Data story · HonduCompras (ONCAE) award notices · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
52,038 awards in Honduras went to 3,726 suppliers from October 2024 to September 2026. 30% of suppliers won once. The other 70% won two or more awards. The top 1% of suppliers won 28% of the awards. The median across the 39 countries with a story is 19%.
For the top 1%, the share of stated value (24%) and the share of awards (28%) are within 4 points. No supplier won more than 2% of the awards. Inversiones Generales en Maquinas y Equipo de Control S. de R.L. de C.V. (INGELMECS. de R.L. de C.V. ) won the most: 1,126.
- Awards
- 52,038
- Contract awards from Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 3,726
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 30%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 28%
- Share of awards won by the 37 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.77
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (HNL)
- HNL 1.75 billion
- From the 42% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 24%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Honduras ranks 5th of 51 countries for the Gini coefficient and 14th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (HNL) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inversiones Generales en Maquinas y Equipo de Control S. de R.L. de C.V. (INGELMECS. de R.L. de C.V. ) | 1,126 | 2% | 52.5 million | 3% |
| 2 | PAPELERIA HONDURAS, S. DE R. L. | 1,106 | 2% | 22.6 million | 1% |
| 3 | MACDEL DE HONDURAS S.A. DE C.V.*MIPYME* | 1,082 | 2% | 32.6 million | 2% |
| 4 | DISTRIBUIDORA M & M S. DE R.L.*CM | 859 | 2% | 36.0 million | 2% |
| 5 | INVERSIONES SEB SOCIEDAD DE RESPONSABILIDAD LIMITADA *MIPYME* | 780 | 1% | 7.93 million | under 1% |
| 6 | DISTRIBUCIONES M&K S. DE R. L. | 765 | 1% | 23.0 million | 1% |
| 7 | INVERSIONES HERNANDEZ & DACCARETT, S. DE R.L.*COMPRA MENOR | 548 | 1% | 34.4 million | 2% |
| 8 | Importaciones Internacionales GI Pérez S.A. de C.V. | 461 | under 1% | 6.60 million | under 1% |
| 9 | MARIO EDGARDO CARCAMO SEVILLA*COMPRA MENOR | 431 | under 1% | – | – |
| 10 | GRUPO Q HONDURAS S A DE C V( GRUPO Q HONDURAS) | 422 | under 1% | 4.22 million | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (HNL) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Defensa Nacional SEDENA) | 4,566 | 9% | 346 million | 20% |
| 2 | Municipalidad de El Progreso, Yoro | 4,394 | 8% | – | – |
| 3 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) | 3,654 | 7% | 167 million | 10% |
| 4 | Cuerpo de Bomberos de Honduras (CBH) | 3,053 | 6% | 93.5 million | 5% |
| 5 | Municipalidad de Danli, El Paraíso | 2,409 | 5% | – | – |
| 6 | Secretaria de Estado en el Despacho de Salud Pública (SESAL) | 1,964 | 4% | 243 million | 14% |
| 7 | Municipalidad de La Ceiba, Atlantida | 1,827 | 4% | 4.86 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS) | 1,698 | 3% | 12.1 million | under 1% |
| 9 | Poder Judicial (PJUD) | 1,489 | 3% | – | – |
| 10 | Municipalidad de Choloma, Cortés | 1,419 | 3% | 3.54 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 Honduras 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
- HonduCompras (ONCAE) award notices for Honduras. 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 Honduras, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- The records for Honduras 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 HNL. 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 Honduras. 42% of the awards state an amount, HNL 1.75 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.