Free Guide: North Norfolk Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for North Norfolk District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£310.1m
Transactions
41,388
Suppliers
1,342
Key Takeaways
- £310 million in recorded spend across 41,388 transactions since 2012
- 1,342 identified suppliers with construction taking 39.7% of matched spend
- 6 tenders worth £1.3 million tracked, with 3 published contracts on record
How big a buyer is North Norfolk?
Bigger than you might expect for a rural district council covering 373 square miles of the Norfolk coast. Our data shows £310 million in recorded spend across 41,388 transactions, drawn from 28 source files spanning 2012 to 2026. That works out at roughly £2,950 per resident against a population of just over 105,000. North Norfolk is a non-metropolitan district, so it does not carry the spending weight of a county or unitary authority. Housing, waste, leisure and coastal infrastructure tend to drive the budget here rather than education or social care. The transaction volume is healthy for a council this size, averaging around 3,000 payments a year. And with 1,357 suppliers matched in our dataset, there is a broad base of companies picking up work. If you are scoping district councils in the East of England, this one has a steady, consistent purchasing rhythm worth understanding.
Construction dominates, but who's actually winning?
Construction firms take the largest share of matched spend at 39.7%, pulling in £59 million across 106 identified suppliers. Professional and technical services sit second at 22.6%, worth £33.6 million from 207 suppliers. Between them, those two sectors account for over 62% of the spend we have tracked. Serco leads all suppliers at £24.9 million, followed by Team Van Oord at £20.6 million and Balfour Beatty at £16.2 million. Three of the top five suppliers are construction firms. The top five account for 50.2% of matched spend, and the top ten for 60.2%. Despite that concentration at the top, the HHI score sits at 663, which is unconcentrated. That tells you spending is spread across a long tail of smaller suppliers even though the big contracts cluster around a handful of names. Beyond construction, IT and comms (£9.1 million) and waste services (£7.3 million) round out the busier sectors.
Where are the tender opportunities?
The formal procurement trail here is narrower than the payments data. Our dataset holds 3 published contracts and 6 tenders worth a combined £1.3 million, sourced from Find a Tender and the council's own site. None of the contracts carry a recorded value, and there is no procurement method breakdown available in the data we hold. That does not mean North Norfolk is not buying. The 41,388 payment transactions make clear it is. But the published contract and tender trail covers a small number of notices, which is typical for district councils operating below national thresholds. The tenders we do have are modest in scale. For bid managers, the real question is whether this council runs most of its procurement informally or through frameworks that do not surface in published notices. The council's own procurement pages and regional framework agreements may surface opportunities that published notices do not.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SERCO LIMITED | £24,894,918 |
| 2 | TEAM VAN OORD LIMITED | £20,596,175 |
| 3 | BALFOUR BEATTY CIVIL ENGINEERING (SW) LIMITED | £16,185,917 |
| 4 | NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £6,567,514 |
| 5 | NAYLOR CONSTRUCTION LTD | £6,481,928 |
| 6 | AB STEEL CONSTRUCTION LTD | £4,518,192 |
| 7 | MALCOLM ABBS LIMITED | £3,875,549 |
| 8 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £2,325,875 |
| 9 | RESTORATION PROPERTY LIMITED | £2,313,158 |
| 10 | SIG HOUSING TRUST | £1,923,732 |
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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.
