Personal care products market in Belgium: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Belgium awarded 51 supply contracts for personal care products through award notices on TED; the 43 of them that state a value (84.3%) add up to €15.9 million. Belgium imported €4.81 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to personal care products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 4.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 56 companies have won 192 public supply contracts for personal care products in Belgium, in 76 award notices from 67 public buyers.
- 97.9% of these awards went to companies registered in Belgium; the most frequent foreign origin is Türkiye.
- The five companies that win most often hold 38% of all awards.
- 5.5% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Belgium — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €99.6 billion in 2025, 15.5% of GDP (Eurostat). Award notices on TED cover only the contracts above the EU thresholds, so they show who wins, not the whole of that spending.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Belgium came to €42.3 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
Source: Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) and GDP (nama_10_gdp), retrieved 9 November 2026.
Updated · counted daily from contract award notices on TED and Eurostat international trade data · figures as JSON · free to quote with attribution (CC BY 4.0)
How to cite: Cresques, "Personal care products market in Belgium", https://cresques.com/markets/be/337-personal-care-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
What industry and official reports say
- MedTech Europe estimates the European medical technology market at about €173 billion in 2025, at manufacturer prices, for the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- The European Commission states that public procurement accounts for 50% to 70% of the EU market for medical devices (Regulation (EU) 2025/1197, citing industry data). European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- According to the same regulation, procedures worth €5 million or more were about 4% of EU medical device procurement procedures on TED in 2017–2022 but about 59% of their value. European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- MedTech Europe counts more than 36,000 medical technology companies in Europe in 2025, about 90% of them SMEs. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)
Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.
- Winning companies
- 56
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 76
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 67
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €4.8B
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Belgium: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 192
- in 76 award notices
- Awarded value
- €55M
- from 82% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 56
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 67
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 31 |
| 2025 | 51 |
| 2026 | 106 |
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | €2.6M |
| 2024 | €24.8M |
| 2025 | €15.9M |
| 2026 | €11.7M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 91 |
| Universities, schools and research | 41 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 37 |
| Social protection | 20 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Environment and waste | 1 |
- Prov. Vlaams-Brabant43BE24
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest36BE10
- Prov. Antwerpen31BE21
- Prov. Liège26BE33
- Prov. West-Vlaanderen17BE25
- Prov. Hainaut15BE32
- Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen10BE23
- Prov. Limburg (BE)7BE22
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| Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 43 |
| Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 36 |
| Prov. Antwerpen | 31 |
| Prov. Liège | 26 |
| Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 17 |
| Prov. Hainaut | 15 |
| Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 10 |
| Prov. Limburg (BE) | 7 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 49 · 25.5% |
| Medium-sized | 56 · 29.2% |
| Small | 8 · 4.2% |
| Micro | 1 · 0.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 20 · 10.4% |
| Size not stated | 58 · 30.2% |
- Türkiye2
- Germany1
- France1
Table view
| Türkiye | 2 |
| Germany | 1 |
| France | 1 |
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| 2023 | €4.6B |
| 2024 | €4.6B |
| 2025 | €4.8B |
- Leuven29
- Liège22
- Mol21
- Halle11
- Gent10
- Roeselare8
- Brussel7
- Bruxelles7
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| Leuven | 29 |
| Liège | 22 |
| Mol | 21 |
| Halle | 11 |
| Gent | 10 |
| Roeselare | 8 |
| Brussel | 7 |
| Bruxelles | 7 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307, 9619, 3401, 9004, 3306, 8510, 8212, 4014, 7017 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Belgium
97.9%
4 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
38%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
5.5%
Among 163 awards whose notice states the number of tenders.
How we count: one award per procedure, lot and winning company, from live contract award notices; a joint procurement counts on every buyer's market. Values are the awarded amounts published in the notice (framework ceilings and estimates are never added), converted to euro at the ECB yearly average. Company size is the SME flag of the notice (eForms BT-165). Read the methodology.
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Among the companies that win most often
- CARL ZEISS nv23 public contracts in total
- N.V. PAUL HARTMANN S.A.11 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Belgium
- International Fluid Academy Days (IFAD) 2026Congress · Antwerp, Belgium
- BSC Congress 2027 (Belgian Society of Cardiology)Congress · Brussels, Belgium
- Belgian Week of Gastroenterology (BWGE) 2027Congress · Bruges, Belgium
- Laborama 360Trade fair · Ghent, Belgium
- 46th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM)Congress · Brussels, Belgium
- 42nd General Annual Meeting of the Belgian Hematology SocietyCongress · La Hulpe, Belgium
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for personal care products in Belgium?
- 56 companies won 76 contract award notices for these categories from 67 public buyers in Belgium since November 2023. The companies that win most often are CARL ZEISS nv, N.V. PAUL HARTMANN S.A..
- How big is the personal care products market in Belgium?
- In 2025, public buyers in Belgium awarded 51 supply contracts for personal care products through award notices on TED; the 43 of them that state a value (84.3%) add up to €15.9 million. Belgium imported €4.81 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to personal care products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 4.4% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Belgium?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as International Fluid Academy Days (IFAD) 2026, BSC Congress 2027 (Belgian Society of Cardiology), Belgian Week of Gastroenterology (BWGE) 2027, Laborama 360, 46th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM), 42nd General Annual Meeting of the Belgian Hematology Society — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for personal care products in Belgium?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Belgium and this category. It shows the companies that win public contracts there, how often, for how many buyers and for how much: the first 5 on the Free plan, every company on a paid plan. Where the data exists, the map also shows wholesalers from the business register, import figures and the industry's trade fairs.
Sources: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023, processed by Cresques (one award per procedure and lot); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.