Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2 supply contracts for agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services through award notices on TED; the 1 of them that state a value (50%) add up to €262,260.

  • Since November 2023, 10 companies have won 10 public supply contracts for agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services in 30 European countries, in 8 award notices from 8 public buyers.
  • 20% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Canada.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 50% of all awards across Europe.
  • 60% 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, "Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/770-agricultural-forestry-horticultural-aquacultural-a, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

CPV group 770 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
10
in 8 award notices
Awarded value
€620.2K
from 30% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
10
with at least one award
Public buyers
8
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by year2025: 2220252026: 882026
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Contracts awarded by year
20252
20268
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)2025: €262.3K€262.3K20252026: €357.9K€357.9K2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
2025€262.3K
2026€357.9K
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Cities, regions and central administration: 7
  2. Universities, schools and research: 2
  3. Economic affairs: 1
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Cities, regions and central administration7
Universities, schools and research2
Economic affairs1
Contracts by buyer country
  1. Sweden5
    5 companies
    Sweden: 5
  2. Finland1
    1 companies
    Finland: 1
  3. Czechia1
    1 companies
    Czechia: 1
  4. Ireland1
    1 companies
    Ireland: 1
  5. Netherlands1
    1 companies
    Netherlands: 1
  6. Germany1
    1 companies
    Germany: 1
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Contracts by buyer country
Sweden5
Finland1
Czechia1
Ireland1
Netherlands1
Germany1
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 60%, Medium-sized 10%, Micro 10%, SME (size not stated) 20%Large companies: 6 (60%)60%Medium-sized: 1 (10%)10%Micro: 1 (10%)10%SME (size not stated): 2 (20%)20%
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Micro
  • SME (size not stated)
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies6 · 60%
Medium-sized1 · 10%
Micro1 · 10%
SME (size not stated)2 · 20%
Foreign winners: where they are registered
  1. Canada1
    Canada: 1
  2. United Kingdom1
    United Kingdom: 1
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Foreign winners: where they are registered
Canada1
United Kingdom1

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country

80%

Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country: 80%

2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

50%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 50%

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

Lots with a single bid

60%

Lots with a single bid: 60%

Among 10 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 agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services market in Europe?
    In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 2 supply contracts for agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services through award notices on TED; the 1 of them that state a value (50%) add up to €262,260.
    How many public contracts for agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services are awarded in Europe?
    Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 10 supply contracts for agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services in 8 TED award notices; the 3 awards with a published value add up to €620.2K.
    Which countries buy the most agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services through public tenders?
    Sweden (5 awards), Finland (1 awards), Czechia (1 awards) lead; 10 companies won at least one award across Europe.
    How often do foreign suppliers win agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services contracts?
    20.0% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Canada.

    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.