# CPV 38421000-2: Flow-measuring equipment

Official label (Regulation (EC) No 213/2008):

- EN: Flow-measuring equipment
- PT: Equipamento para medição do caudal
- ES: Equipo de medida del caudal
- FR: Débitmètres

In the tree:
- 38000000-5 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38000000)
- 38400000-9 Instruments for checking physical characteristics (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38400000)
- 38420000-5 Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38420000)

Beneath this code (2):
- 38421100-3 Water meters
- 38421110-6 Flowmeters

The busiest codes beneath this one, in Portugal:
- 38421100-3 Water meters (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38421100): 75 contracts, €5.9m

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 103 contracts signed under this code, €6.5m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (19 with a published bidder list): 4 bids on average, median 4. Direct awards excluded, because there the buyer chooses who bids. All divisions ranked: https://trinta.ai/procurement-statistics

Who buys under it in Portugal (by NIF, contracts in the period):
- Águas do Norte, SA (513606084): 13
- Águas do Douro e Paiva, SA (514310774): 5
- EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres, SA (500906840): 4
- Águas de Gaia, EM, SA (504763202): 3

French market, January to July 2026: 17 marchés notified under this code, €48.4m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (16 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 2 offers, mean 2.8 (an allotted marché repeats the consultation total on each lot, so the median is the figure to quote). Method: https://trinta.ai/barometre

Who buys under it in France (by SIRET, marchés in the period):
- RESEAU DES ACHETEURS HOSPITALIERS (RESAH) (13000501000033): 2
- COMMUNAUTE D'AGGLOMERATION COEUR DE FLANDRE (CACF) (20004094700190): 2
- COMMUNAUTE D'AGGLOMERATION COEUR DE FLANDRE (CACF) (20004094700018): 1
- COMMUNAUTE D'AGGLOMERATION COEUR DE FLANDRE (CACF) (20004094700257): 1

Market: Laboratory and research (https://trinta.ai/tenders-by-sector/laboratory-and-research)

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38421000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv