Chemical products market in Europe: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,647 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 1,203 of them that state a value (73%) add up to €159 million.
- Since November 2023, 1,172 companies have won 4,499 public supply contracts for chemical products in 30 European countries, in 1,642 award notices from 500 public buyers.
- 4.1% of these awards went to a company registered in a different country from the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Finland.
- The five companies that win most often hold 11% of all awards across Europe.
- 38.4% 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 products market in Europe", https://cresques.com/markets/europe/240-chemical-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
CPV group 240 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
- 4.5K
- in 1.6K award notices
- Awarded value
- €427M
- from 65% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 1.2K
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 500
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 75 |
| 2024 | 1,288 |
| 2025 | 1,647 |
| 2026 | 1,489 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €2M |
| 2024 | €149.1M |
| 2025 | €159M |
| 2026 | €116.9M |
- Other175
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| Universities, schools and research | 1,928 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 1,123 |
| Hospitals and health services | 547 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 234 |
| Environment and waste | 155 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 148 |
| Water utilities | 117 |
| Electricity utilities | 70 |
| Other | 175 |
- Czechia964114 companies
- Slovakia63245 companies
- Sweden478128 companies
- Poland37391 companies
- Spain324174 companies
- Germany273108 companies
- Finland19823 companies
- Hungary19439 companies
- France163102 companies
- Latvia14642 companies
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| Czechia | 964 |
| Slovakia | 632 |
| Sweden | 478 |
| Poland | 373 |
| Spain | 324 |
| Germany | 273 |
| Finland | 198 |
| Hungary | 194 |
| France | 163 |
| Latvia | 146 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 566 · 12.6% |
| Medium-sized | 483 · 10.7% |
| Small | 875 · 19.4% |
| Micro | 230 · 5.1% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1,425 · 31.7% |
| Size not stated | 920 · 20.4% |
- Finland31
- Germany26
- Slovakia19
- Netherlands17
- Belgium14
- United States11
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| Finland | 31 |
| Germany | 26 |
| Slovakia | 19 |
| Netherlands | 17 |
| Belgium | 14 |
| United States | 11 |
Awards to companies registered in the buyer's own country
95.9%
184 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
11%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
38.4%
Among 4.1K 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.VWR International s.r.o.Czechia · 265 notices
- 2.BioTech a.s.Czechia · 224 notices
- 3.Merck Life Science spol. s r.o.Czechia · 158 notices
- 4.Fisher Scientific, spol. s r.o.Czechia · 142 notices
- 5.East Port Praha, s.r.o.Czechia · 89 notices
- 6.RK Tech Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű TársaságHungary · 67 notices
- 7.BARIA s.r.o.Czechia · 58 notices
- 8.Kemira OyjFinland · 58 notices
- 9.EXBIO Praha, a.s.Czechia · 43 notices
- 10.Lach-Ner, s.r.o.Czechia · 43 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
- Czechia964
- Slovakia632
- Sweden478
- Poland373
- Spain324
- Germany273
- Hungary194
- France163
- Latvia146
- Slovenia117
- Denmark91
- Belgium80
- Bulgaria78
- Norway68
- Austria31
- Cyprus30
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 products market in Europe?
- In 2025, public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 1,647 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 1,203 of them that state a value (73%) add up to €159 million.
- How many public contracts for chemical products are awarded in Europe?
- Since November 2023 public buyers in 30 European countries awarded 4,499 supply contracts for chemical products in 1,642 TED award notices; the 2,925 awards with a published value add up to €427M.
- Which countries buy the most chemical products through public tenders?
- Czechia (964 awards), Slovakia (632 awards), Sweden (478 awards) lead; 1,172 companies won at least one award across Europe.
- How often do foreign suppliers win chemical products contracts?
- 4.1% of the awards went to a company registered in another country than the buyer; the most frequent foreign origin is Finland.
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.