Instruments for checking physical characteristics market in Spain: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 514 supply contracts for instruments for checking physical characteristics through award notices on TED; the 415 of them that state a value (80.7%) add up to €185 million. Spain imported €1.5 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to instruments for checking physical characteristics in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9027, 9026 and 9025; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9.1% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 458 companies have won 1,179 public supply contracts for instruments for checking physical characteristics in Spain, in 678 award notices from 280 public buyers.
- 96.4% of these awards went to companies registered in Spain; the most frequent foreign origin is Germany.
- The five companies that win most often hold 12.6% of all awards.
- 46.1% 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, "Instruments for checking physical characteristics market in Spain", https://cresques.com/markets/es/384-instruments-for-checking-physical-characteristics, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 458
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 678
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 280
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.5B
- 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
- 1.2K
- in 678 award notices
- Awarded value
- €515.6M
- from 83% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 458
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 280
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 290 |
| 2025 | 514 |
| 2026 | 347 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €4.1M |
| 2024 | €124.7M |
| 2025 | €184.8M |
| 2026 | €201.9M |
- Other11
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 567 |
| Hospitals and health services | 232 |
| Universities, schools and research | 141 |
| Environment and waste | 119 |
| Water utilities | 65 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 17 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 14 |
| Social protection | 13 |
| Other | 11 |
- Comunidad de Madrid536ES30
- Cataluña168ES51
- País Vasco129ES21
- Comunitat Valenciana60ES52
- Andalucía60ES61
- Galicia32ES11
- Illes Balears31ES53
- Región de Murcia29ES62
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| Comunidad de Madrid | 536 |
| Cataluña | 168 |
| País Vasco | 129 |
| Comunitat Valenciana | 60 |
| Andalucía | 60 |
| Galicia | 32 |
| Illes Balears | 31 |
| Región de Murcia | 29 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 380 · 32.2% |
| Medium-sized | 32 · 2.7% |
| Small | 24 · 2% |
| Micro | 4 · 0.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 554 · 47% |
| Size not stated | 185 · 15.7% |
- Germany17
- United States5
- Switzerland5
- Netherlands3
- United Kingdom3
- France3
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| Germany | 17 |
| United States | 5 |
| Switzerland | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| France | 3 |
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| 2023 | €1.4B |
| 2024 | €1.2B |
| 2025 | €1.5B |
- Madrid270
- Barcelona114
- Valencia84
- Vitoria-Gasteiz64
- Barakaldo37
- Palma30
- Sevilla28
- Pamplona26
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| Madrid | 270 |
| Barcelona | 114 |
| Valencia | 84 |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 64 |
| Barakaldo | 37 |
| Palma | 30 |
| Sevilla | 28 |
| Pamplona | 26 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9027, 9026, 9025 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Spain
96.4%
43 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
12.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
46.1%
Among 1.1K 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
- Bruker Española, S.A.67 public contracts in total
- Agilent Technologies Spain SL88 public contracts in total
- Thermo Fisher Scientific SLU35 public contracts in total
- Waters Cromatografía, S.A.28 public contracts in total
- AB SCIEX SPAIN, S.L.24 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Spain
- FarmaforumTrade fair · Madrid, Spain
- ExpoquimiaTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
- LABCLIN 2026 – XX Congreso Nacional del Laboratorio ClínicoCongress · Barcelona, Spain
- analytica ChinaTrade fair · Shanghai, China
- BioFITConference · Marseille, France
- SLAS International Conference & ExhibitionConference · San Diego, United States
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for instruments for checking physical characteristics in Spain?
- 458 companies won 678 contract award notices for these categories from 280 public buyers in Spain since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Bruker Española, S.A., Agilent Technologies Spain SL, Thermo Fisher Scientific SLU, Waters Cromatografía, S.A., AB SCIEX SPAIN, S.L..
- How big is the instruments for checking physical characteristics market in Spain?
- In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 514 supply contracts for instruments for checking physical characteristics through award notices on TED; the 415 of them that state a value (80.7%) add up to €185 million. Spain imported €1.5 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to instruments for checking physical characteristics in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9027, 9026 and 9025; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9.1% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of instruments for checking physical characteristics meet buyers and distributors in Spain?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Farmaforum, Expoquimia, LABCLIN 2026 – XX Congreso Nacional del Laboratorio Clínico, analytica China, BioFIT, SLAS International Conference & Exhibition — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for instruments for checking physical characteristics 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.