Free Guide: Solihull Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · Metropolitan district · West Midlands
Data covering 2010 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£3.7bn
Transactions
1,388,168
Suppliers
8,093
Key Takeaways
- £3.7 billion in recorded spend across 1.4 million transactions since 2010
- 8,093 unique suppliers with an unconcentrated market and HHI of 435
- 88 tenders worth £691 million on record, plus 63 published contracts
£3.7 billion over 16 years: how big a buyer is Solihull?
For a metropolitan borough of 217,000 people covering just under 69 square miles in the West Midlands, Solihull moves serious money. Our dataset covers £3.7 billion in recorded spend across 1,388,168 transactions, with data running from 2010 to 2026. That is drawn from 246 source files collected from Find a Tender and the council's own site. On the contract side, the numbers are more modest: 63 published contracts worth a combined £8.3 million. But the tender pipeline tells a different story. There are 88 tenders on record with a total value of £691 million, which points to large-scale procurement activity that dwarfs the published contract register. The payment stream data provides a fuller picture than the contract register alone. The gap between contract register values and recorded transaction spend is wide.
Who's taking the lion's share of Solihull's spend?
Solihull Community Housing tops the list of identified suppliers at £385 million in recorded spend, followed by City of Birmingham Community College at £218 million. Between the top five suppliers, our data shows 38.9% of matched spend, and the top ten account for 45.5%. The HHI score of 435 puts this in the unconcentrated range based on what we can see. We've matched 8,700 suppliers to company records, with 8,093 unique suppliers spread across 22 sectors. Health and social work leads sector spend at 17.4% (£412 million across 809 suppliers), with real estate close behind at 17.0%. Education takes 14.0%, and construction pulls in 11.5% with £272 million spread across 431 suppliers. Admin and support services round out the top five at 11.0%. Professional and scientific services, IT, and wholesale each sit around 3.3%, so there is a long tail of mid-sized sectors.
Open tenders dominate, but the contract register is thin
Of the five contracts with procurement method data, four went through open tender and one was a direct award. That is a strong lean towards competitive routes, at least in the published records. The median contract value sits at £820,709, so these are not small packages. But five contracts is a thin dataset to draw firm conclusions from, and the real procurement picture is probably better reflected in the 88 tenders worth £691 million that we've tracked. Solihull sits within the West Midlands Combined Authority. No consortium memberships show in our data. For a council of this size, the transaction volume of 1.4 million records over 16 years gives you a solid baseline for understanding spending patterns, even where the formal contract register is limited in scope.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOLIHULL COMMUNITY HOUSING LIMITED | £385,298,807 |
| 2 | CITY OF BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE | £218,157,880 |
| 3 | ENTERPRISE MANAGED SERVICES LIMITED | £116,232,297 |
| 4 | SOLIHULL BSF SCHOOLS LIMITED | £111,664,806 |
| 5 | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED | £89,461,221 |
| 6 | BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | £37,595,126 |
| 7 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £34,285,261 |
| 8 | SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT SERVICES LIMITED | £29,913,182 |
| 9 | JOHN GRAHAM HOLDINGS LIMITED | £28,469,775 |
| 10 | THE COVENTRY AND SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY LIMITED | £25,038,066 |
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.
