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Durham County Council: spending & suppliers

Durham County Council has £1,718,443,117 of tracked procurement spend across 294,319 published payments to 33,370 suppliers, from Jan 2020 to Aug 2026.

Amounts follow each publisher’s own basis — some publish figures including VAT, others excluding it — so totals are not directly comparable between buyers.

£1.7bn

tracked procurement spend

294k

payment transactions

33,370

suppliers paid

45

contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Durham County Council’s published payments.

1KIER CONSTRUCTION LTD - SCOTLAND£59m
2HARROGATE & DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.£30m
3ESH CONSTRUCTION LTD FORMERLY LUMSDEN & CARROLL CONSTRUCTION LTD.£26m
4COUNTY DURHAM & DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (CDDFT).£24m
5NHS NORTH EAST & NORTH CUMBRIA ICB.£20m

See all 33,370 suppliers

33,365 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 45 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Engage Durham County Council before the tender

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

Durham County Council has £1,718,443,117 of tracked procurement spend across 294,319 published payments to 33,370 suppliers, covering Jan 2020 to Aug 2026. These figures come from Durham County Council’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Durham County Council’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 33,370 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Durham County Council contracts are expiring?

Durham County Council has 45 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 Durham County Council spending data come from?

From Durham County Council 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 Durham County Council’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Jan 2020Aug 2026. See the full data coverage.