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Painting and decorating contracts

UK public sector · 164 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
164
Last 12 months
Median contract
£95k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£39.5m
146 of 154 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
86
Suppliers
90

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most painting and decorating contracts took 34% of them (55 of 164).
  • The median contract, £95k, is 31% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 42, or 26% of the total.

Who buys painting and decorating

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

  1. 1Hampshire County Council39 contracts
  2. 2Peabody12 contracts
  3. 3NHS Property Services Limited4 contracts
  4. 4London Borough of Wandsworth3 contracts
  5. 5Somerset Council3 contracts
  6. 6Scottish Government3 contracts
  7. 7Metropolitan Police Service3 contracts
  8. 8Trinity House3 contracts
  9. 9City and County of Swansea3 contracts
  10. 10North Tyneside Council3 contracts

Top painting and decorating contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Bell Group14 contracts
  2. 2JC RAE DECORATING LTD11 contracts
  3. 3Trident Maintenance Services Ltd10 contracts
  4. 4Ian Williams Limited10 contracts
  5. 5Richardson Decorating Contractors Ltd10 contracts
  6. 6A Purkiss Ltd7 contracts
  7. 7Mitie6 contracts
  8. 8Alfred Bagnall & Sons5 contracts
  9. 9Axis Europe4 contracts
  10. 10Seville Developments Limited4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

31Q4 2025*41Q1 202640Q2 202652Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 144 · Scotland 12 · Wales 7 · Northern Ireland 1

South East42London28Yorkshire and The Humber14North West11North East9South West8East of England7Wales7West Midlands6Scotland6East Midlands2Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated23

What is included

Internal and external painting and redecoration of buildings and homes, including pre-paint repairs and supply of decorating materials.

  • External decoration with pre-paint repairs
  • Internal redecoration of wards and offices
  • Painting timber windows and doors
  • Painting radiators
  • Render repairs with redecoration
  • Tenant decorating materials schemes

What is not included

  • Protective coatings to steel structures (con.fabric.protective-coatings)
  • Lead paint removal (con.hazard.hazardous-materials-other)
  • Plastering (con.fabric.plastering-and-rendering)
  • Graffiti removal (cln.ext.graffiti-removal)
  • Tenant decorating vouchers (con.site.decorating-vouchers)

Often bought by the same buyers