Official transparency data · current
Durham County Council: spending & suppliers
Durham County Council has £2,915,522,407 of tracked procurement spend across 396,298 published payments to 35,793 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.
£2.9bn
tracked procurement spend
396k
payment transactions
35,793
suppliers paid
43
contracts expiring (12m)
Top suppliers by tracked spend
The largest recipients of Durham County Council’s published payments.
See all 35,793 suppliers
35,788 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 43 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Durham County Council spend?
Durham County Council has £2,915,522,407 of tracked procurement spend across 396,298 published payments to 35,793 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 35,793 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 43 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 2020–Aug 2026. See the full data coverage.