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Tipper trucks contracts

UK public sector · 143 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
143
Last 12 months
Median contract
£168k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£53.2m
136 of 141 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
79
Suppliers
52

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most tipper trucks contracts took 31% of them (44 of 143).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 48% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £168k, is 66% above the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 24, or 17% of the total.

Who buys tipper trucks

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

  1. 1Durham County Council11 contracts
  2. 2City and County of Swansea5 contracts
  3. 3Northumberland County Council5 contracts
  4. 4Scottish Government4 contracts
  5. 5Leicester City Council4 contracts
  6. 6Renfrewshire Council4 contracts
  7. 7Denbighshire County Council4 contracts
  8. 8Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority)4 contracts
  9. 9Leeds City Council - PACS3 contracts
  10. 10North Lanarkshire Council3 contracts

Top tipper trucks contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lookers13 contracts
  2. 2Motus Group (UK)12 contracts
  3. 3North East Truck & Van11 contracts
  4. 4Volvo Group4 contracts
  5. 5MAN Truck & Bus UK4 contracts
  6. 6Watts Truck & Van4 contracts
  7. 7Thompson Commercials Limited4 contracts
  8. 8Guest Truck & Van4 contracts
  9. 9AM Phillip Trucktech Ltd4 contracts
  10. 10WHALE TANKERS LIMITED3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

44Q4 2025*40Q1 202638Q2 202621Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 95 · Scotland 30 · Wales 14 · Northern Ireland 4

North East24Scotland24North West15Wales14East Midlands10Yorkshire and The Humber9London7West Midlands6East of England6South West6South East4Northern Ireland4UK-wide or not stated14

What is included

Purchase of bodied light trucks and heavy goods vehicles: 3.5t to 26t tippers, cage tippers, dropsides, beavertails, curtainsiders, lorries, hook loaders, tractor units and HGV chassis for highways, grounds, housing and waste fleets.

  • 3.5t and 7.5t tippers and cage tippers, including crew cab and arborist tippers
  • Dropsides with tipping bodies or side lifts
  • Beavertail and flatbed vehicles
  • Curtainsiders and lorries
  • 18t to 26t tippers and HGV chassis
  • Hook loader and roll-on roll-off vehicles
  • HGV tractor units
  • Electric tippers
  • Tippers bought with conversion and livery

What is not included

  • Panel, Luton and passenger vans and pick-ups (trn.vehicle.cars-and-vans)
  • Refuse collection vehicles (trn.vehicle.refuse-collection-vehicles)
  • Road sweepers (trn.vehicle.road-sweepers)
  • Gritters (trn.vehicle.gritters)
  • Trucks and vans with aerial access platforms (trn.vehicle.vehicle-mounted-access-platforms)
  • Towed trailers (trn.vehicle.trailers)
  • HGV hire and contract hire (trn.fleet.hgv-municipal-and-specialist-vehicle-hire)
  • HGV maintenance (trn.maint.outsourced-fleet-maintenance)
  • Tipper hire with driver (trn.freight.road-haulage-and-pallet-distribution)
  • Grounds utility vehicles and ATVs (grd.supply.grounds-machinery)

Often bought by the same buyers