Software programming and consultancy services market in Estonia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Estonia awarded 31 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 20 of them that state a value (64.5%) add up to €2.64 million.
- Since November 2023, 26 companies have won 86 public supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Estonia, in 65 award notices from 13 public buyers.
- 97.7% of these awards went to companies registered in Estonia; the most frequent foreign origin is Germany.
- The five companies that win most often hold 62.8% of all awards.
- 31.4% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Estonia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €6.43 billion in 2025, 15.4% 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, "Software programming and consultancy services market in Estonia", https://cresques.com/markets/ee/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
- 26
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 65
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 13
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Estonia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 86
- in 65 award notices
- Awarded value
- €9.4M
- from 60% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 26
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 13
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 31 |
| 2026 | 40 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €205.3K |
| 2024 | €3.9M |
| 2025 | €2.6M |
| 2026 | €2.6M |
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| Electricity utilities | 43 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 21 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 12 |
| Railway operators | 5 |
| Universities, schools and research | 3 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1 |
| Social protection | 1 |
- Extra-Regio NUTS 285EEZZ
- Eesti1EE00
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| Extra-Regio NUTS 2 | 85 |
| Eesti | 1 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 20 · 23.3% |
| Medium-sized | 23 · 26.7% |
| Small | 15 · 17.4% |
| Micro | 3 · 3.5% |
| Size not stated | 25 · 29.1% |
- Germany1
- Latvia1
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| Germany | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 4 · 20% |
| €2M–10M | 5 · 25% |
| €10M–50M | 8 · 40% |
| €50M and more | 3 · 15% |
- Tallinn84
- Tartu linn2
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| Tallinn | 84 |
| Tartu linn | 2 |
20 of 24 winning companies registered in Estonia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Estonia
97.7%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
62.8%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
31.4%
Among 86 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
- Elisa Eesti AS43 public contracts in total
- OIXIO IT AS51 public contracts in total
- Telia Eesti AS57 public contracts in total
- AS Atea112 public contracts in total
- ByteLife Solutions OÜ30 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Estonia
- MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics EuropeCongress · Tallinn, Estonia
- GITEX GlobalTrade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- HIMSS Global Health Conference & ExhibitionConference · Chicago, United States
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Estonia?
- 26 companies won 65 contract award notices for these categories from 13 public buyers in Estonia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Elisa Eesti AS, OIXIO IT AS, Telia Eesti AS, AS Atea, ByteLife Solutions OÜ.
- How big is the software programming and consultancy services market in Estonia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Estonia awarded 31 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 20 of them that state a value (64.5%) add up to €2.64 million.
- Where do suppliers of software programming and consultancy services meet buyers and distributors in Estonia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics Europe, GITEX Global, HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for software programming and consultancy services in Estonia?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Estonia 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.