Motor vehicles market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 1,445 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 879 of them that state a value (60.8%) add up to €501 million. France imported €45.2 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; all buyers, not only public ones), down 12.7% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 1,144 companies have won 3,898 public supply contracts for motor vehicles in France, in 1,384 award notices from 867 public buyers.
- 99.4% of these awards went to companies registered in France; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
- The five companies that win most often hold 7.6% of all awards.
- 25.6% 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, "Motor vehicles market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/341-motor-vehicles, 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
- ACEA counts 38,238 new buses registered in the EU in 2025, up 7.5% on 2024; electrically chargeable buses were 23.8% of them. ACEA, New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -8.8%, trucks -6.2%, buses +7.5% in 2025
- EU manufacturers sold 23,139 buses and coaches worth €6.25 billion in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
- Under the Clean Vehicles Directive, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and other western Member States must make 65% of the buses they procure in 2026–2030 clean, half of the target through zero-emission buses; the targets are lower in central and eastern Europe (for example Poland 46%, Czechia 60%, Hungary 53%, Croatia 38%). European Commission (DG MOVE), Clean Vehicles Directive
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
- 1,144
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 1,384
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 867
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €45.2B
- 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
- 3.9K
- in 1.4K award notices
- Awarded value
- €1.2B
- from 61% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.1K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 867
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 1,409 |
| 2025 | 1,445 |
| 2026 | 1,044 |
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| 2024 | €412.7M |
| 2025 | €501.1M |
| 2026 | €239.9M |
- Other159
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 2,700 |
| Hospitals and health services | 239 |
| Environment and waste | 223 |
| Economic affairs | 194 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 181 |
| Housing and community amenities | 98 |
| Urban transport operators | 67 |
| Social protection | 37 |
| Other | 159 |
- Ile de France471FR10
- Rhône-Alpes379FRK2
- Languedoc-Roussillon337FRJ1
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur317FRL0
- Aquitaine196FRI1
- Midi-Pyrénées169FRJ2
- Bretagne159FRH0
- Poitou-Charentes154FRI3
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| Ile de France | 471 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 379 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 337 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 317 |
| Aquitaine | 196 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 169 |
| Bretagne | 159 |
| Poitou-Charentes | 154 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 1,582 · 40.6% |
| Medium-sized | 267 · 6.8% |
| Small | 62 · 1.6% |
| Micro | 22 · 0.6% |
| SME (size not stated) | 824 · 21.1% |
| Size not stated | 1,141 · 29.3% |
- Italy11
- Germany6
- Netherlands2
- Norway2
- Belgium1
- Spain1
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| Italy | 11 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 36 · 5.2% |
| €2M–10M | 129 · 18.8% |
| €10M–50M | 269 · 39.1% |
| €50M and more | 254 · 36.9% |
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| 2023 | €52B |
| 2024 | €49B |
| 2025 | €45B |
- Marne La Vallée108
- Champs sur Marne cedex 2103
- Troyes85
- Montpellier82
- Rennes78
- Paris68
- Metz54
- Mende44
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| Marne La Vallée | 108 |
| Champs sur Marne cedex 2 | 103 |
| Troyes | 85 |
| Montpellier | 82 |
| Rennes | 78 |
| Paris | 68 |
| Metz | 54 |
| Mende | 44 |
688 of 1,127 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 8703, 8704, 8702, 8705 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in France
99.4%
24 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
7.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
25.6%
Among 3.6K 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
- SARL LOCCA14 public contracts in total
- MATHIEU SAS22 public contracts in total
- DAUPHINE POIDS LOURDS SARL11 public contracts in total
- SORELOC SAS10 public contracts in total
- MAGIRUS CAMIVA SAS10 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in France
- Salon des Maires et des Collectivités LocalesTrade fair · Paris, France
- MobcoTrade fair · Paris, France
- SIFERTrade fair · Lille, France
- EQUIP AUTO ParisTrade fair · Paris, France
- POLLUTECTrade fair · Lyon, France
- IFAT MunichTrade fair · Munich, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for motor vehicles in France?
- 1,144 companies won 1,384 contract award notices for these categories from 867 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are SARL LOCCA, MATHIEU SAS, DAUPHINE POIDS LOURDS SARL, SORELOC SAS, MAGIRUS CAMIVA SAS.
- How big is the motor vehicles market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 1,445 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 879 of them that state a value (60.8%) add up to €501 million. France imported €45.2 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; all buyers, not only public ones), down 12.7% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of motor vehicles meet buyers and distributors in France?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, Mobco, SIFER, EQUIP AUTO Paris, POLLUTEC, IFAT Munich — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for motor vehicles 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.