Published: July 2025

The Local Gov Procurement Index of
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

London

All the data in the Local Procurement Index is powered by Tussell’s market intelligence platform

National spending ranks

Out of 311 councils Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames was ranked:

107 th
Place
Total spending

£283.5m

spent directly on procurement in 2024

287 th
Place
SME spending

£57.1m spent

with SMEs, representing

20% of total spent in 2024

5 th
Place
VCSE spending

£110.7m spent

with VCSEs, representing

39% of total spent in 2024

26 th
Place
Local spending

£177.9m spent

with Local businesses, representing

63% of total spent in 2024

Spending breakdown, mapped

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames spend proportion graph
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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Regional ranking

Here’s how Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames compares with 30 other authorities in London.
Only councils with fully published 2024 procurement spend data are included.

SME Spending

29th Royal Borough of Greenwich
30th Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
31st London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

VCSE Spending

1st London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
2nd Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
3rd Greater London Authority
4th London Borough of Tower Hamlets

LOCAL Spending

9th London Borough of Bromley
10th Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
11th London Borough of Hackney
12th London Borough of Merton

Businesses in region

In London the public sector is working with

21,998 SMEs

3,158 VCSEs

13,673 Local Businesses

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London spending breakdown, by supplier type over time

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames spending breakdown graph
Methodology

This chart tracks local authorities based in London, 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.

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