Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Romania: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 4,302 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 2,173 of them that state a value (50.5%) add up to €4.87 million.
- Since November 2023, 264 companies have won 20,602 public supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Romania, in 323 award notices from 112 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Romania.
- The five companies that win most often hold 32.5% of all awards.
- 6% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Romania — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €47.7 billion in 2025, 12.5% 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 Romania", https://cresques.com/markets/ro/150-food-beverages-tobacco-and-related-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 264
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 323
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 112
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Romania: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 20.6K
- in 323 award notices
- Awarded value
- €89.2M
- from 48% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 264
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 112
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 78 |
| 2024 | 3,799 |
| 2025 | 4,302 |
| 2026 | 12,423 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €7.3M |
| 2025 | €4.9M |
| 2026 | €77M |
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| Hospitals and health services | 11,021 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 5,323 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 2,225 |
| Universities, schools and research | 1,339 |
| Social protection | 541 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 153 |
- Nord-Vest4,030RO11
- Nord-Est3,725RO21
- Bucureşti-Ilfov3,478RO32
- Centru3,451RO12
- Sud-Est2,112RO22
- Vest1,709RO42
- Sud-Muntenia1,073RO31
- Sud-Vest Oltenia1,024RO41
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| Nord-Vest | 4,030 |
| Nord-Est | 3,725 |
| Bucureşti-Ilfov | 3,478 |
| Centru | 3,451 |
| Sud-Est | 2,112 |
| Vest | 1,709 |
| Sud-Muntenia | 1,073 |
| Sud-Vest Oltenia | 1,024 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 1,134 · 5.5% |
| Medium-sized | 10,143 · 49.2% |
| Small | 6,541 · 31.7% |
| SME (size not stated) | 15 · 0.1% |
| Size not stated | 2,769 · 13.4% |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 110 · 42.3% |
| €2M–10M | 79 · 30.4% |
| €10M–50M | 52 · 20% |
| €50M and more | 19 · 7.3% |
- Cluj-Napoca3,053
- Bucuresti2,827
- Falticeni1,918
- Sibiu1,365
- Caracal870
- Iasi862
- Jebel818
- Tulcea764
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| Cluj-Napoca | 3,053 |
| Bucuresti | 2,827 |
| Falticeni | 1,918 |
| Sibiu | 1,365 |
| Caracal | 870 |
| Iasi | 862 |
| Jebel | 818 |
| Tulcea | 764 |
260 of 264 winning companies registered in Romania have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Romania
100%
0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
32.5%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
6%
Among 19.3K 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
- OLYMEL FLAMINGO FOOD S.R.L.358 public contracts in total
- PARHAN COM S.R.L.196 public contracts in total
- SELGROS CASH&CARRY SRL98 public contracts in total
- LEGUME FRUCTE COM S.R.L.156 public contracts in total
- MATRA S.R.L.176 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Romania
- FoodService & Hospitality ExpoTrade fair · Bucharest, Romania
- 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
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Which of these 264 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Romania?
- 264 companies won 323 contract award notices for these categories from 112 public buyers in Romania since November 2023. The companies that win most often are OLYMEL FLAMINGO FOOD S.R.L., PARHAN COM S.R.L., SELGROS CASH&CARRY SRL, LEGUME FRUCTE COM S.R.L., MATRA S.R.L..
- How big is the food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Romania?
- In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 4,302 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 2,173 of them that state a value (50.5%) add up to €4.87 million.
- Where do suppliers of food, beverages, tobacco and related products meet buyers and distributors in Romania?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as FoodService & Hospitality Expo, Fi Europe, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, Sirha Lyon, BIOFACH, SIHRE — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Romania?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Romania 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.