Medical equipments market in Belgium: size, suppliers and public contracts

What industry and official reports say

• MedTech Europe estimates the European medical technology market at about €173 billion in 2025, at manufacturer prices, for the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
• The European Commission states that public procurement accounts for 50% to 70% of the EU market for medical devices (Regulation (EU) 2025/1197, citing industry data). European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
• According to the same regulation, procedures worth €5 million or more were about 4% of EU medical device procurement procedures on TED in 2017–2022 but about 59% of their value. European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
• MedTech Europe counts more than 36,000 medical technology companies in Europe in 2025, about 90% of them SMEs. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
• Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)

Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.

The market in numbers

Public supply contracts in Belgium: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.

Contracts awarded

2K

in 663 award notices

Awarded value

€898.2M

from 76% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

334

with at least one award

Public buyers

141

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9018, 9021, 9022, 9019, 3005, 9402, 8713 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Belgium

92.5%

148 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

17.5%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

17.3%

Among 1.6K awards whose notice states the number of tenders.

How we count: one award per procedure, lot and winning company, from live contract award notices; a joint procurement counts on every buyer's market. Values are the awarded amounts published in the notice (framework ceilings and estimates are never added), converted to euro at the ECB yearly average. Company size is the SME flag of the notice (eForms BT-165). Read the methodology.

Among the companies that win most often

1. Dräger Medical Belgium nv29 public contracts in total
2. Olympus Belgium nv17 public contracts in total
3. Getinge Belgium NV13 public contracts in total
4. Johnson & Johnson Medical NV14 public contracts in total
5. N.V. PAUL HARTMANN S.A.11 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Belgium

• International Fluid Academy Days (IFAD) 2026Congress · Antwerp, Belgium
• BSC Congress 2027 (Belgian Society of Cardiology)Congress · Brussels, Belgium
• Belgian Week of Gastroenterology (BWGE) 2027Congress · Bruges, Belgium
• Laborama 360Trade fair · Ghent, Belgium
• 46th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM)Congress · Brussels, Belgium
• 42nd General Annual Meeting of the Belgian Hematology SocietyCongress · La Hulpe, Belgium

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Questions

Who wins public contracts for medical equipments in Belgium?

334 companies won 663 contract award notices for these categories from 141 public buyers in Belgium since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Dräger Medical Belgium nv, Olympus Belgium nv, Getinge Belgium NV, Johnson & Johnson Medical NV, N.V. PAUL HARTMANN S.A..

How big is the medical equipments market in Belgium?

In 2025, public buyers in Belgium awarded 790 supply contracts for medical equipments through award notices on TED; the 587 of them that state a value (74.3%) add up to €250 million. Belgium imported €10.6 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to medical equipments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9018, 9021, 9022, 9019, 3005 and 2 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 0% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of medical equipments meet buyers and distributors in Belgium?

At trade fairs and congresses such as International Fluid Academy Days (IFAD) 2026, BSC Congress 2027 (Belgian Society of Cardiology), Belgian Week of Gastroenterology (BWGE) 2027, Laborama 360, 46th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM), 42nd General Annual Meeting of the Belgian Hematology Society — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for medical equipments in Belgium?

Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Belgium and this category. It shows the companies that win public contracts there, how often, for how many buyers and for how much: the first 5 on the Free plan, every company on a paid plan. Where the data exists, the map also shows wholesalers from the business register, import figures and the industry's trade fairs.