Free Guide: Warwickshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Warwickshire County Council · County · West Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£4.0bn
Transactions
651,088
Suppliers
7,151
Key Takeaways
- £4 billion in recorded spend across 651,088 transactions from 2011 to 2026
- 7,151 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market at HHI 367
- Construction and health/social work together account for 55% of matched spend
£4 billion over 15 years: what does that buy?
Warwickshire is a large county council serving 584,000 people across 763 square miles of the West Midlands. And the spending data reflects that scale. Our dataset covers £4 billion in recorded spend across 651,088 transactions, drawn from 120 source files spanning 2011 to 2026. On the contracts side, we've tracked 224 published contracts worth a combined £19.3 million, plus 131 tenders with a stated value of just over £5 billion. That tender figure looks eye-catching, but it includes large framework agreements and multi-year deals that inflate the headline number. The median contract value sits at £1 million, so there is clearly a mix of larger strategic contracts and smaller operational purchasing flowing through. With 7,334 matched suppliers in the data, this is a council with a broad, active supply base. If you're sizing up a county-level buyer in the Midlands, Warwickshire is one worth understanding.
Balfour Beatty dominates, but the market is wide open
Balfour Beatty Living Places tops the identified supplier list at £427 million in recorded spend. That is a big number, but it needs context. The top five suppliers account for 26.8% of matched spend and the top ten for 34.3%. With an HHI of 367, this is an unconcentrated market. Spend is spread across 7,151 identified suppliers, so no single firm or small group controls the pipeline. Construction takes the largest sector share at 28.5% of spend (429 suppliers), closely followed by health and social work at 26.5% (1,004 suppliers). Education sits third at 9.5%. Three of the top five suppliers operate in health and social care, including WCS Care Group (£77 million) and Runwood Homes (£49 million). Below the headline construction number, care providers make up a large and fragmented portion of this council's purchasing. That fragmentation could matter if you're in that space.
How open is the front door?
Of the 13 contracts where we have procurement method data, nine went through open tender and four were direct awards. That is a roughly 70/30 split in favour of competitive routes. Ten of those 13 sat above the procurement threshold, which fits with a council of this size running larger, more formal procurements. The tender pipeline looks active too, with 131 published tenders in our records. Warwickshire sources its data through its own API, Find a Tender, and GitHub-hosted transparency files, which suggests a council that publishes fairly broadly. Our data was last collected in December 2025. One thing worth noting: the contract data we hold (224 contracts, £19.3 million) captures only a fraction of the £4 billion in transaction-level spend. Most of the purchasing activity sits in those 651,088 payment records rather than formal contract notices. That is common for county councils but worth keeping in mind when reading the numbers.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED | £427,210,718 |
| 2 | WCS CARE GROUP LIMITED | £77,286,119 |
| 3 | RUNWOOD HOMES LIMITED | £48,571,466 |
| 4 | PEOPLE IN ACTION | £45,622,279 |
| 5 | DODD GROUP (MIDLANDS) LIMITED | £43,755,601 |
| 6 | ARDEN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £39,591,928 |
| 7 | PERTEMPS RECRUITMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED | £35,829,589 |
| 8 | FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED | £34,284,074 |
| 9 | THE COVENTRY AND SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY LIMITED | £32,429,529 |
| 10 | EMMAUS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE | £26,471,950 |
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.
