Who wins public contracts for machine tools in Germany?

236 companies won 305 contract award notices for these categories from 165 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are DMG MORI Academy GmbH, E.W. NEU GmbH, HEGENSCHEIDT-MFD GmbH, Stürmer Werkzeuge-Maschinen KG, Schönberger + Weiss GmbH.

Where do suppliers of machine tools meet buyers and distributors in Germany?

At trade fairs and congresses such as HANNOVER MESSE, LIGNA, Fakuma, Blechexpo, K, SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for machine tools in Germany?

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Machine tools market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 109 supply contracts for machine tools through award notices on TED; the 47 of them that state a value (43.1%) add up to €17.6 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €6.98 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to machine tools in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8467, 8466, 8515, 8457, 8462 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 11.2% from 2023.

Since November 2023, 236 companies have won 418 public supply contracts for machine tools in Germany, in 305 award notices from 165 public buyers.
91.9% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany; the most frequent foreign origin is Switzerland.
The five companies that win most often hold 17.5% of all awards.
46.5% 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 13 November 2026 · 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, "Machine tools market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/426-machine-tools, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Winning companies: 236; since November 2023
Award notices: 305; on TED
Public buyers: 165; hospitals, schools, agencies
Imports 2025: €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: 418; in 305 award notices
Awarded value: €53.1M; from 39% of awards with a published value
Winning companies: 236; with at least one award
Public buyers: 165; hospitals, cities, agencies

Contracts awarded by year

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Contracts awarded by year
Nov–Dec 2023	13
2024	151
2025	109
2026	145

Awarded value by year (EUR)

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Awarded value by year (EUR)
Nov–Dec 2023	€4.6M
2024	€12.6M
2025	€17.6M
2026	€18.3M

Who buys: contracts by buyer sector

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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Universities, schools and research	184
Cities, regions and central administration	165
Railway operators	21
Armed forces and defence agencies	12
Urban transport operators	11
Economic affairs	11
Environment and waste	9
Culture, sport and religion	3
Other	2

Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)

Oberbayern51
DE21
Oberpfalz48
DE23
Köln37
DEA2
Darmstadt26
DE71
Mittelfranken21
DE25
Brandenburg17
DE40
Berlin16
DE30
Dresden16
DED2

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Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
Oberbayern	51
Oberpfalz	48
Köln	37
Darmstadt	26
Mittelfranken	21
Brandenburg	17
Berlin	16
Dresden	16

Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice

Large companies
Medium-sized
Small
Micro
Size not stated

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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies	125 · 29.9%
Medium-sized	143 · 34.2%
Small	123 · 29.4%
Micro	25 · 6%
Size not stated	2 · 0.5%

Foreign winners: where they are registered

Switzerland8
Austria5
United Kingdom3
Poland3
United States3
France2

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Foreign winners: where they are registered
Switzerland	8
Austria	5
United Kingdom	3
Poland	3
United States	3
France	2

Imports of these goods into Germany, all buyers (EUR)

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Imports of these goods into Germany, all buyers (EUR)
2023	€7.9B
2024	€7.2B
2025	€7B

Where the buyers are (city)

Regensburg47
München45
Bonn18
Nürnberg17
Berlin16
Frankfurt Main12
Dresden12
Lüneburg11

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Where the buyers are (city)
Regensburg	47
München	45
Bonn	18
Nürnberg	17
Berlin	16
Frankfurt Main	12
Dresden	12
Lüneburg	11

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8467, 8466, 8515, 8457, 8462, 8456, 8458, 8460, 8459, 8464, 8461, 8468, 8463 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Germany

91.9%

34 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

46.5%

Among 415 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

DMG MORI Academy GmbH29 public contracts in total
E.W. NEU GmbH35 public contracts in total
HEGENSCHEIDT-MFD GmbH14 public contracts in total
Stürmer Werkzeuge-Maschinen KG14 public contracts in total
Schönberger + Weiss GmbH13 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Germany

HANNOVER MESSETrade fair · Hanover, Germany
LIGNATrade fair · Hannover, Germany
FakumaTrade fair · Friedrichshafen, Germany
BlechexpoTrade fair · Stuttgart, Germany
KTrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDENTrade fair · Essen, Germany

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Who wins public contracts for machine tools in Germany?: 236 companies won 305 contract award notices for these categories from 165 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are DMG MORI Academy GmbH, E.W. NEU GmbH, HEGENSCHEIDT-MFD GmbH, Stürmer Werkzeuge-Maschinen KG, Schönberger + Weiss GmbH.
How big is the machine tools market in Germany?: In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 109 supply contracts for machine tools through award notices on TED; the 47 of them that state a value (43.1%) add up to €17.6 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €6.98 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to machine tools in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8467, 8466, 8515, 8457, 8462 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 11.2% from 2023.
Where do suppliers of machine tools meet buyers and distributors in Germany?: At trade fairs and congresses such as HANNOVER MESSE, LIGNA, Fakuma, Blechexpo, K, SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN — each checked on the organiser's official website.
How do I find a distributor for machine tools 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.