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Department for Business and Trade: spending & suppliers

Department for Business and Trade has £952,677,733 of tracked spend across 1,433 published payments to 261 suppliers, from Nov 2025 to Apr 2026.

£953m
tracked public spend
1k
payment transactions
261
suppliers paid
57
contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Department for Business and Trade’s published payments.

1Post Office Limited£232m
2UKRI-Innovate UK£227m
3British Steel Ltd£85m
4GSSC Payments£43m
5ACAS£36m

See all 261 suppliers

256 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 57 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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By the time a contract is advertised, the incumbent has often been in the buyer’s ear for months. Knowing what Department for Business and Trade spends, who holds their contracts and what is about to expire lets you build the relationship first — where bids are won. Inside PSIP you get the full supplier picture, incumbent payment histories and alerts the moment things move.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Department for Business and Trade spend?

Department for Business and Trade has £952,677,733 of tracked spend across 1,433 published payments to 261 suppliers, covering Nov 2025 to Apr 2026. These figures come from Department for Business and Trade’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Department for Business and Trade’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 261 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Department for Business and Trade contracts are expiring?

Department for Business and Trade has 57 contracts with an end date in the next 12 months in our records. Which specific contracts, who holds them and what they are worth is inside PSIP — the moment a contract nears expiry is the moment to engage the buyer.

Where does this Department for Business and Trade spending data come from?

From Department for Business and Trade itself. UK public bodies are required to publish their payments to suppliers. PSIP ingests those official publications, normalises the formats and matches suppliers against the Companies House register, so every figure traces back to a source publication — nothing is estimated.

Figures aggregated from Department for Business and Trade’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Nov 2025Apr 2026. See the full data coverage.