Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 380 supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 278 of them that state a value (73.2%) add up to €50.3 million.
- Since November 2023, 535 companies have won 1,090 public supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies in 30 European countries, in 363 award notices from 196 public buyers.
- 4.2% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is United Kingdom.
- The five companies that win most often hold 7.6% of all awards across Europe.
- 31.4% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in the EU-27 came to €949 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/339-post-mortem-and-mortuary-equipment-and-supplies, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
What industry and official reports say
- MedTech Europe estimates the European medical technology market at about €173 billion in 2025, at manufacturer prices, for the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- The European Commission states that public procurement accounts for 50% to 70% of the EU market for medical devices (Regulation (EU) 2025/1197, citing industry data). European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- According to the same regulation, procedures worth €5 million or more were about 4% of EU medical device procurement procedures on TED in 2017–2022 but about 59% of their value. European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- MedTech Europe counts more than 36,000 medical technology companies in Europe in 2025, about 90% of them SMEs. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)
Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.
CPV group 339 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
- 1.1K
- in 363 award notices
- Awarded value
- €189.9M
- from 65% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 535
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 196
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 313 |
| 2025 | 380 |
| 2026 | 396 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €941.3K |
| 2024 | €25.8M |
| 2025 | €50.3M |
| 2026 | €112.9M |
- Other4
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| Hospitals and health services | 474 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 290 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 157 |
| Universities, schools and research | 140 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 11 |
| Economic affairs | 8 |
| Environment and waste | 4 |
| Electricity utilities | 2 |
| Other | 4 |
- Czechia24996 companies
- France160105 companies
- Romania15944 companies
- Poland13248 companies
- Spain7747 companies
- Ireland5843 companies
- Latvia5622 companies
- Germany3319 companies
- Slovenia3116 companies
- Slovakia2510 companies
Table view
| Czechia | 249 |
| France | 160 |
| Romania | 159 |
| Poland | 132 |
| Spain | 77 |
| Ireland | 58 |
| Latvia | 56 |
| Germany | 33 |
| Slovenia | 31 |
| Slovakia | 25 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
Table view
| Large companies | 85 · 7.8% |
| Medium-sized | 108 · 9.9% |
| Small | 181 · 16.6% |
| Micro | 71 · 6.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 344 · 31.6% |
| Size not stated | 301 · 27.6% |
- United Kingdom18
- Netherlands6
- Belgium3
- Germany3
- Czechia2
- Italy2
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| United Kingdom | 18 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Czechia | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
95.8%
46 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
7.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
31.4%
Among 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.
Companies winning most often across Europe
- 1.Orfix Polska Sp. z o.o. Sp.k.Poland · 13 notices
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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 post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 380 supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 278 of them that state a value (73.2%) add up to €50.3 million.
- How many public contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,090 supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies in 363 TED award notices; the 712 awards with a published value add up to €189.9M.
- Which countries buy the most post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies through public tenders?
- Czechia (249 awards), France (160 awards), Romania (159 awards) lead; 535 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies contracts?
- 4.2% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is United Kingdom.
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.