Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,244 supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting through award notices on TED; the 811 of them that state a value (65.2%) add up to €548 million.
- Since November 2023, 1,672 companies have won 3,600 public supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting in 30 European countries, in 1,656 award notices from 827 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 Germany.
- The five companies that win most often hold 6.4% of all awards across Europe.
- 26.7% 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, "Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/310-electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consu, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 310 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
- 3.6K
- in 1.7K award notices
- Awarded value
- €2.5B
- from 60% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.7K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 827
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 34 |
| 2024 | 1,151 |
| 2025 | 1,244 |
| 2026 | 1,171 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €8.4M |
| 2024 | €682.9M |
| 2025 | €548.1M |
| 2026 | €1.3B |
- Ports66
- Other272
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 1,076 |
| Electricity utilities | 740 |
| Universities, schools and research | 527 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 429 |
| Hospitals and health services | 223 |
| Urban transport operators | 198 |
| Ports | 66 |
| Environment and waste | 57 |
| Other | 272 |
- Spain682339 companies
- Germany438251 companies
- Poland395143 companies
- Czechia378156 companies
- Slovenia26557 companies
- Latvia21158 companies
- Hungary20532 companies
- Sweden182111 companies
- Ireland12876 companies
- France12474 companies
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| Spain | 682 |
| Germany | 438 |
| Poland | 395 |
| Czechia | 378 |
| Slovenia | 265 |
| Latvia | 211 |
| Hungary | 205 |
| Sweden | 182 |
| Ireland | 128 |
| France | 124 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 557 · 15.5% |
| Medium-sized | 396 · 11% |
| Small | 450 · 12.5% |
| Micro | 153 · 4.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1,251 · 34.8% |
| Size not stated | 793 · 22% |
- Germany20
- Italy18
- United Kingdom18
- Spain16
- Portugal15
- Austria15
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| Germany | 20 |
| Italy | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 18 |
| Spain | 16 |
| Portugal | 15 |
| Austria | 15 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
94.2%
208 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
6.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
26.7%
Among 3.3K 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.Rexel, specializirana trgovina z elektrotehničnimi materiali in storitvami, d.o.o.Slovenia · 45 notices
- 2.ELTIMA trgovina, zastopanje in posredovanje, d.o.o.Slovenia · 44 notices
- 3.MR, trgovina, proizvodnja, montaža, inženiring, gradbeništvo, popravila, nastanitvene in druge dejavnosti, d.o.o.Slovenia · 33 notices
- 4.IBG Česko s.r.o.Czechia · 30 notices
- 5.SES storitve, inženiring, trgovina d.o.o.Slovenia · 23 notices
- 6.Sonepar Suomi OyFinland · 23 notices
- 7.ELTODO, a.s.Czechia · 21 notices
- 8.C & G zastopanje, svetovanje in inženiring d.o.o.Slovenia · 19 notices
- 9.EWL ELECTRIC LTD HEAD OFFICEIreland · 18 notices
- 10.KOLEKTOR IGIN Inženiring, storitve in trgovina d.o.o.Slovenia · 18 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
- Spain682
- Germany438
- Poland395
- Czechia378
- Slovenia265
- Latvia211
- Hungary205
- Sweden182
- Ireland128
- France124
- Bulgaria108
- Finland105
- Denmark100
- Belgium66
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 electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,244 supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting through award notices on TED; the 811 of them that state a value (65.2%) add up to €548 million.
- How many public contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 3,600 supply contracts for electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting in 1,656 TED award notices; the 2,163 awards with a published value add up to €2.5B.
- Which countries buy the most electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting through public tenders?
- Spain (682 awards), Germany (438 awards), Poland (395 awards) lead; 1,672 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting contracts?
- 5.8% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Germany.
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.