Free Guide: Great Yarmouth Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Great Yarmouth Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2020 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£713.2m
Transactions
36,966
Suppliers
1,090
Key Takeaways
- £713 million in recorded spend across nearly 37,000 transactions since 2020
- 61% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, led by Great Yarmouth Norse
- 107 tenders worth £392 million signal an active pipeline for incoming suppliers
A borough council spending like a much bigger buyer?
Great Yarmouth is a non-metropolitan district of around 99,000 people on the Norfolk coast, covering 67.2 square miles. But the spending figures punch above what you might expect. Our data shows £713 million in recorded spend across 36,966 transactions from 2020 to 2026, drawn from 70 source files. That volume puts it well into the territory where bid teams should be paying attention. The data comes from three source domains including the council's own site, Find a Tender, and East Suffolk's portal, which suggests some shared or cross-boundary procurement activity. Across the contracts we've tracked, 27 are on record with a combined value of £597,000, while the tender side tells a different story: 107 tenders worth £392 million. For a district council serving a coastal town, that spending volume across six years of data is worth understanding before you decide whether to invest time here.
Great Yarmouth Norse dominates, but there's room behind them
The top supplier in our matched data is Great Yarmouth Norse Limited, with £54.6 million in recorded spend. The name suggests a local authority-linked entity, and it accounts for a large share of identified spending. Morgan Sindall follows at £36.3 million, then Great Yarmouth Services Limited at £13.5 million. E.ON Energy Solutions (£12.8 million) and Aspect Services Group (£11.3 million) round out the top five, which together account for 61.3% of matched spend. The HHI sits at 1,110, which is unconcentrated. So while those top names take a big share, there are 1,090 identified suppliers across 21 sectors. The biggest sector is "Other service activities" at 27.4% of spend, largely driven by the Norse relationship. Construction draws 117 suppliers and 9.8% of spend. Professional and technical services has the most suppliers at 174, though only 3.9% of spend. The council is also a member of the Fusion21 purchasing consortium.
How open is the front door?
Of the 4 contracts with procurement method data, 3 went through open competition and 1 is recorded as unknown. The open rate across what we hold is encouraging, though the contract-level picture is only part of the story. The median contract value sits at £154,588, with an even split between above-threshold and below-threshold contracts. The tender pipeline is where things get more interesting. With 107 tenders worth a combined £392 million in our records, there's clearly active market engagement happening. If you're in construction or waste management, those are sectors where the council has established supplier relationships but also broad supplier bases. The Fusion21 consortium membership opens up another route in, particularly for construction and property-related work. Whether the council favours incumbents or genuinely tests the market is hard to say from the data alone, but the open tender rate across what we hold looks promising.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GREAT YARMOUTH NORSE LIMITED | £54,622,790 |
| 2 | MORGAN SINDALL LIMITED | £36,346,262 |
| 3 | GREAT YARMOUTH SERVICES LIMITED | £13,541,998 |
| 4 | E.ON ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £12,779,385 |
| 5 | ASPECT SERVICES GROUP LTD | £11,324,480 |
| 6 | BASILDON DISTRICT COUNCIL | £5,418,177 |
| 7 | PENTACO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £4,664,914 |
| 8 | NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU | £3,107,704 |
| 9 | H. SMITH & SONS (HONINGHAM) LIMITED | £2,703,727 |
| 10 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £2,405,841 |
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