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Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Spain: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 206 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 188 of them that state a value (91.3%) add up to €28.1 million.

  • Since November 2023, 359 companies have won 1,077 public supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Spain, in 258 award notices from 79 public buyers.
  • 99.8% of these awards went to companies registered in Spain; the most frequent foreign origin is Austria.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 13.4% of all awards.
  • 31% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.

In proportion

All public purchasing in Spain — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €192 billion in 2025, 11.3% 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.

General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Spain came to €54.7 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.

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, "Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Spain", https://cresques.com/markets/es/330-medical-equipments-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-ca, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Winning companies
359
since November 2023
Award notices
258
on TED
Public buyers
79
hospitals, schools, agencies
Imports
—
no customs heading isolates this category

The market in numbers

Public supply contracts in Spain: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.

Contracts awarded
1.1K
in 258 award notices
Awarded value
€331.5M
from 70% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
359
with at least one award
Public buyers
79
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by yearNov–Dec 2023: 1111Nov–Dec 20232024: 45845820242025: 20620620252026: 4024022026
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Contracts awarded by year
Nov–Dec 202311
2024458
2025206
2026402
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)Nov–Dec 2023: €798.6K€798.6KNov–Dec 20232024: €80.5M€80.5M20242025: €28.1M€28.1M20252026: €222.1M€222.1M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
Nov–Dec 2023€798.6K
2024€80.5M
2025€28.1M
2026€222.1M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Hospitals and health services973
    Hospitals and health services: 973
  2. Cities, regions and central administration45
    Cities, regions and central administration: 45
  3. Social protection37
    Social protection: 37
  4. Universities, schools and research20
    Universities, schools and research: 20
  5. Police, fire services and prisons2
    Police, fire services and prisons: 2
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Hospitals and health services973
Cities, regions and central administration45
Social protection37
Universities, schools and research20
Police, fire services and prisons2
Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
  1. Comunidad de Madrid552
    ES30
    Comunidad de Madrid: 552
  2. Andalucía219
    ES61
    Andalucía: 219
  3. Comunidad Foral de Navarra86
    ES22
    Comunidad Foral de Navarra: 86
  4. Cataluña62
    ES51
    Cataluña: 62
  5. Región de Murcia54
    ES62
    Región de Murcia: 54
  6. Galicia38
    ES11
    Galicia: 38
  7. Comunitat Valenciana20
    ES52
    Comunitat Valenciana: 20
  8. País Vasco16
    ES21
    País Vasco: 16
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Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
Comunidad de Madrid552
Andalucía219
Comunidad Foral de Navarra86
Cataluña62
Región de Murcia54
Galicia38
Comunitat Valenciana20
País Vasco16
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 32.3%, Medium-sized 9.5%, Small 2%, Micro 0.3%, SME (size not stated) 39.8%, Size not stated 16.1%Large companies: 348 (32.3%)32%Medium-sized: 102 (9.5%)Small: 22 (2%)Micro: 3 (0.3%)SME (size not stated): 429 (39.8%)40%Size not stated: 173 (16.1%)16%
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Small
  • Micro
  • SME (size not stated)
  • Size not stated
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies348 · 32.3%
Medium-sized102 · 9.5%
Small22 · 2%
Micro3 · 0.3%
SME (size not stated)429 · 39.8%
Size not stated173 · 16.1%
Foreign winners: where they are registered
  1. Austria1
    Austria: 1
  2. France1
    France: 1
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Foreign winners: where they are registered
Austria1
France1
Where the buyers are (city)
  1. Santander266
    Santander: 266
  2. Zaragoza121
    Zaragoza: 121
  3. Jaén109
    Jaén: 109
  4. Pamplona86
    Pamplona: 86
  5. Valencia65
    Valencia: 65
  6. Málaga65
    Málaga: 65
  7. Murcia49
    Murcia: 49
  8. No consta38
    No consta: 38
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Where the buyers are (city)
Santander266
Zaragoza121
Jaén109
Pamplona86
Valencia65
Málaga65
Murcia49
No consta38

Awards to companies registered in Spain

99.8%

Awards to companies registered in Spain: 99.8%

2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

13.4%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 13.4%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

31%

Lots with a single bid: 31%

Among 1K 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

  1. Palex Medical, S.A.507 public contracts in total
  2. Medtronic Ibérica, S.A.593 public contracts in total
  3. Barna Import Medica, S.A.98 public contracts in total
  4. Roche Farma, S.A.190 public contracts in total
  5. KCI CLINIC SPAIN SL84 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Spain

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Questions

Who wins public contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Spain?
359 companies won 258 contract award notices for these categories from 79 public buyers in Spain since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Palex Medical, S.A., Medtronic Ibérica, S.A., Barna Import Medica, S.A., Roche Farma, S.A., KCI CLINIC SPAIN SL.
How big is the medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Spain?
In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 206 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 188 of them that state a value (91.3%) add up to €28.1 million.
Where do suppliers of medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Spain?
At trade fairs and congresses such as LXXVIII Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Neurología, LABCLIN 2026 – XX Congreso Nacional del Laboratorio Clínico, XXXVIII Congreso Nacional de la Fundación de la Sociedad Española de Diabetes (FSED), Congreso SEPAR 2027, LXII Congreso Nacional SEMICYUC 2027, ESMO Congress 2027 — each checked on the organiser's official website.
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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.