Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 53 supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting through award notices on TED; the 35 of them that state a value (66%) add up to €17 million.
- Since November 2023, 73 companies have won 108 public supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting in Bulgaria, in 88 award notices from 29 public buyers.
- 99.1% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 25% of all awards.
- 18.8% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Bulgaria — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €14.4 billion in 2025, 12.4% of GDP (Eurostat). Award notices on TED cover only the contracts above the EU thresholds, so they show who wins, not the whole of that spending.
Source: Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) and GDP (nama_10_gdp), retrieved 9 November 2026.
Updated · counted daily from contract award notices on TED and Eurostat international trade data · figures as JSON · free to quote with attribution (CC BY 4.0)
How to cite: Cresques, "Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/310-electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consu, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 73
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 88
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 29
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Bulgaria: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 108
- in 88 award notices
- Awarded value
- €81.6M
- from 77% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 73
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 29
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2025 | 53 |
| 2026 | 21 |
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| 2024 | €59.1M |
| 2025 | €17M |
| 2026 | €5.5M |
- Other1
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| Electricity utilities | 58 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 38 |
| Coal and solid fuels | 3 |
| Economic affairs | 3 |
| Universities, schools and research | 2 |
| Urban transport operators | 1 |
| Social protection | 1 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
- Yugozapaden67BG41
- Severozapaden14BG31
- Yugoiztochen11BG34
- Severoiztochen11BG33
- Severen tsentralen3BG32
- Yuzhen tsentralen1BG42
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| Yugozapaden | 67 |
| Severozapaden | 14 |
| Yugoiztochen | 11 |
| Severoiztochen | 11 |
| Severen tsentralen | 3 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 1 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
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| Large companies | 6 · 5.6% |
| Medium-sized | 14 · 13% |
| Small | 1 · 0.9% |
| SME (size not stated) | 87 · 80.6% |
- Czechia1
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| Czechia | 1 |
- София44
- София19
- Козлодуй10
- Суворово9
- Айтос3
- Раднево3
- Варна2
- Бургас2
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| София | 44 |
| София | 19 |
| Козлодуй | 10 |
| Суворово | 9 |
| Айтос | 3 |
| Раднево | 3 |
| Варна | 2 |
| Бургас | 2 |
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
99.1%
1 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
25%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
18.8%
Among 101 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.
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Among the companies that win most often
- СМАРТ ПАУЪР ГРИД ООД45 public contracts in total
- ЕКСЕЛОР ХОЛДИНГ ГРУП АД15 public contracts in total
- ВИКСО ЕООД26 public contracts in total
- Парт Инженеринг Логистик ЕООД11 public contracts in total
- НИКДИМ ООД21 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- Green Energy (Sofia)Trade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- SPS – Smart Production SolutionsTrade fair · Nuremberg, Germany
- IFAM – Intronika – RoboticsTrade fair · Ljubljana, Slovenia
- E-world energy & waterTrade fair · Essen, Germany
- HANNOVER MESSETrade fair · Hanover, Germany
- The smarter E Europe (incl. Intersolar Europe)Trade fair · Munich, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting in Bulgaria?
- 73 companies won 88 contract award notices for these categories from 29 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are СМАРТ ПАУЪР ГРИД ООД, ЕКСЕЛОР ХОЛДИНГ ГРУП АД, ВИКСО ЕООД, Парт Инженеринг Логистик ЕООД, НИКДИМ ООД.
- How big is the electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 53 supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting through award notices on TED; the 35 of them that state a value (66%) add up to €17 million.
- Where do suppliers of electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Green Energy (Sofia), SPS – Smart Production Solutions, IFAM – Intronika – Robotics, E-world energy & water, HANNOVER MESSE, The smarter E Europe (incl. Intersolar Europe) — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting in Bulgaria?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Bulgaria 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.
Sources: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023, processed by Cresques (one award per procedure and lot); no import figure: Eurostat's customs headings do not isolate this category.