Furniture market in Portugal: size, suppliers and public contracts

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.

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

894

in 297 award notices

Awarded value

€169.6M

from 94% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

130

with at least one award

Public buyers

184

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 9403, 9401, 4814 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Portugal

99.7%

3 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

47.9%

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

Lots with a single bid

24.2%

Among 880 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. Nautilus, S.A.95 public contracts in total
2. BCN - Sistemas de Escritório e Imagem, S.A.74 public contracts in total
3. MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A.193 public contracts in total
4. Areal Editores, S.A.24 public contracts in total
5. Julcar Mobiliário Integrado, Lda.18 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Portugal

• 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

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for furniture in Portugal?

130 companies won 297 contract award notices for these categories from 184 public buyers in Portugal since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Nautilus, S.A., BCN - Sistemas de Escritório e Imagem, S.A., MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A., Areal Editores, S.A., Julcar Mobiliário Integrado, Lda..

How big is the furniture market in Portugal?

In 2025, public buyers in Portugal awarded 435 supply contracts for furniture through award notices on TED; the 426 of them that state a value (97.9%) add up to €48 million. Portugal imported €1.23 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to furniture in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 9403, 9401 and 4814; all buyers, not only public ones), up 13.3% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of furniture meet buyers and distributors in Portugal?

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 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.