Published: July 2025
The Local Gov Procurement Index of
Cardiff County Council
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National spending ranks
Out of 311 councils Cardiff County Council was ranked:
£267.8m
spent directly on procurement in 2024
£102.4m spent
with SMEs, representing
38% of total spent in 2024
£49.2m spent
with VCSEs, representing
18% of total spent in 2024
£9m spent
with Local businesses, representing
3% of total spent in 2024
Spending breakdown, mapped
Methodology
This graph shows how your local authority performs on two key measures from the Index:
X-axis: The share of your council’s direct procurement spend that went to local suppliers - defined as suppliers based within your authority’s region.
Y-axis: The share of your direct procurement spend that created social value - defined as spend with SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) or VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises).
Only councils that published a full set of procurement spending data for 2024 are included in the chart.
This analysis highlights which local authorities are leading the way in embedding both local and social priorities into their procurement, and which have room to grow.
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Find out moreRegional ranking
Here’s how Cardiff County Council compares with 7 other authorities in Wales.
Only councils with fully published 2024 procurement spend data are included.
Businesses in region
In Wales the public sector is working with
5,620 SMEs
661 VCSEs
305 Local Businesses
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Book a chat with the Tussell team to discover local, SME and VCSE suppliers with a track record of working with local authorities in your area.
Access our dataWales spending breakdown, by supplier type over time
Methodology
This chart tracks local authorities based in Wales, their absolute value and the proportion of their procurement spent directly with SMEs, Local Businesses, and VCSEs from 2020 to 2024. Only authorities with complete procurement spend publishing for 2024 have been analysed.
This analysis matters because it reveals how effectively the region is directing spend towards suppliers that generate local and social value, helping benchmark performance, track progress over time and compare your local authority vs the region.
Does Cardiff County Council fall below these benchmarks?
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