Agricultural machinery market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 80 supply contracts for agricultural machinery through award notices on TED; the 37 of them that state a value (46.3%) add up to €10.7 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 125 companies have won 271 public supply contracts for agricultural machinery in Germany, in 127 award notices from 71 public buyers.
- 97.8% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 20.3% of all awards.
- 46.3% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Germany — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €864 billion in 2025, 19.1% 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, "Agricultural machinery market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/160-agricultural-machinery, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 125
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 127
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 71
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Germany: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 271
- in 127 award notices
- Awarded value
- €35.8M
- from 46% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 125
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 71
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 89 |
| 2025 | 80 |
| 2026 | 99 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €16.2M |
| 2025 | €10.7M |
| 2026 | €8.9M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 222 |
| Environment and waste | 26 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 9 |
| Universities, schools and research | 8 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 5 |
| Economic affairs | 1 |
- Münster95DEA3
- Köln53DEA2
- Sachsen-Anhalt18DEE0
- Stuttgart13DE11
- Thüringen10DEG0
- Brandenburg10DE40
- Saarland9DEC0
- Freiburg7DE13
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| Münster | 95 |
| Köln | 53 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 18 |
| Stuttgart | 13 |
| Thüringen | 10 |
| Brandenburg | 10 |
| Saarland | 9 |
| Freiburg | 7 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 84 · 31% |
| Medium-sized | 82 · 30.3% |
| Small | 100 · 36.9% |
| Micro | 4 · 1.5% |
| Size not stated | 1 · 0.4% |
- Netherlands3
- Austria1
- France1
- Slovenia1
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| Netherlands | 3 |
| Austria | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
- Gelsenkirchen88
- Bonn51
- Magdeburg12
- Jena10
- Stuttgart10
- Neunkirchen9
- Hannover7
- Müncheberg5
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| Gelsenkirchen | 88 |
| Bonn | 51 |
| Magdeburg | 12 |
| Jena | 10 |
| Stuttgart | 10 |
| Neunkirchen | 9 |
| Hannover | 7 |
| Müncheberg | 5 |
Awards to companies registered in Germany
97.8%
6 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
20.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
46.3%
Among 270 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
- BayWa AG71 public contracts in total
- Heinrich Schröder Landmaschinen KG22 public contracts in total
- ZG Raiffeisen Technik GmbH12 public contracts in total
- Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG14 public contracts in total
- RKF-Bleses GmbH52 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Germany
- demoparkTrade fair · Eisenach, Germany
- AGRITECHNICATrade fair · Hannover, Germany
- KWF-TagungTrade fair · Nürburg, Germany
- FORST liveTrade fair · Offenburg, Germany
- CroAGROTrade fair · Zagreb, Croatia
- AgraTrade fair · Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for agricultural machinery in Germany?
- 125 companies won 127 contract award notices for these categories from 71 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are BayWa AG, Heinrich Schröder Landmaschinen KG, ZG Raiffeisen Technik GmbH, Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG, RKF-Bleses GmbH.
- How big is the agricultural machinery market in Germany?
- In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 80 supply contracts for agricultural machinery through award notices on TED; the 37 of them that state a value (46.3%) add up to €10.7 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of agricultural machinery meet buyers and distributors in Germany?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as demopark, AGRITECHNICA, KWF-Tagung, FORST live, CroAGRO, Agra — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for agricultural machinery in Germany?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Germany 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.