Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Bulgaria: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 413 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 413 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €14.7 million.
- Since November 2023, 149 companies have won 816 public supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Bulgaria, in 300 award notices from 26 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Bulgaria.
- The five companies that win most often hold 31.4% of all awards.
- 30.2% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Bulgaria came to €3.77 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, "Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Bulgaria", https://cresques.com/markets/bg/330-medical-equipments-pharmaceuticals-and-personal-ca, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 10 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 149
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 300
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 26
- 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
- 816
- in 300 award notices
- Awarded value
- €35.9M
- from 100% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 149
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 26
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 131 |
| 2025 | 413 |
| 2026 | 272 |
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| 2024 | €14.3M |
| 2025 | €14.7M |
| 2026 | €6.9M |
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| Universities, schools and research | 562 |
| Hospitals and health services | 248 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 5 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1 |
- Yugozapaden583BG41
- Yugoiztochen78BG34
- Severoiztochen54BG33
- Severozapaden45BG31
- Severen tsentralen35BG32
- Yuzhen tsentralen21BG42
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| Yugozapaden | 583 |
| Yugoiztochen | 78 |
| Severoiztochen | 54 |
| Severozapaden | 45 |
| Severen tsentralen | 35 |
| Yuzhen tsentralen | 21 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
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| Large companies | 56 · 6.9% |
| Medium-sized | 31 · 3.8% |
| Small | 10 · 1.2% |
| Micro | 2 · 0.2% |
| SME (size not stated) | 717 · 87.9% |
- София531
- Стара Загора63
- Варна54
- Монтана36
- Велико Търново35
- Сандански28
- Пловдив20
- Стара Загора13
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| София | 531 |
| Стара Загора | 63 |
| Варна | 54 |
| Монтана | 36 |
| Велико Търново | 35 |
| Сандански | 28 |
| Пловдив | 20 |
| Стара Загора | 13 |
Awards to companies registered in Bulgaria
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
31.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
30.2%
Among 815 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
- ФОТ ООД209 public contracts in total
- Лабимекс АД230 public contracts in total
- ЕЛТА 90М ООД312 public contracts in total
- ХИМТЕКС ООД260 public contracts in total
- АНТИСЕЛ БЪЛГАРИЯ ООД203 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Bulgaria
- BULMEDICATrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- BULDENTALTrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- COMPAMEDTrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- MEDICATrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health)Trade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- HospitalarTrade fair · São Paulo, Brazil
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Bulgaria?
- 149 companies won 300 contract award notices for these categories from 26 public buyers in Bulgaria since November 2023. The companies that win most often are ФОТ ООД, Лабимекс АД, ЕЛТА 90М ООД, ХИМТЕКС ООД, АНТИСЕЛ БЪЛГАРИЯ ООД.
- How big is the medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products market in Bulgaria?
- In 2025, public buyers in Bulgaria awarded 413 supply contracts for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products through award notices on TED; the 413 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €14.7 million.
- Where do suppliers of medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Bulgaria?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as BULMEDICA, BULDENTAL, COMPAMED, MEDICA, World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health), Hospitalar — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care 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.