Garments market in Ireland: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Ireland awarded 21 supply contracts for garments through award notices on TED; the 5 of them that state a value (23.8%) add up to €17.4 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Ireland imported €849 million of goods in the customs headings matched to garments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6109, 6115, 6206, 6205, 6108 and 6 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 3% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 39 companies have won 45 public supply contracts for garments in Ireland, in 16 award notices from 13 public buyers.
- 95.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Ireland; the most frequent foreign origin is Belgium.
- The five companies that win most often hold 24.4% of all awards.
- 5.6% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Ireland — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €50.3 billion in 2025, 8.3% 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, "Garments market in Ireland", https://cresques.com/markets/ie/183-garments, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 39
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 16
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 13
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €849.1M
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Ireland: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 45
- in 16 award notices
- Awarded value
- €20.9M
- from 24% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 39
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 13
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 21 |
| 2026 | 16 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €1M |
| 2024 | €2.2M |
| 2025 | €17.4M |
| 2026 | €221K |
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| Universities, schools and research | 27 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 9 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 5 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Railway operators | 1 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1 |
- Eastern and Midland40IE06
- Southern4IE05
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| Eastern and Midland | 40 |
| Southern | 4 |
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Medium-sized | 11 · 24.4% |
| Small | 8 · 17.8% |
| Micro | 5 · 11.1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 10 · 22.2% |
| Size not stated | 11 · 24.4% |
- Belgium1
- Canada1
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| Belgium | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
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| 2023 | €824.4M |
| 2024 | €856.6M |
| 2025 | €849.1M |
- Dublin16
- Navan13
- Mullingar6
- Limerick5
- Kilkenny3
- Newbridge1
- Cork1
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| Dublin | 16 |
| Navan | 13 |
| Mullingar | 6 |
| Limerick | 5 |
| Kilkenny | 3 |
| Newbridge | 1 |
| Cork | 1 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 6109, 6115, 6206, 6205, 6108, 6212, 6105, 6107, 6106, 6208, 6207 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Ireland
95.6%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
24.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
5.6%
Among 36 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 Ireland
- TechtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Texcare InternationalTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Which of these 39 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for garments in Ireland?
- 39 companies won 16 contract award notices for these categories from 13 public buyers in Ireland since November 2023.
- How big is the garments market in Ireland?
- In 2025, public buyers in Ireland awarded 21 supply contracts for garments through award notices on TED; the 5 of them that state a value (23.8%) add up to €17.4 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Ireland imported €849 million of goods in the customs headings matched to garments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6109, 6115, 6206, 6205, 6108 and 6 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 3% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of garments meet buyers and distributors in Ireland?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Techtextil, Texcare International — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for garments in Ireland?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Ireland 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.