Administration services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 5 supply contracts for administration services through award notices on TED; the 5 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €4.42 million.

  • Since November 2023, 9 companies have won 11 public supply contracts for administration services in 30 European countries, in 10 award notices from 9 public buyers.
  • 0% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 63.6% of all awards across Europe.
  • 36.4% 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, "Administration services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/751-administration-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

CPV group 751 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
11
in 10 award notices
Awarded value
€14.8M
from 82% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
9
with at least one award
Public buyers
9
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by year2025: 5520252026: 662026
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Contracts awarded by year
20255
20266
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)2025: €4.4M€4.4M20252026: €10.4M€10.4M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
2025€4.4M
2026€10.4M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Cities, regions and central administration: 5
  2. Universities, schools and research: 4
  3. Hospitals and health services: 1
  4. Police, fire services and prisons: 1
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Cities, regions and central administration5
Universities, schools and research4
Hospitals and health services1
Police, fire services and prisons1
Contracts by buyer country
  1. Germany3
    3 companies
    Germany: 3
  2. Norway2
    1 companies
    Norway: 2
  3. Czechia2
    1 companies
    Czechia: 2
  4. Sweden1
    1 companies
    Sweden: 1
  5. France1
    1 companies
    France: 1
  6. Netherlands1
    1 companies
    Netherlands: 1
  7. Belgium1
    1 companies
    Belgium: 1
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Contracts by buyer country
Germany3
Norway2
Czechia2
Sweden1
France1
Netherlands1
Belgium1
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 27.3%, Medium-sized 18.2%, Small 27.3%, SME (size not stated) 27.3%Large companies: 3 (27.3%)27%Medium-sized: 2 (18.2%)18%Small: 3 (27.3%)27%SME (size not stated): 3 (27.3%)27%
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Small
  • SME (size not stated)
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies3 · 27.3%
Medium-sized2 · 18.2%
Small3 · 27.3%
SME (size not stated)3 · 27.3%

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country

100%

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country: 100%

0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

63.6%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 63.6%

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

Lots with a single bid

36.4%

Lots with a single bid: 36.4%

Among 11 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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    Questions

    How big is the administration services market in Europe?
    In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 5 supply contracts for administration services through award notices on TED; the 5 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €4.42 million.
    How many public contracts for administration services are awarded in Europe?
    Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 11 supply contracts for administration services in 10 TED award notices; the 9 awards with a published value add up to €14.8M.
    Which countries buy the most administration services through public tenders?
    Germany (3 awards), Norway (2 awards), Czechia (2 awards) lead; 9 companies won at least one award across Europe.
    How often do foreign suppliers win administration services contracts?
    0.0% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer.

    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.