Paints, varnishes and mastics market in France: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 183 supply contracts for paints, varnishes and mastics through award notices on TED; the 60 of them that state a value (32.8%) add up to €17.8 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. France imported €1.42 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to paints, varnishes and mastics in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3208, 3214, 3209, 3814 and 3210; all buyers, not only public ones), down 5.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 186 companies have won 421 public supply contracts for paints, varnishes and mastics in France, in 249 award notices from 226 public buyers.
- 99.8% of these awards went to companies registered in France; the most frequent foreign origin is Sweden.
- The five companies that win most often hold 28% of all awards.
- 10.7% 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.
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, "Paints, varnishes and mastics market in France", https://cresques.com/markets/fr/448-paints-varnishes-and-mastics, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 186
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 249
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 226
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.4B
- 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
- 421
- in 249 award notices
- Awarded value
- €51.2M
- from 38% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 186
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 226
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 117 |
| 2025 | 183 |
| 2026 | 121 |
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| 2024 | €30.9M |
| 2025 | €17.8M |
| 2026 | €2.5M |
- Other7
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 362 |
| Housing and community amenities | 21 |
| Universities, schools and research | 13 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 7 |
| Economic affairs | 3 |
| Railway operators | 3 |
| Urban transport operators | 3 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Other | 7 |
- Ile de France66FR10
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur40FRL0
- Rhône-Alpes31FRK2
- Nord-Pas de Calais29FRE1
- Lorraine25FRF3
- Aquitaine23FRI1
- Languedoc-Roussillon23FRJ1
- Midi-Pyrénées19FRJ2
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| Ile de France | 66 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 40 |
| Rhône-Alpes | 31 |
| Nord-Pas de Calais | 29 |
| Lorraine | 25 |
| Aquitaine | 23 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 23 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 19 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 171 · 40.6% |
| Medium-sized | 19 · 4.5% |
| Small | 11 · 2.6% |
| Micro | 3 · 0.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 121 · 28.7% |
| Size not stated | 96 · 22.8% |
- Sweden1
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| Sweden | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 11 · 10% |
| €2M–10M | 26 · 23.6% |
| €10M–50M | 37 · 33.6% |
| €50M and more | 36 · 32.7% |
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| 2023 | €1.5B |
| 2024 | €1.4B |
| 2025 | €1.4B |
- Toulouse18
- Metz10
- Caen cedex 510
- Gaillac9
- Pau Cedex8
- Saint-Denis7
- Sevran7
- Beziers6
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| Toulouse | 18 |
| Metz | 10 |
| Caen cedex 5 | 10 |
| Gaillac | 9 |
| Pau Cedex | 8 |
| Saint-Denis | 7 |
| Sevran | 7 |
| Beziers | 6 |
110 of 185 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 3208, 3214, 3209, 3814, 3210 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in France
99.8%
1 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
28%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
10.7%
Among 383 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
- FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S37 public contracts in total
- Life Technologies SAS27 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in France
- BePOSITIVETrade fair · Lyon, France
- BATIMATTrade fair · Paris, France
- INTERCLIMATrade fair · Paris, France
- Big 5 GlobalTrade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- BAUTrade fair · Munich, Germany
- NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS)Trade fair · Las Vegas, United States
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for paints, varnishes and mastics in France?
- 186 companies won 249 contract award notices for these categories from 226 public buyers in France since November 2023. The companies that win most often are FISHER SCIENTIFIC S.A.S, Life Technologies SAS.
- How big is the paints, varnishes and mastics market in France?
- In 2025, public buyers in France awarded 183 supply contracts for paints, varnishes and mastics through award notices on TED; the 60 of them that state a value (32.8%) add up to €17.8 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. France imported €1.42 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to paints, varnishes and mastics in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3208, 3214, 3209, 3814 and 3210; all buyers, not only public ones), down 5.4% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of paints, varnishes and mastics meet buyers and distributors in France?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as BePOSITIVE, BATIMAT, INTERCLIMA, Big 5 Global, BAU, NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS) — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for paints, varnishes and mastics 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.