Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Italy: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Italy awarded 5 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 1 of them that state a value (20%) add up to €82,500, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 40 companies have won 46 public supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Italy, in 10 award notices from 9 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Italy.
- The five companies that win most often hold 23.9% of all awards.
- 14.6% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Italy — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €274 billion in 2025, 12.1% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Italy came to €96.5 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Italy", https://cresques.com/markets/it/330-medical-equipments-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-ca, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 40
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 10
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 9
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Italy: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 46
- in 10 award notices
- Awarded value
- €8.6M
- from 76% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 40
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 9
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 | 28 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €1.1M |
| 2024 | €378.4K |
| 2025 | €82.5K |
| 2026 | €7M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 36 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 10 |
- Calabria19ITF6
- Liguria8ITC3
- Campania5ITF3
- Veneto5ITH3
- Emilia-Romagna4ITH5
- Sardegna3ITG2
- Marche1ITI3
- Piemonte1ITC1
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| Calabria | 19 |
| Liguria | 8 |
| Campania | 5 |
| Veneto | 5 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 4 |
| Sardegna | 3 |
| Marche | 1 |
| Piemonte | 1 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 2 · 4.3% |
| Medium-sized | 1 · 2.2% |
| SME (size not stated) | 2 · 4.3% |
| Size not stated | 41 · 89.1% |
- Cosenza19
- GENOVA8
- Verona5
- Benevento5
- Piacenza4
- Cagliari3
- MACERATA1
- Torino1
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| Cosenza | 19 |
| GENOVA | 8 |
| Verona | 5 |
| Benevento | 5 |
| Piacenza | 4 |
| Cagliari | 3 |
| MACERATA | 1 |
| Torino | 1 |
Awards to companies registered in Italy
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
23.9%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
14.6%
Among 41 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
- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Italy S.r.l.11 public contracts in total
- Beckman Coulter S.r.l.39 public contracts in total
- Siemens Healthcare S.r.l.33 public contracts in total
- Bio Rad Laboratories srl29 public contracts in total
- BECTON DICKINSON ITALIA S.p.A154 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Italy
- ExposanitàTrade fair · Bologna, Italy
- 36° Congresso Nazionale AIROCongress · Rimini, Italy
- 109° Congresso Nazionale SIOTCongress · Milano, Italy
- XIV Congresso Nazionale AISLeCCongress · Rimini, Italy
- EACVI 2026Congress · Milan, Italy
- Congresso Nazionale SIGO-AOGOI-AGUI-AGITE 2026 (101° Congresso SIGO)Congress · Naples, Italy
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Italy?
- 40 companies won 10 contract award notices for these categories from 9 public buyers in Italy since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Italy S.r.l., Beckman Coulter S.r.l., Siemens Healthcare S.r.l., Bio Rad Laboratories srl, BECTON DICKINSON ITALIA S.p.A.
- How big is the medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Italy?
- In 2025, public buyers in Italy awarded 5 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 1 of them that state a value (20%) add up to €82,500, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Italy?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Exposanità, 36° Congresso Nazionale AIRO, 109° Congresso Nazionale SIOT, XIV Congresso Nazionale AISLeC, EACVI 2026, Congresso Nazionale SIGO-AOGOI-AGUI-AGITE 2026 (101° Congresso SIGO) — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Italy?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Italy 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.