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For US manufacturers

Sell in Europe through the distributors who already sell your category.

Europe is one of the largest markets for US-made goods and the hardest to read from across the Atlantic: twenty-seven countries, different rules for a first email, and no customs records to show who buys what. Public procurement is the trail that remains — and Cresques reads it for your category.

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Day one for a US manufacturer

  1. 1Sign up with your work email: no password, no card, no sales call.
  2. 2Paste your website or upload a brochure: Cresques recognizes what you make and proposes the EU procurement categories.
  3. 3Your first market map is free: the first five companies that won your categories in the country, and how much of the category the country imports.
  4. 4Read the country guide: how the market buys, what distributors there expect, and the lawful first contact.

Pricing for US companies

  • Pay in US dollars, from $49 a month, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay; no currency conversion on your side.
  • No VAT for business customers outside the EU.
  • Monthly plans can be canceled any time; credits do not expire.
  • Company revenue figures can be shown in US dollars, at the European Central Bank rate.
See plans and credits

What differs from home

  • One customs territory, 27 procurement systems

    Goods clear once into the EU, but each country buys through its own public bodies and publishes who won — on TED, the EU's procurement journal. That trail shows which local companies already sell your category.

  • CAN-SPAM does not travel

    A first B2B email is routine in France, the UK and Ireland and unlawful in Germany, Italy or the Netherlands without consent. GDPR applies to your European contacts wherever you sit. Cresques shows the lawful channel per country.

  • UL is not CE

    Most EU product rules require CE marking and, for non-EU manufacturers, an economic operator in the EU. Distributors ask for this before price. Our guides list what to prepare.

  • Twenty-four languages, one deal at a time

    Product data in the local language and a first message a French or German buyer will actually read. Start with one country; add the next when the first distributor is signed.

What changed in 2026

  • EU tariffs on US industrial goods: zero

    Since July 1, 2026 the EU applies no customs duty to almost all US-origin industrial goods under Regulation (EU) 2026/1455, in force until the end of 2029 unless suspended or extended. Landed prices now compete with European-made goods on the product, not the duty.

    Read the analysis

  • US Commercial Service fees: one price for every company

    Since July 22, 2026 an International Partner Search costs $2,500 and a Gold Key Service $3,250 for small firms too. Evidence from award notices lets you shortlist first and spend that money on the right introductions.

    Read the analysis

The 2026 series for US exporters

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Guides for the crossing

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Pick a first country

Each page sets out how the market buys, whether a first email is lawful, what local distributors expect and where the evidence comes from.

Questions from US exporters

Does Cresques find distributors in the United States?
No. Cresques covers the EU and EEA, where public contract award notices are published on TED. It is built for manufacturers — including US manufacturers — who want to sell in Europe through distributors.
Do I need an EU entity to start?
Not to research the market and talk to distributors. For placing products on the EU market, most product rules require a responsible economic operator established in the EU — often the distributor or importer itself. Our compliance checklist explains the options.
Is the public data reliable?
Each name in Cresques is tied to an award notice you can open: buyer, winner, category, value and date. Notices cover public buyers only, so a distributor that sells exclusively to private customers will not appear; our methodology page sets out this limit.
Which EU countries should a US manufacturer start with?
Where public buyers purchase your category and a first contact by email is lawful — France and Ireland are the usual starting points (the UK too, which Cresques covers with a country guide rather than award evidence); Germany is the largest market but needs a letter, a fair or an introduction first. Our country pages set out the rules for each.

Your first European market, with evidence.

Create an account, pick a country and your product categories, and see which companies already sell them there.

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