Data story · TED award notices · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
21,313 awards in Belgium went to 11,719 suppliers from October 2024 to September 2026. 74% of the 11,719 suppliers won exactly one award. Together they hold 41% of the awards. Belgium is below the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 13%, against 18% in the median country (34 countries).
By number of awards, the top 1% hold 13%. By stated value, the top 1% hold 52%. The largest supplier, ETHIAS, won 264 awards (1%).
- Awards
- 21,313
- Contract awards from Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 11,719
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 74%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 13%
- Share of awards won by the 117 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.39
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (EUR)
- EUR 44.4 billion
- From the 55% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 52%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Belgium ranks 39th of 40 countries for the Gini coefficient and 31st for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETHIAS | 264 | 1% | 42.7 million | under 1% |
| 2 | Ethias NV | 152 | under 1% | 164 million | under 1% |
| 3 | AXA BELGIUM | 114 | under 1% | 14.0 million | under 1% |
| 4 | VSHN AG | 59 | under 1% | – | – |
| 5 | ETHIAS SA | 52 | under 1% | 61.2 million | under 1% |
| 6 | Renewi | 50 | under 1% | 12.3 million | under 1% |
| 7 | ETHIAS SA | 42 | under 1% | 33.7 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. | 40 | under 1% | – | – |
| 9 | KOSE CLEANING | 38 | under 1% | 1.41 million | under 1% |
| 10 | MECO NV | 37 | under 1% | 5.26 million | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infrabel sa | 487 | 2% | 3.96 billion | 9% |
| 2 | GÉANT Vereniging | 312 | 1% | – | – |
| 3 | Antwerpen | 299 | 1% | 1.00 billion | 2% |
| 4 | Aquafin NV | 231 | 1% | 139 million | under 1% |
| 5 | Universiteit Gent | 226 | 1% | 249 million | under 1% |
| 6 | Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven | 220 | 1% | 1.04 billion | 2% |
| 7 | Police Fédérale | 208 | under 1% | 508 million | 1% |
| 8 | Vlaamse Overheid | 203 | under 1% | 561 million | 1% |
| 9 | Fluvius System Operator cv (Speciale Sectoren) | 192 | under 1% | 599 million | 1% |
| 10 | Vlaamse Overheid | 186 | under 1% | 1.06 billion | 2% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
9 sectors have 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Services & Consulting | 3,544 | 2,547 | 7% | 82% |
| IT & Software | 2,195 | 1,299 | 15% | 78% |
| Healthcare & Medical | 2,025 | 875 | 10% | 65% |
| Facilities Management | 1,510 | 675 | 8% | 64% |
| Construction & Public Works | 1,299 | 956 | 5% | 82% |
| Transport & Logistics | 1,110 | 671 | 6% | 74% |
| Education | 495 | 397 | 5% | 89% |
| Energy & Power | 485 | 253 | 8% | 69% |
| Defense & Security | 422 | 284 | 6% | 75% |
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 Belgium. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- October 2024 to September 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Belgium, 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.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in EUR. 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 Belgium. 55% of the awards state an amount, EUR 44.4 billion in total.
- 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 9 October 2026. Awards from October 2024 to September 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.