Free Guide: Winchester Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Winchester City Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2016 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£244.5m
Transactions
25,629
Suppliers
1,004
Key Takeaways
- £244.5 million in recorded spend across 25,629 transactions since 2016
- 43.1% of matched spend goes to construction, with five construction firms in the top ten
- 1,004 identified suppliers and an HHI of 349, making this an unconcentrated market
How much does Winchester actually spend?
Winchester City Council is a non-metropolitan district in Hampshire serving around 126,000 people across 255 square miles. Our dataset covers £244.5 million in recorded spend across 25,629 transactions, drawn from 29 source files spanning 2016 to 2026. That works out at roughly £1,940 per resident in tracked spending, which gives you a sense of the council's buying activity over the period. On the tenders side, we hold 15 published tenders with a combined value of £308.5 million, alongside 12 recorded contracts. The data comes from two sources: Find a Tender and Winchester's own website. For a district council rather than a county or unitary authority, the transaction volume here is decent. Winchester does not sit within a combined authority, so it is not pooling procurement through a mayoral structure. If you are scoping district councils in the South East, this is a buyer with a steady flow of purchasing activity over a long time window.
Construction dominates, but is the market wide open?
Construction takes 43.1% of matched spend at £47.9 million, and five of the top ten identified suppliers sit in that sector. Willmott Dixon leads with £14.6 million, followed by Galliford Try Building 2014 at £6.1 million and Wates Construction at £4 million. Galliford Try appears twice in the top ten through separate entities, with a combined £9.1 million. But despite construction's dominance, the market is not concentrated. The HHI sits at just 349, which is low, and the top five suppliers account for only 32.3% of spend. Across the 1,004 suppliers we have matched, no single firm has a stranglehold. Outside construction, the spending is spread thinly. Admin and support services take 8.5%, financial services 7.4%, and waste management 7%. Professional and scientific services account for 6.5% but have the highest supplier count at 193 firms, suggesting lots of smaller engagements in that category.
What does the tender pipeline look like?
Our data holds 15 tenders for Winchester worth a combined £308.5 million, which tells you the council does put larger pieces of work out to market. We have 12 recorded contracts on file, though contract value data is not available for these. On procurement methods, the contract records we hold do not include method breakdowns, so we cannot tell you how much goes through open competition versus direct award. What the payment data does show is a council making a large number of smaller transactions, 25,629 in total, spread across a wide supplier base. The average transaction value across all recorded spend sits around £9,500, pointing to a pattern of frequent, lower-value purchasing alongside the larger tendered projects. If you are looking at Winchester's pipeline, the tenders published through Find a Tender give you the best view of upcoming larger opportunities.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £14,628,896 |
| 2 | BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED | £7,219,627 |
| 3 | GALLIFORD TRY BUILDING 2014 LIMITED | £6,132,060 |
| 4 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £4,028,964 |
| 5 | ANTHONY COLLINS SOLICITORS LLP | £3,994,831 |
| 6 | STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED | £3,519,244 |
| 7 | D ADAMS & SONS ROOFING LIMITED | £3,442,360 |
| 8 | CARDO (SOUTH) LIMITED | £3,216,323 |
| 9 | HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CARS LIMITED | £3,079,921 |
| 10 | GALLIFORD TRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £2,920,576 |
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