Software programming and consultancy services market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 179 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 51 of them that state a value (28.5%) add up to €79.8 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 336 companies have won 470 public supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Germany, in 439 award notices from 269 public buyers.
- 94% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany; the most frequent foreign origin is Switzerland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 12.1% of all awards.
- 48.7% 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, "Software programming and consultancy services market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/722-software-programming-and-consultancy-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 336
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 439
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 269
- 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
- 470
- in 439 award notices
- Awarded value
- €212.5M
- from 27% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 336
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 269
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 115 |
| 2025 | 179 |
| 2026 | 169 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €215K |
| 2024 | €27.9M |
| 2025 | €79.8M |
| 2026 | €104.6M |
- Other22
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 172 |
| Hospitals and health services | 117 |
| Economic affairs | 59 |
| Universities, schools and research | 43 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 22 |
| Urban transport operators | 13 |
| Social protection | 12 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 10 |
| Other | 22 |
- Köln62DEA2
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern46DE80
- Berlin43DE30
- Oberbayern41DE21
- Darmstadt29DE71
- Stuttgart23DE11
- Hamburg20DE60
- Brandenburg18DE40
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| Köln | 62 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 46 |
| Berlin | 43 |
| Oberbayern | 41 |
| Darmstadt | 29 |
| Stuttgart | 23 |
| Hamburg | 20 |
| Brandenburg | 18 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 203 · 43.2% |
| Medium-sized | 160 · 34% |
| Small | 97 · 20.6% |
| Micro | 5 · 1.1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1 · 0.2% |
| Size not stated | 4 · 0.9% |
- Switzerland6
- Ireland4
- Austria3
- Italy2
- Netherlands2
- Sweden2
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| Switzerland | 6 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Austria | 3 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
- Berlin44
- München38
- Bonn35
- Stuttgart20
- Hamburg20
- Frankfurt am Main20
- Plau am See19
- Köln15
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| Berlin | 44 |
| München | 38 |
| Bonn | 35 |
| Stuttgart | 20 |
| Hamburg | 20 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 20 |
| Plau am See | 19 |
| Köln | 15 |
Awards to companies registered in Germany
94%
28 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
12.1%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
48.7%
Among 466 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
- SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH209 public contracts in total
- Computacenter AG & Co. oHG136 public contracts in total
- Dedalus HealthCare GmbH65 public contracts in total
- SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH104 public contracts in total
- Meierhofer AG14 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Germany
- GITEX GlobalTrade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- HIMSS Global Health Conference & ExhibitionConference · Chicago, United States
- MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics EuropeCongress · Tallinn, Estonia
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Germany?
- 336 companies won 439 contract award notices for these categories from 269 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH, Computacenter AG & Co. oHG, Dedalus HealthCare GmbH, SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbH, Meierhofer AG.
- How big is the software programming and consultancy services market in Germany?
- In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 179 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 51 of them that state a value (28.5%) add up to €79.8 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of software programming and consultancy services meet buyers and distributors in Germany?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as GITEX Global, HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics Europe — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for software programming and consultancy services 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.