Time registers and the like; parking meters market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 134 supply contracts for time registers and the like; parking meters through award notices on TED; the 125 of them that state a value (93.3%) add up to €9.34 million. EU countries together imported €271 million of goods in the customs headings matched to time registers and the like; parking meters in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9107 and 9106; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 1.5% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 81 companies have won 493 public supply contracts for time registers and the like; parking meters in 30 European countries, in 470 award notices from 106 public buyers.
- 0.4% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
- The five companies that win most often hold 68.6% of all awards across Europe.
- 19.7% 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.
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, "Time registers and the like; parking meters market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/387-time-registers-and-the-like-parking-meters, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 387 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
- 493
- in 470 award notices
- Awarded value
- €76.4M
- from 94% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 81
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 106
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 52 |
| 2025 | 134 |
| 2026 | 305 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €69.6K |
| 2024 | €36.7M |
| 2025 | €9.3M |
| 2026 | €30.2M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 458 |
| Hospitals and health services | 15 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 14 |
| Universities, schools and research | 3 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 1 |
| Economic affairs | 1 |
| Housing and community amenities | 1 |
- Lithuania36519 companies
- Poland2612 companies
- Netherlands234 companies
- France215 companies
- Germany146 companies
- Greece86 companies
- Czechia85 companies
- Spain75 companies
- Hungary33 companies
- Bulgaria33 companies
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| Lithuania | 365 |
| Poland | 26 |
| Netherlands | 23 |
| France | 21 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Greece | 8 |
| Czechia | 8 |
| Spain | 7 |
| Hungary | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 14 · 2.8% |
| Medium-sized | 29 · 5.9% |
| Small | 24 · 4.9% |
| Micro | 5 · 1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 391 · 79.3% |
| Size not stated | 30 · 6.1% |
- Italy1
- Sweden1
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| Italy | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
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| 2023 | €274.6M |
| 2024 | €273.6M |
| 2025 | €270.7M |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9107, 9106 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.6%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
68.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
19.7%
Among 482 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.Taxameter Centrale B.V.Netherlands · 17 notices
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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 time registers and the like; parking meters market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 134 supply contracts for time registers and the like; parking meters through award notices on TED; the 125 of them that state a value (93.3%) add up to €9.34 million. EU countries together imported €271 million of goods in the customs headings matched to time registers and the like; parking meters in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9107 and 9106; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 1.5% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for time registers and the like; parking meters are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 493 supply contracts for time registers and the like; parking meters in 470 TED award notices; the 462 awards with a published value add up to €76.4M.
- Which countries buy the most time registers and the like; parking meters through public tenders?
- Lithuania (365 awards), Poland (26 awards), Netherlands (23 awards) lead; 81 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win time registers and the like; parking meters contracts?
- 0.4% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
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.