Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 5,030 supply contracts for cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts through award notices on TED; the 2,875 of them that state a value (57.2%) add up to €368 million. EU countries together imported €63 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 0802, 1005, 1001, 0709, 0805 and 10 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 1.8% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 1,376 companies have won 17,083 public supply contracts for cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts in 30 European countries, in 2,767 award notices from 1,216 public buyers.
- 0.3% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 39.6% of all awards across Europe.
- 10% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in the EU-27 — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €2.93 trillion in 2025, 15.5% 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, "Cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/032-cereals-potatoes-vegetables-fruits-and-nuts, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 032 across the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: how much public buyers award, who wins, where from, and how the market splits by country.
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Europe: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 17.1K
- in 2.8K award notices
- Awarded value
- €754.3M
- from 52% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.4K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 1.2K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 75 |
| 2024 | 4,404 |
| 2025 | 5,030 |
| 2026 | 7,574 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €8.6M |
| 2024 | €130M |
| 2025 | €368.2M |
| 2026 | €247.6M |
- Social protection1,416
- Other87
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| Hospitals and health services | 4,423 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 3,993 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 2,753 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2,415 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1,808 |
| Social protection | 1,416 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 94 |
| Economic affairs | 94 |
| Other | 87 |
- Romania11,641172 companies
- France980278 companies
- Slovakia843129 companies
- Poland707166 companies
- Slovenia56758 companies
- Czechia46669 companies
- Spain410104 companies
- Bulgaria24671 companies
- Hungary20530 companies
- Lithuania17210 companies
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| Romania | 11,641 |
| France | 980 |
| Slovakia | 843 |
| Poland | 707 |
| Slovenia | 567 |
| Czechia | 466 |
| Spain | 410 |
| Bulgaria | 246 |
| Hungary | 205 |
| Lithuania | 172 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 1,038 · 6.1% |
| Medium-sized | 4,788 · 28% |
| Small | 6,056 · 35.5% |
| Micro | 314 · 1.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1,859 · 10.9% |
| Size not stated | 3,028 · 17.7% |
- Czechia22
- Hungary9
- France6
- Netherlands3
- Spain2
- Slovakia1
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| Czechia | 22 |
| Hungary | 9 |
| France | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
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| 2023 | €64B |
| 2024 | €61B |
| 2025 | €63B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 0802, 1005, 1001, 0709, 0805, 0702, 0701, 0808, 0703, 1003, 0704, 0706, 1004, 1002, 1007 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.7%
43 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
39.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
10%
Among 15.4K 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.
Companies winning most often across Europe
- 1.COMPANY 94 PIRNAU SRLRomania · 49 notices
- 2.SUPER EXTRA PAN S.R.L.Romania · 34 notices
- 3.С ПЛЮС Н ООДBulgaria · 32 notices
- 4.ROBS Sp. z o.o.Poland · 30 notices
- 5.Klas veľkoobchod s.r.o.Slovakia · 23 notices
- 6.MIRMAN COMPANY SRLRomania · 22 notices
- 7.VIFRUSA,SLSpain · 22 notices
- 8.ДАНИКО ТРЕЙД ЕООДBulgaria · 22 notices
- 9.AGRITWINS S.R.L.Romania · 20 notices
- 10.FRUTAS Y VERDURAS MASSANASSA SLSpain · 18 notices
Companies with a public page whose main category is this group, by award notices; a market map in Cresques covers one country and, on paid plans, lists every winner there.
Country pages
- Romania11,641
- France980
- Slovakia843
- Poland707
- Slovenia567
- Czechia466
- Spain410
- Bulgaria246
- Hungary205
- Croatia146
- Sweden140
- Germany114
- Greece82
- Cyprus77
Countries with fewer than 25 winning companies in this group have no separate page; their awards are counted above.
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Questions
- How big is the cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 5,030 supply contracts for cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts through award notices on TED; the 2,875 of them that state a value (57.2%) add up to €368 million. EU countries together imported €63 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 0802, 1005, 1001, 0709, 0805 and 10 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 1.8% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 17,083 supply contracts for cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts in 2,767 TED award notices; the 8,840 awards with a published value add up to €754.3M.
- Which countries buy the most cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts through public tenders?
- Romania (11,641 awards), France (980 awards), Slovakia (843 awards) lead; 1,376 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win cereals, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts contracts?
- 0.3% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
Source: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023; processed by Cresques. Numbers updated 2026-11-13.