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Modular buildings contracts

UK public sector · 129 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
129
Last 12 months
Median contract
£222k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£94.3m
121 of 129 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
99
Suppliers
80

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most modular buildings contracts took 30% of them (38 of 129).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 16% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £222k, is 60% above the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South West had the most contracts: 16, or 12% of the total.

Who buys modular buildings

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

  1. 1Somerset Council5 contracts
  2. 2Wirral Council4 contracts
  3. 3Hampshire County Council4 contracts
  4. 4UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)4 contracts
  5. 5Ministry of Justice3 contracts
  6. 6North Northamptonshire Council3 contracts
  7. 7West Northamptonshire Council2 contracts
  8. 8West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust2 contracts
  9. 9Derbyshire County Council2 contracts
  10. 10Kent County Council2 contracts

Top modular buildings contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Portakabin23 contracts
  2. 2Integra Buildings Limited4 contracts
  3. 3Wernick Group4 contracts
  4. 4P McVey Building Systems4 contracts
  5. 5Wernick Hire4 contracts
  6. 6Explore Modular Limited3 contracts
  7. 7BOOST TA LTD2 contracts
  8. 8Premier Modular2 contracts
  9. 9Pickerings Hire2 contracts
  10. 10Reds102 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

26Q4 2025*37Q1 202635Q2 202631Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 107 · Scotland 12 · Wales 10

South West16North West12East Midlands12Yorkshire and The Humber11South East11North East10Wales10West Midlands9East of England9London8Scotland6UK-wide or not stated15

What is included

Design, manufacture, supply, installation, purchase or hire of permanent and temporary modular and portable buildings for occupied use, such as classrooms, wards and clinical units, offices, custody suites and homes.

  • Temporary and permanent modular classrooms
  • Modular healthcare units, day surgery and pharmacy aseptic units, bought or hired
  • Modular offices and storage buildings
  • Modular welfare buildings for operational staff
  • Portakabin-type portable building hire
  • Modular home construction
  • Converted shipping container classrooms
  • Prefabricated kiosks and monitoring cabins

What is not included

  • Welfare units, site cabins and storage containers for works sites and depots (con.site.welfare-cabins)
  • Traditional new build (con.build.non-residential-new-build, con.build.housing-new-build)
  • Portable toilet hire (cln.hyg.portable-toilet-hire)

Often bought by the same buyers