Prepared and preserved fish market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 34 supply contracts for prepared and preserved fish through award notices on TED; the 34 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €9.55 million. Bulgaria imported €138 million of goods in the customs headings matched to prepared and preserved fish in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 0304, 1604, 0306, 0307, 0303 and 3 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 15.3% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 42 companies have won 78 public supply contracts for prepared and preserved fish in Bulgaria, in 71 award notices from 40 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 38.5% of all awards.
- 20% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Bulgaria — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €14.4 billion in 2025, 12.4% 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.
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, "Prepared and preserved fish market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/152-prepared-and-preserved-fish, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 42
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 71
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 40
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €137.8M
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Bulgaria: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 78
- in 71 award notices
- Awarded value
- €43.8M
- from 94% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 42
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 40
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 24 |
| 2025 | 34 |
| 2026 | 20 |
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| 2024 | €32.4M |
| 2025 | €9.5M |
| 2026 | €1.8M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 55 |
| Universities, schools and research | 15 |
| Hospitals and health services | 6 |
| Social protection | 1 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1 |
- Severen tsentralen20BG32
- Severoiztochen19BG33
- Yugoiztochen16BG34
- Yugozapaden16BG41
- Yuzhen tsentralen5BG42
- Severozapaden2BG31
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| Severen tsentralen | 20 |
| Severoiztochen | 19 |
| Yugoiztochen | 16 |
| Yugozapaden | 16 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 5 |
| Severozapaden | 2 |
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
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| Small | 4 · 5.1% |
| Micro | 1 · 1.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 73 · 93.6% |
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| 2023 | €119.5M |
| 2024 | €120.6M |
| 2025 | €137.8M |
- София10
- Свищов10
- Бургас5
- Раднево4
- Тервел4
- Полски Тръмбеш4
- Белослав3
- Варна3
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| София | 10 |
| Свищов | 10 |
| Бургас | 5 |
| Раднево | 4 |
| Тервел | 4 |
| Полски Тръмбеш | 4 |
| Белослав | 3 |
| Варна | 3 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 0304, 1604, 0306, 0307, 0303, 0305, 1605, 0308 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
38.5%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
20%
Among 70 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
- МУЛТИФУУД ГРУП ЕООД62 public contracts in total
- НОВЕ ХОЛД ЕООД44 public contracts in total
- СТЕЛИТ 1 ЕООД91 public contracts in total
- КИЛТЕКС ЕООД51 public contracts in total
- ИНТЕРФУУД СРЕДЕЦ ООД18 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- SIHRETrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- FOODTECHTrade fair · Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Fi EuropeTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World CupTrade fair · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Sirha LyonTrade fair · Lyon, France
- BIOFACHTrade fair · Nuremberg, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for prepared and preserved fish in Bulgaria?
- 42 companies won 71 contract award notices for these categories from 40 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are МУЛТИФУУД ГРУП ЕООД, НОВЕ ХОЛД ЕООД, СТЕЛИТ 1 ЕООД, КИЛТЕКС ЕООД, ИНТЕРФУУД СРЕДЕЦ ООД.
- How big is the prepared and preserved fish market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 34 supply contracts for prepared and preserved fish through award notices on TED; the 34 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €9.55 million. Bulgaria imported €138 million of goods in the customs headings matched to prepared and preserved fish in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 0304, 1604, 0306, 0307, 0303 and 3 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 15.3% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of prepared and preserved fish meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as SIHRE, FOODTECH, Fi Europe, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, Sirha Lyon, BIOFACH — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for prepared and preserved fish in Bulgaria?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Bulgaria 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.