Ships and boats market in Spain: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 37 supply contracts for ships and boats through award notices on TED; the 34 of them that state a value (91.9%) add up to €15.1 million. Spain imported €636 million of goods in the customs headings matched to ships and boats in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8901, 8903, 8905, 8904 and 8902; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9.9% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 65 companies have won 114 public supply contracts for ships and boats in Spain, in 89 award notices from 49 public buyers.
- 91.2% of these awards went to companies registered in Spain; the most frequent foreign origin is Portugal.
- The five companies that win most often hold 28.9% of all awards.
- 31.6% 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.
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, "Ships and boats market in Spain", https://cresques.com/markets/es/345-ships-and-boats, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 65
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 89
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 49
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €635.5M
- all buyers, Eurostat
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
- 114
- in 89 award notices
- Awarded value
- €217.2M
- from 97% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 65
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 49
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2025 | 37 |
| 2026 | 38 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €598.3K |
| 2024 | €51.2M |
| 2025 | €15.1M |
| 2026 | €150.4M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 54 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 23 |
| Environment and waste | 20 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 11 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 4 |
| Universities, schools and research | 2 |
- Comunidad de Madrid80ES30
- Cataluña8ES51
- Andalucía6ES61
- Castilla y León4ES41
- Galicia2ES11
- Comunitat Valenciana2ES52
- Illes Balears2ES53
- Región de Murcia2ES62
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| Comunidad de Madrid | 80 |
| Cataluña | 8 |
| Andalucía | 6 |
| Castilla y León | 4 |
| Galicia | 2 |
| Comunitat Valenciana | 2 |
| Illes Balears | 2 |
| Región de Murcia | 2 |
- Large companies
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 9 · 7.9% |
| Small | 1 · 0.9% |
| SME (size not stated) | 100 · 87.7% |
| Size not stated | 4 · 3.5% |
- Portugal9
- France1
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| Portugal | 9 |
| France | 1 |
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| 2023 | €578.4M |
| 2024 | €641.2M |
| 2025 | €635.5M |
- Madrid46
- La Línea de la Concepción9
- Puerto del Rosario6
- Barcelona6
- San Fernando5
- Zamora4
- Ayamonte4
- No consta3
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| Madrid | 46 |
| La Línea de la Concepción | 9 |
| Puerto del Rosario | 6 |
| Barcelona | 6 |
| San Fernando | 5 |
| Zamora | 4 |
| Ayamonte | 4 |
| No consta | 3 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8901, 8903, 8905, 8904, 8902 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Spain
91.2%
10 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
28.9%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
31.6%
Among 114 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
- Vanguard Marine Lda.11 public contracts in total
- Suyfa Defence, S.L.44 public contracts in total
- BAYSAN QUALITY PRO S.L.27 public contracts in total
- FENIKS CLEANING & SAFETY S.L.26 public contracts in total
- Transtel, S.A.89 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Spain
- MOTORTECTrade fair · Madrid, Spain
- IFAT MunichTrade fair · Munich, Germany
- Automechanika ShanghaiTrade fair · Shanghai, China
- Automechanika RiyadhTrade fair · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- AutopromotecTrade fair · Bologna, Italy
- UITP SummitCongress · Hamburg, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for ships and boats in Spain?
- 65 companies won 89 contract award notices for these categories from 49 public buyers in Spain since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Vanguard Marine Lda., Suyfa Defence, S.L., BAYSAN QUALITY PRO S.L., FENIKS CLEANING & SAFETY S.L., Transtel, S.A..
- How big is the ships and boats market in Spain?
- In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 37 supply contracts for ships and boats through award notices on TED; the 34 of them that state a value (91.9%) add up to €15.1 million. Spain imported €636 million of goods in the customs headings matched to ships and boats in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8901, 8903, 8905, 8904 and 8902; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9.9% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of ships and boats meet buyers and distributors in Spain?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as MOTORTEC, IFAT Munich, Automechanika Shanghai, Automechanika Riyadh, Autopromotec, UITP Summit — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for ships and boats in Spain?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Spain 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.