Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 651 supply contracts for clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories through award notices on TED; the 362 of them that state a value (55.6%) add up to €183 million.
- Since November 2023, 773 companies have won 1,822 public supply contracts for clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories in 30 European countries, in 772 award notices from 388 public buyers.
- 5.8% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Bulgaria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 14.4% of all awards across Europe.
- 29.9% 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, "Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/180-clothing-footwear-luggage-articles-and-accessories, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 180 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
- 1.8K
- in 772 award notices
- Awarded value
- €380.2M
- from 53% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 773
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 388
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 30 |
| 2024 | 529 |
| 2025 | 651 |
| 2026 | 612 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €5M |
| 2024 | €95.5M |
| 2025 | €182.7M |
| 2026 | €97.1M |
- Other125
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 486 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 353 |
| Social protection | 225 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 168 |
| Universities, schools and research | 154 |
| Hospitals and health services | 136 |
| Environment and waste | 88 |
| Economic affairs | 87 |
| Other | 125 |
- Spain339126 companies
- Romania2126 companies
- Slovenia15452 companies
- Germany13880 companies
- France12471 companies
- Sweden11849 companies
- Czechia11342 companies
- Poland8944 companies
- Finland6941 companies
- Norway6434 companies
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| Spain | 339 |
| Romania | 212 |
| Slovenia | 154 |
| Germany | 138 |
| France | 124 |
| Sweden | 118 |
| Czechia | 113 |
| Poland | 89 |
| Finland | 69 |
| Norway | 64 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 129 · 7.1% |
| Medium-sized | 166 · 9.1% |
| Small | 292 · 16% |
| Micro | 38 · 2.1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 656 · 36% |
| Size not stated | 541 · 29.7% |
- Bulgaria14
- Belgium12
- Poland12
- Austria11
- Germany6
- France6
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| Bulgaria | 14 |
| Belgium | 12 |
| Poland | 12 |
| Austria | 11 |
| Germany | 6 |
| France | 6 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
94.2%
106 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
14.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
29.9%
Among 1.5K 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.SATARA SEGURIDAD SL.LSpain · 16 notices
- 2.TEXTIL DISTRIBUIDORA S.A.Spain · 14 notices
- 3.GROUP 22 trgovina in storitve d.o.o.Slovenia · 13 notices
- 4.INTEGRAL THERMAL SHIELD,S.L.Spain · 13 notices
- 5.SABORIT INTERNATIONAL, SLSpain · 13 notices
- 6.BENACUS SLUSpain · 12 notices
- 7.Albrecht Bender GmbH u. CoGermany · 11 notices
- 8.PW Krystian Sp. z o.o.Poland · 11 notices
- 9.Promoteq ABSweden · 11 notices
- 10.GUANTES ARRIBAS S.L.Spain · 10 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
- Spain339
- Slovenia154
- Germany138
- France124
- Sweden118
- Czechia113
- Poland89
- Finland69
- Norway64
- Belgium56
- Netherlands51
- Ireland49
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 clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 651 supply contracts for clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories through award notices on TED; the 362 of them that state a value (55.6%) add up to €183 million.
- How many public contracts for clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,822 supply contracts for clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories in 772 TED award notices; the 964 awards with a published value add up to €380.2M.
- Which countries buy the most clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories through public tenders?
- Spain (339 awards), Romania (212 awards), Slovenia (154 awards) lead; 773 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories contracts?
- 5.8% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Bulgaria.
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.