Fuels market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 8,839 supply contracts for fuels through award notices on TED; the 6,318 of them that state a value (71.5%) add up to €7.77 billion. EU countries together imported €293 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to fuels in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2710, 2711, 2701, 2704, 2703 and 3 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 25.3% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 2,523 companies have won 23,517 public supply contracts for fuels in 30 European countries, in 10,464 award notices from 5,179 public buyers.
- 0.7% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
- The five companies that win most often hold 19.7% of all awards across Europe.
- 32.5% 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, "Fuels market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/091-fuels, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 091 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
- 23.5K
- in 10.5K award notices
- Awarded value
- €23B
- from 73% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 2.5K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 5.2K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 272 |
| 2024 | 6,693 |
| 2025 | 8,839 |
| 2026 | 7,713 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €248.2M |
| 2024 | €6.9B |
| 2025 | €7.8B |
| 2026 | €8.5B |
- Economic affairs3,865
- Other2,376
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 10,992 |
| Economic affairs | 3,865 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 1,458 |
| Environment and waste | 1,259 |
| Hospitals and health services | 1,242 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 824 |
| Railway operators | 818 |
| Universities, schools and research | 681 |
| Other | 2,376 |
- Croatia4,44735 companies
- France2,519382 companies
- Poland2,429203 companies
- Romania1,97854 companies
- Germany1,877384 companies
- Bulgaria1,746235 companies
- Czechia1,61472 companies
- Spain1,528225 companies
- Latvia1,41288 companies
- Greece817249 companies
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| Croatia | 4,447 |
| France | 2,519 |
| Poland | 2,429 |
| Romania | 1,978 |
| Germany | 1,877 |
| Bulgaria | 1,746 |
| Czechia | 1,614 |
| Spain | 1,528 |
| Latvia | 1,412 |
| Greece | 817 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 12,221 · 52% |
| Medium-sized | 2,670 · 11.4% |
| Small | 1,050 · 4.5% |
| Micro | 127 · 0.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 3,091 · 13.1% |
| Size not stated | 4,358 · 18.5% |
- Netherlands45
- Germany36
- United Kingdom30
- Denmark14
- Slovakia8
- Latvia7
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| Netherlands | 45 |
| Germany | 36 |
| United Kingdom | 30 |
| Denmark | 14 |
| Slovakia | 8 |
| Latvia | 7 |
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| 2023 | €392B |
| 2024 | €319B |
| 2025 | €293B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 2710, 2711, 2701, 2704, 2703, 4402, 2702, 2705 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.3%
171 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
19.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
32.5%
Among 22.2K 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.Pražská plynárenská, a.s.Czechia · 454 notices
- 2.INA - Industrija nafte d.d., ZagrebCroatia · 351 notices
- 3.Unimot Energia i Gaz Sp. z o.o.Poland · 320 notices
- 4.PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny Sp. z o.o.Poland · 199 notices
- 5.ПЕТРОЛ АДBulgaria · 198 notices
- 6.PETROL d.o.o.Croatia · 193 notices
- 7.ORLEN Spółka AkcyjnaPoland · 170 notices
- 8.ОВЕРГАЗ МРЕЖИ АДBulgaria · 159 notices
- 9.ČEPRO, a.s.Czechia · 157 notices
- 10.Solred, S.A.Spain · 154 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
- Croatia4,447
- France2,519
- Poland2,429
- Romania1,978
- Germany1,877
- Bulgaria1,746
- Czechia1,614
- Spain1,528
- Latvia1,412
- Greece817
- Austria349
- Slovakia344
- Portugal287
- Lithuania285
- Italy282
- Sweden247
- Estonia232
- Belgium211
- Netherlands165
- Norway112
- Denmark71
- Ireland54
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 fuels market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 8,839 supply contracts for fuels through award notices on TED; the 6,318 of them that state a value (71.5%) add up to €7.77 billion. EU countries together imported €293 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to fuels in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2710, 2711, 2701, 2704, 2703 and 3 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), down 25.3% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for fuels are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 23,517 supply contracts for fuels in 10,464 TED award notices; the 17,235 awards with a published value add up to €23B.
- Which countries buy the most fuels through public tenders?
- Croatia (4,447 awards), France (2,519 awards), Poland (2,429 awards) lead; 2,523 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win fuels contracts?
- 0.7% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Netherlands.
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.