Aircraft and spacecraft market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 775 supply contracts for aircraft and spacecraft through award notices on TED; the 708 of them that state a value (91.4%) add up to €671 million. EU countries together imported €76.2 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to aircraft and spacecraft in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8802, 8807, 8806, 8805, 8801 and 8803; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 18.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 536 companies have won 1,872 public supply contracts for aircraft and spacecraft in 30 European countries, in 722 award notices from 330 public buyers.
- 8.3% 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 35.6% of all awards across Europe.
- 49.1% 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, "Aircraft and spacecraft market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/347-aircraft-and-spacecraft, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 347 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
- 1.9K
- in 722 award notices
- Awarded value
- €3.2B
- from 88% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 536
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 330
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 543 |
| 2025 | 775 |
| 2026 | 538 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €28.2M |
| 2024 | €526M |
| 2025 | €671.2M |
| 2026 | €2B |
- Other13
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| Armed forces and defence agencies | 1,224 |
| Universities, schools and research | 237 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 154 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 129 |
| Hospitals and health services | 66 |
| Environment and waste | 22 |
| Economic affairs | 20 |
| Airports | 7 |
| Other | 13 |
- Poland71273 companies
- Romania52671 companies
- Germany10960 companies
- Spain10645 companies
- Portugal6226 companies
- France5249 companies
- Greece3531 companies
- Bulgaria3416 companies
- Czechia3120 companies
- Hungary2417 companies
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| Poland | 712 |
| Romania | 526 |
| Germany | 109 |
| Spain | 106 |
| Portugal | 62 |
| France | 52 |
| Greece | 35 |
| Bulgaria | 34 |
| Czechia | 31 |
| Hungary | 24 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 190 · 10.1% |
| Medium-sized | 353 · 18.9% |
| Small | 223 · 11.9% |
| Micro | 70 · 3.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 242 · 12.9% |
| Size not stated | 794 · 42.4% |
- Germany28
- Netherlands21
- France19
- Spain15
- United States12
- Canada8
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| Germany | 28 |
| Netherlands | 21 |
| France | 19 |
| Spain | 15 |
| United States | 12 |
| Canada | 8 |
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| 2023 | €64B |
| 2024 | €65B |
| 2025 | €76B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8802, 8807, 8806, 8805, 8801, 8803 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
91.7%
155 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
35.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
49.1%
Among 1.7K 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.NAVIGATE Sp. z o.o.Poland · 42 notices
- 2.FIN Sp. z o.o.Poland · 41 notices
- 3.Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "BELSS"Latvia · 31 notices
- 4.ANKOL Sp. z o.o.Poland · 30 notices
- 5.Borimex Sp. z o.o.Poland · 24 notices
- 6.TRANSFACTOR Sp.z.o.o.Poland · 23 notices
- 7.TPI Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąPoland · 17 notices
- 8.Transactor Security Sp. z o.o.Poland · 17 notices
- 9.DILLERS, S.A.Spain · 14 notices
- 10.HONOS – Sociedade Comercial de Importação e Exportação, LdaPortugal · 12 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 aircraft and spacecraft market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 775 supply contracts for aircraft and spacecraft through award notices on TED; the 708 of them that state a value (91.4%) add up to €671 million. EU countries together imported €76.2 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to aircraft and spacecraft in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8802, 8807, 8806, 8805, 8801 and 8803; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 18.4% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for aircraft and spacecraft are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,872 supply contracts for aircraft and spacecraft in 722 TED award notices; the 1,650 awards with a published value add up to €3.2B.
- Which countries buy the most aircraft and spacecraft through public tenders?
- Poland (712 awards), Romania (526 awards), Germany (109 awards) lead; 536 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win aircraft and spacecraft contracts?
- 8.3% 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.