Free Guide: Kingston upon Hull Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Hull City Council · Unitary authority · Yorkshire and The Humber
Data covering 2016 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£4.5bn
Transactions
1,521,250
Suppliers
6,817
Key Takeaways
- £4.5 billion in recorded spend across over 1.5 million transactions since 2016
- 6,817 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market, HHI of 354
- 73% of tracked contracts awarded through open tender, with a median value of £129,390
£4.5 billion through the books of a compact unitary
Hull City Council covers just 27.8 square miles and a population of around 259,000, but the spending volumes are large for a unitary of this size. Our data covers £4.5 billion in recorded spend across more than 1.5 million transactions, drawn from 171 source files and spanning 2016 to 2026. Contract notices tell a separate story: 416 published contracts worth a combined £11.9 million sit alongside 205 tenders with a stated pipeline value north of £21 billion. That tender figure looks eye-catching, but remember it includes multi-year framework ceilings that rarely get fully drawn down. The payment-level data, collected most recently in January 2026, comes from three sources including Hull's own website and Find a Tender. If you're sizing up Hull as a prospect, the transaction volume alone tells you this is an active buyer with a steady flow of work.
Construction and consortium vehicles dominate the supplier picture
Across the spending records we hold, 11,736 suppliers have been matched to company records out of 6,817 unique identified suppliers. The top name is Kingstown Works Limited, a construction firm accounting for £563 million in recorded spend. But what stands out is the Hull Esteem Consortium. Three separate consortium vehicles, LEP Limited, ProjectCo1, and ProjectCo2, appear in the top ten, pulling in a combined £424 million. That's nearly 10% of all recorded spend flowing through one consortium structure. Construction takes the largest sector share at 22.8%, followed by health and social work at 17.8% and professional services at 17.1%. Despite heavy spending at the top, the market reads as unconcentrated with an HHI of 354. The top five suppliers account for 33.6% of recorded spend, and the top ten for 43.7%. For a council with big construction commitments, that spread is worth noting.
Open tenders run the show, but the sample is small
Of the 26 contracts where we have procurement method data, 19 went through open tender. That's 73%, a strong lean towards competitive processes. Only two were direct awards and five used limited procedures. The median contract value sits at £129,390, with an even split between above-threshold and below-threshold contracts, 13 each. That median suggests a mix of mid-range professional services and operational contracts rather than mega-deals. The tender pipeline of 205 notices points to ongoing procurement activity, though the gap between 416 published contracts and just 26 with method data attached means there is more procurement happening than we can fully categorise. If you're tracking opportunities in Hull, the open tender rate based on what we can see looks encouraging for competitive bidders. But with only 26 classified contracts, it is a small window into a much larger buying operation.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KINGSTOWN WORKS LIMITED | £562,638,348 |
| 2 | HULL ESTEEM CONSORTIUM LEP LIMITED | £189,689,598 |
| 3 | HULL ESTEEM CONSORTIUM PROJECTCO2 LIMITED | £143,401,033 |
| 4 | FORTEM ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED | £107,900,589 |
| 5 | NPS HUMBER LIMITED | £101,121,054 |
| 6 | CITY HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP CIC | £98,038,808 |
| 7 | HULL ESTEEM CONSORTIUM PROJECTCO1 LIMITED | £91,090,573 |
| 8 | NPOWER LIMITED | £70,751,424 |
| 9 | CIVICA UK LIMITED | £69,329,772 |
| 10 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £63,234,786 |
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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.
