Personal care products market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts

What industry and official reports say

• MedTech Europe names France as the second-largest medical device market in Europe in 2025, after Germany. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
• MedTech Europe estimates the European medical technology market at about €173 billion in 2025, at manufacturer prices, for the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
• The European Commission states that public procurement accounts for 50% to 70% of the EU market for medical devices (Regulation (EU) 2025/1197, citing industry data). European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
• According to the same regulation, procedures worth €5 million or more were about 4% of EU medical device procurement procedures on TED in 2017–2022 but about 59% of their value. European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
• MedTech Europe counts more than 36,000 medical technology companies in Europe in 2025, about 90% of them SMEs. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
• Eurostat puts France's healthcare expenditure at €325 billion in 2023. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)
• Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)

Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.

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

1.2K

in 312 award notices

Awarded value

€159.6M

from 39% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

319

with at least one award

Public buyers

275

hospitals, cities, agencies

195 of 306 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 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307, 9619, 3401, 9004, 3306, 8510, 8212, 4014, 7017 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in France

98.4%

18 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

22.9%

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

Lots with a single bid

9.6%

Among 1.1K 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.

Among the companies that win most often

1. LABORATOIRES RIVADIS SAS46 public contracts in total
2. FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S37 public contracts in total
3. SARSTEDT France SARL11 public contracts in total
4. WESCO SA48 public contracts in total
5. METZE SAS10 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in France

• SantExpoTrade fair · Paris, France
• 120ème Congrès Français d'Urologie (CFU 2026)Congress · Paris, France
• Congrès ADFCongress · Paris, France
• Les Journées Dermatologiques de Paris (JDP)Congress · Paris, France
• Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie (JESFC)Congress · Paris, France
• Journées Cicatrisations 2027Congress · Paris, France

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Questions

Who wins public contracts for personal care products in France?

319 companies won 312 contract award notices for these categories from 275 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are LABORATOIRES RIVADIS SAS, FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S, SARSTEDT France SARL, WESCO SA, METZE SAS.

How big is the personal care products market in France?

In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 413 supply contracts for personal care products through award notices on TED; the 178 of them that state a value (43.1%) add up to €60.9 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. France imported €8.22 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to personal care products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 6.5% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of personal care products meet buyers and distributors in France?

At trade fairs and congresses such as SantExpo, 120ème Congrès Français d'Urologie (CFU 2026), Congrès ADF, Les Journées Dermatologiques de Paris (JDP), Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie (JESFC), Journées Cicatrisations 2027 — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for personal care products 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.