Outerwear market in Croatia: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 62 supply contracts for outerwear through award notices on TED; the 62 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €402 million. Croatia imported €949 million of goods in the customs headings matched to outerwear in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6204, 6110, 6203, 6104, 6202 and 4 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 24.4% from 2023.

  • Since November 2023, 27 companies have won 128 public supply contracts for outerwear in Croatia, in 34 award notices from 9 public buyers.
  • 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Croatia.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 38.3% of all awards.
  • 85.2% 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, "Outerwear market in Croatia", https://cresques.com/markets/hr/182-outerwear, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Winning companies
27
since November 2023
Award notices
34
on TED
Public buyers
9
hospitals, schools, agencies
Imports 2025
€948.8M
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
128
in 34 award notices
Awarded value
€557.4M
from 93% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
27
with at least one award
Public buyers
9
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by year2024: 121220242025: 626220252026: 54542026
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Contracts awarded by year
202412
202562
202654
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)2024: €635.1K€635.1K20242025: €401.6M€401.6M20252026: €155.1M€155.1M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
2024€635.1K
2025€401.6M
2026€155.1M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Police, fire services and prisons: 93
  2. Economic affairs: 24
  3. Cities, regions and central administration: 7
  4. Armed forces and defence agencies: 2
  5. Postal services: 1
  6. Airports: 1
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Police, fire services and prisons93
Economic affairs24
Cities, regions and central administration7
Armed forces and defence agencies2
Postal services1
Airports1
Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
  1. Grad Zagreb101
    HR05
    Grad Zagreb: 101
  2. Extra-Regio NUTS 224
    HRZZ
    Extra-Regio NUTS 2: 24
  3. Jadranska Hrvatska3
    HR03
    Jadranska Hrvatska: 3
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Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
Grad Zagreb101
Extra-Regio NUTS 224
Jadranska Hrvatska3
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 11.7%, Medium-sized 29.7%, Small 46.9%, Micro 3.9%, SME (size not stated) 3.1%, Size not stated 4.7%Large companies: 15 (11.7%)12%Medium-sized: 38 (29.7%)30%Small: 60 (46.9%)47%Micro: 5 (3.9%)SME (size not stated): 4 (3.1%)Size not stated: 6 (4.7%)
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Small
  • Micro
  • SME (size not stated)
  • Size not stated
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies15 · 11.7%
Medium-sized38 · 29.7%
Small60 · 46.9%
Micro5 · 3.9%
SME (size not stated)4 · 3.1%
Size not stated6 · 4.7%
Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)
Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)2023: €762.9M€762.9M20232024: €877.7M€877.7M20242025: €948.8M€948.8M2025
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Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)
2023€762.9M
2024€877.7M
2025€948.8M
Where the buyers are (city)
  1. Zagreb99
    Zagreb: 99
  2. Grad Zagreb25
    Grad Zagreb: 25
  3. Rijeka2
    Rijeka: 2
  4. Čilipi1
    Čilipi: 1
  5. Velika Gorica1
    Velika Gorica: 1
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Where the buyers are (city)
Zagreb99
Grad Zagreb25
Rijeka2
Čilipi1
Velika Gorica1

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 6204, 6110, 6203, 6104, 6202, 6201, 6103, 6102, 6101 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Croatia

100%

Awards to companies registered in Croatia: 100%

0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

38.3%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 38.3%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

85.2%

Lots with a single bid: 85.2%

Among 128 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

  1. ČATEKS d.d.17 public contracts in total
  2. BOROVO d.d.16 public contracts in total
  3. GALEB d.d.24 public contracts in total
  4. HEMCO d.o.o.33 public contracts in total
  5. KAP-KO d.o.o.21 public contracts in total

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Who wins public contracts for outerwear in Croatia?
27 companies won 34 contract award notices for these categories from 9 public buyers in Croatia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are ČATEKS d.d., BOROVO d.d., GALEB d.d., HEMCO d.o.o., KAP-KO d.o.o..
How big is the outerwear market in Croatia?
In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 62 supply contracts for outerwear through award notices on TED; the 62 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €402 million. Croatia imported €949 million of goods in the customs headings matched to outerwear in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6204, 6110, 6203, 6104, 6202 and 4 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 24.4% from 2023.
Where do suppliers of outerwear meet buyers and distributors in Croatia?
At trade fairs and congresses such as Techtextil, Texcare International — each checked on the organiser's official website.
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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.