Chemical products market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 24 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 14 of them that state a value (58.3%) add up to €474,699.
- Since November 2023, 32 companies have won 78 public supply contracts for chemical products in Bulgaria, in 62 award notices from 15 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 48.7% of all awards.
- 48.6% 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, "Chemical products market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/240-chemical-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 32
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 62
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 15
- 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
- 78
- in 62 award notices
- Awarded value
- €21.6M
- from 74% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 32
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 15
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 33 |
| 2025 | 24 |
| 2026 | 21 |
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| 2024 | €1.9M |
| 2025 | €474.7K |
| 2026 | €19.2M |
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| Universities, schools and research | 24 |
| Electricity utilities | 23 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 18 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 10 |
| Water utilities | 1 |
| Coal and solid fuels | 1 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 1 |
- Yugozapaden40BG41
- Yugoiztochen18BG34
- Yuzhen tsentralen14BG42
- Severozapaden6BG31
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| Yugozapaden | 40 |
| Yugoiztochen | 18 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 14 |
| Severozapaden | 6 |
- Medium-sized
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
Table view
| Medium-sized | 7 · 9% |
| Small | 1 · 1.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 70 · 89.7% |
- София20
- Гълъбово17
- София16
- Хасково10
- Козлодуй6
- Пловдив4
- София4
- Раднево1
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| София | 20 |
| Гълъбово | 17 |
| София | 16 |
| Хасково | 10 |
| Козлодуй | 6 |
| Пловдив | 4 |
| София | 4 |
| Раднево | 1 |
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
48.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
48.6%
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
- Лабимекс АД230 public contracts in total
- ХИМТЕКС ООД260 public contracts in total
- КОНТИНВЕСТ ООД24 public contracts in total
- ФОТ ООД209 public contracts in total
- МЕРК БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕАД10 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- Chemspec EuropeTrade fair · Basel, Switzerland
- ACHEMATrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- CPHI FrankfurtTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- JEC WorldTrade fair · Paris, France
- in-cosmetics GlobalTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
- CHINAPLASTrade fair · Shenzhen, China
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Which of these 32 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for chemical products in Bulgaria?
- 32 companies won 62 contract award notices for these categories from 15 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Лабимекс АД, ХИМТЕКС ООД, КОНТИНВЕСТ ООД, ФОТ ООД, МЕРК БЪЛГАРИЯ ЕАД.
- How big is the chemical products market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 24 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 14 of them that state a value (58.3%) add up to €474,699.
- Where do suppliers of chemical products meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Chemspec Europe, ACHEMA, CPHI Frankfurt, JEC World, in-cosmetics Global, CHINAPLAS — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for chemical products 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.