The Contract Furniture and Furnishings Market in Europe, 2025

Contract furniture production in Europe amounts to approximately EUR 13.5 billion, which is primarily destined for the domestic market and exported for around 20% to other target markets, as North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The main EU manufacturing countries are the UK, Italy, Germany, Poland, and Sweden.

Despite difficult market conditions, the European contract furniture sector has proved its strength performing better than the entire furniture sector in the last 2 years, supported by a high level of integration and market concentration.

Contract furniture destination segments are evolving at a different speed further to a deep transformation of public and commercial furniture demand drivers: Marine and Education represents the fastest growing segments; Hospitality expanded and is considered the most prominent business in the near future; Office and Retail, instead, are progressively slowing down.

The Contract Furniture and Furnishings Market in Europe offers a comprehensive picture of the European contract furniture business providing contract furniture market size, statistics for contract furniture and furnishings production, market development and forecasts, demand drivers and projects, sales and market shares of the leading players, sales by destination segment and by the main product categories.

Contract Furniture and Furnishing Sector Overview in Europe: Market Evolution and Performance by Country

The European Contract furniture and furnishings production in 2024 and market size for the time series 2018-2024 are broken down by area and by European country.

The geographical coverage includes: Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden); Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland); Western Europe (Belgium-Lux, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom); Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain), Central-Eastern Europe (Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Romania, Other Central-Eastern European countries).

The European contract furniture and furnishing market forecasts are provided for the years 2025 and 2026.

Based on a recent survey conducted on a sample of over 100 contract furniture and furnishing manufacturers in Europe, this report also shows the segments that are expected to increase faster and companies’ market approach in terms of “turn-key” Vs “soft contract”, own product Vs traded products, and distribution channels.

The Contract furniture production and consumption in Europe are broken down by destination segment:

• Retail
• Hospitality
• Office spaces
• Restaurants and bars
• Real estate
• Education
• Entertainment
• Marine
• Healthcare
• Airports

Contract furniture production in Europe is also provided by product category:

• Bathroom furniture and fittings
• Bedroom furniture and mattresses
• Kitchen furniture
• Lighting fixtures
• Office furniture
• Outdoor furniture
• Tables and chairs
• Upholstered furniture

Features of the Contract Furniture Business: Destination Segments and Product Categories

An overview of the main demand drivers and projects in the Retail, Hospitality, Office space, Real estate, Educational and entertainment, Marine, and Healthcare segments is also provided.

The Competitive Landscape Features: Sales of the Leading Contract Furniture Companies

For the Top 100 companies operating in the European contract furniture sector, this report includes sales of contract furniture, incidence of the contract business on total company sales, and the company’s share of total European production, with short profiles of selected firms.

Contract furniture sales are provided for a sample of companies even by destination segment and by product category.

This study overall considers over 400 firms operating in the contract furniture sector.

Financial Analysis: a set of financial indicators (Operating Revenue -Turnover-, Added Value, P/L for Period -Net Income-, Shareholders Funds, Cash Flow, ROI, ROE, EBITDA margin, EBIT margin, Solvency Ratio, Current Ratio, Number of Employees, Turnover per Employee, Added value per Employee) are reported for 60 companies operating in the contract furniture business.

Annex: List of about 50 architect and design studios, List of relevant trade exhibitions for Hospitality, Building, Architectural and Design, Interiors, List of the major hotel companies at a global level, Contact details for around 400 contract furniture and furnishing manufacturers mentioned in the research.