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Street lighting contracts

UK public sector · 52 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
52
Last 12 months
Median contract
£201k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£113m
50 of 52 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
42
Suppliers
37

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most street lighting contracts took 40% of them (21 of 52).
  • The median contract, £201k, is 45% above the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • Yorkshire and The Humber had the most contracts: 9, or 17% of the total.

Who buys street lighting

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

  1. 1Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council4 contracts
  2. 2Highways England3 contracts
  3. 3Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council3 contracts
  4. 4Leicestershire County Council2 contracts
  5. 5Kirklees Council2 contracts
  6. 6City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council2 contracts
  7. 7London Borough of Hillingdon1 contract
  8. 8Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council1 contract
  9. 9Glasgow City Council1 contract
  10. 10Caerphilly County Borough Council1 contract

Top street lighting contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Centregreat8 contracts
  2. 2Electrical Testing Ltd5 contracts
  3. 3J McCann & Co Ltd4 contracts
  4. 4Altitude Services Limited4 contracts
  5. 5Lightways (Contractors) Limited2 contracts
  6. 6Enerveo2 contracts
  7. 7Mallatite Limited2 contracts
  8. 8Smith Bros (Caer Conan) Wholesale Limited1 contract
  9. 9VIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED1 contract
  10. 10Kiwa Cmt Testing1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

11Q4 2025*10Q1 202618Q2 202613Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 39 · Wales 8 · Scotland 5

Yorkshire and The Humber9Wales8North East6North West5East Midlands5Scotland5South West3West Midlands2East of England2South East2London1UK-wide or not stated4

What is included

Installation, LED conversion, column replacement, structural testing, repair and maintenance of street lighting and illuminated signs on public roads, including central management systems installed with the lighting.

  • Street lighting maintenance and repair
  • Lamppost repair and cleaning for town and parish councils
  • Column and lantern replacement including heritage lanterns
  • LED conversion
  • Structural testing and inspection of lighting columns
  • Central management systems installed with LED conversion
  • Bringing streetlights to adoptable standard
  • Road and traffic sign lighting maintenance
  • Public lighting and street furniture term contracts
  • Highway electrical installations under NERS and HERS accreditation, including illuminated signs, bollards and traffic equipment connections

What is not included

  • Festive lighting (con.civils.festive-lighting)
  • Lighting columns and external lighting on estates outside the highway (con.elec.external-lighting)
  • Central management system software support without lighting works (it.lob.street-lighting-central-management)
  • Traffic signals and ITS equipment (con.civils.traffic-signals-its)
  • Electricity network connections (con.civils.electricity-networks)