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EUROPEAN PROCUREMENT · CPV 35

Security & defence — where Europe buys

European public bodies published 3,625 security & defence tenders in the last 12 months, with €31.4bn in recorded awards79% of winners were SMEs.

Tenders · 12 months
3,625
Awards · 12 months
3,008
Awarded value
€31.4bn
Won by SMEs
79%

Stated requirements

What security & defence buyers ask for

European notices state their qualification criteria as structured data (eForms). Share of notices read in the last six months that state each requirement.

References on past contracts24% of tenders read
A minimum-turnover gate13% of tenders read
Insurance4% of tenders read
A quality certificate (ISO 9001-family)7% of tenders read
An environmental certificate (ISO 14001-family)2% of tenders read

By country

Who buys security & defence most

Tenders published in the last 12 months.

CountryTendersAwarded
Germany630€93M
Poland455€5.8bn
France356€5.3bn
Spain318€583M
Czechia188€971M
Belgium134€2.4bn
UNK129€3.7bn
Croatia124€183M
Greece110€46M
Portugal102€57M

The trend

Security & defence, year by year

YearTendersAwardsAwarded value
2023161104€183M
20243,0482,534€20.1bn
20253,4552,860€25.2bn
20262,1191,730€20.4bn

For UK businesses

European buyers publish their requirements as data

Unlike UK PDFs, EU notices state their qualification criteria in a structured format — so ENKII can check what you already hold against what each tender actually asks for, and tell you where you are eligible today.

Score your business against live European tenders →

Sources & licence

How this page is compiled

Aggregated by ENKII from the complete eForms-era notice stream on Tenders Electronic Daily — every European above-threshold notice published since December 2023, reduced to monthly figures per country and CPV category. Award values are converted to EUR at ECB monthly reference rates, with per-notice totals outside €500–€5bn excluded as data errors. Refreshed monthly.

Source: Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), © European Union. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.