Free Guide: Brent Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Brent · London borough · London
Data covering 2020 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£4.0bn
Transactions
361,742
Suppliers
4,848
Key Takeaways
- £4 billion in recorded spend across 361,742 transactions from 2020 to 2026
- 4,848 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 229, meaning spend is widely distributed
- Construction and real estate together account for over 33% of matched spending
£4 billion and counting: how big a buyer is Brent?
Brent is a heavy spender. Our data covers £4 billion in recorded payments across 361,742 transactions, drawn from 42 source files spanning 2020 to 2026. For a London borough of 328,000 people packed into 16.6 square miles, that is a serious volume of purchasing activity. On the contracts side, we've tracked 41 published contracts worth a combined £25.7 million, alongside 117 tenders with a combined value of roughly £1.6 billion. That gap between contract and tender values is worth noting. The tender pipeline is where the big-ticket items sit. Brent also holds membership in the LHC Procurement Group, which covers all public sector organisations, so some of its buying power flows through collaborative frameworks rather than standalone procurements. If you're scanning London boroughs for active buyers, Brent's transaction volume alone puts it firmly on the list.
Who's getting Brent's money, and is it spread around?
Across the 4,848 suppliers we've identified, spend is unusually dispersed. The HHI sits at just 229, which is low. The top five suppliers account for 27.7% of recorded spend, and the top ten for 37.8%. No single supplier dominates. Greater London Authority Holdings leads at £285 million, followed by Comensura at £143 million and Wates Construction at £127 million. Construction is the largest sector at 19.9% of matched spend (£539 million across 252 suppliers), with real estate second at 13.8% and health and social work close behind at 13.5%. That health figure is drawn from 698 suppliers, the highest supplier count of any sector, which points to a fragmented care market with lots of smaller providers. Professional services takes 10% of spend across 625 suppliers. The spread here suggests Brent works with a broad supplier base rather than funnelling money through a handful of preferred partners.
Three direct awards and a £1.6 billion tender pipeline?
Here is where the data gets interesting. Of the procurement records we hold, Brent shows just three published contracts, all above threshold, all direct awards, with a median value of £12.3 million. That is a tiny published contract count for a council spending at this scale. But the tender pipeline tells a different story: 117 tenders worth £1.6 billion. So the formal competitive activity is happening at the tender stage rather than flowing through to published contract awards in our dataset. The direct award rate of 100% on published contracts looks striking at first glance, but with only three records it is hard to draw firm conclusions about Brent's procurement habits overall. The real action for bid managers is likely in those tenders. With an average tender value north of £13 million, these are not small opportunities. Whether those tenders convert to trackable contracts over time is something worth watching.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY HOLDINGS LIMITED | £285,134,649 |
| 2 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £142,849,438 |
| 3 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £127,116,982 |
| 4 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £111,538,964 |
| 5 | CROWN WEMBLEY LP | £82,650,849 |
| 6 | LONDON BOROUGH OF JAM LIMITED | £77,668,526 |
| 7 | LONDON COUNCILS LIMITED | £71,731,719 |
| 8 | WATES PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £42,593,257 |
| 9 | HILL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £42,514,470 |
| 10 | STEPIEN LAKE LLP | £38,562,219 |
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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.
