Individual and support equipment market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2,390 supply contracts for individual and support equipment through award notices on TED; the 702 of them that state a value (29.4%) add up to €2.16 billion, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 855 companies have won 6,107 public supply contracts for individual and support equipment in 30 European countries, in 1,238 award notices from 501 public buyers.
- 3.5% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Austria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 28.7% of all awards across Europe.
- 30% 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, "Individual and support equipment market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/358-individual-and-support-equipment, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 358 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
- 6.1K
- in 1.2K award notices
- Awarded value
- €3.2B
- from 45% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 855
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 501
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 44 |
| 2024 | 1,770 |
| 2025 | 2,390 |
| 2026 | 1,903 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €7.2M |
| 2024 | €290.2M |
| 2025 | €2.2B |
| 2026 | €789.7M |
- Other18
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| Police, fire services and prisons | 3,555 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 928 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 835 |
| Universities, schools and research | 549 |
| Hospitals and health services | 123 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 50 |
| Urban transport operators | 29 |
| Economic affairs | 20 |
| Other | 18 |
- Romania3,76255 companies
- Spain333105 companies
- Poland28680 companies
- Germany274105 companies
- France24674 companies
- Croatia21427 companies
- Latvia19050 companies
- Czechia16136 companies
- Estonia13173 companies
- Portugal7131 companies
Table view
| Romania | 3,762 |
| Spain | 333 |
| Poland | 286 |
| Germany | 274 |
| France | 246 |
| Croatia | 214 |
| Latvia | 190 |
| Czechia | 161 |
| Estonia | 131 |
| Portugal | 71 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
Table view
| Large companies | 330 · 5.4% |
| Medium-sized | 1,894 · 31% |
| Small | 1,513 · 24.8% |
| Micro | 76 · 1.2% |
| SME (size not stated) | 683 · 11.2% |
| Size not stated | 1,611 · 26.4% |
- Austria21
- Italy17
- Germany14
- Finland12
- Poland12
- Estonia11
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| Austria | 21 |
| Italy | 17 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Finland | 12 |
| Poland | 12 |
| Estonia | 11 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
96.5%
212 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
28.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
30%
Among 5.1K 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.Koutný spol. s r.o.Czechia · 83 notices
- 2.TAMREX OHUTUSE OSAÜHINGEstonia · 49 notices
- 3.HEMCO d.o.o.Croatia · 33 notices
- 4.INSIGNA UNIFORMES S.L.Spain · 30 notices
- 5.Europrotect Safety SRLRomania · 29 notices
- 6.KREATOR Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.Poland · 27 notices
- 7.AXEL PROJECT SRLRomania · 25 notices
- 8.SIA "VEFabrika"Latvia · 25 notices
- 9.Eurosec OÜEstonia · 24 notices
- 10.GALEB d.d.Croatia · 24 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
- Romania3,762
- Spain333
- Poland286
- Germany274
- France246
- Croatia214
- Latvia190
- Czechia161
- Estonia131
- Portugal71
- Italy71
- Belgium64
- Slovenia55
- Netherlands28
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 individual and support equipment market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2,390 supply contracts for individual and support equipment through award notices on TED; the 702 of them that state a value (29.4%) add up to €2.16 billion, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- How many public contracts for individual and support equipment are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 6,107 supply contracts for individual and support equipment in 1,238 TED award notices; the 2,765 awards with a published value add up to €3.2B.
- Which countries buy the most individual and support equipment through public tenders?
- Romania (3,762 awards), Spain (333 awards), Poland (286 awards) lead; 855 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win individual and support equipment contracts?
- 3.5% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Austria.
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.