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Data Stories 2026-10-31 · 5 min read

Who wins government contracts in Colombia

The top 1% of suppliers won 7% of the 805,774 awards in Colombia from January 2025 to October 2026. By stated value, the top 1% won 56%.

Data story · SECOP II award notices · Jan 2025 – Oct 2026

805,774 awards in Colombia went to 537,964 suppliers from January 2025 to October 2026. Of 537,964 winning suppliers, 68% won once. Their awards are 45% of the total. The 5379 suppliers with the most awards, the top 1%, won 7% of them.

The money is more concentrated than the awards: the top 1% by stated value hold 56%, and the top 1% by awards hold 7%. No supplier won more than under 1% of the awards. Aseguradora Solidaria de Colombia Entidad Cooperativa. won the most: 709.

Awards
805,774
Contract awards from Jan 2025 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
Winning suppliers
537,964
Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
Won one award
68%
Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
Top 1% of suppliers
7%
Share of awards won by the 5,379 suppliers with the most awards.
Gini coefficient
0.26
Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
Stated value (COP)
COP 74.1 trillion
From the 100% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Top 1% by stated value
56%
Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.

We hold 22 months of data for Colombia, so the window is 22 months, not 24. Do not compare these shares with 24-month windows.

How the awards spread across suppliers

68% of suppliers won one award. They hold 45% of theawards.Share of suppliers, awards and stated value by the number of awards each supplier won1 award2–5 awards6–20 awards21–100 awards101+ awardsSuppliers68%31%Awards45%48%Stated value (COP)42%34%16%6%Source: Sell to State, SECOP II award notices, snapshot 31 October 2026. n = 805,774 awards.SELL TO STATE.
Share of suppliers, awards and stated value by the number of awards each supplier won: 1, 2–5, 6–20, 21–100, 101 or more. Colombia, January 2025 to October 2026.
By awards, the bottom half of suppliers hold 33%. Bystated value, the bottom half hold 8%.Lorenz curves by number of awards and by stated value0%0%25%25%50%50%75%75%100%100%Suppliers, from the fewest awards to the mostShare of awards or of valueBy number of awards (Gini 0.26)By stated value, COP (Gini 0.79)Dashed line: each supplier wins the same share. Thelower the curve, the more the awards gather at the top.Source: Sell to State, SECOP II award notices, snapshot 31 October 2026. n = 805,774 awards.SELL TO STATE.
Suppliers in order from the fewest awards to the most (x), against their total share of awards (y). The dashed line is an equal share for each supplier. The lower the curve, the more the awards gather at the top. Gini 0.26; by stated value 0.79.
The top 1% hold 7% of the awards and 56% of the statedvalue.Share held by the largest suppliers: hollow dot by number of awards, solid dot by stated valueShare of awardsShare of stated value (COP)0%25%50%75%100%Top 1% of suppliers7% → 56%Top 10% of suppliers25% → 76%Source: Sell to State, SECOP II award notices, snapshot 31 October 2026. n = 805,774 awards.SELL TO STATE.
Hollow dots: the share of awards held by the top 1% and the top 10% of suppliers by number of awards. Solid dots: the share of stated value held by the top 1% and the top 10% by stated value. The two groups can hold different suppliers. 100% of the awards state an amount. Values in COP, capped at the 99.9th percentile.

Colombia ranks 48th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 48th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.

Who wins the most awards

Top 10 suppliers by number of awards, January 2025 to October 2026.
#SupplierAwardsShare of awardsStated value (COP)Share of value
1 Aseguradora Solidaria de Colombia Entidad Cooperativa. 709 under 1% 108 billion under 1%
2 LA PREVISORA S.A. COMPAÑÍA DE SEGUROS 571 under 1% 121 billion under 1%
3 UNION TEMPORAL SEGUROS DEL ESTADO SA ASEGURADORA SOLIDARIA DE COLOMBIA ENTIDAD COOPERATIVA N. 015 DE 2026. 295 under 1% 936 billion 1%
4 SERVICIOS POSTALES NACIONALES S.A.S 188 under 1% 126 billion under 1%
5 SEGUROS DEL ESTADO S.A. 147 under 1% 19.2 billion under 1%
6 No Definido 134 under 1% 28.6 billion under 1%
7 INSTITUTO COLOMBIANO DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS Y CERTIFICACIÓN 131 under 1% 11.1 billion under 1%
8 HECTOR GARCIA GONZALEZ 119 under 1% 4.71 billion under 1%
9 CAJA DE COMPENSACION FAMILIAR COMPENSAR 117 under 1% 161 billion under 1%
10 SISTEMAS ARIES SAS 112 under 1% 4.17 billion under 1%

Who buys the most

Top 10 buyers by number of awards, January 2025 to October 2026.
#BuyerAwardsShare of awardsStated value (COP)Share of value
1 SENA REGIONAL RISARALDA Grupo de Apoyo Administrativo Mixto// 42,584 5% 2.38 trillion 3%
2 DEPARTAMENTO ADMINISTRATIVO DE GESTION DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE DAGMA 26,714 3% 1.72 trillion 2%
3 VEEDURIA DISTRITAL 21,442 3% 1.75 trillion 2%
4 ICBF REGIONAL CORDOBA 19,197 2% 3.89 trillion 5%
5 (Secretaría Distrital de Integración Social) 14,353 2% 1.50 trillion 2%
6 INSTITUCIÓN UNIVERSITARIA ITM 13,818 2% 376 billion under 1%
7 DISTRITO ESPECIAL INDUSTRIAL Y PORTUARIO DE BARRANQUILLA 10,129 1% 1.44 trillion 2%
8 AGENCIA NACIONAL DE TIERRAS - ANT 9,464 1% 573 billion under 1%
9 ALCALDÍA DEL DISTRITO TURÍSTICO Y CULTURAL DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS 7,198 under 1% 708 billion under 1%
10 SUBRED INTEGRADA DE SERVICIOS DE SALUD SUR OCCIDENTE ESE. 6,483 under 1% 254 billion 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 Colombia 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

  • SECOP II award notices for Colombia. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
  • January 2025 to October 2026. We hold 22 months of data for Colombia, so the window has 22 months, not 24.
  • The records for Colombia 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 COP. 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 Colombia. 100% of the awards state an amount, COP 74.1 trillion 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 January 2025 to October 2026 (22 months of data). The numbers change when we add new awards.

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