Free Guide: Bexley Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Bexley · London borough · London
Data covering 2010 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£3.9bn
Transactions
675,436
Suppliers
5,381
Key Takeaways
- £3.9 billion in recorded spend across 675,000 transactions since 2010
- 5,381 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market at HHI 676
- 98 tenders worth £242 million signal an active procurement pipeline
£3.9 billion over 15 years: how big a buyer is Bexley?
Bexley is a mid-sized outer London borough with around 249,000 residents packed into 23.6 square miles. But the spending data tells a story of a council that moves serious money. Our dataset covers £3.9 billion in recorded spend across 675,436 transactions, drawn from 95 source files and stretching from 2010 to 2026. That works out to roughly £260 million a year on average, though annual figures will vary. The data comes from two sources: the council's own website and Find a Tender, collected through to December 2025. We've matched 5,594 supplier records to Companies House entries, giving decent coverage of who's actually receiving this spend. For a London borough of this size, the transaction volume is worth noting. Over 675,000 line items means Bexley publishes granular payment data, which gives you more to work with when researching their buying patterns.
GLA Holdings dominates, but the supplier base is wide open
Greater London Authority Holdings Limited sits at the top of the identified supplier list with £516 million in recorded spend, accounting for roughly 13% of the total. That's a GLA-related real estate entity, so it likely reflects property and levy payments rather than contestable contracts. After that, the field opens up. Serco (£89 million), Willmott Dixon (£81 million), MJ Conway (£75 million) and Countrystyle Recycling (£71 million) round out the top five, collectively taking 38.7% of spend. The HHI score is 676, which is low. Spend is not bunched around a handful of suppliers. Across the sectors we've tracked, real estate leads at 26.6%, followed by administrative services (13.4%), health and social work (10.1%) and construction (10.0%). Professional services and education both sit around 8.5%. With 5,381 identified suppliers spread across 22 sectors, the supplier base looks broad. Whether that breadth translates into genuine competition is another question.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Bexley has 98 tenders in our records worth a combined £242 million, alongside 83 published contracts. The contract records don't carry value data, so we can't break down award sizes or median contract values from that side. That's a gap worth keeping in mind. The tender data is more useful. At £242 million across 98 opportunities, the average tender is around £2.5 million, though that will be skewed by a few large ones. We don't have method distribution data for this council, so we can't tell you the split between open tenders and direct awards. What we can say is that the tender pipeline exists and it's active. If you're tracking Bexley, the Find a Tender notices are where you'll see new opportunities surface. The absence of procurement method data means you'll need to dig into individual notices to understand how this council prefers to buy.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY HOLDINGS LIMITED | £516,058,812 |
| 2 | SERCO LIMITED | £88,523,542 |
| 3 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £80,685,131 |
| 4 | M J CONWAY LTD | £75,060,042 |
| 5 | COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITED | £71,026,008 |
| 6 | INVESTORS IN THE COMMUNITY (BEXLEY SCHOOLS) LIMITED | £69,950,191 |
| 7 | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD | £67,707,188 |
| 8 | CASTLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £39,420,360 |
| 9 | EARLY YEARS PROVISION LTD | £36,025,289 |
| 10 | MACE LIMITED | £30,723,972 |
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CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
