Software package and information systems market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 6,044 supply contracts for software package and information systems through award notices on TED; the 4,732 of them that state a value (78.3%) add up to €7.66 billion.
- Since November 2023, 5,864 companies have won 16,650 public supply contracts for software package and information systems in 30 European countries, in 10,930 award notices from 4,142 public buyers.
- 4.3% 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 5.3% of all awards across Europe.
- 45.6% 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, "Software package and information systems market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/480-software-package-and-information-systems, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 480 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
- 16.7K
- in 10.9K award notices
- Awarded value
- €18B
- from 78% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 5.9K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 4.1K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 186 |
| 2024 | 4,083 |
| 2025 | 6,044 |
| 2026 | 6,337 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €165.2M |
| 2024 | €4.3B |
| 2025 | €7.7B |
| 2026 | €5.8B |
- Economic affairs2,338
- Other738
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 6,949 |
| Hospitals and health services | 3,104 |
| Economic affairs | 2,338 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1,827 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 908 |
| Electricity utilities | 285 |
| Social protection | 274 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 221 |
| Other | 738 |
- Poland3,609835 companies
- Germany2,4841,150 companies
- Spain1,884505 companies
- Denmark1,297268 companies
- Czechia1,094285 companies
- Romania920296 companies
- Croatia58573 companies
- Netherlands545266 companies
- Slovakia486130 companies
- Austria439265 companies
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| Poland | 3,609 |
| Germany | 2,484 |
| Spain | 1,884 |
| Denmark | 1,297 |
| Czechia | 1,094 |
| Romania | 920 |
| Croatia | 585 |
| Netherlands | 545 |
| Slovakia | 486 |
| Austria | 439 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 4,382 · 26.3% |
| Medium-sized | 2,521 · 15.1% |
| Small | 2,610 · 15.7% |
| Micro | 608 · 3.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 2,936 · 17.6% |
| Size not stated | 3,593 · 21.6% |
- Germany109
- United Kingdom85
- Netherlands61
- Switzerland51
- United States48
- Czechia41
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| Germany | 109 |
| United Kingdom | 85 |
| Netherlands | 61 |
| Switzerland | 51 |
| United States | 48 |
| Czechia | 41 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
95.7%
715 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
5.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
45.6%
Among 15.7K 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.Inetum España, S.A.Spain · 217 notices
- 2.SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbHGermany · 209 notices
- 3.COMBIS d.o.o.Croatia · 142 notices
- 4.Computacenter AG & Co. oHGGermany · 136 notices
- 5.IC Solutions Sp. z o.o.Poland · 104 notices
- 6.SoftwareONE Deutschland GmbHGermany · 104 notices
- 7.A.P.N. Promise S.A.Poland · 101 notices
- 8.Seidor Solutions S.L.Spain · 94 notices
- 9.Asseco Poland S.A.Poland · 83 notices
- 10.T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s.Czechia · 81 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
- Poland3,609
- Germany2,484
- Spain1,884
- Denmark1,297
- Czechia1,094
- Romania920
- Croatia585
- Netherlands545
- Slovakia486
- Austria439
- Finland409
- Sweden366
- Greece328
- France293
- Belgium275
- Latvia273
- Slovenia240
- Lithuania231
- Portugal175
- Norway152
- Ireland144
- Bulgaria142
- Hungary105
- Cyprus66
- Italy64
- Luxembourg29
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 software package and information systems market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 6,044 supply contracts for software package and information systems through award notices on TED; the 4,732 of them that state a value (78.3%) add up to €7.66 billion.
- How many public contracts for software package and information systems are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 16,650 supply contracts for software package and information systems in 10,930 TED award notices; the 13,042 awards with a published value add up to €18B.
- Which countries buy the most software package and information systems through public tenders?
- Poland (3,609 awards), Germany (2,484 awards), Spain (1,884 awards) lead; 5,864 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win software package and information systems contracts?
- 4.3% 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.