Miscellaneous food products market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 17,950 supply contracts for miscellaneous food products through award notices on TED; the 9,680 of them that state a value (53.9%) add up to €1.54 billion. EU countries together imported €129 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to miscellaneous food products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 1905, 1806, 2106, 1804, 1901 and 19 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 28.8% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 4,619 companies have won 56,470 public supply contracts for miscellaneous food products in 30 European countries, in 8,016 award notices from 3,336 public buyers.
- 0.1% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is France.
- The five companies that win most often hold 17% of all awards across Europe.
- 18.5% 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, "Miscellaneous food products market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/158-miscellaneous-food-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 158 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
- 56.5K
- in 8K award notices
- Awarded value
- €5.1B
- from 53% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 4.6K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 3.3K
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 376 |
| 2024 | 14,560 |
| 2025 | 17,950 |
| 2026 | 23,584 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €50.4M |
| 2024 | €967M |
| 2025 | €1.5B |
| 2026 | €2.6B |
- Social protection4,178
- Other380
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| Hospitals and health services | 21,093 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 11,175 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 9,239 |
| Universities, schools and research | 6,040 |
| Social protection | 4,178 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 3,007 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 935 |
| Economic affairs | 423 |
| Other | 380 |
- Romania28,560417 companies
- France8,0041,333 companies
- Slovenia3,464126 companies
- Poland3,416483 companies
- Czechia1,743179 companies
- Slovakia1,414163 companies
- Spain1,344249 companies
- Croatia1,32397 companies
- Hungary937128 companies
- Estonia83187 companies
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| Romania | 28,560 |
| France | 8,004 |
| Slovenia | 3,464 |
| Poland | 3,416 |
| Czechia | 1,743 |
| Slovakia | 1,414 |
| Spain | 1,344 |
| Croatia | 1,323 |
| Hungary | 937 |
| Estonia | 831 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 9,424 · 16.7% |
| Medium-sized | 15,646 · 27.7% |
| Small | 12,397 · 22% |
| Micro | 463 · 0.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 8,454 · 15% |
| Size not stated | 10,086 · 17.9% |
- France21
- Czechia15
- United Kingdom8
- Netherlands8
- Sweden8
- Belgium5
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| France | 21 |
| Czechia | 15 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| Belgium | 5 |
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| 2023 | €100B |
| 2024 | €114B |
| 2025 | €129B |
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 1905, 1806, 2106, 1804, 1901, 2103, 1803, 1704, 1902, 1701, 2101, 1805, 2104, 0904, 0910, 0902, 2102, 2209, 1703, 0909, 0908, 0906, 0907, 0903 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
99.9%
84 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
17%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
18.5%
Among 52K 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.OLYMEL FLAMINGO FOOD S.R.L.Romania · 358 notices
- 2.Sysco France SasFrance · 323 notices
- 3.PARHAN COM S.R.L.Romania · 196 notices
- 4.PLATAFORMA FEMAR SLSpain · 184 notices
- 5.LEGUME FRUCTE COM S.R.L.Romania · 156 notices
- 6.VINDIJA d.o.o. VaraždinCroatia · 153 notices
- 7.Aktsiaselts Kaupmees & KoEstonia · 116 notices
- 8.СТЕЛИТ 1 ЕООДBulgaria · 91 notices
- 9.CARLAND S.R.L.Romania · 82 notices
- 10.Jégtrade Élelmiszeripari és Kereskedelmi Korlátolt Felelősségű TársaságHungary · 82 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
- Romania28,560
- France8,004
- Slovenia3,464
- Poland3,416
- Czechia1,743
- Slovakia1,414
- Spain1,344
- Croatia1,323
- Hungary937
- Estonia831
- Germany769
- Bulgaria691
- Belgium567
- Sweden528
- Lithuania510
- Italy476
- Portugal425
- Greece399
- Austria236
- Denmark160
- Norway143
- Netherlands139
- Cyprus90
- Ireland79
- Finland78
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 miscellaneous food products market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 17,950 supply contracts for miscellaneous food products through award notices on TED; the 9,680 of them that state a value (53.9%) add up to €1.54 billion. EU countries together imported €129 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to miscellaneous food products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 1905, 1806, 2106, 1804, 1901 and 19 more headings; sum of national imports, trade between EU countries included; all buyers, not only public ones), up 28.8% from 2023.
- How many public contracts for miscellaneous food products are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 56,470 supply contracts for miscellaneous food products in 8,016 TED award notices; the 29,665 awards with a published value add up to €5.1B.
- Which countries buy the most miscellaneous food products through public tenders?
- Romania (28,560 awards), France (8,004 awards), Slovenia (3,464 awards) lead; 4,619 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win miscellaneous food products contracts?
- 0.1% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is France.
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.