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Manchester City Council: spending & suppliers

Manchester City Council has £6,318,002,754 of tracked spend across 336,672 published payments to 12,444 suppliers, from Apr 2020 to Aug 2026.

£6.3bn

tracked public spend

337k

payment transactions

12,444

suppliers paid

38

contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Manchester City Council’s published payments.

1GMCA£1.0bn
2DCLG£329m
3LendLease Construction(EUROPE) Ltd£222m
4Laing O'Rourke Construction Ltd£182m
5Biffa Municipal Limited£163m

See all 12,444 suppliers

12,439 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 38 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Engage Manchester City 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 Manchester City 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 Manchester City Council spend?

Manchester City Council has £6,318,002,754 of tracked spend across 336,672 published payments to 12,444 suppliers, covering Apr 2020 to Aug 2026. These figures come from Manchester City Council’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Manchester City Council’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 12,444 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Manchester City Council contracts are expiring?

Manchester City Council has 38 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 Manchester City Council spending data come from?

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