Architecture tenders in Europe: live statistics
On 8 October 2026, 1,277 public architecture tenders and design competitions were open in Europe, 87 of them design competitions, across 10 countries.
Counted from TED (the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily), BOAMP (France), BASE (Portugal), TenderNed (Netherlands), simap.ch (Switzerland) and Find a Tender (United Kingdom), and refreshed four times a day. Only notices with real design work are counted (TenderDesk score 40 or more): roads, maintenance and works-only contracts are left out.
1,277
open tenders and competitions
87
design competitions (7%)
912
new in the last 7 days
602
closing within 30 days
Median estimated value, where the notice states one in euros: €535k (23% of notices give a value).
Open tenders by country
| Germany | 642 | 50% |
| France | 322 | 25% |
| Spain | 57 | 4% |
| Italy | 56 | 4% |
| Belgium | 47 | 4% |
| The United Kingdom | 46 | 4% |
| The Netherlands | 46 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 45 | 4% |
| Portugal | 9 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 1% |
Open tenders by building type
| Education | 214 | 17% |
| Civic | 166 | 13% |
| Heritage | 94 | 7% |
| Housing | 82 | 6% |
| Transport | 51 | 4% |
| Office | 51 | 4% |
| Industrial | 49 | 4% |
| Health | 42 | 3% |
| Sport | 34 | 3% |
| Mixed use | 18 | 1% |
| Culture | 18 | 1% |
| Hospitality | 7 | 1% |
Most common project types
How these figures are made
- Notices are collected from TED (the EU's Tenders Electronic Daily), BOAMP (France), BASE (Portugal), TenderNed (Netherlands), simap.ch (Switzerland) and Find a Tender (United Kingdom), four times a day.
- Duplicates are merged: a notice published both nationally and in TED counts once.
- Each notice is scored from 0 to 100 for how much real design work it contains; these figures count those scoring 40 or more.
- Project types and floor areas are read from each notice's own wording, in its language.
- “Open” means the submission deadline has not passed (or the notice gives none).
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