Primary education services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 3 supply contracts for primary education services through award notices on TED; the 3 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €316,131.

  • Since November 2023, 4 companies have won 5 public supply contracts for primary education services in 30 European countries, in 2 award notices from 2 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 100% of all awards across Europe.
  • 20% 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, "Primary education services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/801-primary-education-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

CPV group 801 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
5
in 2 award notices
Awarded value
€10.4M
from 100% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
4
with at least one award
Public buyers
2
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by year2025: 3320252026: 222026
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Contracts awarded by year
20253
20262
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)2025: €316.1K€316.1K20252026: €10M€10M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
2025€316.1K
2026€10M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Cities, regions and central administration: 5
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Cities, regions and central administration5
Contracts by buyer country
  1. Sweden3
    3 companies
    Sweden: 3
  2. Norway2
    1 companies
    Norway: 2
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Contracts by buyer country
Sweden3
Norway2
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Small 40%, Size not stated 60%Small: 2 (40%)40%Size not stated: 3 (60%)60%
  • Small
  • Size not stated
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Small2 · 40%
Size not stated3 · 60%

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

100%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 100%

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

Lots with a single bid

20%

Lots with a single bid: 20%

Among 5 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 primary education services market in Europe?
    In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 3 supply contracts for primary education services through award notices on TED; the 3 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €316,131.
    How many public contracts for primary education services are awarded in Europe?
    Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 5 supply contracts for primary education services in 2 TED award notices; the 5 awards with a published value add up to €10.4M.
    Which countries buy the most primary education services through public tenders?
    Sweden (3 awards), Norway (2 awards) lead; 4 companies won at least one award across Europe.
    How often do foreign suppliers win primary education 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.