Basic inorganic and organic chemicals market in Spain: size, suppliers and public contracts

The market in numbers

Public supply contracts in Spain: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.

Contracts awarded

382

in 153 award notices

Awarded value

€130.9M

from 61% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

167

with at least one award

Public buyers

63

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 2905, 2901, 2902, 2915, 2909, 2917, 2921, 2815, 2914, 2809, 2801, 2807, 2806 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Spain

99.2%

3 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

22.8%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

22.4%

Among 379 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.

Among the companies that win most often

1. Solred, S.A.154 public contracts in total
2. Compañía Española De Petróleos, S.A.61 public contracts in total
3. Brenntag Química S.A.U25 public contracts in total
4. RNM Productos Quimicos LDA Establecimiento Permanente13 public contracts in total
5. Tesis Galicia, S.L.33 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Spain

• ExpoquimiaTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
• in-cosmetics GlobalTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
• EquiplastTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
• Chemspec EuropeTrade fair · Basel, Switzerland
• ACHEMATrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• CPHI FrankfurtTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for basic inorganic and organic chemicals in Spain?

167 companies won 153 contract award notices for these categories from 63 public buyers in Spain since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Solred, S.A., Compañía Española De Petróleos, S.A., Brenntag Química S.A.U, RNM Productos Quimicos LDA Establecimiento Permanente, Tesis Galicia, S.L..

How big is the basic inorganic and organic chemicals market in Spain?

In 2025, public buyers in Spain awarded 184 supply contracts for basic inorganic and organic chemicals through award notices on TED; the 82 of them that state a value (44.6%) add up to €22.4 million, a floor rather than the full contract value. Spain imported €3.57 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to basic inorganic and organic chemicals in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2905, 2901, 2902, 2915, 2909 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 0.5% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of basic inorganic and organic chemicals meet buyers and distributors in Spain?

At trade fairs and congresses such as Expoquimia, in-cosmetics Global, Equiplast, Chemspec Europe, ACHEMA, CPHI Frankfurt — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for basic inorganic and organic chemicals in Spain?

Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Spain 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.