Gases market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,337 supply contracts for gases through award notices on TED; the 894 of them that state a value (66.9%) add up to €355 million.
- Since November 2023, 459 companies have won 4,616 public supply contracts for gases in 30 European countries, in 1,547 award notices from 938 public buyers.
- 0.5% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Sweden.
- The five companies that win most often hold 34.8% of all awards across Europe.
- 59.2% 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, "Gases market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/241-gases, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 241 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
- 4.6K
- in 1.5K award notices
- Awarded value
- €1.5B
- from 69% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 459
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 938
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1,264 |
| 2025 | 1,337 |
| 2026 | 1,997 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €2.6M |
| 2024 | €410.5M |
| 2025 | €354.6M |
| 2026 | €760.7M |
- Other119
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| Hospitals and health services | 3,153 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 682 |
| Universities, schools and research | 439 |
| Environment and waste | 77 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 47 |
| Electricity utilities | 37 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 31 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 31 |
| Other | 119 |
- Romania1,0289 companies
- Poland76568 companies
- France665120 companies
- Hungary3667 companies
- Czechia25222 companies
- Spain22527 companies
- Croatia2204 companies
- Germany17939 companies
- Lithuania1568 companies
- Greece1008 companies
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| Romania | 1,028 |
| Poland | 765 |
| France | 665 |
| Hungary | 366 |
| Czechia | 252 |
| Spain | 225 |
| Croatia | 220 |
| Germany | 179 |
| Lithuania | 156 |
| Greece | 100 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 2,111 · 45.7% |
| Medium-sized | 583 · 12.6% |
| Small | 337 · 7.3% |
| Micro | 47 · 1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 394 · 8.5% |
| Size not stated | 1,144 · 24.8% |
- Sweden5
- France3
- Netherlands3
- Spain2
- Denmark2
- Canada2
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| Sweden | 5 |
| France | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.5%
23 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
34.8%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
59.2%
Among 4.3K 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.Linde Gaz Polska Sp. z o.o.Poland · 178 notices
- 2.Linde Gas a.s.Czechia · 140 notices
- 3.LINDE GAZ ROMANIA S.R.L.Romania · 98 notices
- 4.Messer Polska Sp. z o.o.Poland · 79 notices
- 5.S.E. CARBUROS METÁLICOS S.A.Spain · 60 notices
- 6.Air Liquide Healthcare España, S.L.Spain · 56 notices
- 7.Linde GmbHGermany · 43 notices
- 8.Air Products Sp. z o.o.Poland · 40 notices
- 9.Linde Gas ABSweden · 39 notices
- 10.SIAD Czech spol. s r.o.Czechia · 39 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.
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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 gases market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,337 supply contracts for gases through award notices on TED; the 894 of them that state a value (66.9%) add up to €355 million.
- How many public contracts for gases are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 4,616 supply contracts for gases in 1,547 TED award notices; the 3,179 awards with a published value add up to €1.5B.
- Which countries buy the most gases through public tenders?
- Romania (1,028 awards), Poland (765 awards), France (665 awards) lead; 459 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win gases contracts?
- 0.5% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Sweden.
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.