Free Guide: Chesterfield Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Chesterfield Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£336.4m
Transactions
66,273
Suppliers
1,743
Key Takeaways
- £336 million in recorded spend across 66,273 transactions since 2012
- 29.3% of matched spend goes to construction, with five of the top ten suppliers in that sector
- 1,743 identified suppliers and an HHI of 145, pointing to a highly fragmented supplier base
How big a buyer is Chesterfield?
For a non-metropolitan district of around 105,000 people covering just 25.5 square miles in Derbyshire, Chesterfield moves a decent amount of money. Our data tracks £336 million in recorded spend across 66,273 transactions, drawn from 105 source files spanning 2012 to 2026. That works out at roughly £24 million a year on average, though actual annual figures will vary. The payments-to-suppliers data is the richest seam here, with over 66,000 line items giving you a granular view of day-to-day purchasing. On the contract side, we hold 41 published contracts worth a combined £360,000, alongside 65 tenders valued at £33.5 million. The tender pipeline is where the larger opportunities sit. Across the spending records we hold, data is sourced from chesterfield.gov.uk, their Procontract portal, and Find a Tender, so you're seeing both local and national procurement activity reflected in the numbers.
Construction dominates, but the field is wide open
Five of the top ten identified suppliers are construction firms. Sustainable Building Services leads with £8.9 million in recorded spend, followed by Chesterfield Waterside Limited at £8.3 million, P. Casey at £5.7 million, and HBC Construction at £4.8 million. Construction as a sector accounts for 29.3% of matched spend, pulling in £56.7 million across 201 suppliers. But here's the thing: despite that concentration at the sector level, the overall supplier base is fragmented. An HHI of 145 is very low, and the top five suppliers account for just 20.5% of spend. Even the top ten only reach 31.4%. Across the 1,743 identified suppliers in our dataset, no single firm has a stranglehold. Professional and technical services comes second at 10.8%, followed by IT and communications at 8.6%. If you're outside construction, the spend is spread thinly across many sectors and many suppliers.
What does the procurement pipeline actually look like?
We hold 2 contracts with procurement method detail, and both were open competitions. Both sit above the procurement threshold, with a median contract value of £180,000. That's a small sample, so it is hard to draw firm conclusions about procurement preferences from contracts alone. The tender data tells a fuller story. With 65 tenders worth £33.5 million on record, there is a reasonable volume of formally advertised work. The sources include Find a Tender and the council's Procontract portal on Due North, which is one of the more common e-procurement platforms among East Midlands councils. No consortium activity appears in our data for Chesterfield, so based on what we can see, this council is buying independently rather than through joint arrangements. For anyone tracking upcoming work, the tender pipeline is the more useful dataset to monitor here.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | £8,930,226 |
| 2 | CHESTERFIELD WATERSIDE LIMITED | £8,300,735 |
| 3 | SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | £7,715,590 |
| 4 | MORGAN SINDALL LIMITED | £7,599,303 |
| 5 | LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON LIMITED | £7,202,791 |
| 6 | P. CASEY (LAND RECLAMATION) LIMITED | £5,664,510 |
| 7 | HBC CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £4,786,622 |
| 8 | SOFTCAT PLC | £3,772,793 |
| 9 | BIRCHALL PROPERTIES LIMITED | £3,716,776 |
| 10 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £2,995,548 |
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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.
