Free Guide: East Hampshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for East Hampshire District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2013 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£649.1m
Transactions
40,731
Suppliers
969
Key Takeaways
- £649 million in recorded spend across 40,731 transactions from 2013 to 2026
- 84.2% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, with an HHI of 4,057
- Transportation dominates at 62.4% of spend, driven by one supplier at £277 million
£649 million from a district council of 124,000 people?
East Hampshire is a non-metropolitan district in the South East covering about 199 square miles with a population of roughly 124,000. For a council of that size, £649 million in recorded spend across 40,731 transactions is a large number. Our data spans 2013 to 2026, drawn from 106 source files and covering 976 matched suppliers across 21 sectors. That long time range matters when you're reading the top-line figures. The spend-per-transaction average sits around £15,900, which is typical of a council processing a mix of routine operational payments alongside larger service contracts. We hold 9 published contracts worth a combined £500,000 and 13 tenders valued at £310,000. Both sourced from easthants.gov.uk and Find a Tender. If you're sizing up East Hampshire as a potential customer, this is a council with steady, recurring purchasing activity over more than a decade of records.
One supplier takes 43% of matched spend
Hampshire County Cars Limited dominates the spending records at £277 million, accounting for roughly 43% of all matched spend. That single supplier pushes the transportation and storage sector to 62.4% of recorded spend. Behind them, Sports and Leisure Management Ltd holds £49 million in arts and recreation, and Biffa Municipal picks up £23 million for waste management. The top five identified suppliers account for 84.2% of matched spend, and the top ten take 88.5%. The HHI score is 4,057, which is highly concentrated. Administrative and support services shows up three times in the top ten, with idverde, East Hampshire Norse, and Sellick Partnership pulling in a combined £27 million. IT spending is more fragmented, split between Civica UK and Softcat at around £4 million combined. Of the 969 identified suppliers in our dataset, most sit well below the £1 million mark. Breaking into the upper tier here looks difficult based on what we can see.
How open is the front door?
We hold 9 published contracts worth a combined £500,000 for East Hampshire, though only one has method data attached: an open procedure above threshold valued at £500,000. On the tender side, 13 opportunities have been published with a combined value of £310,000. Without a broader set of procurement method data, it is hard to draw firm conclusions about how East Hampshire typically buys. But the concentration figures from the spending data tell their own story. When 84% of matched spend flows to five suppliers, the practical reality is that a small number of relationships carry most of the value. The council does work with 969 identified suppliers in total, so there is clearly a long tail of lower-value purchasing happening. Whether that long tail is accessible through formal tendering or more informal routes is a question the current data does not fully answer.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CARS LIMITED | £276,970,716 |
| 2 | SPORTS AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD | £49,112,886 |
| 3 | BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED | £23,239,820 |
| 4 | IDVERDE LIMITED | £14,408,646 |
| 5 | EAST HAMPSHIRE NORSE LIMITED | £10,612,959 |
| 6 | PETERSFIELD TOWN V.E. LIMITED | £8,194,093 |
| 7 | KEN COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED | £4,770,521 |
| 8 | CIVICA UK LIMITED | £2,515,943 |
| 9 | SELLICK PARTNERSHIP LIMITED | £1,901,029 |
| 10 | SOFTCAT PLC | £1,631,931 |
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