Special clothing and accessories market in Norway: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Norway awarded 17 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 2 of them that state a value (11.8%) add up to €27.7 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 31 companies have won 40 public supply contracts for special clothing and accessories in Norway, in 35 award notices from 24 public buyers.
- 97.5% of these awards went to companies registered in Norway; the most frequent foreign origin is Finland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 35% of all awards.
- 10.5% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Norway — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €69.3 billion in 2025, 14.7% 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, "Special clothing and accessories market in Norway", https://cresques.com/markets/no/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
- 31
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 35
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 24
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Norway: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 40
- in 35 award notices
- Awarded value
- €32.7M
- from 20% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 31
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 24
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2026 | 11 |
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| 2024 | €3.9M |
| 2025 | €27.7M |
| 2026 | €1.1M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 16 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 10 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 7 |
| Electricity utilities | 4 |
| Hospitals and health services | 2 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1 |
- Oslo og Viken16NO08
- Vestlandet9NO0A
- Agder og Sør-Østlandet6NO09
- Innlandet5NO02
- Trøndelag3NO06
- Nord-Norge1NO07
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| Oslo og Viken | 16 |
| Vestlandet | 9 |
| Agder og Sør-Østlandet | 6 |
| Innlandet | 5 |
| Trøndelag | 3 |
| Nord-Norge | 1 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 8 · 20% |
| Medium-sized | 12 · 30% |
| Small | 4 · 10% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1 · 2.5% |
| Size not stated | 15 · 37.5% |
- Finland1
Table view
| Finland | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 1 · 3.3% |
| €2M–10M | 6 · 20% |
| €10M–50M | 13 · 43.3% |
| €50M and more | 10 · 33.3% |
- Oslo6
- Trollåsen4
- Lysaker4
- Jaren4
- Sandnes3
- Farsund2
- Kristiansand2
- Ålesund2
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| Oslo | 6 |
| Trollåsen | 4 |
| Lysaker | 4 |
| Jaren | 4 |
| Sandnes | 3 |
| Farsund | 2 |
| Kristiansand | 2 |
| Ålesund | 2 |
30 of 30 winning companies registered in Norway have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Norway
97.5%
1 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
35%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
10.5%
Among 38 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
- Wenaas Workwear AS10 public contracts in total
- Tools AS10 public contracts in total
- Ahlsell Norge AS17 public contracts in total
- OneMed AS17 public contracts in total
- Optimera AS (hovedenhet)17 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Norway
- 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 Norway?
- 31 companies won 35 contract award notices for these categories from 24 public buyers in Norway since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Wenaas Workwear AS, Tools AS, Ahlsell Norge AS, OneMed AS, Optimera AS (hovedenhet).
- How big is the special clothing and accessories market in Norway?
- In 2025, public buyers in Norway awarded 17 supply contracts for special clothing and accessories through award notices on TED; the 2 of them that state a value (11.8%) add up to €27.7 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of special clothing and accessories meet buyers and distributors in Norway?
- 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 Norway?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Norway 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.