Prepared and preserved fish market in Romania: size, suppliers and public contracts

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

910

in 156 award notices

Awarded value

€3.6M

from 50% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

73

with at least one award

Public buyers

83

hospitals, cities, agencies

73 of 73 winning companies registered in Romania have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 0304, 1604, 0306, 0307, 0303, 0305, 1605, 0308 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Romania

100%

0 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

33.1%

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

Lots with a single bid

22.8%

Among 812 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.

Among the companies that win most often

1. OLYMEL FLAMINGO FOOD S.R.L.358 public contracts in total
2. COPANEX S.R.L.85 public contracts in total
3. LEGUME FRUCTE COM S.R.L.156 public contracts in total
4. PROVIGO TRADE S.R.L.64 public contracts in total
5. COMIGA PROD IMPEX S.R.L.64 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

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for prepared and preserved fish in Romania?

73 companies won 156 contract award notices for these categories from 83 public buyers in Romania since November 2023. The companies that win most often are OLYMEL FLAMINGO FOOD S.R.L., COPANEX S.R.L., LEGUME FRUCTE COM S.R.L., PROVIGO TRADE S.R.L., COMIGA PROD IMPEX S.R.L..

How big is the prepared and preserved fish market in Romania?

In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 321 supply contracts for prepared and preserved fish through award notices on TED; the 193 of them that state a value (60.1%) add up to €1.57 million. Romania imported €413 million of goods in the customs headings matched to prepared and preserved fish in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 0304, 1604, 0306, 0307, 0303 and 3 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 16.8% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of prepared and preserved fish 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 prepared and preserved fish 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.