Data story · PLACE / BOAMP award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
23,764 awards in France went to 12,313 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. 73% of the 12,313 suppliers won exactly one award. Together they hold 38% of the awards. France is near the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 17%, and the median is 18% (36 countries).
under 1% of these awards state an amount. Our floor is 40%, so this story shows counts only. The largest supplier, COLAS FRANCE, won 151 awards (under 1%).
- Awards
- 23,764
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 12,313
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 73%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 17%
- Share of awards won by the 123 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.43
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Value numbers need an amount on 40% of the awards or more. Here under 1% have one, so the story shows counts only.
France ranks 39th of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 25th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLAS FRANCE | 151 | under 1% |
| 2 | COMPAGNIE ARCHITECTURE | 121 | under 1% |
| 3 | SMACL ASSURANCES SA | 114 | under 1% |
| 4 | VERTIV FRANCE SAS | 104 | under 1% |
| 5 | ARTELIA | 96 | under 1% |
| 6 | EIFFAGE ENERGIE | 96 | under 1% |
| 7 | ENGIE ENERGIE SERVICES | 87 | under 1% |
| 8 | EUROVIA IDF | 80 | under 1% |
| 9 | Veolia Eau Compagnie Générale des Eaux | 73 | under 1% |
| 10 | Dalkia | 66 | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mairie de Gonesse | 694 | 3% |
| 2 | Ville de Paris - Direction des finances et des achats - Sous-direction des achats | 161 | under 1% |
| 3 | REGION ILE DE FRANCE | 140 | under 1% |
| 4 | Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar (68) | 134 | under 1% |
| 5 | HUS-Etablissement support du GHT 10 | 116 | under 1% |
| 6 | METROPOLE NICE CÔTE D'AZUR | 113 | under 1% |
| 7 | Bordeaux Métropole | 111 | under 1% |
| 8 | Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 111 | under 1% |
| 9 | Toulouse Métropole | 111 | under 1% |
| 10 | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes | 109 | under 1% |
No value columns: under 1% of these awards state an amount.
Sectors
The award records for France 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
- PLACE / BOAMP award notices for France. 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 France, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- The records for France 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.
- Most awards here give no amount: under 1% do. Below 40% we show no value 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.