Higher education services market in Romania: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 316 supply contracts for higher education services through award notices on TED; the 315 of them that state a value (99.7%) add up to €61.2 million.
- Since November 2023, 156 companies have won 616 public supply contracts for higher education services in Romania, in 135 award notices from 28 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Romania.
- The five companies that win most often hold 23.9% of all awards.
- 72.6% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Romania — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €47.7 billion in 2025, 12.5% 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, "Higher education services market in Romania", https://cresques.com/markets/ro/803-higher-education-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 156
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 135
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 28
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Romania: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 616
- in 135 award notices
- Awarded value
- €140.1M
- from 94% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 156
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 28
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 79 |
| 2025 | 316 |
| 2026 | 221 |
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| 2024 | €28.7M |
| 2025 | €61.2M |
| 2026 | €50.2M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 582 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 32 |
| Universities, schools and research | 2 |
- Nord-Vest312RO11
- Vest161RO42
- Nord-Est80RO21
- Bucureşti-Ilfov21RO32
- Sud-Est18RO22
- Centru16RO12
- Sud-Vest Oltenia8RO41
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| Nord-Vest | 312 |
| Vest | 161 |
| Nord-Est | 80 |
| Bucureşti-Ilfov | 21 |
| Sud-Est | 18 |
| Centru | 16 |
| Sud-Vest Oltenia | 8 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 72 · 11.7% |
| Medium-sized | 313 · 50.8% |
| Small | 182 · 29.5% |
| Size not stated | 49 · 8% |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 35 · 22.6% |
| €2M–10M | 68 · 43.9% |
| €10M–50M | 42 · 27.1% |
| €50M and more | 10 · 6.5% |
- Arad126
- Oradea96
- Bistrita86
- Iasi58
- Cluj-Napoca44
- Sighetu Marmatiei42
- Capalnas27
- Baile Felix23
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| Arad | 126 |
| Oradea | 96 |
| Bistrita | 86 |
| Iasi | 58 |
| Cluj-Napoca | 44 |
| Sighetu Marmatiei | 42 |
| Capalnas | 27 |
| Baile Felix | 23 |
155 of 156 winning companies registered in Romania have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Romania
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
23.9%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
72.6%
Among 616 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
- Elta 90 Medical Research SRL302 public contracts in total
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE SRL41 public contracts in total
- MEDITECH S.R.L.47 public contracts in total
- TUNIC PROD S.R.L.328 public contracts in total
- MEDIST LIFE SCIENCE S.R.L.173 public contracts in total
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for higher education services in Romania?
- 156 companies won 135 contract award notices for these categories from 28 public buyers in Romania since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Elta 90 Medical Research SRL, SIEMENS HEALTHCARE SRL, MEDITECH S.R.L., TUNIC PROD S.R.L., MEDIST LIFE SCIENCE S.R.L..
- How big is the higher education services market in Romania?
- In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 316 supply contracts for higher education services through award notices on TED; the 315 of them that state a value (99.7%) add up to €61.2 million.
- How do I find a distributor for higher education services in Romania?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Romania 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.