Data story · TED award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
41,665 awards in Bulgaria went to 6,646 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. 57% of the 6,646 suppliers won two or more awards. Bulgaria is above the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 28%, against 18% in the median country (36 countries).
Value numbers need an amount on 40% of the awards or more. Here 31% have one, so the story shows counts only. The largest supplier, СОФАРМА ТРЕЙДИНГ АД, won 904 awards (2%).
- Awards
- 41,665
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 6,646
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 43%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 28%
- Share of awards won by the 66 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.71
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Most awards here give no amount: 31% do. Below 40% we show no value numbers.
Bulgaria ranks 6th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 11th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | СОФАРМА ТРЕЙДИНГ АД | 904 | 2% |
| 2 | ФЬОНИКС Фарма ЕООД | 839 | 2% |
| 3 | ДАНСОН ТРЕЙДИНГ ООД | 764 | 2% |
| 4 | МЕДЕКС ООД | 404 | under 1% |
| 5 | ФАРКОЛ АД | 378 | under 1% |
| 6 | Кооперация ПАНДА | 361 | under 1% |
| 7 | Търговска Лига - Глобален Аптечен Център АД | 342 | under 1% |
| 8 | МЕДИЦИНСКА ТЕХНИКА ИНЖЕНЕРИНГ ООД | 320 | under 1% |
| 9 | СОЛОМЕД ЕООД | 294 | under 1% |
| 10 | РСР ЕООД | 274 | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ОБЩИНА БУРГАС | 859 | 2% |
| 2 | УНИВЕРСИТЕТСКА МНОГОПРОФИЛНА БОЛНИЦА ЗА АКТИВНО ЛЕЧЕНИЕ "СВЕТИ ГЕОРГИ" ЕАД | 856 | 2% |
| 3 | МЕДИЦИНСКИ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ | 681 | 2% |
| 4 | СТОЛИЧНА ОБЩИНА | 553 | 1% |
| 5 | ТЕЦ МАРИЦА ИЗТОК 2 ЕАД | 519 | 1% |
| 6 | ОБЩИНА ВАРНА | 479 | 1% |
| 7 | Електроразпределителни мрежи Запад ЕАД | 467 | 1% |
| 8 | МЕДИЦИНСКИ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ-ВАРНА "ПРОФ. Д-Р ПАРАСКЕВ ИВ.СТОЯНОВ" | 463 | 1% |
| 9 | Военномедицинска академия | 441 | 1% |
| 10 | АГЕНЦИЯ "ПЪТНА ИНФРАСТРУКТУРА" | 424 | 1% |
No value columns: 31% of these awards state an amount.
Sectors
One sector has 300 or more awards and 50 or more suppliers in the window, and a sector page. Each row links to that page, where the sector has its own numbers, charts and tables.
| CPV sector | Awards | Winning suppliers | Top 1% of suppliers | Won one award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilities Management | 463 | 191 | 8% | 62% |
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
- TED award notices for Bulgaria. 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 Bulgaria, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- Each award has the CPV code of its notice. Each award counts in one sector only, by the strict CPV rules of the ART-1 audit. 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.
- 31% of these awards state an amount. Our floor is 40%, so this story shows counts only.
- TED lists contracts above the EU thresholds. Smaller contracts are not in these numbers.
- 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.