Motor vehicles market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 15,036 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 11,361 of them that state a value (75.6%) add up to €13.5 billion. EU countries together imported €391 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 0.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 7,049 companies have won 40,804 public supply contracts for motor vehicles in 30 European countries, in 22,890 award notices from 9,638 public buyers.
- 2% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 4.7% of all awards across Europe.
- 40% 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, "Motor vehicles market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/341-motor-vehicles, 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
- ACEA counts 38,238 new buses registered in the EU in 2025, up 7.5% on 2024; electrically chargeable buses were 23.8% of them. ACEA, New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -8.8%, trucks -6.2%, buses +7.5% in 2025
- EU manufacturers sold 23,139 buses and coaches worth €6.25 billion in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
- Under the Clean Vehicles Directive, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and other western Member States must make 65% of the buses they procure in 2026–2030 clean, half of the target through zero-emission buses; the targets are lower in central and eastern Europe (for example Poland 46%, Czechia 60%, Hungary 53%, Croatia 38%). European Commission (DG MOVE), Clean Vehicles Directive
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 341 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
- 40.8K
- in 22.9K award notices
- Awarded value
- €31B
- from 73% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 7K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 9.6K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 503 |
| 2024 | 11,367 |
| 2025 | 15,036 |
| 2026 | 13,898 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €210.4M |
| 2024 | €7.2B |
| 2025 | €13B |
| 2026 | €10B |
- Economic affairs1,793
- Other3,185
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 24,081 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 4,571 |
| Environment and waste | 2,366 |
| Economic affairs | 1,793 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1,560 |
| Electricity utilities | 1,226 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1,065 |
| Urban transport operators | 947 |
| Other | 3,185 |
- Germany9,8681,178 companies
- Poland5,466626 companies
- France3,8981,144 companies
- Spain3,253529 companies
- Czechia2,372321 companies
- Romania1,592266 companies
- Sweden1,219318 companies
- Italy1,210306 companies
- Bulgaria1,088213 companies
- Portugal1,020189 companies
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| Germany | 9,868 |
| Poland | 5,466 |
| France | 3,898 |
| Spain | 3,253 |
| Czechia | 2,372 |
| Romania | 1,592 |
| Sweden | 1,219 |
| Italy | 1,210 |
| Bulgaria | 1,088 |
| Portugal | 1,020 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 11,802 · 28.9% |
| Medium-sized | 7,767 · 19% |
| Small | 4,343 · 10.6% |
| Micro | 654 · 1.6% |
| SME (size not stated) | 8,110 · 19.9% |
| Size not stated | 8,128 · 19.9% |
- Czechia106
- Italy80
- Germany76
- Austria72
- Netherlands49
- Türkiye46
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| Czechia | 106 |
| Italy | 80 |
| Germany | 76 |
| Austria | 72 |
| Netherlands | 49 |
| Türkiye | 46 |
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| 2023 | €390B |
| 2024 | €383B |
| 2025 | €391B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8703, 8704, 8702, 8705 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
98%
829 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
4.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
40%
Among 38.4K 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.MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbHGermany · 460 notices
- 2.Albert Ziegler GmbHGermany · 431 notices
- 3.Rosenbauer Deutschland GmbHGermany · 406 notices
- 4.SZCZĘŚNIAK Pojazdy Specjalne Sp. z o.o.Poland · 290 notices
- 5.MOTO-TRUCK Sp. z o.o.Poland · 208 notices
- 6.Solaris Bus & Coach Sp. z o.o.Poland · 199 notices
- 7.Przedsiębiorstwo Specjalistyczne „bocar” Sp. z o.o.Poland · 195 notices
- 8.Daimler Truck AGGermany · 179 notices
- 9.Iturri, S.A.Spain · 172 notices
- 10.WISS SAMOCHODY SPECJALNE Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąPoland · 171 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
- Germany9,868
- Poland5,466
- France3,898
- Spain3,253
- Czechia2,372
- Romania1,592
- Sweden1,219
- Italy1,210
- Bulgaria1,088
- Portugal1,020
- Croatia948
- Netherlands833
- Estonia813
- Latvia781
- Slovenia729
- Lithuania710
- Finland708
- Belgium702
- Denmark576
- Slovakia526
- Austria504
- Hungary501
- Greece451
- Ireland359
- Norway332
- Luxembourg220
- Cyprus101
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 motor vehicles market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 15,036 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 11,361 of them that state a value (75.6%) add up to €13.5 billion. EU countries together imported €391 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 0.4% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for motor vehicles are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 40,804 supply contracts for motor vehicles in 22,890 TED award notices; the 29,980 awards with a published value add up to €31B.
- Which countries buy the most motor vehicles through public tenders?
- Germany (9,868 awards), Poland (5,466 awards), France (3,898 awards) lead; 7,049 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win motor vehicles contracts?
- 2.0% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
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.