Dyes and pigments market in Estonia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Estonia awarded 24 supply contracts for dyes and pigments through award notices on TED; the 2 of them that state a value (8.3%) add up to €474,750, a floor rather than the full contract value. Estonia imported €17 million of goods in the customs headings matched to dyes and pigments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3206, 3204, 3203, 2817, 2821 and 5 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 36.4% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 25 companies have won 33 public supply contracts for dyes and pigments in Estonia, in 16 award notices from 3 public buyers.
- 87.9% of these awards went to companies registered in Estonia; the most frequent foreign origin is Poland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 39.4% of all awards.
- 0% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Estonia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €6.43 billion in 2025, 15.4% 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, "Dyes and pigments market in Estonia", https://cresques.com/markets/ee/242-dyes-and-pigments, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 25
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 16
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 3
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €17M
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Estonia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 33
- in 16 award notices
- Awarded value
- €539K
- from 12% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 25
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 3
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 24 |
| 2026 | 1 |
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| 2024 | €64.3K |
| 2025 | €474.8K |
| 2026 | €0 |
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| Universities, schools and research | 18 |
| Gas and heat utilities | 14 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 1 |
- Extra-Regio NUTS 233EEZZ
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| Extra-Regio NUTS 2 | 33 |
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Size not stated
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| Medium-sized | 2 · 6.1% |
| Small | 4 · 12.1% |
| Size not stated | 27 · 81.8% |
- Poland2
- Lithuania1
- Latvia1
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| Poland | 2 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
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| Under €2M turnover | 7 · 33.3% |
| €2M–10M | 6 · 28.6% |
| €10M–50M | 8 · 38.1% |
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| 2023 | €12.5M |
| 2024 | €14.8M |
| 2025 | €17M |
- Tartu linn18
- Tallinn15
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| Tartu linn | 18 |
| Tallinn | 15 |
21 of 22 winning companies registered in Estonia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 3206, 3204, 3203, 2817, 2821, 2823, 2816, 3205, 3202, 3201 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Estonia
87.9%
4 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
39.4%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
0%
Among 22 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
- Aktsiaselts Ingle16 public contracts in total
- Premium Kaubandus OÜ28 public contracts in total
- Zakłady Wapiennicze Lhoist S.A.14 public contracts in total
- Quantum Eesti AS71 public contracts in total
- aktsiaselts SEMETRON194 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Estonia
- 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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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for dyes and pigments in Estonia?
- 25 companies won 16 contract award notices for these categories from 3 public buyers in Estonia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Aktsiaselts Ingle, Premium Kaubandus OÜ, Zakłady Wapiennicze Lhoist S.A., Quantum Eesti AS, aktsiaselts SEMETRON.
- How big is the dyes and pigments market in Estonia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Estonia awarded 24 supply contracts for dyes and pigments through award notices on TED; the 2 of them that state a value (8.3%) add up to €474,750, a floor rather than the full contract value. Estonia imported €17 million of goods in the customs headings matched to dyes and pigments in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3206, 3204, 3203, 2817, 2821 and 5 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 36.4% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of dyes and pigments meet buyers and distributors in Estonia?
- 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 dyes and pigments in Estonia?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Estonia 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.