Fuels market in Croatia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 1,624 supply contracts for fuels through award notices on TED; the 1,622 of them that state a value (99.9%) add up to €258 million. Croatia imported €3.11 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to fuels in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2710, 2711, 2701, 2704, 2703 and 3 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 30.6% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 35 companies have won 4,447 public supply contracts for fuels in Croatia, in 655 award notices from 115 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Croatia; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
- The five companies that win most often hold 92.5% of all awards.
- 30.6% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Croatia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €15 billion in 2025, 15.9% 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 Croatia", https://cresques.com/markets/hr/091-fuels, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 35
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 655
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 115
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €3.1B
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Croatia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 4.4K
- in 655 award notices
- Awarded value
- €736.7M
- from 97% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 35
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 115
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 967 |
| 2025 | 1,624 |
| 2026 | 1,856 |
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| 2024 | €174.8M |
| 2025 | €257.9M |
| 2026 | €304M |
- Economic affairs3,121
- Other29
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| Economic affairs | 3,121 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 780 |
| Environment and waste | 208 |
| Housing and community amenities | 99 |
| Railway operators | 98 |
| Urban transport operators | 55 |
| Hospitals and health services | 47 |
| Water utilities | 10 |
| Other | 29 |
- Grad Zagreb3,270HR05
- Sjeverna Hrvatska469HR06
- Jadranska Hrvatska385HR03
- Panonska Hrvatska323HR02
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| Grad Zagreb | 3,270 |
| Sjeverna Hrvatska | 469 |
| Jadranska Hrvatska | 385 |
| Panonska Hrvatska | 323 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 4,060 · 91.3% |
| Medium-sized | 235 · 5.3% |
| Small | 33 · 0.7% |
| Micro | 1 · 0% |
| SME (size not stated) | 1 · 0% |
| Size not stated | 117 · 2.6% |
- Italy1
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| Italy | 1 |
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| 2023 | €4.5B |
| 2024 | €3.7B |
| 2025 | €3.1B |
- Grad Zagreb3,200
- Koprivnica254
- Zagreb188
- Split134
- Osijek126
- Rijeka78
- Karlovac68
- Krapina46
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| Grad Zagreb | 3,200 |
| Koprivnica | 254 |
| Zagreb | 188 |
| Split | 134 |
| Osijek | 126 |
| Rijeka | 78 |
| Karlovac | 68 |
| Krapina | 46 |
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 Croatia
100%
1 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
92.5%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
30.6%
Among 4.4K 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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Among the companies that win most often
- INA - Industrija nafte d.d., Zagreb351 public contracts in total
- PETROL d.o.o.193 public contracts in total
- MEĐIMURJE-PLIN d.o.o.150 public contracts in total
- MET Croatia Energy Trade d.o.o.50 public contracts in total
- GRADSKA PLINARA ZAGREB-OPSKRBA d.o.o.45 public contracts in total
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for fuels in Croatia?
- 35 companies won 655 contract award notices for these categories from 115 public buyers in Croatia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are INA - Industrija nafte d.d., Zagreb, PETROL d.o.o., MEĐIMURJE-PLIN d.o.o., MET Croatia Energy Trade d.o.o., GRADSKA PLINARA ZAGREB-OPSKRBA d.o.o..
- How big is the fuels market in Croatia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 1,624 supply contracts for fuels through award notices on TED; the 1,622 of them that state a value (99.9%) add up to €258 million. Croatia imported €3.11 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to fuels in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2710, 2711, 2701, 2704, 2703 and 3 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 30.6% from 2023.
- How do I find a distributor for fuels in Croatia?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Croatia and this category. It shows the companies that win public contracts there, how often, for how many buyers and for how much: the first 5 on the Free plan, every company on a paid plan. Where the data exists, the map also shows wholesalers from the business register, import figures and the industry's trade fairs.
Sources: contract award notices on TED — Tenders Electronic Daily (ted.europa.eu), © European Union, published since November 2023, processed by Cresques (one award per procedure and lot); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.