National Sector Spend Leaderboard

Industry sectors ranked by total awarded contract value in National government procurement (Q1 2026). Ranked by verified contract award value from the National Treasury eTenders Portal.

Citation Summary

National government departments and entities awarded R27B across 2 589 contracts (Q1 2026).

Top 5 suppliers account for 95.7% of total National procurement spend (Q1 2026).

Key Insights

Uncategorized holds 89.3% of National procurement spend (Q1 2026).
R27B across 2 589 contracts in National (Q1 2026).
50 sector spend entities in National (Q1 2026).
95.7% of total spend controlled by top 5 entities (Q1 2026).

Market Intelligence

Top 1 vs Top 2 ratio

32.1x

Top 5 share vs long-tail

95.7% vs 4.3%

BBBEE-compliant awards

0.0% of spend

Active entities

2 152 in National

Sector Spend Rankings

Rank	Sector/Category	Total Awarded	Contracts	Avg Contract Size	Top Province	Top Supplier
1	Uncategorized	R24B	2 224	R11M	Western Cape	AFRICAN MARINE SOLUTIONS GROUP
2	Supplies: General	R751M	40	R19M	Gauteng	SKY TENTS
3	Scientific research and development	R440M	7	R63M	Gauteng	AFRICA CLEANROOM LABORATORY SOLUTIONS
4	Construction	R334M	13	R26M	North West	EXXARO CONST
5	Information and communication	R199M	10	R20M	Limpopo	ITCOGNIFY
6	construction	R180M	7	R26M	Eastern Cape	FUNDISANI CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS
7	Services: General	R157M	30	R5.2M	Gauteng	ARRB SYSTEMS SA
8	professional-services	R140M	35	R4.0M	Gauteng	INTERDOT SOLUTIONS
9	Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)	R133M	14	R9.5M	Western Cape	UKUVUKA THE RISE
10	Professional, scientific and technical activities	R93M	1	R93M	Limpopo	S M L PROJECTS
11	telecommunications	R93M	34	R2.7M	Gauteng	ACORN TECHNOLOGY
12	Services: Professional	R86M	50	R1.7M	Gauteng	MUBVUMELA CORPORATION
13	Security and investigation activities	R61M	7	R8.7M	Eastern Cape	EASTERN GUARD SECURITY
14	Other service activities	R48M	12	R4.0M	Gauteng	BUSINESS CONNEXION
15	Manufacturing	R22M	1	R22M	Gauteng	LEAD AND SOLDER SALES
16	Services: Electrical	R21M	4	R5.2M	Gauteng	KUKHANYA ENERGY SERVICES
17	Travel And Tourism	R21M	1	R21M	Gauteng	JR 209 INVESTMENTS
18	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	R12M	3	R3.9M	Gauteng	MATLA SOLUTION GROUP
19	Accommodation	R10.0M	5	R2.0M	Gauteng	HEMIPAC INVESTMENTS
20	energy	R9.8M	3	R3.3M	Western Cape	AMPCOR KHANYISA
21	Supplies: Office & Stationery	R9.2M	7	R1.3M	Gauteng	NATURAL TWISTED PROJECTS
22	marketing	R9.1M	3	R3.0M	Western Cape	ZOLA SONDLO AND ASSOCIATES
23	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	R7.5M	5	R1.5M	Gauteng	MATERIALISTIC MAJESTIC
24	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	R7.4M	2	R3.7M	Gauteng	SHERENO PRINTERS
25	Education	R7.2M	10	R715K	Gauteng	FACHS BUSINESS CONSULTING AND TRAINING
26	Advertising and market research	R6.7M	3	R2.2M	Gauteng	BUSI NTULI COMMUNICATIONS
27	Manufacture Of Basic Metals	R6.3M	3	R2.1M	Gauteng	I 2 MARKETING TRADING AND PROJECTS
28	Construction of buildings	R6.3M	5	R1.3M	Gauteng	NDC GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
29	Supplies: Electrical Equipment	R5.0M	5	R992K	Gauteng	DESERT PROJECTS
30	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	R3.7M	2	R1.8M	National	INGECID SOUTH AFRICA
31	Rental and leasing activities	R2.4M	4	R611K	National	MAMARI HOLDINGS
32	Manufacture of furniture	R2.2M	2	R1.1M	Gauteng	ICON BUSINESS FURNITURES
33	Telecommunications	R2.2M	3	R722K	Gauteng	MUBVUMELA CORPORATION
34	Administrative and support activities	R1.9M	1	R1.9M	Mpumalanga	REGEN WATERS LABORATORY
35	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	R1.5M	3	R484K	Gauteng	CARL ZEISS
36	education	R1.4M	1	R1.4M	Gauteng	UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE SOFTWARE
37	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	R1.0M	2	R506K	KwaZulu-Natal	SIEMENS MOBILITY
38	Manufacture of electrical equipment	R1.0M	1	R1.0M	KwaZulu-Natal	ACTOM
39	Services to buildings and landscape activities	R850K	1	R850K	Western Cape	WPM CONSULTING
40	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	R606K	2	R303K	Gauteng	INDAWO SYSTEMS
41	Human health activities	R354K	4	R89K	Western Cape	KUTLWANO AND ASSOCIATE
42	Information service activities	R331K	2	R165K	Gauteng	SNOWFLAKE TECHNOLOGIES
43	Food and beverage service activities	R324K	2	R162K	Western Cape	GWINYA TECHNOLOGIES
44	Publishing activities	R300K	1	R300K	National	SUIDERPERS
45	Financial and insurance activities	R262K	1	R262K	Gauteng	SIYAMENG CONSULTANTS
46	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	R208K	1	R208K	Western Cape	ROY STEELE AND ASSOCIATES
47	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	R165K	2	R82K	Western Cape	VVIP SERVICES
48	Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear	R103K	4	R26K	Eastern Cape	ZHEST GLOBAL
49	healthcare	R85K	1	R85K	National	WANDIE HOLDINGS
50	Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities.	R38K	1	R38K	Gauteng	ARCH ACTUARIAL CONSULTING

BBBEE Distribution

Q1 2026, National

Non-compliant / Exempt

No BBBEE certification or exempted

R27B

100% — 2 589 contracts

Dataset Context

Dataset:: 2 589 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:: Q1 2026
Last updated:: 12 Oct 2026, 07:07
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/q1-2026

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

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