Free Guide: Stafford Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Stafford Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£373.8m
Transactions
34,921
Suppliers
1,490
Key Takeaways
- £373.8 million in recorded spend across nearly 35,000 transactions since 2014
- 1,490 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market, HHI of 531
- 13 tenders worth £16.5 million published, split across multiple service areas
A mid-sized district punching above its weight on spend?
Stafford Borough Council is a non-metropolitan district in Staffordshire, covering around 231 square miles with a population of roughly 138,000. For a district council, the recorded spend is striking. Our data covers £373.8 million across 34,921 transactions, drawn from 123 source files spanning 2014 to 2026. That works out at around £31 million a year on average, though spend will not be evenly distributed across that period. We have matched 1,501 suppliers against Companies House records, giving you a solid base for identifying who is active here. The data comes from staffordbc.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to December 2025. For a borough council, this is a busy buyer with a long spending history in the dataset. If you are scoping district-level opportunities in the West Midlands, Stafford has enough volume to be worth a closer look.
Two waste giants dominate, but the field is wide open below them
Veolia ES (UK) Limited sits at the top of the identified supplier list with £25.1 million in recorded spend, followed by Biffa Waste Services at £15.1 million. Together those two account for roughly £40 million, and waste and environmental services clearly represent a core spending category. Freedom Leisure (£8.1 million), Willmott Dixon Construction (£7.8 million), and KC Estate Management (£7.3 million) round out the top five, which collectively account for 44% of matched spend. But with an HHI of 531, this is an unconcentrated market. There are 1,490 identified suppliers across 22 sectors in our data. Construction has 153 suppliers and £21.4 million in spend. IT and communications pulls in £10.1 million from 160 suppliers. Professional and scientific services has the most suppliers at 187, though only £6.9 million in recorded spend. Beyond those anchor contracts at the top, the money spreads widely.
Where are the formal tenders?
This is where the picture gets interesting. Our data holds 13 tenders with a combined value of £16.5 million and 11 contracts, though no contract values are recorded. The procurement method breakdown is not available in the dataset, so we cannot tell you how much goes through open competition versus direct award. What we can see is that the bulk of spending activity sits in the transaction-level payment data rather than in published contract notices. That is not unusual for a district council of this size, but it does mean the formal pipeline you can track through tenders is relatively thin compared to the overall spend. The 13 tenders give you a starting point, and the payment records tell you who is already getting paid and for what. If you are trying to identify upcoming opportunities, the tender data alone will not give you the full picture here.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £25,079,083 |
| 2 | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £15,083,617 |
| 3 | FREEDOM LEISURE LIMITED | £8,100,476 |
| 4 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £7,830,000 |
| 5 | KC ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £7,317,860 |
| 6 | MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD | £3,544,929 |
| 7 | HOMES PLUS LIMITED | £2,573,590 |
| 8 | EDF ENERGY LIMITED | £2,440,046 |
| 9 | APCOA PARKING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | £1,932,359 |
| 10 | TAFF HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | £1,574,302 |
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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.
