Refuse and waste related services market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 113 supply contracts for refuse and waste related services through award notices on TED; the 59 of them that state a value (52.2%) add up to €49.4 million.
- Since November 2023, 222 companies have won 318 public supply contracts for refuse and waste related services in 30 European countries, in 241 award notices from 173 public buyers.
- 3.1% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Finland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 10.1% of all awards across Europe.
- 28.4% 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, "Refuse and waste related services market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/905-refuse-and-waste-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
- 318
- in 241 award notices
- Awarded value
- €327.7M
- from 65% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 222
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 173
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 72 |
| 2025 | 113 |
| 2026 | 131 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €7.9K |
| 2024 | €41.8M |
| 2025 | €49.4M |
| 2026 | €236.5M |
- Other11
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 192 |
| Hospitals and health services | 40 |
| Environment and waste | 36 |
| Universities, schools and research | 14 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 8 |
| Economic affairs | 7 |
| Water utilities | 6 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 3 |
| Other | 11 |
- France7550 companies
- Spain4733 companies
- Sweden3519 companies
- Slovakia2811 companies
- Poland2318 companies
- Netherlands2015 companies
- Finland199 companies
- Denmark1313 companies
- Norway1311 companies
- Germany1211 companies
Table view
| France | 75 |
| Spain | 47 |
| Sweden | 35 |
| Slovakia | 28 |
| Poland | 23 |
| Netherlands | 20 |
| Finland | 19 |
| Denmark | 13 |
| Norway | 13 |
| Germany | 12 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 80 · 25.2% |
| Medium-sized | 43 · 13.5% |
| Small | 36 · 11.3% |
| Micro | 12 · 3.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 95 · 29.9% |
| Size not stated | 52 · 16.4% |
- Finland2
- Switzerland1
- Denmark1
- Spain1
- Croatia1
- Luxembourg1
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| Finland | 2 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
96.9%
10 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
10.1%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
28.4%
Among 282 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 refuse and waste related services market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 113 supply contracts for refuse and waste related services through award notices on TED; the 59 of them that state a value (52.2%) add up to €49.4 million.
- How many public contracts for refuse and waste related services are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 318 supply contracts for refuse and waste related services in 241 TED award notices; the 207 awards with a published value add up to €327.7M.
- Which countries buy the most refuse and waste related services through public tenders?
- France (75 awards), Spain (47 awards), Sweden (35 awards) lead; 222 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win refuse and waste related services contracts?
- 3.1% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Finland.
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.