The State of Contractor Assurance 2026 Report

One in four contractors start work before compliance checks are complete

New research from SafeContractor reveals a significant gap between contractor assurance policy and operational reality. While only 14% of organisations fully verify every contractor they engage, 23% of contractors say they have started work before compliance checks were complete.

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Benchmark your contractor assurance approach against 500 industry respondents

Identify where visibility and compliance gaps are creating supply chain risk

Understand why contractor compliance issues continue to occur

Explore the operational, legal and reputational consequences of assurance failures

Discover practical actions to strengthen contractor oversight

Why trust the findings?

500 industry respondents

Research-led insight from an independent research partner

200 hiring organisations and 300 contractors

Cross-sector insight from housing, FM, manufacturing, logistics and property

Perspectives from both hiring organisations and contractors

Download the report to identify assurance gaps before they become business-critical

Benchmark your approach against industry peers, uncover hidden assurance risks and gain practical insight into how organisations are strengthening contractor oversight across increasingly complex supply chains.