Data story · ComprasNet / gov.br Compras award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
270,442 awards in Brazil went to 76,429 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. Most suppliers in Brazil won one award in the window: 67% of 76,429. The top 1% of suppliers won 35% of the awards. The median across the 36 countries with a story is 18%.
The stated value is more concentrated than the awards here: 51% against 35% for the top 1%. No supplier won more than 1% of the awards. ALTERMED MATERIAL MEDICO HOSPITALAR LTDA won the most: 3,580.
- Awards
- 270,442
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 76,429
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 67%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 35%
- Share of awards won by the 764 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.66
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (BRL)
- BRL 67.4 billion
- From the 99% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 51%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Brazil ranks 13th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 5th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (BRL) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALTERMED MATERIAL MEDICO HOSPITALAR LTDA | 3,580 | 1% | 7.74 million | under 1% |
| 2 | OTHALA COMERCIO LTDA | 2,733 | 1% | 1.57 million | under 1% |
| 3 | SK MATERIAIS PARA ESCRITORIO LTDA | 2,161 | under 1% | 1.28 million | under 1% |
| 4 | JLM DISTRIBUIDORA BR LTDA | 1,941 | under 1% | 2.19 million | under 1% |
| 5 | SOMA/SC PRODUTOS HOSPITALARES LTDA | 1,413 | under 1% | 3.72 million | under 1% |
| 6 | CENTERMEDI-COMERCIO DE PRODUTOS HOSPITALARES LTDA | 1,374 | under 1% | 4.24 million | under 1% |
| 7 | Medilar Imp.. Distr. de Prod. Med. Hosp. Ltda | 1,373 | under 1% | 8.41 million | under 1% |
| 8 | PRINTSUL COMERCIO ATACADISTA LTDA | 1,360 | under 1% | 3.02 million | under 1% |
| 9 | SEBOLD INDÚSTRIA DE COSMÉTICOS LTDA | 1,304 | under 1% | 993,681 | under 1% |
| 10 | L A DALLA PORTA JUNIOR LTDA | 1,201 | under 1% | 3.13 million | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (BRL) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESTADO DO CEARA | 8,659 | 3% | 1.06 billion | 2% |
| 2 | ESP-PENIT. II DE SAO VICENTE - São Vicente/SP | 3,398 | 1% | 119 million | under 1% |
| 3 | SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DA SAUDE | 2,742 | 1% | 577 million | under 1% |
| 4 | MINISTERIO DA SAUDE | 2,155 | under 1% | 884 million | 1% |
| 5 | COMANDO DO EXERCITO | 2,004 | under 1% | 912 million | 1% |
| 6 | MUNICIPIO DE TARUMA | 1,791 | under 1% | 7.53 million | under 1% |
| 7 | UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS | 1,785 | under 1% | 64.5 million | under 1% |
| 8 | MINISTERIO DA ECONOMIA | 1,654 | under 1% | 80.6 million | under 1% |
| 9 | UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA JULIO DE MESQUITA FILHO | 1,607 | under 1% | 40.3 million | under 1% |
| 10 | UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO | 1,525 | under 1% | 134 million | under 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
The award records for Brazil have no CPV code, so this story has no sector table.
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- ComprasNet / gov.br Compras award notices for Brazil. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- November 2024 to October 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Brazil, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- The records for Brazil have no CPV code, so this story shows no sector numbers. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in BRL. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Brazil. 99% of the awards state an amount, BRL 67.4 billion in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 31 October 2026. Awards from November 2024 to October 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.