Textile articles market in Croatia: size, suppliers and public contracts

Market size and key facts

In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 40 supply contracts for textile articles through award notices on TED; the 40 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €5.78 million. Croatia imported €210 million of goods in the customs headings matched to textile articles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6302, 6307, 5703, 6306, 5911 and 12 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 17.2% from 2023.

  • Since November 2023, 35 companies have won 244 public supply contracts for textile articles in Croatia, in 42 award notices from 13 public buyers.
  • 99.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Croatia; the most frequent foreign origin is Italy.
  • The five companies that win most often hold 45.5% of all awards.
  • 2.9% 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, "Textile articles market in Croatia", https://cresques.com/markets/hr/395-textile-articles, 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
42
on TED
Public buyers
13
hospitals, schools, agencies
Imports 2025
€210.3M
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
244
in 42 award notices
Awarded value
€530.6M
from 99% of awards with a published value
Winning companies
35
with at least one award
Public buyers
13
hospitals, cities, agencies
Contracts awarded by year
Contracts awarded by year2024: 8820242025: 404020252026: 1961962026
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Contracts awarded by year
20248
202540
2026196
Awarded value by year (EUR)
Awarded value by year (EUR)2024: €1.6M€1.6M20242025: €5.8M€5.8M20252026: €523.3M€523.3M2026
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Awarded value by year (EUR)
2024€1.6M
2025€5.8M
2026€523.3M
Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
  1. Hospitals and health services: 168
  2. Electricity utilities: 38
  3. Police, fire services and prisons: 18
  4. Cities, regions and central administration: 15
  5. Armed forces and defence agencies: 4
  6. Universities, schools and research: 1
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Who buys: contracts by buyer sector
Hospitals and health services168
Electricity utilities38
Police, fire services and prisons18
Cities, regions and central administration15
Armed forces and defence agencies4
Universities, schools and research1
Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
  1. Grad Zagreb219
    HR05
    Grad Zagreb: 219
  2. Jadranska Hrvatska17
    HR03
    Jadranska Hrvatska: 17
  3. Sjeverna Hrvatska8
    HR06
    Sjeverna Hrvatska: 8
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Where the buyers are (NUTS 2 region)
Grad Zagreb219
Jadranska Hrvatska17
Sjeverna Hrvatska8
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice: Large companies 9%, Medium-sized 19.7%, Small 45.1%, Micro 22.5%, Size not stated 3.7%Large companies: 22 (9%)Medium-sized: 48 (19.7%)20%Small: 110 (45.1%)45%Micro: 55 (22.5%)23%Size not stated: 9 (3.7%)
  • Large companies
  • Medium-sized
  • Small
  • Micro
  • Size not stated
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Who wins, by company size as declared in the notice
Large companies22 · 9%
Medium-sized48 · 19.7%
Small110 · 45.1%
Micro55 · 22.5%
Size not stated9 · 3.7%
Foreign winners: where they are registered
  1. Italy1
    Italy: 1
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Foreign winners: where they are registered
Italy1
Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)
Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)2023: €179.4M€179.4M20232024: €192.2M€192.2M20242025: €210.3M€210.3M2025
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Imports of these goods into Croatia, all buyers (EUR)
2023€179.4M
2024€192.2M
2025€210.3M
Where the buyers are (city)
  1. Zagreb218
    Zagreb: 218
  2. Rijeka15
    Rijeka: 15
  3. Varaždinske Toplice5
    Varaždinske Toplice: 5
  4. Samobor2
    Samobor: 2
  5. Split1
    Split: 1
  6. Lobor1
    Lobor: 1
  7. Grad Zagreb1
    Grad Zagreb: 1
  8. Drniš1
    Drniš: 1
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Where the buyers are (city)
Zagreb218
Rijeka15
Varaždinske Toplice5
Samobor2
Split1
Lobor1
Grad Zagreb1
Drniš1

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 6302, 6307, 5703, 6306, 5911, 6303, 5702, 6304, 6301, 5806, 5607, 5705, 5608, 5704, 5609, 5701, 5808 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Croatia

99.6%

Awards to companies registered in Croatia: 99.6%

1 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

45.5%

Share of the 5 biggest winners: 45.5%

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

Lots with a single bid

2.9%

Lots with a single bid: 2.9%

Among 244 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. WELLMAX d.o.o.35 public contracts in total
  2. BRODOMERKUR ENERGETIKA d.o.o.83 public contracts in total
  3. INDUSTROOPREMA d.o.o.27 public contracts in total
  4. PRIMAT - RD d.o.o.25 public contracts in total
  5. MODEL-EDUCA d.o.o.13 public contracts in total

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Who wins public contracts for textile articles in Croatia?
35 companies won 42 contract award notices for these categories from 13 public buyers in Croatia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are WELLMAX d.o.o., BRODOMERKUR ENERGETIKA d.o.o., INDUSTROOPREMA d.o.o., PRIMAT - RD d.o.o., MODEL-EDUCA d.o.o..
How big is the textile articles market in Croatia?
In 2025, public buyers in Croatia awarded 40 supply contracts for textile articles through award notices on TED; the 40 of them that state a value (100%) add up to €5.78 million. Croatia imported €210 million of goods in the customs headings matched to textile articles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6302, 6307, 5703, 6306, 5911 and 12 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 17.2% from 2023.
Where do suppliers of textile articles meet buyers and distributors in Croatia?
At trade fairs and congresses such as ISSA Show North America, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, HIX Europe, Heimtextil, Maison&Objet Paris (January), imm cologne — 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.