Free Guide: Surrey Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Surrey County Council · County · South East
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£0
Transactions
2,382,145
Suppliers
9,726
Key Takeaways
- £4.1 billion in recorded spend across over 2.3 million transactions from 2014 to 2026
- 9,726 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market, HHI of just 107
- Health and social work accounts for 25% of matched spend, with 1,666 suppliers in that sector alone
How big is Surrey as a buyer?
Very big. Surrey County Council serves nearly 1.2 million people across 642 square miles of the South East, and the spending data matches that scale. Our dataset covers over 2.3 million payment transactions and 4,863 published tenders worth a combined £2.9 billion. The payment records stretch from 2014 to 2026, drawn from 85 source files published on Surrey's own data portal and Find a Tender. We've matched 10,244 suppliers across those records. For a county council, this is a deep and varied purchasing operation. The tender pipeline alone gives you a long runway of published opportunities to analyse. And with data going back a decade, you can track how spending priorities have shifted over time. If you're sizing up Surrey as a market, the volume of transactions tells you this council buys frequently and from a wide base of providers.
Where does the money actually go?
Health and social care dominates. Of the spend we've matched to sectors, 25% sits in human health and social work, spread across 1,666 identified suppliers. Construction comes next at 13.5%, followed by education at 11.6%. Waste management pulls in 9.1% of spend but from only 60 suppliers, which tells you those contracts are large and concentrated among fewer firms. Ringway Infrastructure Services leads the identified supplier list at £225 million, followed by Suez Recycling and Recovery at £195 million and Kier Integrated Services at £171 million. The top five suppliers account for 19.3% of matched spend, and the top ten for 26.4%. With an HHI of 107, this is an unconcentrated market. No single supplier or small group dominates, which is unusual at this spending scale. The breadth across 9,726 suppliers suggests plenty of room across multiple sectors.
Is this an open or closed market?
The formal contract data we hold is limited, with just 3 recorded contracts. Of those, 2 were direct awards and 1 went through open tender. That's too small a sample to draw firm conclusions about procurement behaviour. But the tender data paints a fuller picture: 4,863 published tenders worth £2.9 billion give you a rich seam of opportunities to review. The median contract value sits at around £152,000, which places most opportunities in a range accessible to mid-sized firms. Two of the three recorded contracts were above the procurement threshold, so the work that does get formally published tends to be at a scale where competitive processes are expected. With over 2.3 million payment transactions flowing to nearly 10,000 suppliers, the spending pattern points to a council that uses a broad supplier base rather than funnelling work to a handful of incumbents.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LIMITED | £224,656,026 |
| 2 | SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD | £194,923,031 |
| 3 | KIER INTEGRATED SERVICES LIMITED | £171,382,804 |
| 4 | SITA UK LIMITED | £110,258,394 |
| 5 | ADECCO UK LIMITED | £82,952,892 |
| 6 | SURREY LIGHTING SERVICES LIMITED | £82,268,518 |
| 7 | SURREY CHOICES LTD | £65,184,189 |
| 8 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £59,220,211 |
| 9 | MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD | £42,214,641 |
| 10 | WILKS HEAD & EVE LLP | £39,941,076 |
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.
