Free Guide: Harborough Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Harborough District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£185.2m
Transactions
18,346
Suppliers
654
Key Takeaways
- £185.2 million recorded spend across 18,346 transactions from 2017 to 2026
- Three FCC group companies account for over £41 million, dominating waste and environmental services
- 654 identified suppliers spread across 22 sectors, but the top 5 hold 67.3% of matched spend
£185 million from a district council of 95,000 people?
Harborough is a non-metropolitan district in the East Midlands, covering 228.6 square miles of Leicestershire. For a council serving a population of around 95,500, the recorded spend is sizeable. Our data shows £185.2 million across 18,346 transactions, drawn from 20 source files spanning 2017 to 2026. That works out to roughly £20 million a year on average, though annual figures will vary. We have matched 654 suppliers across those payment records, giving a reasonable view of where the money goes. Harborough publishes its spending data through its own website, and tender notices appear on Find a Tender. There are 4 active tenders in the pipeline with a combined value of £108.7 million, which is a striking number relative to annual spend and worth a closer look if you are tracking upcoming opportunities in this area.
FCC has this council's waste budget locked down
The spending concentration here tells a clear story. Three FCC group companies, FCC Environment Services, FCC Recycling, and FCC Environment, collectively account for roughly £41 million of the matched spend. That is over 22% flowing to one corporate group for waste management and related services. Waste and environmental services as a sector take 39.1% of identified spend. Add in Leicestershire County Care at £15.9 million for health and social work, and Willmott Dixon at £10.2 million for construction, and the top 5 suppliers hold 67.3% of the total. The HHI score sits at 1,172, which is unconcentrated overall, but the FCC dominance in its category is hard to miss. Beyond waste, the spread is broader. Construction has 42 identified suppliers, professional and technical services has 122, and IT and comms has 84. Competition looks more open in those areas.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Our dataset holds no published contract records for Harborough, so the procurement method breakdown is limited to what we can see in payment data and the 4 tenders currently tracked. Those 4 tenders carry a combined value of £108.7 million, which dwarfs the annual payment run. Large framework calls or multi-year service contracts could explain that figure. Without contract-level data, we cannot break down how Harborough splits its purchasing between open competition, frameworks, and direct awards. What the payment data does show is a long tail of smaller suppliers. Of the 654 identified suppliers, the bottom 580 or so share less than a third of the recorded spend between them. If you are looking at Harborough, the payment records give you a solid picture of who gets paid and how much, while the tender data points to where the next big opportunities might sit.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | £25,177,672 |
| 2 | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY CARE LIMITED | £15,880,764 |
| 3 | FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED | £11,863,860 |
| 4 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £10,154,054 |
| 5 | FCC ENVIRONMENT (UK) LIMITED | £3,930,434 |
| 6 | SPORTS AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD | £1,874,700 |
| 7 | WELLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £1,502,710 |
| 8 | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | £1,098,917 |
| 9 | OXFORD INNOVATION LIMITED | £979,147 |
| 10 | NG BAILEY FACILITIES SERVICES LIMITED | £906,833 |
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