Measuring instruments market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 58 supply contracts for measuring instruments through award notices on TED; the 28 of them that state a value (48.3%) add up to €16.1 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €1.68 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to measuring instruments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9030, 9017 and 9016; all buyers, not only public ones), down 12.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 117 companies have won 178 public supply contracts for measuring instruments in Germany, in 149 award notices from 93 public buyers.
- 87.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 20.8% of all awards.
- 55.9% 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, "Measuring instruments market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/383-measuring-instruments, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 117
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 149
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 93
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.7B
- all buyers, Eurostat
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
- 178
- in 149 award notices
- Awarded value
- €26.5M
- from 48% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 117
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 93
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 41 |
| 2025 | 58 |
| 2026 | 78 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €4.9M |
| 2025 | €16.1M |
| 2026 | €5.5M |
- Other1
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| Universities, schools and research | 70 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 68 |
| Hospitals and health services | 10 |
| Economic affairs | 8 |
| Environment and waste | 7 |
| Urban transport operators | 6 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 5 |
| Railway operators | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
- Oberbayern33DE21
- Düsseldorf17DEA1
- Köln16DEA2
- Braunschweig12DE91
- Darmstadt12DE71
- Oberpfalz9DE23
- Dresden8DED2
- Karlsruhe7DE12
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| Oberbayern | 33 |
| Düsseldorf | 17 |
| Köln | 16 |
| Braunschweig | 12 |
| Darmstadt | 12 |
| Oberpfalz | 9 |
| Dresden | 8 |
| Karlsruhe | 7 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 60 · 33.7% |
| Medium-sized | 62 · 34.8% |
| Small | 42 · 23.6% |
| Micro | 6 · 3.4% |
| Size not stated | 8 · 4.5% |
- Netherlands6
- Austria4
- United States3
- France2
- Belgium1
- BFA1
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| Netherlands | 6 |
| Austria | 4 |
| United States | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| BFA | 1 |
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| 2023 | €1.9B |
| 2024 | €1.6B |
| 2025 | €1.7B |
- München24
- Braunschweig9
- Regensburg9
- Dresden8
- Köln8
- Eschborn7
- Erkrath7
- Freising6
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| München | 24 |
| Braunschweig | 9 |
| Regensburg | 9 |
| Dresden | 8 |
| Köln | 8 |
| Eschborn | 7 |
| Erkrath | 7 |
| Freising | 6 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9030, 9017, 9016 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Germany
87.6%
22 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
20.8%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
55.9%
Among 177 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
- Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH56 public contracts in total
- Menlo Systems GmbH25 public contracts in total
- Conrad Electronic SE18 public contracts in total
- VWR International GmbH43 public contracts in total
- LD Didactic GmbH29 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Germany
- LAB-SUPPLY FrankfurtTrade fair · Frankfurt, Germany
- German Biotechnology DaysCongress · Düsseldorf, Germany
- SLAS Europe Conference and ExhibitionConference · Hamburg, Germany
- ACHEMATrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- analyticaTrade fair · Munich, Germany
- ControlTrade fair · Stuttgart, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for measuring instruments in Germany?
- 117 companies won 149 contract award notices for these categories from 93 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH, Menlo Systems GmbH, Conrad Electronic SE, VWR International GmbH, LD Didactic GmbH.
- How big is the measuring instruments market in Germany?
- In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 58 supply contracts for measuring instruments through award notices on TED; the 28 of them that state a value (48.3%) add up to €16.1 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €1.68 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to measuring instruments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9030, 9017 and 9016; all buyers, not only public ones), down 12.4% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of measuring instruments meet buyers and distributors in Germany?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as LAB-SUPPLY Frankfurt, German Biotechnology Days, SLAS Europe Conference and Exhibition, ACHEMA, analytica, Control — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for measuring instruments 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); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.