Free Guide: Hounslow Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Hounslow · London borough · London
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£3.9bn
Transactions
410,683
Suppliers
5,143
Key Takeaways
- £3.87 billion in recorded spend across over 410,000 transactions since 2011
- 38% of matched spending goes to construction, with five of the top ten suppliers in that sector
- 5,143 identified suppliers and an HHI of 312, pointing to a fragmented supplier base
How big a buyer is Hounslow?
Big enough to pay attention to. Our data covers £3.87 billion in recorded spend across 410,683 transactions, drawn from 113 source files spanning 2011 to 2026. That is a dense purchasing history for a London borough of around 272,000 people packed into just 21.6 square miles. On the contracts side, we've tracked 46 published contracts worth a combined £14.1 million, alongside 70 tenders with a combined value of roughly £495 million. The gap between those two figures tells you something: the tender pipeline here dwarfs the recorded contract base, which suggests either a preference for framework purchasing or that many contract awards sit outside the datasets we've collected so far. Either way, the volume of transactional spend alone makes Hounslow a council worth understanding if you operate in west London.
Construction dominates, but the base is wide
Of the 5,143 suppliers we've identified, the money flows heavily toward construction. That sector accounts for 38% of matched spend, roughly £841 million, and five of the top ten suppliers by spend sit in it. Hounslow Highways Services Limited leads the pack at £304 million, followed by Willmott Dixon (£96 million) and United Living South (£82 million). But this is not a concentrated market. An HHI of 312 is low, and the top five suppliers account for just 30.1% of recorded spend. Professional and technical services come second at 12.1%, with Liberata UK pulling in close to £100 million. Education (8.8%) and admin support services (8.5%) follow. Waste management is worth noting too: Lampton Recycle 360 sits fourth overall at £83 million across a sector with only 47 identified suppliers, so that particular space looks tighter than most.
Only four contracts on record, so what's really going on?
Here is where the data gets thin. We hold just four published contracts for Hounslow, all above threshold, split evenly between open tenders and direct awards. The median contract value is £964,800. Compared to 70 tenders worth £495 million in total, that contract count looks like a fraction of actual procurement activity. The tender pipeline is where the real action sits. If you're scanning for upcoming opportunities, the tenders data will be far more useful than the contract register here. Of those four contracts, two were direct awards, which on a sample this small does not tell you much about Hounslow's overall procurement style. What the transactional data does show is a council spending steadily and broadly across thousands of suppliers, which at least suggests the door is not closed to new entrants. The question is where those formal contracts are being published.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOUNSLOW HIGHWAYS SERVICES LIMITED | £303,840,414 |
| 2 | LIBERATA UK LIMITED | £99,647,953 |
| 3 | WILLMOTT DIXON LIMITED | £95,596,065 |
| 4 | LAMPTON RECYCLE 360 LIMITED | £83,155,863 |
| 5 | UNITED LIVING (SOUTH) LIMITED | £81,905,940 |
| 6 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £80,676,308 |
| 7 | LONDON BOROUGH OF JAM LIMITED | £56,271,132 |
| 8 | ADECCO UK LIMITED | £55,532,799 |
| 9 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £51,024,396 |
| 10 | BORDER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £38,972,080 |
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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.
