Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 67 supply contracts for occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories through award notices on TED; the 65 of them that state a value (97%) add up to €8.16 million.
- Since November 2023, 35 companies have won 143 public supply contracts for occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories in Bulgaria, in 81 award notices from 30 public buyers.
- 98.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria; the most frequent foreign origin is Austria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 43.4% of all awards.
- 35.9% 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, "Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/181-occupational-clothing-special-workwear-and-accesso, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 35
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 81
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 30
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
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
- 143
- in 81 award notices
- Awarded value
- €25.7M
- from 99% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 35
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 30
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2025 | 67 |
| 2026 | 41 |
Table view
| 2024 | €12.2M |
| 2025 | €8.2M |
| 2026 | €5.4M |
- Other3
Table view
| Cities, regions and central administration | 61 |
| Electricity utilities | 35 |
| Water utilities | 20 |
| Urban transport operators | 10 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 7 |
| Railway operators | 3 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
- Yugozapaden85BG41
- Severoiztochen22BG33
- Yuzhen tsentralen18BG42
- Severozapaden12BG31
- Yugoiztochen4BG34
- Severen tsentralen2BG32
Table view
| Yugozapaden | 85 |
| Severoiztochen | 22 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 18 |
| Severozapaden | 12 |
| Yugoiztochen | 4 |
| Severen tsentralen | 2 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 1 · 0.7% |
| Medium-sized | 9 · 6.3% |
| Small | 4 · 2.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 125 · 87.4% |
| Size not stated | 4 · 2.8% |
- Austria2
Table view
| Austria | 2 |
- София65
- Варна19
- Пловдив16
- Козлодуй12
- Самоков9
- София7
- София4
- Варна3
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| София | 65 |
| Варна | 19 |
| Пловдив | 16 |
| Козлодуй | 12 |
| Самоков | 9 |
| София | 7 |
| София | 4 |
| Варна | 3 |
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
98.6%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
43.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
35.9%
Among 131 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
- ОЛИМП - ПРЕДПАЗНИ ЕКИПИРОВКИ ЕООД35 public contracts in total
- БУЛТЕКС 99 ЕООД24 public contracts in total
- СТОПАНСКИ ДЕЙНОСТИ КЦМ ЕООД15 public contracts in total
- Сейфти Фърст БГ ЕООД11 public contracts in total
- СМАРТ БИЗНЕС КЪМПАНИ ЕООД142 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- TechtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Texcare InternationalTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories in Bulgaria?
- 35 companies won 81 contract award notices for these categories from 30 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are ОЛИМП - ПРЕДПАЗНИ ЕКИПИРОВКИ ЕООД, БУЛТЕКС 99 ЕООД, СТОПАНСКИ ДЕЙНОСТИ КЦМ ЕООД, Сейфти Фърст БГ ЕООД, СМАРТ БИЗНЕС КЪМПАНИ ЕООД.
- How big is the occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 67 supply contracts for occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories through award notices on TED; the 65 of them that state a value (97%) add up to €8.16 million.
- Where do suppliers of occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Techtextil, Texcare International — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories 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); no import figure: Eurostat's customs headings do not isolate this category.