Council benchmarks
Every London council with data, side by side. Click a column heading to sort.
| Council | Spend 2024/25 | Spend, all years | Payments | Suppliers | Average payment | Top 10 share | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark | £1.5bn | £8.2bn | 798,692 | 12,007 | £10.3k | 30% | 2017/18 to 2026/27 |
| Westminster | £1.4bn | £6.9bn | 499,961 | 7,750 | £13.8k | 27% | 2020/21 to 2025/26 |
| Lambeth | £1.3bn | £7.1bn | 1,897,399 | 4,220 | £3,722 | 35% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Hillingdon | £1.2bn | £6.2bn | 259,446 | 3,712 | £23.9k | 43% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Greenwich | £945.0m | £4.6bn | 550,138 | 7,258 | £8,353 | 31% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Sutton | £895.3m | £4.4bn | 706,966 | 5,920 | £6,214 | 25% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Newham | £881.8m | £5.5bn | 2,039,519 | 7,041 | £2,706 | 24% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Barnet | £868.1m | £4.7bn | 1,377,169 | 7,759 | £3,448 | 49% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Lewisham | £861.7m | £6.5bn | 418,249 | 5,504 | £15.6k | 55% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Brent | £822.6m | £5.0bn | 434,100 | 7,952 | £11.4k | 29% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Hackney | £818.0m | £3.6bn | 451,543 | 11,206 | £8,053 | 19% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Camden | £801.6m | £5.6bn | 410,004 | 6,036 | £13.6k | 39% | 2018/19 to 2025/26 |
| Tower Hamlets | £747.1m | £4.5bn | 393,130 | 10,049 | £11.4k | 18% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Wandsworth | £713.9m | £4.4bn | 270,878 | 8,984 | £16.3k | 16% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Merton | £669.3m | £3.4bn | 243,433 | 5,175 | £14.2k | 32% | 2020/21 to 2025/26 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £636.7m | £3.3bn | 423,579 | 28,205 | £7,824 | 20% | 2020/21 to 2026/27 |
| Enfield | £619.6m | £3.9bn | 538,913 | 5,988 | £7,254 | 24% | 2020/21 to 2025/26 |
| Haringey | £587.8m | £2.5bn | 337,853 | 5,157 | £7,416 | 37% | 2021/22 to 2025/26 |
| Ealing | £578.1m | £3.2bn | 654,920 | 11,721 | £4,830 | 23% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Bromley | £572.2m | £3.2bn | 209,449 | 2,813 | £15.4k | 34% | 2022/23 to 2025/26 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £524.5m | £1.0bn | 139,849 | 3,508 | £7,349 | 30% | 2023/24 to 2025/26 |
| Redbridge | £504.2m | £3.4bn | 1,401,518 | 5,375 | £2,445 | 32% | 2018/19 to 2025/26 |
| Islington | £498.1m | £2.9bn | 354,301 | 17,061 | £8,139 | 28% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Bexley | £495.5m | £2.9bn | 499,679 | 7,094 | £5,863 | 34% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Richmond | £453.8m | £2.6bn | 183,969 | 4,617 | £14.0k | 45% | 2019/20 to 2026/27 |
| Harrow | £405.9m | £1.4bn | 225,578 | 6,727 | £6,380 | 28% | 2021/22 to 2025/26 |
| Kingston | £375.9m | £1.9bn | 243,714 | 3,002 | £7,969 | 43% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Havering | £341.4m | £1.5bn | 461,765 | 5,172 | £3,307 | 23% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Waltham Forest | £337.3m | £864.1m | 44,194 | 2,734 | £19.6k | 51% | 2023/24 to 2026/27 |
| Hounslow | £310.2m | £2.0bn | 177,985 | 5,499 | £11.3k | 39% | 2019/20 to 2025/26 |
| Barking and Dagenham | Not published | £4.4bn | 304,112 | 7,265 | £14.6k | 36% | 2019/20 to 2024/25 |
| Croydon | Not published | £290.4m | 64,598 | 3,503 | £4,495 | 27% | 2021/22 to 2021/22 |
Reading the table
Councils publish different periods, so compare a single year (the first money column, 2024/25, the latest year most councils have published in full) rather than all years. "Not published" means that council's files for the year are missing or incomplete. Top 10 share is the part of a council's spend that went to its ten largest suppliers, with redacted payments left out: a high figure means a few big contracts, such as waste or housing management, dominate. Suppliers counts each supplier once however many ways the council spelled it.