Telecommunications equipment and supplies market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 40 supply contracts for telecommunications equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 38 of them that state a value (95%) add up to €121 million. Bulgaria imported €949 million of goods in the customs headings matched to telecommunications equipment and supplies in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8517; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 50 companies have won 96 public supply contracts for telecommunications equipment and supplies in Bulgaria, in 77 award notices from 35 public buyers.
- 97.9% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria; the most frequent foreign origin is Austria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 31.3% of all awards.
- 33.3% 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, "Telecommunications equipment and supplies market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/325-telecommunications-equipment-and-supplies, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 50
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 77
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 35
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €949.3M
- all buyers, Eurostat
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
- 96
- in 77 award notices
- Awarded value
- €154.2M
- from 96% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 50
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 35
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 42 |
| 2025 | 40 |
| 2026 | 14 |
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| 2024 | €28.5M |
| 2025 | €120.7M |
| 2026 | €5M |
- Other2
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 31 |
| Electricity utilities | 19 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 14 |
| Universities, schools and research | 12 |
| Economic affairs | 11 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 4 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 2 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
- Yugozapaden85BG41
- Yugoiztochen4BG34
- Yuzhen tsentralen4BG42
- Severoiztochen3BG33
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| Yugozapaden | 85 |
| Yugoiztochen | 4 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 4 |
| Severoiztochen | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
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| Large companies | 16 · 16.7% |
| Medium-sized | 8 · 8.3% |
| Small | 4 · 4.2% |
| Micro | 1 · 1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 67 · 69.8% |
- Austria2
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| Austria | 2 |
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| 2023 | €875.5M |
| 2024 | €931.3M |
| 2025 | €949.3M |
- София47
- София19
- София19
- Пловдив3
- Бургас3
- Варна2
- Бургас1
- Варна1
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| София | 47 |
| София | 19 |
| София | 19 |
| Пловдив | 3 |
| Бургас | 3 |
| Варна | 2 |
| Бургас | 1 |
| Варна | 1 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8517 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
97.9%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
31.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
33.3%
Among 90 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
- А1 България ЕАД71 public contracts in total
- КОНТРАКС АД150 public contracts in total
- ЛИРЕКС БГ ООД112 public contracts in total
- ТЕСТ СОЛЮШЪНС ООД11 public contracts in total
- ПАРАФЛОУ КОМУНИКЕЙШЪНС ЕООД46 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- GITEX GlobalTrade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- CESTrade fair · Las Vegas, United States
- ISE – Integrated Systems EuropeTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
- MWC BarcelonaTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
- ANGA COMTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
- NAB ShowTrade fair · Las Vegas, United States
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for telecommunications equipment and supplies in Bulgaria?
- 50 companies won 77 contract award notices for these categories from 35 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are А1 България ЕАД, КОНТРАКС АД, ЛИРЕКС БГ ООД, ТЕСТ СОЛЮШЪНС ООД, ПАРАФЛОУ КОМУНИКЕЙШЪНС ЕООД.
- How big is the telecommunications equipment and supplies market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 40 supply contracts for telecommunications equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 38 of them that state a value (95%) add up to €121 million. Bulgaria imported €949 million of goods in the customs headings matched to telecommunications equipment and supplies in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8517; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.4% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of telecommunications equipment and supplies meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as GITEX Global, CES, ISE – Integrated Systems Europe, MWC Barcelona, ANGA COM, NAB Show — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for telecommunications equipment and supplies 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); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.