Furniture market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 8,728 supply contracts for furniture through award notices on TED; the 6,284 of them that state a value (72%) add up to €1.58 billion. EU countries together imported €65 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to furniture in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9403, 9401 and 4814; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 6.3% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 6,467 companies have won 25,497 public supply contracts for furniture in 30 European countries, in 12,672 award notices from 5,507 public buyers.
- 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 3.2% of all awards across Europe.
- 23.3% 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, "Furniture market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/391-furniture, 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
- Eurostat counts 131,295 furniture manufacturing enterprises in the EU in 2024, with about 900,000 persons employed. Eurostat, Enterprises by detailed NACE Rev. 2 activity and special aggregates (sbs_ovw_act)
- EU manufacturers sold €4.27 billion of wooden office furniture in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM), down from €4.75 billion in 2023. Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
- EU manufacturers sold €1.91 billion of metal office furniture in 2024, 22.6 million pieces (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
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 391 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
- 25.5K
- in 12.7K award notices
- Awarded value
- €5B
- from 70% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 6.5K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 5.5K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 313 |
| 2024 | 7,518 |
| 2025 | 8,728 |
| 2026 | 8,938 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €45.3M |
| 2024 | €1.5B |
| 2025 | €1.6B |
| 2026 | €1.9B |
- Other991
Table view
| Cities, regions and central administration | 12,419 |
| Universities, schools and research | 5,732 |
| Hospitals and health services | 2,888 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1,020 |
| Economic affairs | 818 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 642 |
| Social protection | 567 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 419 |
| Other | 991 |
- France3,5691,101 companies
- Poland3,361726 companies
- Romania2,769451 companies
- Germany2,721825 companies
- Czechia2,212392 companies
- Spain1,840607 companies
- Lithuania927130 companies
- Portugal894130 companies
- Sweden844194 companies
- Netherlands750158 companies
Table view
| France | 3,569 |
| Poland | 3,361 |
| Romania | 2,769 |
| Germany | 2,721 |
| Czechia | 2,212 |
| Spain | 1,840 |
| Lithuania | 927 |
| Portugal | 894 |
| Sweden | 844 |
| Netherlands | 750 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
Table view
| Large companies | 2,688 · 10.5% |
| Medium-sized | 2,967 · 11.6% |
| Small | 4,665 · 18.3% |
| Micro | 1,664 · 6.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 7,560 · 29.7% |
| Size not stated | 5,953 · 23.3% |
- Germany63
- Austria62
- United Kingdom56
- Hungary47
- Netherlands35
- Finland24
Table view
| Germany | 63 |
| Austria | 62 |
| United Kingdom | 56 |
| Hungary | 47 |
| Netherlands | 35 |
| Finland | 24 |
Table view
| 2023 | €61B |
| 2024 | €63B |
| 2025 | €65B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9403, 9401, 4814 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
98%
518 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
3.2%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
23.3%
Among 23.3K 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.VS Vereinigte Spezialmöbelfabriken GmbH & Co. KGGermany · 181 notices
- 2.Simedu Sp. z o.o.Poland · 149 notices
- 3.Heutink Primair Onderwijs B.V.Netherlands · 117 notices
- 4.Eromesmarko B.V.Netherlands · 109 notices
- 5.KANONA a.s.Czechia · 100 notices
- 6.Nautilus, S.A.Portugal · 95 notices
- 7.UAB FurnistiliusLithuania · 93 notices
- 8.B - CREDIT s.r.o.Czechia · 74 notices
- 9.EURODIDACTICA S.R.L.Romania · 74 notices
- 10.NABIMEX, s.r.o.Slovakia · 71 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
- France3,569
- Poland3,361
- Romania2,769
- Germany2,721
- Czechia2,212
- Spain1,840
- Lithuania927
- Portugal894
- Sweden844
- Netherlands750
- Italy524
- Slovakia495
- Estonia491
- Finland491
- Croatia468
- Bulgaria461
- Ireland436
- Belgium434
- Latvia325
- Austria312
- Hungary308
- Slovenia284
- Norway204
- Denmark204
- Greece149
Countries with fewer than 25 winning companies in this group have no separate page; their awards are counted above.
Watch this market
One e-mail a week with the new public contract awards for furniture across Europe: what was bought, by whom, who won. Free, no account needed.
The address is used only for this e-mail; unsubscribe with one click in any issue. Details in the privacy policy.
Pick a country and see who wins there
A Cresques market map for one country and this category shows the companies that win these contracts there: how often, for how many buyers and for how much, and whether the leading ones are distributors or manufacturers.
Choose a country for this category — freeFree account, no card: one market map, showing the first 5 companies with their contract awards. Paid plans show every company.
After sign-in the new-market form opens with Furniture filled in; you choose the country.
Questions
- How big is the furniture market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 8,728 supply contracts for furniture through award notices on TED; the 6,284 of them that state a value (72%) add up to €1.58 billion. EU countries together imported €65 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to furniture in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9403, 9401 and 4814; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 6.3% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for furniture are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 25,497 supply contracts for furniture in 12,672 TED award notices; the 17,835 awards with a published value add up to €5B.
- Which countries buy the most furniture through public tenders?
- France (3,569 awards), Poland (3,361 awards), Romania (2,769 awards) lead; 6,467 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win furniture contracts?
- 2.0% 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.