Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 6,433 supply contracts for electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy through award notices on TED; the 5,117 of them that state a value (79.5%) add up to €14.5 billion. EU countries together imported €47 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2716, 2844 and 2612; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 2.3% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 2,219 companies have won 18,206 public supply contracts for electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy in 30 European countries, in 10,915 award notices from 5,944 public buyers.
- 0.7% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 21.8% of all awards across Europe.
- 27.7% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in the EU-27 — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €2.93 trillion in 2025, 15.5% 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, "Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/093-electricity-heating-solar-and-nuclear-energy, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 093 across the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: how much public buyers award, who wins, where from, and how the market splits by country.
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Europe: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 18.2K
- in 10.9K award notices
- Awarded value
- €38B
- from 79% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 2.2K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 5.9K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 388 |
| 2024 | 5,648 |
| 2025 | 6,433 |
| 2026 | 5,737 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €628.9M |
| 2024 | €9B |
| 2025 | €15B |
| 2026 | €14B |
- Economic affairs1,394
- Other1,447
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 10,028 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1,982 |
| Economic affairs | 1,394 |
| Universities, schools and research | 893 |
| Environment and waste | 886 |
| Housing and community amenities | 717 |
| Water utilities | 437 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 416 |
| Other | 1,447 |
- Poland3,654343 companies
- Croatia2,33319 companies
- Germany2,226482 companies
- Spain1,672205 companies
- Czechia1,512226 companies
- France1,254167 companies
- Bulgaria1,19665 companies
- Latvia68228 companies
- Romania64857 companies
- Hungary46837 companies
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| Poland | 3,654 |
| Croatia | 2,333 |
| Germany | 2,226 |
| Spain | 1,672 |
| Czechia | 1,512 |
| France | 1,254 |
| Bulgaria | 1,196 |
| Latvia | 682 |
| Romania | 648 |
| Hungary | 468 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 6,899 · 37.9% |
| Medium-sized | 4,155 · 22.8% |
| Small | 892 · 4.9% |
| Micro | 241 · 1.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 2,475 · 13.6% |
| Size not stated | 3,544 · 19.5% |
- Netherlands20
- Slovakia18
- Austria17
- Germany15
- Denmark9
- Spain6
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| Netherlands | 20 |
| Slovakia | 18 |
| Austria | 17 |
| Germany | 15 |
| Denmark | 9 |
| Spain | 6 |
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| 2023 | €48B |
| 2024 | €42B |
| 2025 | €47B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 2716, 2844, 2612 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.3%
130 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
21.8%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
27.7%
Among 17.2K 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.
Companies winning most often across Europe
- 1.HEP-Opskrba d.o.o.Croatia · 484 notices
- 2.Endesa Energía S.A.U.Spain · 476 notices
- 3.Iberdrola Clientes S.A.U.Spain · 467 notices
- 4.Energa Obrót S.A.Poland · 336 notices
- 5.Enea S.A.Poland · 290 notices
- 6.MVM Next Energiakereskedelmi Zrt.Hungary · 273 notices
- 7.СИНЕРГОН ЕНЕРДЖИ ООДBulgaria · 272 notices
- 8.Veolia Energy Contracting Poland Sp. z o.o.Poland · 220 notices
- 9.TAURON Sprzedaż sp. z o.o.Poland · 212 notices
- 10.PGE Obrót S.A.Poland · 174 notices
Companies with a public page whose main category is this group, by award notices; a market map in Cresques covers one country and, on paid plans, lists every winner there.
Country pages
- Poland3,654
- Germany2,226
- Spain1,672
- Czechia1,512
- France1,254
- Bulgaria1,196
- Latvia682
- Romania648
- Hungary468
- Slovakia427
- Portugal315
- Finland297
- Slovenia266
- Belgium205
- Italy179
- Estonia168
- Lithuania151
- Netherlands136
- Sweden134
- Greece81
- Austria78
- Norway57
Countries with fewer than 25 winning companies in this group have no separate page; their awards are counted above.
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Questions
- How big is the electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 6,433 supply contracts for electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy through award notices on TED; the 5,117 of them that state a value (79.5%) add up to €14.5 billion. EU countries together imported €47 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2716, 2844 and 2612; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 2.3% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 18,206 supply contracts for electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy in 10,915 TED award notices; the 14,353 awards with a published value add up to €38B.
- Which countries buy the most electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy through public tenders?
- Poland (3,654 awards), Croatia (2,333 awards), Germany (2,226 awards) lead; 2,219 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy contracts?
- 0.7% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
Source: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023; processed by Cresques. Numbers updated 2026-11-13.