Network Rail raised spending among its leading suppliers by 10%, with major power supplier EDF continuing to rank as the biggest supplier followed by signalling and train control specialist Siemens Mobility in second place.
| Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers by spend |
| Rank |
Supplier |
23/22 |
22/21 |
21/20 |
20/19 |
% of latest total |
| 1 |
EDF Energy Customers |
£527m |
£474m |
£407m |
£425m |
5.90% |
| 2 |
Siemens Mobility |
£509m |
£353m |
£289m |
£121m |
5.7% |
| 3 |
J Murphy & Sons |
£292m |
£233m |
£206m |
£146m |
3.3% |
| 4 |
Amalgamated Construction |
£254m |
£221m |
£199m |
£175m |
2.8% |
| 5 |
BAM Nuttall |
£213m |
£317m |
£247m |
£202m |
2.4% |
| 6 |
Colas Rail Ltd (RS Alliance) |
£176m |
£170m |
£163m |
n/a |
2.0% |
| 7 |
Alstom Transport UK |
£170m |
£99m |
n/a |
n/a |
1.9% |
| 8 |
SPL Powerlines UK |
£156m |
£93m |
n/a |
n/a |
1.7% |
| 9 |
Octavius Infrastructure |
£148m |
£105m |
£93m |
£91m |
1.7% |
| 10 |
Story Contracting |
£148m |
£110m |
£111m |
£77m |
1.7% |
| 11 |
Atkins |
£146m |
£113m |
£112m |
£90m |
1.6% |
| 12 |
Amey Rail (TransPennine route) |
£143m |
£172m |
£124m |
£263m |
1.6% |
| 13 |
Balfour Beatty Rail (RS Alliance) |
£135m |
£127m |
£122m |
n/a |
1.5% |
| 14 |
Balfour Beatty Rail |
£134m |
£119m |
£141m |
£225m |
1.5% |
| 15 |
Colas Rail |
£125m |
£115m |
£110m |
£169m |
1.4% |
| 16 |
QTS Group |
£118m |
£110m |
£109m |
£89m |
1.3% |
| 17 |
East West Rail Phase 2 Alliance |
£116m |
£242m |
£173m |
£86m |
1.3% |
| 18 |
Bam Nuttall – (TransPennine route) |
£108m |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.2% |
| 19 |
Alexander Mann Solutions |
£108m |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
1.2% |
| 20 |
British Steel |
£104m |
£84m |
£86m |
n/a |
1.2% |
|
Total top supplier spend |
£3.83bn |
£3.47bn |
£3.1bn |
£2.7bn |
42.9% |
Among the civils contractors, BAM Nuttal ranked top again with a total spend, including Transpenninne route upgrade work listed separately, rising to £321m.
Combined revenue from Colas Rail and its Rail Systems Alliance operations, totted up to £301m placing it second.
Among those civils firms enjoying increased spend, J Murphy & Sons rose up the rankings to third place after a big 25% jump in rail revenue to £292m.
The top 20 suppliers saw their take of total spending in the supply chain reach 43%, slightly down from 45% in 2022/21.
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