Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 508 supply contracts for security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment through award notices on TED; the 277 of them that state a value (54.5%) add up to €252 million.
- Since November 2023, 731 companies have won 1,356 public supply contracts for security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment in 30 European countries, in 868 award notices from 385 public buyers.
- 11.2% 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 9.2% of all awards across Europe.
- 39.7% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for defence in the EU-27 came to €133 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for public order and safety in the EU-27 came to €88.7 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, "Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/350-security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipmen, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 350 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
- 1.4K
- in 868 award notices
- Awarded value
- €610.2M
- from 50% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 731
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 385
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 351 |
| 2025 | 508 |
| 2026 | 477 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €32.8M |
| 2024 | €160.3M |
| 2025 | €251.7M |
| 2026 | €165.4M |
- Airports17
- Other16
Table view
| Cities, regions and central administration | 560 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 412 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 272 |
| Economic affairs | 29 |
| Hospitals and health services | 24 |
| Airports | 17 |
| Universities, schools and research | 15 |
| Environment and waste | 7 |
| Other | 16 |
- Germany586259 companies
- Spain12358 companies
- 50 companies
- Belgium8037 companies
- Denmark8060 companies
- Poland5631 companies
- Finland5137 companies
- Sweden4334 companies
- Norway3925 companies
- Slovenia3219 companies
Table view
| Germany | 586 |
| Spain | 123 |
| Netherlands | 87 |
| Belgium | 80 |
| Denmark | 80 |
| Poland | 56 |
| Finland | 51 |
| Sweden | 43 |
| Norway | 39 |
| Slovenia | 32 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
Table view
| Large companies | 181 · 13.3% |
| Medium-sized | 302 · 22.3% |
| Small | 308 · 22.7% |
| Micro | 64 · 4.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 211 · 15.6% |
| Size not stated | 290 · 21.4% |
- Germany22
- United States19
- United Kingdom19
- Netherlands14
- Austria13
- Sweden12
Table view
| Germany | 22 |
| United States | 19 |
| United Kingdom | 19 |
| Netherlands | 14 |
| Austria | 13 |
| Sweden | 12 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
88.8%
152 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
9.2%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
39.7%
Among 1.3K 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.LAB COMMERCE trgovina, posredovanje in zastopstva d.o.o.Slovenia · 11 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 security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 508 supply contracts for security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment through award notices on TED; the 277 of them that state a value (54.5%) add up to €252 million.
- How many public contracts for security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,356 supply contracts for security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment in 868 TED award notices; the 675 awards with a published value add up to €610.2M.
- Which countries buy the most security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment through public tenders?
- Germany (586 awards), Spain (123 awards), Netherlands (87 awards) lead; 731 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment contracts?
- 11.2% 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.