Special clothing and accessories market in Ireland: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Ireland awarded 29 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 22 of them that state a value (75.9%) add up to €10.6 million. Ireland imported €200 million of goods in the customs headings matched to special clothing and accessories in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209 and 7 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 4.6% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 95 companies have won 252 public supply contracts for special clothing and accessories in Ireland, in 35 award notices from 26 public buyers.
- 85.3% of these awards went to companies registered in Ireland; the most frequent foreign origin is United Kingdom.
- The five companies that win most often hold 12.3% of all awards.
- 4.3% 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, "Special clothing and accessories market in Ireland", https://cresques.com/markets/ie/184-special-clothing-and-accessories, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 95
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 35
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 26
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €199.6M
- 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
- 252
- in 35 award notices
- Awarded value
- €19.3M
- from 13% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 95
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 26
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2026 | 207 |
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| 2024 | €3.2M |
| 2025 | €10.6M |
| 2026 | €5.5M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 154 |
| Universities, schools and research | 64 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 26 |
| Electricity utilities | 5 |
| Social protection | 1 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 1 |
| Railway operators | 1 |
- Eastern and Midland236IE06
- Southern11IE05
- Northern and Western3IE04
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| Eastern and Midland | 236 |
| Southern | 11 |
| Northern and Western | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 16 · 6.3% |
| Medium-sized | 59 · 23.4% |
| Small | 82 · 32.5% |
| Micro | 41 · 16.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 22 · 8.7% |
| Size not stated | 32 · 12.7% |
- United Kingdom31
- France3
- China1
- Norway1
- Singapore1
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| United Kingdom | 31 |
| France | 3 |
| China | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
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| 2023 | €190.9M |
| 2024 | €198.2M |
| 2025 | €199.6M |
- Kildare153
- Cork26
- Dublin25
- Navan13
- Kilkenny10
- Tralee7
- Limerick4
- Maynooth3
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| Kildare | 153 |
| Cork | 26 |
| Dublin | 25 |
| Navan | 13 |
| Kilkenny | 10 |
| Tralee | 7 |
| Limerick | 4 |
| Maynooth | 3 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209, 6117, 6217, 9607, 9606, 6504, 6215, 6213 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Ireland
85.3%
37 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
12.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
4.3%
Among 230 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.
The same category across Europe: all 30 countries compared →
Among the companies that win most often
- SG Education Ltd.12 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Ireland
- TechtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Texcare InternationalTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for special clothing and accessories in Ireland?
- 95 companies won 35 contract award notices for these categories from 26 public buyers in Ireland since November 2023. The companies that win most often are SG Education Ltd..
- How big is the special clothing and accessories market in Ireland?
- In 2025, public buyers in Ireland awarded 29 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 22 of them that state a value (75.9%) add up to €10.6 million. Ireland imported €200 million of goods in the customs headings matched to special clothing and accessories in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6111, 6505, 6112, 6214, 6209 and 7 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 4.6% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of special clothing and accessories 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 special clothing and accessories 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.