Motor vehicles market in Italy: size, suppliers and public contracts

What industry and official reports say

• ACEA counts 38,238 new buses registered in the EU in 2025, up 7.5% on 2024; electrically chargeable buses were 23.8% of them. ACEA, New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -8.8%, trucks -6.2%, buses +7.5% in 2025
• EU manufacturers sold 23,139 buses and coaches worth €6.25 billion in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
• Under the Clean Vehicles Directive, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and other western Member States must make 65% of the buses they procure in 2026–2030 clean, half of the target through zero-emission buses; the targets are lower in central and eastern Europe (for example Poland 46%, Czechia 60%, Hungary 53%, Croatia 38%). European Commission (DG MOVE), Clean Vehicles Directive

Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.

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

1.2K

in 714 award notices

Awarded value

€4.4B

from 87% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

306

with at least one award

Public buyers

324

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8703, 8704, 8702, 8705 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Italy

98.9%

13 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

15.5%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

44.4%

Among 1K 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.

Among the companies that win most often

1. FARID INDUSTRIE SPA40 public contracts in total
2. IVECO ORECCHIA S.p.A.34 public contracts in total
3. Daimler Buses Italia S.p.A.20 public contracts in total
4. OMB TECHNOLOGY S.p.A.28 public contracts in total
5. Omnitech Srl20 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Italy

• AutopromotecTrade fair · Bologna, Italy
• EXPO FerroviariaTrade fair · Milan, Italy
• IFAT MunichTrade fair · Munich, Germany
• Automechanika ShanghaiTrade fair · Shanghai, China
• Automechanika RiyadhTrade fair · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• UITP SummitCongress · Hamburg, Germany

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for motor vehicles in Italy?

306 companies won 714 contract award notices for these categories from 324 public buyers in Italy since November 2023. The companies that win most often are FARID INDUSTRIE SPA, IVECO ORECCHIA S.p.A., Daimler Buses Italia S.p.A., OMB TECHNOLOGY S.p.A., Omnitech Srl.

How big is the motor vehicles market in Italy?

In 2025, public buyers in Italy awarded 521 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 473 of them that state a value (90.8%) add up to €2.08 billion. Italy imported €38.9 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; all buyers, not only public ones), down 0% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of motor vehicles meet buyers and distributors in Italy?

At trade fairs and congresses such as Autopromotec, EXPO Ferroviaria, IFAT Munich, Automechanika Shanghai, Automechanika Riyadh, UITP Summit — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for motor vehicles 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.