Overview

How much of Baltimore City's spending and contracting reaches certified MBE and WBE businesses.

Sample dataData as of Sep 30, 2026

Spend

Payments to vendors recorded by the Comptroller, operating and capital.

$238.6M of FY2026 spend reached certified MBE and WBE businesses, out of $1.12B paid to vendors.

M/WBE spend, FY2026

$238.6M

+11.4% vs FY2025

M/WBE spend, Q4 FY2026

$67.9M

+10.9% vs Q4 FY2025

M/WBE share of spend

21.3%

+1.5 pts vs FY2025 · of $1.12B total

Gap to goal

$41.4M short

85% of the way to the 25% goal ($280.0M)

Spend by certification, FY2026

Each vendor is counted once. Vendors holding both certifications sit in their own segment.

Total spend $1.12B

Certification	Spend	Share of spend	Change vs FY2025	Goal	Gap to goal
MBE	$156.2M	13.9%	+$14.8M	—	—
WBE	$61.0M	5.4%	+$6.9M	—	—
MBE + WBE	$21.4M	1.9%	+$2.8M	—	—
Total M/WBE	$238.6M	21.3%	+$24.5M	25%	$41.4M short

M/WBE spend by fiscal quarter

FY2026 compared with the same quarter of FY2025

FY2026FY2025

$49.0M

$52.4M

$51.3M

$55.8M

$52.6M

$62.5M

$61.2M

$67.9M

Q1· Jul–SepQ2· Oct–DecQ3· Jan–MarQ4· Apr–Jun

Share of spend each quarter, FY2025 and FY2026

M/WBE share25% goal

Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4

FY2025FY2026 · 22.6% in Q4, 2.4 pts below goal

Current contracts

Award value over the life of each contract, from the City's current-contracts list. Not affected by the fiscal year filter.

Total contract value

$1.84B

1,312 contracts

Awarded to M/WBE

$412.0M

22.4% of contract value

Contracts to M/WBE

287

21.9% of 1,312 contracts

Certified businesses with a contract

214

18.6% of 1,150 certified

Breakdown by department · coming later

Needs a department on each contract and payment, likely from the issuing agency in the bids data.

Overview

Spend

Spend by certification, FY2026

M/WBE spend by fiscal quarter

M/WBE share of spend against the goal

Current contracts

Spend by certification, FY2026

M/WBE spend by fiscal quarter

M/WBE share of spend against the goal