9Bugler Developments Ltd4 contracts
  10. 10Life Build Solutions Limited4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

54Q4 2025*98Q1 202676Q2 202673Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 211 · Scotland 58 · Northern Ireland 24 · Wales 9

Scotland53London42South West33South East26Northern Ireland24West Midlands23Yorkshire and The Humber16North East14North West14East Midlands14East of England14Wales9UK-wide or not stated20

What is included

Construction of new council, housing association and mixed-tenure homes by contractors or development partners, including land-led and package deals, residential construction frameworks and phased regeneration.

  • Design and build of affordable and council homes
  • Competitive land, design and build (Northern Ireland)
  • Apartment blocks and extra care housing schemes
  • Development partnerships and regeneration partners
  • Residential new-build frameworks and DPS lots
  • Demolition of existing dwellings ahead of new homes when let with the scheme

What is not included

  • Modular and volumetric homes (con.build.modular-buildings)
  • Conversion of existing buildings into flats (con.build.refurbishment-remodelling)
  • Repairs and planned works to existing homes (con.repair.responsive-repairs, con.repair.planned-maintenance-programmes)
  • Standalone employer's agent or development consultancy (another industry: consulting-accountancy)

Often bought by the same buyers