Electrical equipment and apparatus market in Portugal: size, suppliers and public contracts

The market in numbers

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

Contracts awarded

122

in 32 award notices

Awarded value

€47.3M

from 85% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

40

with at least one award

Public buyers

24

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8543, 8512, 8511, 8531, 8505, 8547, 8545, 8546, 8548 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Portugal

86.9%

16 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

61.5%

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

Lots with a single bid

14.3%

Among 119 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. Bricantel, Comércio de Material Electrico de Bragança, S.A.42 public contracts in total
2. Hitachi Energy Portugal, S.A.15 public contracts in total
3. BCN - Sistemas de Escritório e Imagem, S.A.74 public contracts in total
4. Petrogal, S.A.74 public contracts in total
5. EDP Comercial - Comercialização de Energia, S.A.30 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Portugal

• SPS – Smart Production SolutionsTrade fair · Nuremberg, Germany
• IFAM – Intronika – RoboticsTrade fair · Ljubljana, Slovenia
• E-world energy & waterTrade fair · Essen, Germany
• HANNOVER MESSETrade fair · Hanover, Germany
• The smarter E Europe (incl. Intersolar Europe)Trade fair · Munich, Germany
• Batteries EventConference · Lyon, France

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for electrical equipment and apparatus in Portugal?

40 companies won 32 contract award notices for these categories from 24 public buyers in Portugal since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Bricantel, Comércio de Material Electrico de Bragança, S.A., Hitachi Energy Portugal, S.A., BCN - Sistemas de Escritório e Imagem, S.A., Petrogal, S.A., EDP Comercial - Comercialização de Energia, S.A..

How big is the electrical equipment and apparatus market in Portugal?

In 2025, public buyers in Portugal awarded 100 supply contracts for electrical equipment and apparatus through award notices on TED; the 82 of them that state a value (82%) add up to €22.1 million. Portugal imported €722 million of goods in the customs headings matched to electrical equipment and apparatus in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8543, 8512, 8511, 8531, 8505 and 4 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 6.2% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of electrical equipment and apparatus meet buyers and distributors in Portugal?

At trade fairs and congresses such as SPS – Smart Production Solutions, IFAM – Intronika – Robotics, E-world energy & water, HANNOVER MESSE, The smarter E Europe (incl. Intersolar Europe), Batteries Event — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for electrical equipment and apparatus in Portugal?

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