Handicraft and art supplies market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 92 supply contracts for handicraft and art supplies through award notices on TED; the 26 of them that state a value (28.3%) add up to €13.1 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 88 companies have won 150 public supply contracts for handicraft and art supplies in France, in 78 award notices from 71 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in France.
- The five companies that win most often hold 22.7% of all awards.
- 24.5% 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, "Handicraft and art supplies market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/378-handicraft-and-art-supplies, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 88
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 78
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 71
- 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
- 150
- in 78 award notices
- Awarded value
- €23.5M
- from 27% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 88
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 71
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2025 | 92 |
| 2026 | 33 |
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| 2024 | €8.5M |
| 2025 | €13.1M |
| 2026 | €1.9M |
- Other1
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 107 |
| Housing and community amenities | 33 |
| Electricity utilities | 2 |
| Hospitals and health services | 2 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 2 |
| Economic affairs | 1 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
- Ile de France27FR10
- Languedoc-Roussillon26FRJ1
- Auvergne17FRK1
- Midi-Pyrénées15FRJ2
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur13FRL0
- Rhône-Alpes6FRK2
- Centre — Val de Loire6FRB0
- Nord-Pas de Calais5FRE1
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| Ile de France | 27 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 26 |
| Auvergne | 17 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 15 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 13 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 6 |
| Centre — Val de Loire | 6 |
| Nord-Pas de Calais | 5 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 95 · 63.3% |
| Medium-sized | 4 · 2.7% |
| Small | 2 · 1.3% |
| Micro | 1 · 0.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 22 · 14.7% |
| Size not stated | 26 · 17.3% |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 3 · 5.9% |
| €2M–10M | 17 · 33.3% |
| €10M–50M | 6 · 11.8% |
| €50M and more | 25 · 49% |
- Perpignan23
- Clermont Ferrand17
- Castres9
- Albi6
- Châteauroux6
- Le Luc En Provence6
- Noisy-le-Sec4
- Alençon3
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| Perpignan | 23 |
| Clermont Ferrand | 17 |
| Castres | 9 |
| Albi | 6 |
| Châteauroux | 6 |
| Le Luc En Provence | 6 |
| Noisy-le-Sec | 4 |
| Alençon | 3 |
51 of 88 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
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
22.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
24.5%
Among 139 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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Where this industry meets in France
- Piscine GlobalTrade fair · Lyon, France
- PaysaliaTrade fair · Lyon, France
- ProwinterTrade fair · Bolzano, Italy
- SpielwarenmesseTrade fair · Nuremberg, Germany
- The HFA ShowTrade fair · Las Vegas, United States
- FIBOTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for handicraft and art supplies in France?
- 88 companies won 78 contract award notices for these categories from 71 public buyers in France since November 2023.
- How big is the handicraft and art supplies market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 92 supply contracts for handicraft and art supplies through award notices on TED; the 26 of them that state a value (28.3%) add up to €13.1 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of handicraft and art supplies meet buyers and distributors in France?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Piscine Global, Paysalia, Prowinter, Spielwarenmesse, The HFA Show, FIBO — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for handicraft and art 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.