Pharmaceutical products market in Latvia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Latvia awarded 632 supply contracts for pharmaceutical products through award notices on TED; the 438 of them that state a value (69.3%) add up to €28.3 million. Latvia imported €1.08 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to pharmaceutical products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3004, 3002, 3822 and 3003; all buyers, not only public ones), up 6.5% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 121 companies have won 1,738 public supply contracts for pharmaceutical products in Latvia, in 246 award notices from 35 public buyers.
- 99.3% of these awards went to companies registered in Latvia; the most frequent foreign origin is Estonia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 27.2% of all awards.
- 22.2% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Latvia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €6.65 billion in 2025, 15.2% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Latvia came to €1.22 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Pharmaceutical products market in Latvia", https://cresques.com/markets/lv/336-pharmaceutical-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
What industry and official reports say
- EFPIA puts the European pharmaceutical market at €302 billion at ex-factory prices in 2024, with €330 billion estimated for 2025. EFPIA, The Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures – Key Data 2026
- Medicines for Europe reports that generic medicines account for 70% of treatment volume in Europe (2023). Medicines for Europe, Press release: Generic medicines: 70% of dispensed medicines and critical to healthcare
- Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)
Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.
- Winning companies
- 121
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 246
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 35
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.1B
- all buyers, Eurostat
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Latvia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 1.7K
- in 246 award notices
- Awarded value
- €103.3M
- from 54% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 121
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 35
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 97 |
| 2024 | 638 |
| 2025 | 632 |
| 2026 | 371 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €5.8M |
| 2024 | €51M |
| 2025 | €28.3M |
| 2026 | €18.2M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 1,539 |
| Universities, schools and research | 143 |
| Environment and waste | 47 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 8 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 1 |
- Latvija1,735LV00
- Extra-Regio NUTS 23EEZZ
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| Latvija | 1,735 |
| Extra-Regio NUTS 2 | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 141 · 8.1% |
| Medium-sized | 322 · 18.5% |
| Small | 643 · 37% |
| Micro | 31 · 1.8% |
| SME (size not stated) | 32 · 1.8% |
| Size not stated | 569 · 32.7% |
- Estonia4
- Lithuania4
- United Kingdom2
- Netherlands2
- Finland1
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| Estonia | 4 |
| Lithuania | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Finland | 1 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 48 · 46.2% |
| €2M–10M | 32 · 30.8% |
| €10M–50M | 17 · 16.3% |
| €50M and more | 7 · 6.7% |
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| 2023 | €1B |
| 2024 | €994.7M |
| 2025 | €1.1B |
- Rīga948
- Cēsis212
- Rēzeknē132
- Daugavpils89
- Jūrmala87
- Ogre68
- Jelgava39
- Liepāja38
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| Rīga | 948 |
| Cēsis | 212 |
| Rēzeknē | 132 |
| Daugavpils | 89 |
| Jūrmala | 87 |
| Ogre | 68 |
| Jelgava | 39 |
| Liepāja | 38 |
104 of 112 winning companies registered in Latvia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 3004, 3002, 3822, 3003 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Latvia
99.3%
13 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
27.2%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
22.2%
Among 1.7K 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
- Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Diamedica"122 public contracts in total
- Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Hydrox"103 public contracts in total
- Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Tamro"81 public contracts in total
- AS "Recipe Plus"61 public contracts in total
- Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "MAGNUM MEDICAL"105 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Latvia
- MedbalticaTrade fair · Riga, Latvia
- COMPAMEDTrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- MEDICATrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health)Trade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- BULMEDICATrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- HospitalarTrade fair · São Paulo, Brazil
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for pharmaceutical products in Latvia?
- 121 companies won 246 contract award notices for these categories from 35 public buyers in Latvia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Diamedica", Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Hydrox", Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "Tamro", AS "Recipe Plus", Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildību "MAGNUM MEDICAL".
- How big is the pharmaceutical products market in Latvia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Latvia awarded 632 supply contracts for pharmaceutical products through award notices on TED; the 438 of them that state a value (69.3%) add up to €28.3 million. Latvia imported €1.08 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to pharmaceutical products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3004, 3002, 3822 and 3003; all buyers, not only public ones), up 6.5% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of pharmaceutical products meet buyers and distributors in Latvia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Medbaltica, COMPAMED, MEDICA, World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health), BULMEDICA, Hospitalar — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for pharmaceutical products in Latvia?
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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.