National Sector Spend Leaderboard

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

Citation Summary

National government departments and entities awarded R123B across 3 194 contracts (FY 2026 Year to Date).

Top 5 suppliers account for 92.8% of total National procurement spend (FY 2026 Year to Date).

Key Insights

Uncategorized holds 76.8% of National procurement spend (FY 2026 Year to Date).
R123B across 3 194 contracts in National (FY 2026 Year to Date).
50 sector spend entities in National (FY 2026 Year to Date).
92.8% of total spend controlled by top 5 entities (FY 2026 Year to Date).

Market Intelligence

Top 1 vs Top 2 ratio

6.6x

Top 5 share vs long-tail

92.8% vs 7.2%

BBBEE-compliant awards

0.0% of spend

Active entities

2 497 in National

Sector Spend Rankings

Rank	Sector/Category	Total Awarded	Contracts	Avg Contract Size	Top Province	Top Supplier
1	Uncategorized	R95B	2 086	R45M	National	Unknown Supplier
2	Information and communication	R14B	34	R419M	National	Unknown Supplier
3	Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)	R2.3B	57	R40M	Mpumalanga	Unknown Supplier
4	Services: Professional	R1.7B	152	R11M	Gauteng	AFRIRENT
5	Legal and accounting activities	R1.5B	4	R373M	Gauteng	Unknown Supplier
6	Supplies: Office & Stationery	R1.3B	43	R31M	Gauteng	GGK IMPORT AND EXPORT
7	construction	R1.2B	36	R33M	Western Cape	H AND I CONSTRUCTION
8	Construction of buildings	R733M	15	R49M	Gauteng	UKUZA CONSULTING
9	Other service activities	R712M	48	R15M	Northern Cape	Unknown Supplier
10	Services: Civil	R686M	5	R137M	National	Unknown Supplier
11	Supplies: General	R605M	101	R6.0M	Mpumalanga	LEBAKA CONSTRUCTION
12	Financial and insurance activities	R382M	3	R127M	Western Cape	NEDBANK
13	Supplies: Computer Equipment	R375M	18	R21M	Northern Cape	Unknown Supplier
14	telecommunications	R339M	43	R7.9M	Gauteng	RHEINLAND INVESTMENTS
15	professional-services	R319M	59	R5.4M	Gauteng	AFRICAN GLOBAL SKILLS ACADEMY
16	Construction	R296M	43	R6.9M	Western Cape	VE RETICULATION
17	Services: General	R204M	98	R2.1M	Eastern Cape	SERVEST
18	healthcare	R194M	1	R194M	Gauteng	SIEMENS HEALTHCARE
19	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	R178M	6	R30M	Gauteng	DITLOU SUPPLIERS AND SERVICES
20	Information service activities	R150M	9	R17M	Northern Cape	Unknown Supplier
21	Civil engineering	R136M	20	R6.8M	Western Cape	NATHA ENTERPRISE
22	Services: Electrical	R109M	14	R7.8M	Gauteng	THEZA ENGINEERING SERVICES
23	Supplies: Electrical Equipment	R80M	20	R4.0M	National	ABERDARE CABLES
24	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	R80M	9	R8.8M	KwaZulu-Natal	ESKOM ROTEK INDUSTRIES
25	Administrative and support activities	R74M	17	R4.3M	Mpumalanga	KGWADI YA MADIBA GENERAL TRADING AND PROJECTS
26	Advertising and market research	R60M	4	R15M	Gauteng	CHULUMANCO LILITHA
27	Services: Building	R56M	12	R4.7M	Limpopo	MOKIBELO INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
28	Services to buildings and landscape activities	R56M	2	R28M	Eastern Cape	VITSHA TRADING
29	Travel And Tourism	R34M	3	R11M	KwaZulu-Natal	PACE ERRICO
30	Security and investigation activities	R32M	11	R2.9M	Eastern Cape	Mpilo Afrika JV
31	Manufacture Of Basic Metals	R30M	5	R6.0M	Northern Cape	DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
32	Agricultural Products and Services	R29M	11	R2.6M	Eastern Cape	AGRIPAK GROUP
33	Professional, scientific and technical activities	R27M	23	R1.2M	Gauteng	DE-TECT UNIT INSPECTION
34	Manufacture of paper and paper products	R23M	2	R11M	Gauteng	CORRUSEAL CORRUGATED KZN
35	Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities	R21M	12	R1.8M	Gauteng	ATLANTIS CORPORATE TRAVEL
36	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	R20M	9	R2.2M	Gauteng	ANATECH INSTRUMENTS
37	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	R18M	3	R5.9M	Western Cape	EF DAVIDS CONSTRUCTION
38	Specialised construction activities	R17M	2	R8.3M	National	TOSAS
39	Food and beverage service activities	R17M	6	R2.8M	Western Cape	BUSY CORNER MEAT WHOLESALERS
40	Education	R16M	21	R764K	National	Unknown Supplier
41	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	R16M	9	R1.7M	North West	MUNSOFT
42	Water Supply & Waste Management	R13M	2	R6.7M	Western Cape	WILLVEST TWENTY THREE
43	Manufacture of furniture	R13M	7	R1.9M	Gauteng	B I OFFICE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
44	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	R11M	4	R2.7M	National	Unknown Supplier
45	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	R10M	6	R1.7M	Eastern Cape	WEINVEST INVESTMENTS
46	Water collection, treatment and supply	R9.6M	3	R3.2M	Western Cape	AQUATICO CAPE LABORATORIES
47	Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear	R8.4M	5	R1.7M	Northern Cape	A M SESHWENI TRADING
48	Accommodation	R8.3M	2	R4.2M	National	MMEMI LEBONE SOLUTIONS
49	Transportation and storage	R8.1M	2	R4.0M	Gauteng	DSV ROAD
50	Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities.	R7.6M	3	R2.5M	Gauteng	BLUE APPLE PUBLISHING

BBBEE Distribution

FY 2026 Year to Date, National

Non-compliant / Exempt

No BBBEE certification or exempted

R123B

100% — 3 194 contracts

Dataset Context

Dataset:: 3 194 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 Year to Date
Last updated:: 29 Aug 2026, 05:21
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-ytd

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

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