Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 60 supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 6 of them that state a value (10%) add up to €262,741, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 105 companies have won 160 public supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies in France, in 27 award notices from 25 public buyers.
- 89.4% of these awards went to companies registered in France; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 20% of all awards.
- 15.7% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in France came to €180 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/339-post-mortem-and-mortuary-equipment-and-supplies, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
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.
- Winning companies
- 105
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 27
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 25
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
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
- 160
- in 27 award notices
- Awarded value
- €2.1M
- from 8% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 105
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 25
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 74 |
| 2025 | 60 |
| 2026 | 26 |
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| 2024 | €1.3M |
| 2025 | €262.7K |
| 2026 | €491.4K |
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| Universities, schools and research | 67 |
| Hospitals and health services | 56 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 26 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 7 |
| Electricity utilities | 2 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 1 |
| Economic affairs | 1 |
- Nord-Pas de Calais63FRE1
- Ile de France26FR10
- Bourgogne21FRC1
- Lorraine16FRF3
- Rhône-Alpes7FRK2
- Corse6FRM0
- Basse-Normandie6FRD1
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur4FRL0
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| Nord-Pas de Calais | 63 |
| Ile de France | 26 |
| Bourgogne | 21 |
| Lorraine | 16 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 7 |
| Corse | 6 |
| Basse-Normandie | 6 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 4 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 18 · 11.3% |
| Medium-sized | 9 · 5.6% |
| SME (size not stated) | 13 · 8.1% |
| Size not stated | 120 · 75% |
- Netherlands5
- Belgium3
- United Kingdom2
- Sweden2
- United States2
- Canada1
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| Netherlands | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| United States | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 5 · 7.4% |
| €2M–10M | 12 · 17.6% |
| €10M–50M | 25 · 36.8% |
| €50M and more | 26 · 38.2% |
- LILLE63
- Paris22
- Dijon21
- VERDUN15
- Ajaccio Cedex6
- CAEN CEDEX 95
- Lyon4
- Angers, Le Mans et Nantes3
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| LILLE | 63 |
| Paris | 22 |
| Dijon | 21 |
| VERDUN | 15 |
| Ajaccio Cedex | 6 |
| CAEN CEDEX 9 | 5 |
| Lyon | 4 |
| Angers, Le Mans et Nantes | 3 |
68 of 90 winning companies registered in France have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in France
89.4%
17 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
20%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
15.7%
Among 153 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
- BECKMAN COULTER France SAS20 public contracts in total
- QIAGEN France SAS21 public contracts in total
- Medline international France SAS110 public contracts in total
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S37 public contracts in total
- Leica Microsystèmes SAS37 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 post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies in France?
- 105 companies won 27 contract award notices for these categories from 25 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are BECKMAN COULTER France SAS, QIAGEN France SAS, Medline international France SAS, FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S, Leica Microsystèmes SAS.
- How big is the post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 60 supply contracts for post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies through award notices on TED; the 6 of them that state a value (10%) add up to €262,741, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies 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 post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies 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); no import figure: Eurostat's customs headings do not isolate this category.