Cleaning and polishing products market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 79 supply contracts for cleaning and polishing products through award notices on TED; the 16 of them that state a value (20.3%) add up to €2.39 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €3.44 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to cleaning and polishing products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3402, 3404 and 3405; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.7% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 90 companies have won 290 public supply contracts for cleaning and polishing products in Germany, in 133 award notices from 116 public buyers.
- 99.3% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany; the most frequent foreign origin is Switzerland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 30.7% of all awards.
- 12.8% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Germany — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €864 billion in 2025, 19.1% 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, "Cleaning and polishing products market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/398-cleaning-and-polishing-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
- Eurostat puts the turnover of EU soap and detergent manufacturers (NACE C20.41) in 2024 at €11.8 billion in Germany, €4.8 billion in Spain, €3.8 billion in Italy, €2.9 billion in Poland and €2.3 billion in France. Eurostat, Enterprises by detailed NACE Rev. 2 activity and special aggregates (sbs_ovw_act)
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
- 90
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 133
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 116
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €3.4B
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Germany: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 290
- in 133 award notices
- Awarded value
- €12.4M
- from 23% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 90
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 116
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 124 |
| 2025 | 79 |
| 2026 | 83 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €4.6M |
| 2025 | €2.4M |
| 2026 | €5.4M |
- Other8
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 186 |
| Environment and waste | 19 |
| Social protection | 18 |
| Hospitals and health services | 16 |
| Railway operators | 16 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 12 |
| Universities, schools and research | 8 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 7 |
| Other | 8 |
- Schleswig-Holstein30DEF0
- Hamburg28DE60
- Düsseldorf23DEA1
- Stuttgart23DE11
- Darmstadt18DE71
- Karlsruhe17DE12
- Freiburg15DE13
- Oberbayern14DE21
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| Schleswig-Holstein | 30 |
| Hamburg | 28 |
| Düsseldorf | 23 |
| Stuttgart | 23 |
| Darmstadt | 18 |
| Karlsruhe | 17 |
| Freiburg | 15 |
| Oberbayern | 14 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 62 · 21.4% |
| Medium-sized | 149 · 51.4% |
| Small | 63 · 21.7% |
| Micro | 7 · 2.4% |
| Size not stated | 9 · 3.1% |
- Switzerland1
- Denmark1
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| Switzerland | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
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| 2023 | €3.2B |
| 2024 | €3.3B |
| 2025 | €3.4B |
- Lübeck29
- Hamburg28
- München14
- Berlin13
- Heilbronn13
- Freiburg im Breisgau11
- Frankfurt Main11
- Koblenz9
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| Lübeck | 29 |
| Hamburg | 28 |
| München | 14 |
| Berlin | 13 |
| Heilbronn | 13 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 11 |
| Frankfurt Main | 11 |
| Koblenz | 9 |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 3402, 3404, 3405 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Germany
99.3%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
30.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
12.8%
Among 290 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
- CleanAgent Mehlfeld+Göring GmbH59 public contracts in total
- igefa SE & Co. KG21 public contracts in total
- Kammerer GmbH & Co. KG12 public contracts in total
- Arndt GmbH & Co. KG13 public contracts in total
- Hegro Eichler GmbH11 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Germany
- HeimtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- imm cologneTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
- didactaTrade fair · Hanover, Germany
- INTERNORGATrade fair · Hamburg, Germany
- interzumTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
- M.O.W.Trade fair · Bad Salzuflen, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for cleaning and polishing products in Germany?
- 90 companies won 133 contract award notices for these categories from 116 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are CleanAgent Mehlfeld+Göring GmbH, igefa SE & Co. KG, Kammerer GmbH & Co. KG, Arndt GmbH & Co. KG, Hegro Eichler GmbH.
- How big is the cleaning and polishing products market in Germany?
- In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 79 supply contracts for cleaning and polishing products through award notices on TED; the 16 of them that state a value (20.3%) add up to €2.39 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Germany imported €3.44 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to cleaning and polishing products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3402, 3404 and 3405; all buyers, not only public ones), up 8.7% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of cleaning and polishing products meet buyers and distributors in Germany?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Heimtextil, imm cologne, didacta, INTERNORGA, interzum, M.O.W. — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for cleaning and polishing products in Germany?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Germany 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.