Free Guide: East Riding of Yorkshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Unitary authority · Yorkshire and The Humber
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£5.1bn
Transactions
1,445,536
Suppliers
7,719
Key Takeaways
- £5.1 billion in recorded spend across over 1.4 million transactions since 2011
- 282 HHI score with 7,719 identified suppliers points to a fragmented buyer
- 12 of 28 published contracts awarded through limited procedures, just 4 open tenders
£5.1 billion over 15 years: how big a buyer is East Riding?
East Riding of Yorkshire is a large unitary authority covering 928 square miles of largely rural territory with a population of around 343,000. Our dataset covers £5.1 billion in recorded spend across more than 1.4 million transactions, drawn from 139 source files published between 2011 and 2026. That is a serious volume of purchasing for a council outside the major metros. On the contracts side, the picture is thinner: we've tracked 445 published contracts worth a combined £10.8 million, alongside 384 tenders with a stated value of £2.3 billion. The gap between transaction-level spend and published contract value is worth noting. It suggests much of the council's buying happens through frameworks, call-offs, or arrangements that don't always surface as individual contract notices. If you're researching this council, the payment data tells you more about actual supplier relationships than the contract register alone.
Construction firms and waste contractors dominate, but no one owns this market
Across the 7,719 suppliers we've identified, spend is spread wide. The HHI sits at just 282, which is low, and the top five suppliers account for only 26.9% of recorded spend. FCC Recycling leads at £135 million, followed by construction firms Geo Houlton & Sons (£84 million) and Hobson and Porter (£68 million). Three of the top five suppliers are in construction, which tracks with the sector breakdown: construction accounts for 18.5% of matched spend, sitting just behind professional services at 19.6% and health and social care at 19.0%. Those three sectors together make up well over half the spending we can see. Waste management, with only 51 identified suppliers but 6.7% of spend, is far more concentrated at the top. East Yorkshire Motor Services pulls £68 million for transport. The supplier base here looks broad, and the data suggests there is room for multiple providers across most categories.
How open is the front door?
Of the 28 contracts in our procurement data, only 4 were awarded through open tender. Limited procedures account for 12, direct awards make up 7, and the remaining 5 are unclassified. That ratio leans heavily toward restricted routes. The median contract value sits at roughly £45,400, with 20 of the 28 falling below the procurement threshold. Eight are above threshold, which is where you'd expect to see more open competition, but even there the numbers are small. The tender pipeline is more encouraging: 384 tenders with a combined stated value of £2.3 billion suggests a steady flow of opportunities being advertised, even if many are processed through frameworks. It is worth remembering that this is a council covering a huge rural area with dispersed service needs, from coastal towns like Bridlington to the edges of Hull. The relatively low open tender count could reflect practical procurement patterns rather than a closed shop.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED | £135,313,172 |
| 2 | GEO HOULTON & SONS LIMITED | £84,314,037 |
| 3 | EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED | £68,272,944 |
| 4 | HOBSON AND PORTER LIMITED | £68,214,997 |
| 5 | SW CONSTRUCTION NE LTD | £50,108,894 |
| 6 | BRIDLINGTON SCHOOLS SERVICES LIMITED | £40,294,903 |
| 7 | THE WILF WARD FAMILY TRUST | £33,475,888 |
| 8 | RIX PETROLEUM (HULL) LIMITED | £33,395,306 |
| 9 | GALLIFORD TRY INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | £32,482,631 |
| 10 | THE GAS COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | £31,389,679 |
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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.
