Furniture market in Norway: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Norway awarded 65 supply contracts for furniture through award notices on TED; the 20 of them that state a value (30.8%) add up to €9.96 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 73 companies have won 204 public supply contracts for furniture in Norway, in 115 award notices from 59 public buyers.
- 96.1% of these awards went to companies registered in Norway; the most frequent foreign origin is Denmark.
- The five companies that win most often hold 41.7% of all awards.
- 7.8% 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, "Furniture market in Norway", https://cresques.com/markets/no/391-furniture, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
What industry and official reports say
- Eurostat counts 131,295 furniture manufacturing enterprises in the EU in 2024, with about 900,000 persons employed. Eurostat, Enterprises by detailed NACE Rev. 2 activity and special aggregates (sbs_ovw_act)
- EU manufacturers sold €4.27 billion of wooden office furniture in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM), down from €4.75 billion in 2023. Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
- EU manufacturers sold €1.91 billion of metal office furniture in 2024, 22.6 million pieces (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
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.
- Winning companies
- 73
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 115
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 59
- 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
- 204
- in 115 award notices
- Awarded value
- €30.6M
- from 28% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 73
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 59
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 86 |
| 2025 | 65 |
| 2026 | 53 |
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| 2024 | €2.6M |
| 2025 | €10M |
| 2026 | €18M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 171 |
| Hospitals and health services | 12 |
| Universities, schools and research | 10 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 4 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Electricity utilities | 2 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 2 |
| Railway operators | 1 |
- Oslo og Viken89NO08
- Trøndelag27NO06
- Nord-Norge23NO07
- Vestlandet18NO0A
- Extra-Regio level 215NOZZ
- Innlandet14NO02
- Agder og Sør-Østlandet6NO09
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| Oslo og Viken | 89 |
| Trøndelag | 27 |
| Nord-Norge | 23 |
| Vestlandet | 18 |
| Extra-Regio level 2 | 15 |
| Innlandet | 14 |
| Agder og Sør-Østlandet | 6 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 21 · 10.3% |
| Medium-sized | 46 · 22.5% |
| Small | 12 · 5.9% |
| Micro | 3 · 1.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 13 · 6.4% |
| Size not stated | 109 · 53.4% |
- Denmark5
- Sweden2
- Italy1
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| Denmark | 5 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Italy | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 8 · 12.9% |
| €2M–10M | 21 · 33.9% |
| €10M–50M | 18 · 29% |
| €50M and more | 15 · 24.2% |
- Oslo35
- Drammen21
- Trondheim20
- Sarpsborg15
- Lillestrøm15
- Jessheim10
- SKIEN9
- Tromsø8
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| Oslo | 35 |
| Drammen | 21 |
| Trondheim | 20 |
| Sarpsborg | 15 |
| Lillestrøm | 15 |
| Jessheim | 10 |
| SKIEN | 9 |
| Tromsø | 8 |
62 of 66 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
96.1%
8 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
41.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
7.8%
Among 179 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
- Input interior Norway AS23 public contracts in total
- Kinnarps AS18 public contracts in total
- Lekolar AS21 public contracts in total
- Kjosavik AS (Norengros)10 public contracts in total
- V. Guldmann A/S10 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Norway
- ISSA Show North AmericaTrade fair · Las Vegas, United States
- EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World CupTrade fair · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- HIX EuropeTrade fair · London, United Kingdom
- HeimtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Maison&Objet Paris (January)Trade fair · Paris, France
- imm cologneTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
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Which of these 73 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for furniture in Norway?
- 73 companies won 115 contract award notices for these categories from 59 public buyers in Norway since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Input interior Norway AS, Kinnarps AS, Lekolar AS, Kjosavik AS (Norengros), V. Guldmann A/S.
- How big is the furniture market in Norway?
- In 2025, public buyers in Norway awarded 65 supply contracts for furniture through award notices on TED; the 20 of them that state a value (30.8%) add up to €9.96 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of furniture meet buyers and distributors in Norway?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as ISSA Show North America, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, HIX Europe, Heimtextil, Maison&Objet Paris (January), imm cologne — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for furniture 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.