Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 130 supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) through award notices on TED; the 74 of them that state a value (56.9%) add up to €22.4 million.
- Since November 2023, 264 companies have won 500 public supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in France, in 254 award notices from 72 public buyers.
- 85.8% of these awards went to companies registered in France; the most frequent foreign origin is Germany.
- The five companies that win most often hold 10.6% of all awards.
- 39.5% 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, "Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/380-laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-g, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 264
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 254
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 72
- 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
- 500
- in 254 award notices
- Awarded value
- €96M
- from 50% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 264
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 72
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 147 |
| 2025 | 130 |
| 2026 | 223 |
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| 2024 | €19.2M |
| 2025 | €22.4M |
| 2026 | €54.3M |
- Other3
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| Universities, schools and research | 250 |
| Hospitals and health services | 166 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 35 |
| Environment and waste | 20 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 13 |
| Economic affairs | 8 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 3 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
- Ile de France210FR10
- Bretagne64FRH0
- Basse-Normandie54FRD1
- Rhône-Alpes33FRK2
- Languedoc-Roussillon26FRJ1
- Martinique19FRY2
- Auvergne12FRK1
- Haute-Normandie11FRD2
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| Ile de France | 210 |
| Bretagne | 64 |
| Basse-Normandie | 54 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 33 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 26 |
| Martinique | 19 |
| Auvergne | 12 |
| Haute-Normandie | 11 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 82 · 16.4% |
| Medium-sized | 64 · 12.8% |
| Small | 4 · 0.8% |
| Micro | 3 · 0.6% |
| SME (size not stated) | 158 · 31.6% |
| Size not stated | 189 · 37.8% |
- Germany22
- United Kingdom12
- Netherlands10
- United States8
- Finland3
- Spain3
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| Germany | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 12 |
| Netherlands | 10 |
| United States | 8 |
| Finland | 3 |
| Spain | 3 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
Table view
| Under €2M turnover | 22 · 15% |
| €2M–10M | 36 · 24.5% |
| €10M–50M | 45 · 30.6% |
| €50M and more | 44 · 29.9% |
- Paris147
- Caen cedex 551
- Gif sur yvette35
- Brest30
- Montpellier26
- Rennes21
- Fort-de-france cedex19
- Lyon15
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| Paris | 147 |
| Caen cedex 5 | 51 |
| Gif sur yvette | 35 |
| Brest | 30 |
| Montpellier | 26 |
| Rennes | 21 |
| Fort-de-france cedex | 19 |
| Lyon | 15 |
147 of 202 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
85.8%
71 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
10.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
39.5%
Among 413 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
- Bruker France SAS84 public contracts in total
- Ametek SAS19 public contracts in total
- BECKMAN COULTER France SAS20 public contracts in total
- Leica Microsystèmes SAS37 public contracts in total
- Thermo Electron SAS39 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in France
- BioFITConference · Marseille, France
- Forum LABO ParisTrade fair · Paris, France
- BIO-Europe SpringConference · Lyon, France
- analytica ChinaTrade fair · Shanghai, China
- SLAS International Conference & ExhibitionConference · San Diego, United States
- PittconConference · Pittsburgh, United States
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Which of these 264 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in France?
- 264 companies won 254 contract award notices for these categories from 72 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Bruker France SAS, Ametek SAS, BECKMAN COULTER France SAS, Leica Microsystèmes SAS, Thermo Electron SAS.
- How big is the laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 130 supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) through award notices on TED; the 74 of them that state a value (56.9%) add up to €22.4 million.
- Where do suppliers of laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) meet buyers and distributors in France?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as BioFIT, Forum LABO Paris, BIO-Europe Spring, analytica China, SLAS International Conference & Exhibition, Pittcon — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 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.