Official transparency data

Department for Transport: spending & suppliers

Department for Transport has £21,779,660,533 of tracked spend across 15,025 published payments to 1,599 suppliers, from Sep 2025 to Feb 2026.

£22bn
tracked public spend
15k
payment transactions
1,599
suppliers paid
13
contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Department for Transport’s published payments.

1Network Rail£5.3bn
2BALFOUR BEATTY VINCI JV - HS2 (N2)£1.2bn
3EIFFAGE KIER FERROVIAL BAM JOINT VENTURE£1.1bn
4GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY£1.0bn
5GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY LIMITED£993m

See all 1,599 suppliers

1,594 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 13 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Engage Department for Transport before the tender

By the time a contract is advertised, the incumbent has often been in the buyer’s ear for months. Knowing what Department for Transport 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 Transport spend?

Department for Transport has £21,779,660,533 of tracked spend across 15,025 published payments to 1,599 suppliers, covering Sep 2025 to Feb 2026. These figures come from Department for Transport’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Department for Transport’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 1,599 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Department for Transport contracts are expiring?

Department for Transport has 13 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 Transport spending data come from?

From Department for Transport 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 Transport’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Sep 2025Feb 2026. See the full data coverage.