Navigational and meteorological instruments market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 379 supply contracts for navigational and meteorological instruments through award notices on TED; the 267 of them that state a value (70.4%) add up to €324 million. EU countries together imported €9.98 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to navigational and meteorological instruments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8526 and 9014; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.8% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 601 companies have won 1,289 public supply contracts for navigational and meteorological instruments in 30 European countries, in 772 award notices from 371 public buyers.
- 15.3% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Spain.
- The five companies that win most often hold 17.4% of all awards across Europe.
- 61.9% 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, "Navigational and meteorological instruments market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/381-navigational-and-meteorological-instruments, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 381 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
- 1.3K
- in 772 award notices
- Awarded value
- €1.7B
- from 70% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 601
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 371
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 388 |
| 2025 | 379 |
| 2026 | 506 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €4.4M |
| 2024 | €353.2M |
| 2025 | €324M |
| 2026 | €1.1B |
- Other46
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 398 |
| Universities, schools and research | 304 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 198 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 127 |
| Environment and waste | 126 |
| Electricity utilities | 37 |
| Economic affairs | 32 |
| Hospitals and health services | 21 |
| Other | 46 |
- Romania21533 companies
- Poland13464 companies
- Lithuania12648 companies
- Spain10659 companies
- Germany9952 companies
- Estonia8558 companies
- Czechia8045 companies
- Ireland7921 companies
- Greece7537 companies
- France4531 companies
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| Romania | 215 |
| Poland | 134 |
| Lithuania | 126 |
| Spain | 106 |
| Germany | 99 |
| Estonia | 85 |
| Czechia | 80 |
| Ireland | 79 |
| Greece | 75 |
| France | 45 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 224 · 17.4% |
| Medium-sized | 120 · 9.3% |
| Small | 157 · 12.2% |
| Micro | 81 · 6.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 352 · 27.3% |
| Size not stated | 355 · 27.5% |
- Spain46
- Finland23
- United Kingdom20
- Germany20
- France12
- Netherlands11
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| Spain | 46 |
| Finland | 23 |
| United Kingdom | 20 |
| Germany | 20 |
| France | 12 |
| Netherlands | 11 |
Table view
| 2023 | €9.2B |
| 2024 | €9.5B |
| 2025 | €10B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8526, 9014 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
84.7%
197 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
17.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
61.9%
Among 1.1K 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.Vaisala OyjFinland · 24 notices
- 2.Leonardo Germany GmbHGermany · 15 notices
- 3.Thales España Sistemas S.A.U.Spain · 13 notices
- 4.ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΙΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΟΡΙΣΜΕΝΗΣ ΕΥΘΥΝΗΣGreece · 13 notices
- 5.САЙЪНТАКТ - БГ ООДBulgaria · 13 notices
- 6.Aktsiaselts VendomarEstonia · 10 notices
- 7.Nordic Production Group OÜEstonia · 10 notices
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Questions
- How big is the navigational and meteorological instruments market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 379 supply contracts for navigational and meteorological instruments through award notices on TED; the 267 of them that state a value (70.4%) add up to €324 million. EU countries together imported €9.98 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to navigational and meteorological instruments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8526 and 9014; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.8% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for navigational and meteorological instruments are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,289 supply contracts for navigational and meteorological instruments in 772 TED award notices; the 902 awards with a published value add up to €1.7B.
- Which countries buy the most navigational and meteorological instruments through public tenders?
- Romania (215 awards), Poland (134 awards), Lithuania (126 awards) lead; 601 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win navigational and meteorological instruments contracts?
- 15.3% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Spain.
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.