Software programming and consultancy services market in Netherlands: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Netherlands awarded 22 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 10 of them that state a value (45.5%) add up to €111 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 67 companies have won 107 public supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Netherlands, in 87 award notices from 75 public buyers.
- 98.1% of these awards went to companies registered in Netherlands; the most frequent foreign origin is Ireland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 29% of all awards.
- 35.7% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Netherlands — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €242 billion in 2025, 20.7% 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, "Software programming and consultancy services market in Netherlands", https://cresques.com/markets/nl/722-software-programming-and-consultancy-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 67
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 87
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 75
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
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
- 107
- in 87 award notices
- Awarded value
- €697.7M
- from 48% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 67
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 75
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 46 |
| 2025 | 22 |
| 2026 | 36 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €1.8M |
| 2024 | €566.2M |
| 2025 | €110.9M |
| 2026 | €18.8M |
- Other4
Table view
| Cities, regions and central administration | 65 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 18 |
| Universities, schools and research | 8 |
| Hospitals and health services | 3 |
| Social protection | 3 |
| Economic affairs | 2 |
| Railway operators | 2 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 2 |
| Other | 4 |
- Zuid-Holland (NUTS 2021)22NL33
- Utrecht (NUTS 2021)15NL31
- Overijssel13NL21
- Gelderland12NL22
- Noord-Holland12NL32
- Noord-Brabant10NL41
- Zeeland7NL34
- Groningen3NL11
Table view
| Zuid-Holland (NUTS 2021) | 22 |
| Utrecht (NUTS 2021) | 15 |
| Overijssel | 13 |
| Gelderland | 12 |
| Noord-Holland | 12 |
| Noord-Brabant | 10 |
| Zeeland | 7 |
| Groningen | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 38 · 35.5% |
| Medium-sized | 17 · 15.9% |
| Small | 15 · 14% |
| Micro | 4 · 3.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 22 · 20.6% |
| Size not stated | 11 · 10.3% |
- Ireland1
- United States1
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| Ireland | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
- Den Haag14
- Apeldoorn8
- Utrecht7
- Zwolle5
- Enschede4
- 's-Hertogenbosch4
- 's-Gravenhage3
- Emmeloord3
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| Den Haag | 14 |
| Apeldoorn | 8 |
| Utrecht | 7 |
| Zwolle | 5 |
| Enschede | 4 |
| 's-Hertogenbosch | 4 |
| 's-Gravenhage | 3 |
| Emmeloord | 3 |
Awards to companies registered in Netherlands
98.1%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
29%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
35.7%
Among 98 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
- Afas Software B.V.33 public contracts in total
- Protinus IT B.V.17 public contracts in total
- SoftwareONE Netherlands B.V.17 public contracts in total
- Crayon B.V.12 public contracts in total
- Centric Netherlands B.V.11 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Netherlands
- GITEX GlobalTrade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- HIMSS Global Health Conference & ExhibitionConference · Chicago, United States
- MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics EuropeCongress · Tallinn, Estonia
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for software programming and consultancy services in Netherlands?
- 67 companies won 87 contract award notices for these categories from 75 public buyers in Netherlands since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Afas Software B.V., Protinus IT B.V., SoftwareONE Netherlands B.V., Crayon B.V., Centric Netherlands B.V..
- How big is the software programming and consultancy services market in Netherlands?
- In 2025, public buyers in Netherlands awarded 22 supply contracts for software programming and consultancy services through award notices on TED; the 10 of them that state a value (45.5%) add up to €111 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of software programming and consultancy services meet buyers and distributors in Netherlands?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as GITEX Global, HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, MIE 2027 – Medical Informatics Europe — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for software programming and consultancy services 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.
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.