Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in Slovakia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 386 supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) through award notices on TED; the 336 of them that state a value (87%) add up to €16.7 million.
- Since November 2023, 139 companies have won 693 public supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in Slovakia, in 389 award notices from 36 public buyers.
- 86.7% of these awards went to companies registered in Slovakia; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 37.7% of all awards.
- 42% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Slovakia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €19.3 billion in 2025, 13.9% 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, "Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in Slovakia", https://cresques.com/markets/sk/380-laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-g, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 139
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 389
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 36
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Slovakia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 693
- in 389 award notices
- Awarded value
- €59.7M
- from 88% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 139
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 36
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 99 |
| 2025 | 386 |
| 2026 | 197 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €3.9M |
| 2024 | €14.1M |
| 2025 | €16.7M |
| 2026 | €25M |
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| Universities, schools and research | 355 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 198 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 67 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 28 |
| Hospitals and health services | 19 |
| Environment and waste | 13 |
| Economic affairs | 13 |
- Bratislavský kraj457SK01
- Východné Slovensko152SK04
- Západné Slovensko73SK02
- Stredné Slovensko11SK03
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| Bratislavský kraj | 457 |
| Východné Slovensko | 152 |
| Západné Slovensko | 73 |
| Stredné Slovensko | 11 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
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| Large companies | 4 · 0.6% |
| Medium-sized | 57 · 8.2% |
| Small | 468 · 67.5% |
| Micro | 164 · 23.7% |
- Czechia87
- Austria1
- Germany1
- France1
- Croatia1
- Netherlands1
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| Czechia | 87 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 43 · 47.3% |
| €2M–10M | 37 · 40.7% |
| €10M–50M | 8 · 8.8% |
| €50M and more | 3 · 3.3% |
- Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto221
- Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves185
- Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto136
- Bratislava - mestská časť Nové Mesto39
- Lužianky29
- Nitra22
- Trenčín15
- Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov12
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| Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 221 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves | 185 |
| Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 136 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Nové Mesto | 39 |
| Lužianky | 29 |
| Nitra | 22 |
| Trenčín | 15 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov | 12 |
91 of 101 winning companies registered in Slovakia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Slovakia
86.7%
92 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
37.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
42%
Among 693 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
- Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o.144 public contracts in total
- KVANT spol. s r.o.83 public contracts in total
- BIOTECH s.r.o.202 public contracts in total
- STRIM-SK, s.r.o.25 public contracts in total
- ECOTEST spol. s r. o.24 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Slovakia
- analytica ChinaTrade fair · Shanghai, China
- BioFITConference · Marseille, France
- SLAS International Conference & ExhibitionConference · San Diego, United States
- BIO-Europe SpringConference · Lyon, France
- PittconConference · Pittsburgh, United States
- ISPE Europe Annual ConferenceConference · Prague, Czechia
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in Slovakia?
- 139 companies won 389 contract award notices for these categories from 36 public buyers in Slovakia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., KVANT spol. s r.o., BIOTECH s.r.o., STRIM-SK, s.r.o., ECOTEST spol. s r. o..
- How big is the laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) market in Slovakia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 386 supply contracts for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) through award notices on TED; the 336 of them that state a value (87%) add up to €16.7 million.
- Where do suppliers of laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) meet buyers and distributors in Slovakia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as analytica China, BioFIT, SLAS International Conference & Exhibition, BIO-Europe Spring, Pittcon, ISPE Europe Annual Conference — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in Slovakia?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Slovakia 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.