Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Croatia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 366 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 355 of them that state a value (97%) add up to €10.2 million.
- Since November 2023, 78 companies have won 845 public supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Croatia, in 87 award notices from 22 public buyers.
- 96.8% of these awards went to companies registered in Croatia; the most frequent foreign origin is Slovenia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 48.8% of all awards.
- 30.4% 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, "Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Croatia", https://cresques.com/markets/hr/150-food-beverages-tobacco-and-related-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 10 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 78
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 87
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 22
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
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
- 845
- in 87 award notices
- Awarded value
- €25.2M
- from 92% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 78
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 22
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| 2024 | 69 |
| 2025 | 366 |
| 2026 | 410 |
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| 2024 | €1.1M |
| 2025 | €10.2M |
| 2026 | €13.9M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 416 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 308 |
| Social protection | 78 |
| Universities, schools and research | 32 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 11 |
- Jadranska Hrvatska399HR03
- Panonska Hrvatska262HR02
- Grad Zagreb95HR05
- Sjeverna Hrvatska89HR06
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| Jadranska Hrvatska | 399 |
| Panonska Hrvatska | 262 |
| Grad Zagreb | 95 |
| Sjeverna Hrvatska | 89 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 293 · 34.7% |
| Medium-sized | 233 · 27.6% |
| Small | 139 · 16.4% |
| Micro | 95 · 11.2% |
| SME (size not stated) | 49 · 5.8% |
| Size not stated | 36 · 4.3% |
- Slovenia27
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| Slovenia | 27 |
- Rijeka194
- Karlovac106
- Zagreb95
- Pula87
- Varaždinske Toplice86
- Lipik64
- Virovitica60
- Popovača42
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| Rijeka | 194 |
| Karlovac | 106 |
| Zagreb | 95 |
| Pula | 87 |
| Varaždinske Toplice | 86 |
| Lipik | 64 |
| Virovitica | 60 |
| Popovača | 42 |
Awards to companies registered in Croatia
96.8%
27 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
48.8%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
30.4%
Among 845 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
- VINDIJA d.o.o. Varaždin153 public contracts in total
- PERT d.o.o. Ilok, Podružnica Rijeka50 public contracts in total
- LEDO plus d.o.o.74 public contracts in total
- PODRAVKA d.d.82 public contracts in total
- ROTO DINAMIC d.o.o.47 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Croatia
- Fi EuropeTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World CupTrade fair · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Sirha LyonTrade fair · Lyon, France
- BIOFACHTrade fair · Nuremberg, Germany
- SIHRETrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- Anuga FoodTecTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Croatia?
- 78 companies won 87 contract award notices for these categories from 22 public buyers in Croatia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are VINDIJA d.o.o. Varaždin, PERT d.o.o. Ilok, Podružnica Rijeka, LEDO plus d.o.o., PODRAVKA d.d., ROTO DINAMIC d.o.o..
- How big is the food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Croatia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 366 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 355 of them that state a value (97%) add up to €10.2 million.
- Where do suppliers of food, beverages, tobacco and related products meet buyers and distributors in Croatia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Fi Europe, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, Sirha Lyon, BIOFACH, SIHRE, Anuga FoodTec — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for food, beverages, tobacco and related products 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); no import figure: Eurostat's customs headings do not isolate this category.