Canteen and catering services market in Germany: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 57 supply contracts for canteen and catering services through award notices on TED; the 14 of them that state a value (24.6%) add up to €5.9 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 60 companies have won 135 public supply contracts for canteen and catering services in Germany, in 71 award notices from 63 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Germany.
- The five companies that win most often hold 29.6% of all awards.
- 25.2% 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, "Canteen and catering services market in Germany", https://cresques.com/markets/de/555-canteen-and-catering-services, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 60
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 71
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 63
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
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
- 135
- in 71 award notices
- Awarded value
- €14.4M
- from 27% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 60
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 63
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 57 |
| 2026 | 52 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €953.6K |
| 2025 | €5.9M |
| 2026 | €7.6M |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 123 |
| Economic affairs | 7 |
| Hospitals and health services | 2 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1 |
| Housing and community amenities | 1 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 1 |
- Stuttgart17DE11
- Köln16DEA2
- Karlsruhe11DE12
- Tübingen10DE14
- Rheinhessen-Pfalz9DEB3
- Düsseldorf9DEA1
- Kassel8DE73
- Brandenburg8DE40
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| Stuttgart | 17 |
| Köln | 16 |
| Karlsruhe | 11 |
| Tübingen | 10 |
| Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 9 |
| Düsseldorf | 9 |
| Kassel | 8 |
| Brandenburg | 8 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
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| Large companies | 18 · 13.3% |
| Medium-sized | 79 · 58.5% |
| Small | 37 · 27.4% |
| Micro | 1 · 0.7% |
- Tübingen9
- Bonn8
- Hürth8
- Landau in der Pfalz8
- Homberg7
- Mettmann6
- Osnabrück5
- Bielefeld4
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| Tübingen | 9 |
| Bonn | 8 |
| Hürth | 8 |
| Landau in der Pfalz | 8 |
| Homberg | 7 |
| Mettmann | 6 |
| Osnabrück | 5 |
| Bielefeld | 4 |
Awards to companies registered in Germany
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
29.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
25.2%
Among 135 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
- apetito AG35 public contracts in total
- S-Bar Catering GmbH & Co. KG12 public contracts in total
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for canteen and catering services in Germany?
- 60 companies won 71 contract award notices for these categories from 63 public buyers in Germany since November 2023. The companies that win most often are apetito AG, S-Bar Catering GmbH & Co. KG.
- How big is the canteen and catering services market in Germany?
- In 2025, public buyers in Germany awarded 57 supply contracts for canteen and catering services through award notices on TED; the 14 of them that state a value (24.6%) add up to €5.9 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- How do I find a distributor for canteen and catering services 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); no import figure: Eurostat's customs headings do not isolate this category.