Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery market in Netherlands: size, suppliers and public contracts

The market in numbers

Public supply contracts in Netherlands: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.

Contracts awarded

211

in 187 award notices

Awarded value

€185.7M

from 50% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

115

with at least one award

Public buyers

147

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8479, 8422, 8423, 8476, 8420, 8405 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Netherlands

93.4%

14 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

24.6%

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

Lots with a single bid

21.9%

Among 201 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. CWS Hygiene Nederland B.V.23 public contracts in total
2. Maas International B.V.17 public contracts in total
3. Jacobs Douwe Egberts Pro NL B.V.15 public contracts in total
4. Van Zelst Automaten B.V.10 public contracts in total
5. Kliko WTS B.V.15 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Netherlands

• Tech IndustryTrade fair · Riga, Latvia
• MTE SloveniaTrade fair · Ljubljana, Slovenia
• HANNOVER MESSETrade fair · Hanover, Germany
• TechnomebelTrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
• INDUSTRY DAYSTrade fair · Budapest, Hungary
• LIGNATrade fair · Hannover, Germany

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery in Netherlands?

115 companies won 187 contract award notices for these categories from 147 public buyers in Netherlands since November 2023. The companies that win most often are CWS Hygiene Nederland B.V., Maas International B.V., Jacobs Douwe Egberts Pro NL B.V., Van Zelst Automaten B.V., Kliko WTS B.V..

How big is the miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery market in Netherlands?

In 2025, public buyers in Netherlands awarded 75 supply contracts for miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery through award notices on TED; the 34 of them that state a value (45.3%) add up to €82.8 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Netherlands imported €2.92 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8479, 8422, 8423, 8476, 8420 and 8405; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.2% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery meet buyers and distributors in Netherlands?

At trade fairs and congresses such as Tech Industry, MTE Slovenia, HANNOVER MESSE, Technomebel, INDUSTRY DAYS, LIGNA — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery in Netherlands?

Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Netherlands 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.