Chemical and fertiliser minerals market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 31 supply contracts for chemical and fertiliser minerals through award notices on TED; the 22 of them that state a value (71%) add up to €2.86 million. EU countries together imported €1.55 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to chemical and fertiliser minerals in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2510, 2503, 2511 and 2528; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 54.2% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 72 companies have won 410 public supply contracts for chemical and fertiliser minerals in 30 European countries, in 59 award notices from 29 public buyers.
- 0% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer.
- The five companies that win most often hold 29.3% of all awards across Europe.
- 38.7% 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, "Chemical and fertiliser minerals market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/143-chemical-and-fertiliser-minerals, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 143 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
- 410
- in 59 award notices
- Awarded value
- €9.3M
- from 14% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 72
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 29
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 22 |
| 2025 | 31 |
| 2026 | 357 |
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| 2024 | €4.5M |
| 2025 | €2.9M |
| 2026 | €2M |
- Other2
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 352 |
| Universities, schools and research | 24 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 11 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 9 |
| Economic affairs | 4 |
| Environment and waste | 4 |
| Water utilities | 3 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
- Ireland33034 companies
- Poland233 companies
- France1813 companies
- Romania112 companies
- Spain97 companies
- Bulgaria42 companies
- Cyprus31 companies
- Sweden33 companies
- Hungary21 companies
- Netherlands21 companies
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| Ireland | 330 |
| Poland | 23 |
| France | 18 |
| Romania | 11 |
| Spain | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 4 |
| Cyprus | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 61 · 14.9% |
| Medium-sized | 97 · 23.7% |
| Small | 62 · 15.1% |
| Micro | 20 · 4.9% |
| SME (size not stated) | 155 · 37.8% |
| Size not stated | 15 · 3.7% |
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| 2023 | €1B |
| 2024 | €1.2B |
| 2025 | €1.6B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 2510, 2503, 2511, 2528 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
29.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
38.7%
Among 75 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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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 chemical and fertiliser minerals market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 31 supply contracts for chemical and fertiliser minerals through award notices on TED; the 22 of them that state a value (71%) add up to €2.86 million. EU countries together imported €1.55 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to chemical and fertiliser minerals in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2510, 2503, 2511 and 2528; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 54.2% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for chemical and fertiliser minerals are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 410 supply contracts for chemical and fertiliser minerals in 59 TED award notices; the 57 awards with a published value add up to €9.3M.
- Which countries buy the most chemical and fertiliser minerals through public tenders?
- Ireland (330 awards), Poland (23 awards), France (18 awards) lead; 72 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win chemical and fertiliser minerals contracts?
- 0.0% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer.
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.