Free Guide: Shropshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Shropshire Council · Unitary authority · West Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£848.0m
Transactions
1,034,273
Suppliers
6,364
Key Takeaways
- £848 million in recorded spend across over 1 million transactions since 2011
- 6,364 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 216, spreading spend widely
- 109 tenders worth £318 million tracked, with health and social care dominating sectors
How big a buyer is Shropshire?
Shropshire is a large unitary authority covering 1,234 square miles of the West Midlands, serving around 325,000 people. Our dataset covers £848 million in recorded spend across more than 1 million transactions, drawn from 202 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That is a deep spending history. For a rural authority of this size, the transaction volume is striking. Over a million line items gives you a granular picture of where money flows, even before you look at the formal contract register. On the contracts and tenders side, we've tracked 74 published contracts and 109 tenders worth a combined £318 million. The contract records carry no published values, so the tender pipeline is your better guide to upcoming opportunities. Data is collected from shropshire.gov.uk and Find a Tender, with the most recent collection from December 2025.
One housing company takes nearly a third of the top ten's spend
Shropshire Towns and Rural Housing Limited sits at the top with £244 million in recorded spend, a council-owned housing vehicle that dwarfs everything else. Veolia ES Shropshire follows at £122 million for waste management. Between them, those two account for a large share of what we can see. But look beyond the headline names and the market is actually quite open. An HHI of 216 is very low, and the top five suppliers account for just 25.8% of recorded spend. Across the 6,622 matched suppliers in our data, health and social care is the biggest sector at 26.8% of spend (£587 million), with 612 identified suppliers active in it. Real estate follows at 13.3%, though that is heavily weighted by the housing company. Construction, professional services, and admin support each sit between 6% and 9%. If you're looking at care or professional services, there is clearly a wide supplier base here.
What does the procurement pipeline actually look like?
Here is where the picture gets thinner. The 74 published contracts carry no recorded values, and no procurement method breakdown is available in the data we hold. So we cannot tell you how much goes through open tender versus direct award. What we do have is the tender pipeline: 109 tenders worth £318 million. That is a reasonable volume for a council this size, but without method distribution data, it is hard to judge how competitive the process is in practice. The transaction-level data tells a different story though. With over a million payment records across 15 years, there is plenty to work with when researching how Shropshire actually spends. You can trace supplier relationships, spot recurring payments, and identify where new contracts might be coming up for renewal. The gap between formal contract data and payment data is worth noting. The real intelligence here sits in the transaction records.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHROPSHIRE TOWNS AND RURAL HOUSING LIMITED | £243,579,512 |
| 2 | VEOLIA ES SHROPSHIRE LIMITED | £122,275,272 |
| 3 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £70,467,836 |
| 4 | WSP UK LIMITED | £66,962,680 |
| 5 | BETHPHAGE | £60,663,184 |
| 6 | KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED | £46,711,257 |
| 7 | ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITED | £44,840,810 |
| 8 | INTEGRATED CARE SOLUTIONS (SHROPSHIRE) LIMITED | £40,537,554 |
| 9 | MACINTYRE CARE | £38,024,349 |
| 10 | PERTHYN | £35,245,721 |
About Us
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.
