Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 162 supply contracts for technical testing, analysis and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 150 of them that state a value (92.6%) add up to €186 million.
- Since November 2023, 228 companies have won 449 public supply contracts for technical testing, analysis and consultancy services in 30 European countries, in 190 award notices from 79 public buyers.
- 6.9% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 14% of all awards across Europe.
- 56.3% 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, "Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/716-technical-testing-analysis-and-consultancy-service, 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
- 449
- in 190 award notices
- Awarded value
- €306.3M
- from 82% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 228
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 79
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2025 | 162 |
| 2026 | 242 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €37.5M |
| 2025 | €186.5M |
| 2026 | €82.3M |
- Other2
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| Universities, schools and research | 172 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 162 |
| Hospitals and health services | 56 |
| Electricity utilities | 40 |
| Water utilities | 11 |
| Economic affairs | 2 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 2 |
| Railway operators | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
- Romania299114 companies
- Slovakia3923 companies
- Spain2724 companies
- France2217 companies
- Lithuania124 companies
- Poland1110 companies
- Sweden87 companies
- Netherlands65 companies
- Czechia55 companies
- Germany44 companies
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| Romania | 299 |
| Slovakia | 39 |
| Spain | 27 |
| France | 22 |
| Lithuania | 12 |
| Poland | 11 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Czechia | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 61 · 13.6% |
| Medium-sized | 142 · 31.6% |
| Small | 166 · 37% |
| Micro | 6 · 1.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 39 · 8.7% |
| Size not stated | 35 · 7.8% |
- Netherlands9
- Germany9
- Czechia3
- United Kingdom2
- Hong Kong2
- Sweden2
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| Netherlands | 9 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Czechia | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
93.1%
31 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
14%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
56.3%
Among 442 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 technical testing, analysis and consultancy services market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 162 supply contracts for technical testing, analysis and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 150 of them that state a value (92.6%) add up to €186 million.
- How many public contracts for technical testing, analysis and consultancy services are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 449 supply contracts for technical testing, analysis and consultancy services in 190 TED award notices; the 366 awards with a published value add up to €306.3M.
- Which countries buy the most technical testing, analysis and consultancy services through public tenders?
- Romania (299 awards), Slovakia (39 awards), Spain (27 awards) lead; 228 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win technical testing, analysis and consultancy services contracts?
- 6.9% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
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.