Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 13,930 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 7,404 of them that state a value (53.2%) add up to €1.04 billion.
- Since November 2023, 2,739 companies have won 47,941 public supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in 30 European countries, in 5,217 award notices from 1,645 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 Belgium.
- The five companies that win most often hold 14.3% of all awards across Europe.
- 13.2% 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, "Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/150-food-beverages-tobacco-and-related-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 150 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
- 47.9K
- in 5.2K award notices
- Awarded value
- €2.5B
- from 50% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 2.7K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 1.6K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 461 |
| 2024 | 11,377 |
| 2025 | 13,930 |
| 2026 | 22,173 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €18.7M |
| 2024 | €802.2M |
| 2025 | €1B |
| 2026 | €639.8M |
- Social protection4,316
- Other244
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| Hospitals and health services | 15,686 |
| Universities, schools and research | 9,867 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 6,825 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 6,822 |
| Social protection | 4,316 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2,926 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 739 |
| Economic affairs | 515 |
| Other | 244 |
- Romania20,602264 companies
- Slovenia12,624226 companies
- Slovakia2,758213 companies
- Latvia2,68087 companies
- Czechia1,625135 companies
- France1,032244 companies
- Poland1,024264 companies
- Spain855219 companies
- Croatia84578 companies
- Hungary72990 companies
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| Romania | 20,602 |
| Slovenia | 12,624 |
| Slovakia | 2,758 |
| Latvia | 2,680 |
| Czechia | 1,625 |
| France | 1,032 |
| Poland | 1,024 |
| Spain | 855 |
| Croatia | 845 |
| Hungary | 729 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 6,452 · 13.5% |
| Medium-sized | 12,594 · 26.3% |
| Small | 9,419 · 19.6% |
| Micro | 635 · 1.3% |
| SME (size not stated) | 12,876 · 26.9% |
| Size not stated | 5,965 · 12.4% |
- Belgium103
- Luxembourg62
- France33
- Slovenia27
- Czechia23
- Spain9
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| Belgium | 103 |
| Luxembourg | 62 |
| France | 33 |
| Slovenia | 27 |
| Czechia | 23 |
| Spain | 9 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.7%
152 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
14.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
13.2%
Among 45.9K 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.INMEDIA, spol. s r.o.Slovakia · 533 notices
- 2.GEAPRODUKT trgovsko podjetje na debelo in drobno d.o.o.Slovenia · 413 notices
- 3.KVIBO, družba za razvoj, proizvodnjo in trženje, d.o.o.Slovenia · 390 notices
- 4.LJUBLJANSKE MLEKARNE, mlekarska industrija, d.o.o.Slovenia · 388 notices
- 5.PEKARNA PEČJAK d.o.o.Slovenia · 360 notices
- 6.Poslovni sistem Mercator d.o.o.Slovenia · 315 notices
- 7.PODRAVKA trgovsko podjetje, d.o.o. LjubljanaSlovenia · 307 notices
- 8.MAKRO Cash & Carry ČR s.r.o.Czechia · 298 notices
- 9.PITUS storitve, trgovina, gostinstvo, posredništvo, uvoz-izvoz d.o.o.Slovenia · 295 notices
- 10.MLEKARNA CELEIA, mlekarstvo in sirarstvo, d.o.o.Slovenia · 288 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
- Romania20,602
- Slovenia12,624
- Slovakia2,758
- Latvia2,680
- Czechia1,625
- France1,032
- Poland1,024
- Spain855
- Croatia845
- Hungary729
- Sweden523
- Belgium522
- Greece495
- Bulgaria453
- Germany358
- Finland286
- Luxembourg184
- Norway147
- Austria120
- Netherlands93
- Ireland66
- Denmark37
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 food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 13,930 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 7,404 of them that state a value (53.2%) add up to €1.04 billion.
- How many public contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 47,941 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in 5,217 TED award notices; the 23,978 awards with a published value add up to €2.5B.
- Which countries buy the most food, beverages, tobacco and related products through public tenders?
- Romania (20,602 awards), Slovenia (12,624 awards), Slovakia (2,758 awards) lead; 2,739 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win food, beverages, tobacco and related products contracts?
- 0.3% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Belgium.
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.