Data story · Guatecompras award notices · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026

529,526 awards in Guatemala went to 12,126 suppliers from October 2024 to September 2026. 68% of the 12,126 suppliers won two or more awards. Guatemala is above the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 60%, against 19% in the median country (39 countries).

By stated value, the top 1% hold 40%, less than the 60% that they hold by awards. INSTITUTO GUATEMALTECO DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL -IGSS- is the largest buyer: 323,274 awards, 61% of the total.

Awards: 529,526; Contract awards from Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, each counted once.
Winning suppliers: 12,126; Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
Won one award: 32%; Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
Top 1% of suppliers: 60%; Share of awards won by the 121 suppliers with the most awards.
Gini coefficient: 0.91; Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
Stated value (GTQ): GTQ 75.1 billion; From the 100% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Top 1% by stated value: 40%; 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. Guatemala, October 2024 to September 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 0.91; 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. 100% of the awards state an amount. Values in GTQ, capped at the 99.9th percentile.

Guatemala ranks 1st of 51 countries for the Gini coefficient and 2nd for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.

Who wins the most awards

Top 10 suppliers by number of awards, October 2024 to September 2026.
#	Supplier	Awards	Share of awards	Stated value (GTQ)	Share of value
1	J.I. COHEN, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	32,482	6%	2.74 billion	4%
2	AGENCIA FARMACEUTICA INTERNACIONAL SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	13,560	3%	1.08 billion	1%
3	SERVICIOS QUIRURGICOS SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	11,490	2%	683 million	under 1%
4	REUS PHARMA, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA	10,545	2%	780 million	1%
5	LABYMED, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	9,540	2%	668 million	under 1%
6	CENTRO DISTRIBUIDOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	8,962	2%	686 million	under 1%
7	COMPAÑIA FARMACEUTICA LANQUETIN, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	8,563	2%	838 million	1%
8	PRODUCTOS ROCHE GUATEMALA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	8,288	2%	473 million	under 1%
9	AVIV FARMACEUTICA, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	6,038	1%	441 million	under 1%
10	MEDICINA CORPORATIVA DE DIALISIS, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	5,641	1%	483 million	under 1%

Who buys the most

Top 10 buyers by number of awards, October 2024 to September 2026.
#	Buyer	Awards	Share of awards	Stated value (GTQ)	Share of value
1	INSTITUTO GUATEMALTECO DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL -IGSS-	323,274	61%	17.4 billion	23%
2	MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA	90,918	17%	6.29 billion	8%
3	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ELECTRIFICACIÓN -INDE	17,946	3%	2.75 billion	4%
4	MINISTERIO DE GOBERNACIÓN	8,200	2%	1.58 billion	2%
5	MINISTERIO DE LA DEFENSA NACIONAL	4,884	under 1%	2.01 billion	3%
6	MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN	4,676	under 1%	688 million	under 1%
7	MINISTERIO DE COMUNICACIONES, INFRAESTRUCTURA Y VIVIENDA	2,971	under 1%	4.57 billion	6%
8	ORGANISMO JUDICIAL	2,444	under 1%	405 million	under 1%
9	UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA -USAC-	1,950	under 1%	162 million	under 1%
10	SUPERINTENDENCIA DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA -SAT-	1,705	under 1%	541 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 Guatemala 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

Guatecompras award notices for Guatemala. 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 Guatemala, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
The records for Guatemala 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 GTQ. 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 Guatemala. 100% of the awards state an amount, GTQ 75.1 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 2 November 2026. Awards from October 2024 to September 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.