Emergency and security equipment market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 3,379 supply contracts for emergency and security equipment through award notices on TED; the 2,306 of them that state a value (68.2%) add up to €1.27 billion.
- Since November 2023, 3,678 companies have won 10,010 public supply contracts for emergency and security equipment in 30 European countries, in 5,203 award notices from 2,939 public buyers.
- 3.2% 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 4.4% of all awards across Europe.
- 35.1% 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.
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, "Emergency and security equipment market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/351-emergency-and-security-equipment, 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
- The European Defence Agency puts EU Member States' defence spending at €418 billion in 2025, 2.2% of GDP. European Defence Agency, Defence Data 2025-2026
- The European Defence Agency puts defence equipment procurement by EU Member States at €115 billion in 2025, up 26% in real terms. European Defence Agency, Defence Data 2025-2026
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 351 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
- 10K
- in 5.2K award notices
- Awarded value
- €5B
- from 66% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 3.7K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 2.9K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 108 |
| 2024 | 2,726 |
| 2025 | 3,379 |
| 2026 | 3,797 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €37.1M |
| 2024 | €1B |
| 2025 | €1.3B |
| 2026 | €2.7B |
- Other589
Table view
| Cities, regions and central administration | 4,399 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1,506 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1,503 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 805 |
| Universities, schools and research | 693 |
| Electricity utilities | 213 |
| Economic affairs | 159 |
| Railway operators | 140 |
| Other | 589 |
- Germany1,791410 companies
- Poland1,431441 companies
- Romania1,047250 companies
- Spain1,046472 companies
- France867411 companies
- Czechia825294 companies
- Slovakia330137 companies
- Ireland311122 companies
- Sweden277122 companies
- Lithuania19266 companies
Table view
| Germany | 1,791 |
| Poland | 1,431 |
| Romania | 1,047 |
| Spain | 1,046 |
| France | 867 |
| Czechia | 825 |
| Slovakia | 330 |
| Ireland | 311 |
| Sweden | 277 |
| Lithuania | 192 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
Table view
| Large companies | 1,573 · 15.7% |
| Medium-sized | 1,691 · 16.9% |
| Small | 1,991 · 19.9% |
| Micro | 347 · 3.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 2,444 · 24.4% |
| Size not stated | 1,964 · 19.6% |
- United Kingdom46
- Germany41
- Czechia36
- Austria32
- France27
- Netherlands23
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| United Kingdom | 46 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Czechia | 36 |
| Austria | 32 |
| France | 27 |
| Netherlands | 23 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
96.8%
325 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
4.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
35.1%
Among 9.2K 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.BAS Vertriebs GmbHGermany · 105 notices
- 2.Sturm Feuerschutz GmbHGermany · 98 notices
- 3.Kilian Fire & Safety GmbH & Co. KGGermany · 56 notices
- 4.Fischer Feuerlösch- und Arbeitsschutzgeräte GmbHGermany · 44 notices
- 5.Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaAGermany · 39 notices
- 6.PROTEC SOLANA S.L.Spain · 38 notices
- 7.Stirner GmbHGermany · 37 notices
- 8.C.B. König Feuerschutz GmbHGermany · 26 notices
- 9.Метал Холд Про ЕООДBulgaria · 26 notices
- 10.DEVA F-M. s.r.o.Czechia · 22 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
- Germany1,791
- Poland1,431
- Romania1,047
- Spain1,046
- France867
- Czechia825
- Slovakia330
- Ireland311
- Sweden277
- Lithuania192
- Greece176
- Italy176
- Finland165
- Belgium156
- Bulgaria145
- Portugal127
- Hungary127
- Netherlands122
- Latvia119
- Austria116
- Estonia99
- Croatia98
- Slovenia93
- Norway75
- Denmark54
- Cyprus32
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 emergency and security equipment market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 3,379 supply contracts for emergency and security equipment through award notices on TED; the 2,306 of them that state a value (68.2%) add up to €1.27 billion.
- How many public contracts for emergency and security equipment are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 10,010 supply contracts for emergency and security equipment in 5,203 TED award notices; the 6,641 awards with a published value add up to €5B.
- Which countries buy the most emergency and security equipment through public tenders?
- Germany (1,791 awards), Poland (1,431 awards), Romania (1,047 awards) lead; 3,678 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win emergency and security equipment contracts?
- 3.2% 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.