Special clothing and accessories market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 134 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 31 of them that state a value (23.1%) add up to €28.4 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. France imported €1.92 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to special clothing and accessories in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209 and 7 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 6.2% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 238 companies have won 462 public supply contracts for special clothing and accessories in France, in 140 award notices from 119 public buyers.
- 96.3% of these awards went to companies registered in France; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
- The five companies that win most often hold 16.7% of all awards.
- 12.5% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in France — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €486 billion in 2025, 16.2% 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, "Special clothing and accessories market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/184-special-clothing-and-accessories, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 238
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 140
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 119
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.9B
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in France: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 462
- in 140 award notices
- Awarded value
- €39.1M
- from 18% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 238
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 119
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 135 |
| 2025 | 134 |
| 2026 | 193 |
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| 2024 | €1.6M |
| 2025 | €28.4M |
| 2026 | €9.1M |
- Other5
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| Hospitals and health services | 163 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 135 |
| Universities, schools and research | 74 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 70 |
| Environment and waste | 6 |
| Economic affairs | 4 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 3 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Other | 5 |
- Nord-Pas de Calais201FRE1
- Rhône-Alpes52FRK2
- Ile de France42FR10
- Languedoc-Roussillon27FRJ1
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur22FRL0
- Pays de la Loire19FRG0
- Martinique16FRY2
- Midi-Pyrénées9FRJ2
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| Nord-Pas de Calais | 201 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 52 |
| Ile de France | 42 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 27 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 22 |
| Pays de la Loire | 19 |
| Martinique | 16 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 9 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 150 · 32.5% |
| Medium-sized | 5 · 1.1% |
| Small | 3 · 0.6% |
| Micro | 1 · 0.2% |
| SME (size not stated) | 142 · 30.7% |
| Size not stated | 161 · 34.8% |
- Italy4
- Norway4
- Belgium2
- Sweden2
- Germany1
- Spain1
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| Italy | 4 |
| Norway | 4 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 11 · 7.1% |
| €2M–10M | 49 · 31.4% |
| €10M–50M | 50 · 32.1% |
| €50M and more | 46 · 29.5% |
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| 2023 | €2B |
| 2024 | €2B |
| 2025 | €1.9B |
- Lille189
- Lyon23
- Vailhauques20
- Fort-de-france16
- Paris11
- Lyon cedex 019
- Nice cedex 48
- Saint-denis8
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| Lille | 189 |
| Lyon | 23 |
| Vailhauques | 20 |
| Fort-de-france | 16 |
| Paris | 11 |
| Lyon cedex 01 | 9 |
| Nice cedex 4 | 8 |
| Saint-denis | 8 |
156 of 224 winning companies registered in France have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209, 6117, 6217, 9607, 9606, 6504, 6215, 6213 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in France
96.3%
17 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
16.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
12.5%
Among 425 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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Among the companies that win most often
- Medline international France SAS110 public contracts in total
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S37 public contracts in total
- LABORATOIRES RIVADIS SAS46 public contracts in total
- Leica Microsystèmes SAS37 public contracts in total
- BECKMAN COULTER France SAS20 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in France
- Préventica ParisTrade fair · Paris, France
- TechtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Texcare InternationalTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for special clothing and accessories in France?
- 238 companies won 140 contract award notices for these categories from 119 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Medline international France SAS, FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S, LABORATOIRES RIVADIS SAS, Leica Microsystèmes SAS, BECKMAN COULTER France SAS.
- How big is the special clothing and accessories market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 134 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 31 of them that state a value (23.1%) add up to €28.4 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. France imported €1.92 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to special clothing and accessories in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209 and 7 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 6.2% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of special clothing and accessories meet buyers and distributors in France?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Préventica Paris, Techtextil, Texcare International — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for special clothing and accessories in France?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for France and this category. It shows the companies that win public contracts there, how often, for how many buyers and for how much: the first 5 on the Free plan, every company on a paid plan. Where the data exists, the map also shows wholesalers from the business register, import figures and the industry's trade fairs.
Sources: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023, processed by Cresques (one award per procedure and lot); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.