Abbreviation of コンペティション. Common in business, design, and sports contexts. Often used for competitive bidding or design competitions.
Our company also ended up entering that competition.
A design competition for the new logo was held.
その建築プロジェクトはコンペで決まった。
The architectural project was decided through a competition.
来月、新製品のデザインコンペを開催する予定だ。
We're planning to hold a design competition for the new product next month.
He won the golf competition and received a prize.
To win this bidding competition, the proposal content matters as much as the price.
競争 is the general native word for competition or rivalry in any sense, while コンペ specifically names an organized contest or bidding event.
Used when referring to the number of times a competition is held or attended, rather than the competition as a thing itself.
Abbreviation of the English loanword コンペティション (competition).