Official transparency data

Ministry of Defence: spending & suppliers

Ministry of Defence has £23,292,547,680 of tracked spend across 57,264 published payments to 1,925 suppliers, from Jul 2024 to Mar 2026.

£23bn
tracked public spend
57k
payment transactions
1,925
suppliers paid
258
contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Ministry of Defence’s published payments.

1AWE PLC£2.4bn
2BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED£1.6bn
3LEIDOS EUROPE, LIMITED£1.0bn
4UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT£905m
5VIVO DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED£842m

See all 1,925 suppliers

1,920 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 258 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Ministry of Defence spend?

Ministry of Defence has £23,292,547,680 of tracked spend across 57,264 published payments to 1,925 suppliers, covering Jul 2024 to Mar 2026. These figures come from Ministry of Defence’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Ministry of Defence’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 1,925 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Ministry of Defence contracts are expiring?

Ministry of Defence has 258 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 Ministry of Defence spending data come from?

From Ministry of Defence 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 Ministry of Defence’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Jul 2024Mar 2026. See the full data coverage.