National Sector Spend Leaderboard

Industry sectors ranked by total awarded contract value in National government procurement (FY 2026/27). Ranked by verified contract award value from the National Treasury eTenders Portal.

Citation Summary

National government departments and entities awarded R85B across 4 868 contracts (FY 2026/27).

Top 5 suppliers account for 86.3% of total National procurement spend (FY 2026/27).

Key Insights

Uncategorized holds 76.4% of National procurement spend (FY 2026/27).
R85B across 4 868 contracts in National (FY 2026/27).
50 sector spend entities in National (FY 2026/27).
86.3% of total spend controlled by top 5 entities (FY 2026/27).

Market Intelligence

Top 1 vs Top 2 ratio

22.7x

Top 5 share vs long-tail

86.3% vs 13.7%

BBBEE-compliant awards

0.0% of spend

Active entities

3 780 in National

Sector Spend Rankings

Rank	Sector/Category	Total Awarded	Contracts	Avg Contract Size	Top Province	Top Supplier
1	Uncategorized	R65B	2 687	R24M	National	THE BIOLOGICALS AND VACCINES INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
2	Supplies: Medical	R2.8B	38	R75M	Gauteng	(B BRAUN MEDICAL)
3	construction	R1.9B	274	R6.9M	Eastern Cape	DOWN TOUCH INVESTMENTS
4	Rental and leasing activities	R1.9B	16	R117M	Limpopo	ALTRON TMT
5	Services: Professional	R1.8B	277	R6.5M	Gauteng	AFRIRENT
6	Supplies: Office & Stationery	R1.4B	51	R27M	Gauteng	GGK IMPORT AND EXPORT
7	Construction	R1.1B	86	R13M	National	AMANDLAGCF CONSTRUCTION
8	Supplies: General	R1.1B	185	R5.7M	Mpumalanga	LEBAKA CONSTRUCTION
9	Construction of buildings	R928M	35	R27M	Gauteng	UKUZA CONSULTING
10	Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)	R906M	80	R11M	National	TUBATSE SECURITY SERVICES
11	Services: General	R619M	165	R3.8M	Mpumalanga	KEPCO KPS SOUTH AFRICA
12	Financial and insurance activities	R522M	8	R65M	Western Cape	NEDBANK
13	professional-services	R458M	69	R6.6M	Gauteng	AFRICAN GLOBAL SKILLS ACADEMY
14	Information and communication	R392M	40	R9.8M	National	BRILLIANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15	telecommunications	R362M	54	R6.7M	Gauteng	RHEINLAND INVESTMENTS
16	Other service activities	R288M	79	R3.6M	Gauteng	STYLE ASSURED EVENTS
17	Civil engineering	R278M	30	R9.3M	Western Cape	MARISWE
18	Professional, scientific and technical activities	R263M	40	R6.6M	North West	Tractebel Engineering Public Limited Company
19	Services: Civil	R244M	12	R20M	Western Cape	ROADMAC SURFACING CAPE
20	Supplies: Computer Equipment	R227M	25	R9.1M	Gauteng	PLUG N PLAY TECHNOLOGIES
21	Services: Electrical	R209M	27	R7.8M	National	THEZA ENGINEERING SERVICES
22	healthcare	R194M	1	R194M	Gauteng	SIEMENS HEALTHCARE
23	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	R178M	7	R25M	Gauteng	DITLOU SUPPLIERS AND SERVICES
24	Administrative and support activities	R166M	26	R6.4M	Gauteng	RBI ASSET MANAGEMENT
25	Accommodation	R147M	13	R11M	Mpumalanga	AFRICAN SPIRIT 786
26	Information service activities	R139M	16	R8.7M	Gauteng	SIKELELA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
27	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	R105M	13	R8.0M	KwaZulu-Natal	ESKOM ROTEK INDUSTRIES
28	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	R103M	16	R6.5M	Limpopo	FIRST TECHNOLOGY
29	Supplies: Electrical Equipment	R85M	29	R2.9M	National	ABERDARE CABLES
30	Services: Building	R79M	19	R4.1M	Gauteng	MOKIBELO INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
31	Transportation and storage	R74M	4	R18M	Western Cape	RESOLVE AND CHANGE SYSTEMS
32	Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities	R73M	19	R3.9M	Gauteng	GRACIOUS TRAVEL AND TOURS
33	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	R70M	13	R5.4M	Gauteng	IOCO DIGITAL
34	Manufacture of furniture	R67M	10	R6.7M	Gauteng	VURHENA SOLUTIONS
35	Manufacture Of Basic Metals	R64M	10	R6.4M	Northern Cape	DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
36	Advertising and market research	R62M	16	R3.9M	Gauteng	Chulumanco Lilitha
37	Services to buildings and landscape activities	R62M	6	R10M	Eastern Cape	VITSHA TRADING
38	Legal and accounting activities	R61M	6	R10M	Eastern Cape	(SMITH TABATA)
39	Security and investigation activities	R52M	19	R2.7M	Eastern Cape	Mpilo Afrika JV
40	Water collection, treatment and supply	R43M	7	R6.2M	Eastern Cape	MOTAGANE CHEM WORKS
41	Manufacture of paper and paper products	R38M	9	R4.2M	Gauteng	CORRUSEAL CORRUGATED KZN
42	Food and beverage service activities	R35M	30	R1.2M	Western Cape	CHEFDADDY
43	Agricultural Products and Services	R35M	16	R2.2M	Eastern Cape	AGRIPAK GROUP
44	Travel And Tourism	R34M	3	R11M	KwaZulu-Natal	PACE ERRICO
45	marketing	R34M	85	R400K	Gauteng	1AFRICA CONSULTING
46	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	R31M	21	R1.5M	Gauteng	ERNST AND YOUNG ADVISORY SERVICES
47	Mining support service activities	R28M	8	R3.5M	Gauteng	ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
48	Specialised construction activities	R17M	4	R4.2M	National	TOSAS
49	Manufacturing	R16M	4	R4.1M	Northern Cape	COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY ADVISORY SERVICES
50	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	R14M	3	R4.7M	Western Cape	INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES (SOUTH AFRICA)

BBBEE Distribution

FY 2026/27, National

Non-compliant / Exempt

No BBBEE certification or exempted

R85B

100% — 4 868 contracts

Dataset Context

Dataset:: 4 868 verified government procurement awards sourced from the South African National Treasury eTenders Portal.
Scope:: National — national departments, provincial departments, municipalities, state-owned entities
Exclusions:: Private sector procurement. Emergency procurement below R100,000. Classified contracts.
Period:: FY 2026/27
Last updated:: 12 Oct 2026, 06:16
Source:: National Treasury eTenders Portal (etenders.gov.za)

Export & Attribution

Data source: Tenders-SA.org | South African Government Procurement Intelligence

URL: https://www.tenders-sa.org/leaderboard/national/sector-spend/2026-27

Original source: National Treasury eTenders Portal (etenders.gov.za)

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