Public procurement awarded annually by public authorities amounts to EUR 2.5 million.

Omissions

• The true annual value of EU public procurement is about EUR 2.5 trillion, i.e. ~1,000,000 times larger than the EUR 2.5 million stated; the stated figure appears to be a unit error (Millionen vs. Billionen/trillion).
• The most recent available figure (European Commission, 2025) is 'around €2.5 trillion per year', about 14–16% of EU GDP, confirming the claim's direction but not its stated magnitude.
• Only a fraction of this spending (about €616 billion/year) falls under the EU procurement directives, which is a further relevant distinction.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Public procurement (Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)Every year, over 250 000 public authorities in the EU spend around 16% of GDP (around €2.5 trillion per year) on the purchase of services, works and supplies.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Commission publishes evaluation of EU Public Procurement DirectivesPublic authorities in the EU spend around 15% of GDP a year on procurement – in sectors such as energy, transport, healthcare, and education. EU procurement rules apply to as much as a quarter of this expenditure, with an average annual value of €616 billion, 3 times the size of the EU budget.
• SecondaryIISD — Made in Europe Requirements in Public ProcurementEvery year, European governments spend around EUR 2.5 trillion through public procurement.
• SecondaryEdelman — From Cost-Driven to Strategic: EU Public Procurement ReformThe European Parliament has now taken its position on the future of public procurement, setting the tone for a sweeping reform of how Europe allocates its EUR 2.5 trillion in annual public contracts—roughly 15% of EU GDP.
• SecondarySocial Europe — Europe's €2 Trillion Lever: Public Procurement Can Tame Big Techmore than 14 per cent of EU GDP, equalling roughly €2 trillion every year, is spent on procurement across Europe.