Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department for Business & Trade
Top-five suppliers hold 68% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Department for Business & Trade buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
717980486398733872Recent contracts
Latest Department for Business & Trade contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
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LSE Enterprise Ltd · 2026-09-10
£113K
British Fashion Council 2026/27
British Fashion Council · 2026-09-09
£100K
New Chair of The Insolvency Service Recruitment campaign
GatenbySanderson Ltd · 2026-09-06
£28K
Delivery of Strategic Business Events and Tradeshows
Identity Global Ltd · 2026-09-03
NHS Export Catalyst Programme
Health Tech Enterprise Limited · 2026-09-01
£18K
Mintel Corporate Subscription 2026-2028
Mintel Group Limited · 2026-08-31
£177K
Cyber Resilience of UK CNI Chemical Operators
PA Consulting Services Ltd · 2026-08-25
£96K
Unresolved Detriment – Online Marketplaces
Revealing Reality · 2026-08-23
£73K
Security Export Statistics 2025
Westlands Advisory · 2026-08-19
£51K
Resourcing and governance of HMG WTO activity
CMC Partnership Consultancy Ltd · 2026-08-18
£17K
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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Janes News Subscription
Expires: 2026-09-15
£18K
Resourcing and governance of HMG WTO activity
Expires: 2026-09-25
£17K
Support Service Worker for DBT Employee Notice
Expires: 2026-09-30
£75K
Finance & Investment Decisions Survey 2025 (Analysis)
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£50K
IISS Military Balance Plus
Expires: 2026-09-30
£11K
Help to Grow Management: Evaluation Phase 2
Expires: 2026-10-07
£1.4M
Production Finance Market (PFM) and Upstream 2026
Expires: 2026-10-07
£15K
The Economist Subscription Renewal
Expires: 2026-10-18
£51K
Relpro Subscription
Expires: 2026-10-21
CR_5487 Railway Project Work for Peru (DBT)
Expires: 2026-10-23
£15K
Market analysis
Bidding into Department for Business & Trade — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
48%
Awards to SMEs
68%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
1
Awards to social enterprises
Around 48% of Department for Business & Trade’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Department for Business & Trade
How much does Department for Business & Trade spend on procurement?
Department for Business & Trade awarded 235 contracts totalling £86.2M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 206 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £496K.
Who are Department for Business & Trade's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department for Business & Trade by total award value are ES Global, Post Office Limited, Bray Leino Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 68% of contract value.
What does Department for Business & Trade buy from suppliers?
Department for Business & Trade's procurement is concentrated in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, education and training services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.