Architectural and related services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 126 supply contracts for architectural and related services through award notices on TED; the 112 of them that state a value (88.9%) add up to €290 million.

  • Since November 2023, 264 companies have won 434 public supply contracts for architectural and related services in 30 European countries, in 264 award notices from 191 public buyers.
  • 3% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 10.1% of all awards across Europe.
  • 21.2% 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, "Architectural and related services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/712-architectural-and-related-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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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
434
in 264 award notices
Awarded value
€552M
from 74% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
264
with at least one award
Public buyers
191
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by yearNov–Dec 2023: 22Nov–Dec 20232024: 727220242025: 12612620252026: 2342342026
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Contracts awarded by year
Nov–Dec 20232
202472
2025126
2026234
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)Nov–Dec 2023: €247.7K€247.7KNov–Dec 20232024: €90.7M€90.7M20242025: €290.3M€290.3M20252026: €170.8M€170.8M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
Nov–Dec 2023€247.7K
2024€90.7M
2025€290.3M
2026€170.8M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Cities, regions and central administration: 284
  2. Hospitals and health services: 69
  3. Universities, schools and research: 15
  4. Culture, sport and religion: 12
  5. Housing and community amenities: 10
  6. Railway operators: 9
  7. Electricity utilities: 8
  8. Environment and waste: 7
  9. Other20
    Other: 20
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Cities, regions and central administration284
Hospitals and health services69
Universities, schools and research15
Culture, sport and religion12
Housing and community amenities10
Railway operators9
Electricity utilities8
Environment and waste7
Other20
Contracts by buyer country
  1. 113 companies
    Poland: 215
  2. 39 companies
    Sweden: 89
  3. 39 companies
    Spain: 45
  4. Czechia18
    14 companies
    Czechia: 18
  5. Romania15
    12 companies
    Romania: 15
  6. France9
    8 companies
    France: 9
  7. Denmark9
    7 companies
    Denmark: 9
  8. Germany9
    6 companies
    Germany: 9
  9. Belgium8
    8 companies
    Belgium: 8
  10. Greece7
    5 companies
    Greece: 7
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Contracts by buyer country
Poland215
Sweden89
Spain45
Czechia18
Romania15
France9
Denmark9
Germany9
Belgium8
Greece7
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 15.7%, Medium-sized 14.5%, Small 30.6%, Micro 2.3%, SME (size not stated) 18.4%, Size not stated 18.4%Large companies: 68 (15.7%)16%Medium-sized: 63 (14.5%)15%Small: 133 (30.6%)31%Micro: 10 (2.3%)SME (size not stated): 80 (18.4%)18%Size not stated: 80 (18.4%)18%
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Small
  • Micro
  • SME (size not stated)
  • Size not stated
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies68 · 15.7%
Medium-sized63 · 14.5%
Small133 · 30.6%
Micro10 · 2.3%
SME (size not stated)80 · 18.4%
Size not stated80 · 18.4%
Foreign winners: where they are registered
  1. Czechia4
    Czechia: 4
  2. Netherlands4
    Netherlands: 4
  3. Denmark3
    Denmark: 3
  4. Germany1
    Germany: 1
  5. Estonia1
    Estonia: 1
  6. France1
    France: 1
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Foreign winners: where they are registered
Czechia4
Netherlands4
Denmark3
Germany1
Estonia1
France1

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country

97%

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country: 97%

13 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

10.1%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 10.1%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

21.2%

Lots with a single bid: 21.2%

Among 410 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.

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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 architectural and related services market in Europe?
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 126 supply contracts for architectural and related services through award notices on TED; the 112 of them that state a value (88.9%) add up to €290 million.
How many public contracts for architectural and related services are awarded in Europe?
Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 434 supply contracts for architectural and related services in 264 TED award notices; the 319 awards with a published value add up to €552M.
Which countries buy the most architectural and related services through public tenders?
Poland (215 awards), Sweden (89 awards), Spain (45 awards) lead; 264 companies won at least one award across Europe.
How often do foreign suppliers win architectural and related services contracts?
3.0% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.

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.