Supplier · Large organisation

Waterstones Booksellers Limited

Waterstones Booksellers Limited has won 7 UK public contracts worth £504m since 28 Apr 2021. See its competitors in printed matter.

Company 00610095Companies House recordBased in LondonFirst contract 28 Apr 2021Latest contract 2 Jun 2025

Also published as Blackwell's (Waterstones Booksellers Ltd t/a). These are the same company (00610095), so their contracts are counted together.

Contracts
7
Published value
£504mwhere stated
Without competition
29%2 contracts
Won by SMEs
43%of 7 with size known
Contracts won per month, last 24 months 4 contracts · busiest month March 2025

Biggest customers

  1. Ministry of Justice 2 contracts · £437m
  2. Education Authority 2 contracts · £25.2m
  3. The Lord Chancellor 1 contract · £1.44m

What they supply

  1. Printed matter 6 contracts · £504m
  2. Recreation, culture & sport 1 contract · —

Competitors in printed matter

Sector overview
  1. Ebsco International Inc 33 contracts · £779m
  2. Kortext Limited SME 13 contracts · £276m
  3. A.T.Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books SME 11 contracts · £364m
  4. Harlow Printing Limited SME 7 contracts · £27.3m
  5. Proquest Limited SME 6 contracts · £23.2m

These are the suppliers with the most printed matter contracts in the last two years, which is where Waterstones Booksellers Limited wins most of its work. They are not necessarily bidding for the same contracts. See the whole sector.

All contracts won by Waterstones Booksellers Limited

Contracts are matched to this supplier by company name as published in each notice. If a company appears under slightly different names, some of its contracts may be listed separately. How matching works.