Market data
UK public sector buyers
150 public sector buyers with a BidSkim page: what each one buys, who wins its contracts and what it has open now. Updated 10 October 2026.
Buyers awarding the most contracts
Last 24 months
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)4,884 contracts awarded
- Surrey County Council2,757 contracts awarded
- Suffolk County Council2,232 contracts awarded
- Ministry of Defence2,037 contracts awarded
- NHS England1,866 contracts awarded
- Highways England1,827 contracts awarded
- Leicester City Council1,584 contracts awarded
- Ministry of Justice1,339 contracts awarded
- Bristol City Council1,330 contracts awarded
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1,327 contracts awarded
- Environment Agency1,300 contracts awarded
- Hampshire County Council1,276 contracts awarded
- UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)1,191 contracts awarded
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership1,099 contracts awarded
- Buckinghamshire Council1,094 contracts awarded
- Department for Education980 contracts awarded
- NHS Property Services Limited972 contracts awarded
- Leicestershire County Council967 contracts awarded
- Scottish Government888 contracts awarded
- London Borough of Merton871 contracts awarded
- North Yorkshire Council857 contracts awarded
- Nuclear Restoration Services809 contracts awarded
- UK Health Security Agency796 contracts awarded
- West Northamptonshire Council793 contracts awarded
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office775 contracts awarded
- Home Office743 contracts awarded
- Nottingham City Council730 contracts awarded
- Darlington Borough Council729 contracts awarded
- University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation722 contracts awarded
- City of London Corporation714 contracts awarded
- Derbyshire County Council674 contracts awarded
- Homes England673 contracts awarded
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB665 contracts awarded
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board634 contracts awarded
- West Sussex County Council620 contracts awarded
- Nottinghamshire County Council594 contracts awarded
- West Midlands Combined Authority588 contracts awarded
- City of Doncaster Council581 contracts awarded
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council577 contracts awarded
- Leeds City Council - PACS574 contracts awarded
- Durham County Council572 contracts awarded
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust572 contracts awarded
- Sellafield Ltd569 contracts awarded
- Department for Transport554 contracts awarded
- Department for Work and Pensions554 contracts awarded
- East Sussex County Council551 contracts awarded
- Met Office550 contracts awarded
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority507 contracts awarded
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council504 contracts awarded
- Kirklees Council499 contracts awarded
Buyers by region
Compiled by BidSkim Limited. Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records. How we count. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.