Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Sweden: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Sweden awarded 881 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 211 of them that state a value (24%) add up to €523 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 546 companies have won 2,754 public supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Sweden, in 476 award notices from 68 public buyers.
- 94.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Sweden; the most frequent foreign origin is Denmark.
- The five companies that win most often hold 11.6% of all awards.
- 15.7% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Sweden — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €106 billion in 2025, 17.6% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Sweden came to €21.2 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Sweden", https://cresques.com/markets/se/330-medical-equipments-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-ca, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 546
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 476
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 68
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Sweden: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 2.8K
- in 476 award notices
- Awarded value
- €867.9M
- from 13% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 546
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 68
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1,107 |
| 2025 | 881 |
| 2026 | 759 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €213.1M |
| 2025 | €522.6M |
| 2026 | €132.2M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 2,068 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 376 |
| Urban transport operators | 167 |
| Housing and community amenities | 66 |
| Universities, schools and research | 47 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 27 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 3 |
- Östra Mellansverige680SE12
- Stockholm646SE11
- Västsverige312SE23
- Sydsverige310SE22
- Småland med öarna268SE21
- Norra Mellansverige251SE31
- Mellersta Norrland197SE32
- Övre Norrland90SE33
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| Östra Mellansverige | 680 |
| Stockholm | 646 |
| Västsverige | 312 |
| Sydsverige | 310 |
| Småland med öarna | 268 |
| Norra Mellansverige | 251 |
| Mellersta Norrland | 197 |
| Övre Norrland | 90 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 436 · 15.8% |
| Medium-sized | 280 · 10.2% |
| Small | 148 · 5.4% |
| Micro | 23 · 0.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 286 · 10.4% |
| Size not stated | 1,581 · 57.4% |
- Denmark64
- Germany19
- Netherlands13
- United States8
- Finland7
- Belgium7
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| Denmark | 64 |
| Germany | 19 |
| Netherlands | 13 |
| United States | 8 |
| Finland | 7 |
| Belgium | 7 |
- Stockholm613
- Linköping384
- VÄNERSBORG228
- Uppsala215
- KRISTIANSTAD194
- Karlstad175
- Östersund120
- VÄSTERVIK99
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| Stockholm | 613 |
| Linköping | 384 |
| VÄNERSBORG | 228 |
| Uppsala | 215 |
| KRISTIANSTAD | 194 |
| Karlstad | 175 |
| Östersund | 120 |
| VÄSTERVIK | 99 |
Awards to companies registered in Sweden
94.6%
148 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
11.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
15.7%
Among 2.3K 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
- Mediplast AB110 public contracts in total
- OneMed Sverige AB116 public contracts in total
- Vingmed AB89 public contracts in total
- B.Braun Medical AB85 public contracts in total
- Medtronic Aktiebolag84 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Sweden
- VitalisConference · Gothenburg, Sweden
- ESCMID GlobalCongress · Stockholm, Sweden
- 13th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN 2027)Congress · Gothenburg, Sweden
- 43rd ESHRE Annual MeetingCongress · Stockholm, Sweden
- COMPAMEDTrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- MEDICATrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Sweden?
- 546 companies won 476 contract award notices for these categories from 68 public buyers in Sweden since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Mediplast AB, OneMed Sverige AB, Vingmed AB, B.Braun Medical AB, Medtronic Aktiebolag.
- How big is the medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Sweden?
- In 2025, public buyers in Sweden awarded 881 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 211 of them that state a value (24%) add up to €523 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Sweden?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Vitalis, ESCMID Global, 13th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN 2027), 43rd ESHRE Annual Meeting, COMPAMED, MEDICA — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Sweden?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Sweden 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.