Free Guide: Test Valley Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Test Valley Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£131.8m
Transactions
39,649
Suppliers
1,860
Key Takeaways
- £131.8 million in recorded spend across nearly 40,000 transactions since 2014
- 1,860 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 152 and top-5 share of 21.7%
- 19 tenders worth £31.2 million published, with construction dominating at 25% of spend
How big a buyer is Test Valley?
For a non-metropolitan district of around 127,000 people covering 242.5 square miles in Hampshire, Test Valley moves a decent amount of money. Our data shows £131.8 million in recorded spend across 39,649 transactions, drawn from 102 source files spanning 2014 to 2026. That is a long and consistent publishing record, which gives you a solid base for spotting patterns. On the tender side, 19 opportunities have been published with a combined value of £31.2 million. The council publishes through testvalley.gov.uk and Find a Tender, and the data was last collected in December 2025. We have matched 1,878 suppliers across those transactions, spread over 22 sectors. For a borough council, this is an active buyer with a broad supplier base. If you are looking at Hampshire districts, the volume of transaction-level data here gives you more to work with than many comparable authorities.
Construction leads, but the spend is spread wide
Construction takes the largest share of recorded spend at 25.1%, with £20.2 million going to 183 identified suppliers. Kier appears twice in the top ten: Kier Property Developments at £5.9 million and Kier Ventures at £1.5 million. Between them, that is over £7.4 million, making Kier the dominant name in our data. But the market itself is far from concentrated. An HHI of 152 is very low, and the top five suppliers account for just 21.7% of spend. That tells you no single firm or small group has locked this council down. Manufacturing sits second at 11%, followed by information and communication at 8.4% and transportation at 7.8%. Hampshire County Cars, ranked second overall at £4.7 million, is an interesting outlier in the transport category. Professional, scientific and technical activities draws the most suppliers of any sector, 242, but captures only 5.9% of spend. Lots of firms chasing relatively modest sums.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Our data holds 2 published contracts for Test Valley, neither with a recorded value. The tender data is more useful: 19 tenders worth £31.2 million give you a window into what the council is actively taking to market. Given the £131.8 million in transaction-level spend, most of the council's buying activity sits below the formal tender threshold or runs through frameworks and other routes that do not always generate published contract notices. That is common for borough councils of this size. The real depth here is in the transaction records. The spread of spend across 1,860 suppliers and 22 sectors, combined with that very low HHI, suggests the council is not funnelling work to a tight group of incumbents. Whether that openness shows up in formal procurement or in how they manage smaller purchases is a question the transaction data can help you explore.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIER PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | £5,881,403 |
| 2 | HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CARS LIMITED | £4,684,277 |
| 3 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £3,639,630 |
| 4 | VALLEY LEISURE LIMITED | £1,642,857 |
| 5 | ROCON CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £1,600,127 |
| 6 | KIER VENTURES LIMITED | £1,527,305 |
| 7 | GRISTWOOD AND TOMS LIMITED | £1,324,983 |
| 8 | BURRELL FOLEY FISCHER RIDYARD LLP | £1,057,310 |
| 9 | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | £1,033,323 |
| 10 | PROLUDIC LIMITED | £907,093 |
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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.
