Data story · ComprasNet / gov.br Compras award notices · Aug 2024 – Jul 2026

2,474 awards in Brazil went to 1,311 suppliers from August 2024 to July 2026. Most suppliers in Brazil won one award in the window: 80% of 1,311. The top 1% of suppliers won 23% of the awards. The median across the 34 countries with a story is 18%.

Ranked by stated value, the top 1% of suppliers hold 44% of BRL 1.65 billion. That is 21 points above the top 1% share of awards. No supplier won more than 7% of the awards. LPS DISTRIBUIDORA LTDA won the most: 177.

Awards: 2,474; Contract awards from Aug 2024 – Jul 2026, each counted once.
Winning suppliers: 1,311; Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
Won one award: 80%; Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
Top 1% of suppliers: 23%; Share of awards won by the 13 suppliers with the most awards.
Gini coefficient: 0.44; Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
Stated value (BRL): BRL 1.65 billion; From the 99% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Top 1% by stated value: 44%; Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.

How the awards spread across suppliers

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. Brazil, August 2024 to July 2026.

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 0.44; by stated value 0.91.

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. 99% of the awards state an amount. Values in BRL, capped at the 99.9th percentile.

Brazil ranks 32nd of 40 countries for the Gini coefficient and 13th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.

Who wins the most awards

Top 10 suppliers by number of awards, August 2024 to July 2026.
#	Supplier	Awards	Share of awards	Stated value (BRL)	Share of value
1	LPS DISTRIBUIDORA LTDA	177	7%	26.6 million	2%
2	MG BRASIL COMERCIO E SERVICOS LTDA	67	3%	8.08 million	under 1%
3	VHG TECNOLOGIA LTDA	52	2%	3.27 million	under 1%
4	JM PAPELARIA LTDA	41	2%	23,927	under 1%
5	OTHALA COMERCIO LTDA	40	2%	22,007	under 1%
6	CIRUFARMA COMERCIAL LTDA	38	2%	1.95 million	under 1%
7	BLL COMERCIO DE ALIMENTOS LTDA	28	1%	1.45 million	under 1%
8	RSUL LTDA	28	1%	13,409	under 1%
9	GR PROJETOS E EMPREENDIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS LTDA	21	under 1%	38.2 million	2%
10	BETA COMERCIO DE EQUIPAMENTOS LTDA	20	under 1%	27.3 million	2%

Who buys the most

Top 10 buyers by number of awards, August 2024 to July 2026.
#	Buyer	Awards	Share of awards	Stated value (BRL)	Share of value
1	PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE DONA INÊS/PB	320	13%	177 million	11%
2	MUNICÍPIO DE ARABUTÃ	159	6%	60,785	under 1%
3	ESP-PRESTACAO DE SERVICOS FDE/SEE	52	2%	13.3 million	under 1%
4	FUNDO MUNICIPAL DE SAÚDE - Piranhas/GO	51	2%	45.3 million	3%
5	MUNICÍPIO DE LACERDÓPOLIS	47	2%	160,371	under 1%
6	MUNICÍPIO DE HERVAL D'OESTE	42	2%	17,019	under 1%
7	MUNICÍPIO DE MARAVILHA	37	1%	436,392	under 1%
8	FUNDO MUNICIPAL DE SAUDE DE ITAJAI	32	1%	10.8 million	under 1%
9	CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE BELO HORIZONTE	31	1%	21.1 million	1%
10	SESA-FUNSAUDE - Fundo Estadual de Saúde do Paraná - FUNSAUDE - Curitiba/PR	30	1%	5.11 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.
August 2024 to July 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 1.65 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 9 October 2026. Awards from August 2024 to July 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.