Furnishing 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

82

in 40 award notices

Awarded value

€111.6M

from 100% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

40

with at least one award

Public buyers

29

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 3924, 7323, 7013, 7615, 6911, 6912, 6702, 8211, 8215, 6913, 4419, 4414, 8304 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Portugal

100%

0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

32.9%

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

Lots with a single bid

60.5%

Among 81 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. MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A.193 public contracts in total
2. Iluminações Teixeira Couto, Lda10 public contracts in total
3. Sogenave-Sociedade Geral de Abastecimentos à Navegação e Indústria Hoteleira, S.A.60 public contracts in total
4. B. Braun Medical, Unipessoal Lda.99 public contracts in total
5. HR HOSPITALAR, LDA.23 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 furnishing in Portugal?

40 companies won 40 contract award notices for these categories from 29 public buyers in Portugal since November 2023. The companies that win most often are MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A., Iluminações Teixeira Couto, Lda, Sogenave-Sociedade Geral de Abastecimentos à Navegação e Indústria Hoteleira, S.A., B. Braun Medical, Unipessoal Lda., HR HOSPITALAR, LDA..

How big is the furnishing market in Portugal?

In 2025, public buyers in Portugal awarded 32 supply contracts for furnishing through award notices on TED; the 32 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €6.06 million. Portugal imported €403 million of goods in the customs headings matched to furnishing in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3924, 7323, 7013, 7615, 6911 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.1% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of furnishing 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 furnishing 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.