Free Guide: Gloucester Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Gloucester City Council · Non-metropolitan district · South West
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£794.3m
Transactions
130,192
Suppliers
2,439
Key Takeaways
- £794 million in recorded spend across 130,192 transactions since 2011
- 2,439 identified suppliers matched, with the top five accounting for 64% of spend
- 27 tenders worth £80 million in the pipeline against just 11 published contracts
How big a buyer is Gloucester?
Bigger than you might expect for a city of 130,000 people covering just 15.8 square miles. Our data shows £794 million in recorded spend across 130,192 transactions, drawn from 199 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That is a healthy volume of purchasing activity for a non-metropolitan district council. The data comes from three sources including the council's own website, Find a Tender, and their ProContract portal. We have matched 2,502 suppliers across those records, giving a solid picture of where the money goes. On the contracts side, our dataset covers 11 published contracts worth a combined £1 million, while 27 tenders totalling £80 million sit in the pipeline. The tender value is where the forward-looking opportunity sits, and it dwarfs the published contract value, which is common for councils that push more of their formal procurement through tender portals.
A cricket club tops the spending list?
Yes, that caught our eye too. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club leads the identified supplier rankings with £144.9 million in recorded spend. That almost certainly reflects venue, events, or facilities-related payments rather than cricket kit. Enterprise (AOL) Limited follows at £64.5 million, then Civica UK at £41.3 million for IT services. R Blue Regen GL and Gloucester City Homes round out the top five, both around £23.3 million, pointing to regeneration and housing activity. Across the 2,439 suppliers we have tracked, the top five account for 64.4% of matched spend, and the top ten for 75.5%. But the HHI sits at 1,346, which is unconcentrated. That tension between high top-five share and a low HHI suggests a long tail of smaller suppliers beneath a few dominant relationships. By sector, 39% of spend sits in the unclassified category. Where we can see sector codes, other service activities (16.4%), IT and comms (10.8%), and construction (9.2%) lead.
How open is the procurement here?
Based on what we can see, not very, at least in terms of published contract methods. Of the contracts in our data, the method split is one direct award and one limited procedure. No open tenders appear in the contract records. The median contract value is £513,240, so these are not small pieces of work. The tender pipeline tells a different story though. With 27 tenders worth £80 million on record, there is clearly formal procurement happening. One contract sits above threshold and one below, so both larger and smaller opportunities come through. If you are looking at Gloucester, the tenders are where the action is rather than the published contracts. Professional, scientific, and technical services has 287 identified suppliers, more than any other sector, which suggests a busy market for consultancy and advisory work. Construction has 210 suppliers competing for 9.2% of matched spend. Those are crowded fields for the spend available.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB LIMITED | £144,932,711 |
| 2 | ENTERPRISE (AOL) LIMITED | £64,542,425 |
| 3 | CIVICA UK LIMITED | £41,292,937 |
| 4 | R BLUE REGEN GL LIMITED | £23,322,117 |
| 5 | GLOUCESTER CITY HOMES LIMITED | £23,287,855 |
| 6 | CANADA LIFE LIMITED | £12,266,132 |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE | £11,128,624 |
| 8 | RG17 LIMITED | £6,270,910 |
| 9 | PEOPLE POTENTIAL POSSIBILITIES | £6,117,466 |
| 10 | TSP PROJECTS LIMITED | £4,641,440 |
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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.
