Database and operating software package market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 988 supply contracts for database and operating software package through award notices on TED; the 840 of them that state a value (85%) add up to €1.63 billion.
- Since November 2023, 1,088 companies have won 2,783 public supply contracts for database and operating software package in 30 European countries, in 1,686 award notices from 1,002 public buyers.
- 4.2% 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 13% of all awards across Europe.
- 45.1% 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, "Database and operating software package market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/486-database-and-operating-software-package, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 486 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
- 2.8K
- in 1.7K award notices
- Awarded value
- €2.9B
- from 84% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.1K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 1K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 615 |
| 2025 | 988 |
| 2026 | 1,152 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €25.1M |
| 2024 | €303.2M |
| 2025 | €1.6B |
| 2026 | €929M |
- Other141
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 1,270 |
| Hospitals and health services | 499 |
| Economic affairs | 340 |
| Universities, schools and research | 224 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 123 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 96 |
| Water utilities | 47 |
| Electricity utilities | 43 |
| Other | 141 |
- Poland642249 companies
- Romania361106 companies
- Czechia360112 companies
- Croatia28816 companies
- Slovakia28378 companies
- Germany157113 companies
- Spain13854 companies
- Greece7434 companies
- 30 companies
- Slovenia5028 companies
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| Poland | 642 |
| Romania | 361 |
| Czechia | 360 |
| Croatia | 288 |
| Slovakia | 283 |
| Germany | 157 |
| Spain | 138 |
| Greece | 74 |
| Lithuania | 58 |
| Slovenia | 50 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 769 · 27.6% |
| Medium-sized | 436 · 15.7% |
| Small | 445 · 16% |
| Micro | 126 · 4.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 613 · 22% |
| Size not stated | 394 · 14.2% |
- Germany18
- United States17
- United Kingdom15
- Netherlands10
- Czechia9
- Ukraine7
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| Germany | 18 |
| United States | 17 |
| United Kingdom | 15 |
| Netherlands | 10 |
| Czechia | 9 |
| Ukraine | 7 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
95.8%
118 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
13%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
45.1%
Among 2.6K 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.exe, a.s.Slovakia · 20 notices
- 2.EVOLUTION PROJECTS Α.Ε.Greece · 17 notices
- 3.TESCO SW a.s.Czechia · 11 notices
- 4.Database Whisperers Rębecki, Rydz, Stawiarski Spółka JawnaPoland · 10 notices
- 5.Крейън България ООДBulgaria · 10 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
- Poland642
- Romania361
- Czechia360
- Slovakia283
- Germany157
- Spain138
- Greece74
- Lithuania58
- Slovenia50
- France41
- Ireland35
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 database and operating software package market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 988 supply contracts for database and operating software package through award notices on TED; the 840 of them that state a value (85%) add up to €1.63 billion.
- How many public contracts for database and operating software package are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2,783 supply contracts for database and operating software package in 1,686 TED award notices; the 2,325 awards with a published value add up to €2.9B.
- Which countries buy the most database and operating software package through public tenders?
- Poland (642 awards), Romania (361 awards), Czechia (360 awards) lead; 1,088 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win database and operating software package contracts?
- 4.2% 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.