Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,175 supply contracts for vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers through award notices on TED; the 845 of them that state a value (71.9%) add up to €654 million. EU countries together imported €16.3 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8716 and 8707; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 7.6% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 1,261 companies have won 2,835 public supply contracts for vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers in 30 European countries, in 1,426 award notices from 781 public buyers.
- 3.8% 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 4.6% of all awards across Europe.
- 27.4% 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.
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, "Vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/342-vehicle-bodies-trailers-or-semi-trailers, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 342 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
- 2.8K
- in 1.4K award notices
- Awarded value
- €1.9B
- from 74% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.3K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 781
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 755 |
| 2025 | 1,175 |
| 2026 | 870 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €59.1M |
| 2024 | €262.7M |
| 2025 | €653.9M |
| 2026 | €972.7M |
- Other135
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 1,409 |
| Economic affairs | 358 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 351 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 210 |
| Environment and waste | 162 |
| Urban transport operators | 84 |
| Housing and community amenities | 70 |
| Universities, schools and research | 54 |
| Other | 135 |
- Czechia38186 companies
- Denmark32593 companies
- France316204 companies
- Spain313115 companies
- Germany218113 companies
- Poland190100 companies
- Estonia18051 companies
- Romania13259 companies
- 37 companies
- Greece8015 companies
Table view
| Czechia | 381 |
| Denmark | 325 |
| France | 316 |
| Spain | 313 |
| Germany | 218 |
| Poland | 190 |
| Estonia | 180 |
| Romania | 132 |
| Lithuania | 86 |
| Greece | 80 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 695 · 24.5% |
| Medium-sized | 334 · 11.8% |
| Small | 304 · 10.7% |
| Micro | 54 · 1.9% |
| SME (size not stated) | 913 · 32.2% |
| Size not stated | 535 · 18.9% |
- United Kingdom19
- Germany13
- Czechia10
- Italy10
- Slovakia9
- Finland8
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| United Kingdom | 19 |
| Germany | 13 |
| Czechia | 10 |
| Italy | 10 |
| Slovakia | 9 |
| Finland | 8 |
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| 2023 | €18B |
| 2024 | €15B |
| 2025 | €16B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8716, 8707 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
96.2%
109 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
4.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
27.4%
Among 2.7K 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.Ramirent Baltic ASEstonia · 26 notices
- 2.Cramo Estonia ASEstonia · 12 notices
- 3.United Capital OÜEstonia · 11 notices
- 4.Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH + Co. KGGermany · 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
- Czechia381
- Denmark325
- France316
- Spain313
- Germany218
- Poland190
- Estonia180
- Romania132
- Lithuania86
- Slovakia66
- Netherlands59
- Italy55
- Ireland52
- Hungary52
- Belgium47
- Finland45
- Sweden45
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 vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,175 supply contracts for vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers through award notices on TED; the 845 of them that state a value (71.9%) add up to €654 million. EU countries together imported €16.3 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8716 and 8707; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 7.6% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2,835 supply contracts for vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers in 1,426 TED award notices; the 2,110 awards with a published value add up to €1.9B.
- Which countries buy the most vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers through public tenders?
- Czechia (381 awards), Denmark (325 awards), France (316 awards) lead; 1,261 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win vehicle bodies, trailers or semi-trailers contracts?
- 3.8% 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.