Footwear market in Romania: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 164 supply contracts for footwear through award notices on TED; the 82 of them that state a value (50%) add up to €11.7 million. Romania imported €1.28 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to footwear in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6403, 6404, 6402, 6406, 6405 and 6401; all buyers, not only public ones), up 1.8% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 32 companies have won 419 public supply contracts for footwear in Romania, in 48 award notices from 31 public buyers.
- 100% of these awards went to companies registered in Romania.
- The five companies that win most often hold 80.7% of all awards.
- 38% 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, "Footwear market in Romania", https://cresques.com/markets/ro/188-footwear, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 32
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 48
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 31
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.3B
- all buyers, Eurostat
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
- 419
- in 48 award notices
- Awarded value
- €16.3M
- from 45% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 32
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 31
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 122 |
| 2025 | 164 |
| 2026 | 133 |
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| 2024 | €1.4M |
| 2025 | €11.7M |
| 2026 | €3.2M |
- Other30
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| Armed forces and defence agencies | 132 |
| Hospitals and health services | 124 |
| Universities, schools and research | 57 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 31 |
| Environment and waste | 15 |
| Railway operators | 12 |
| Social protection | 9 |
| Airports | 9 |
| Other | 30 |
- Bucureşti-Ilfov181RO32
- Sud-Est112RO22
- Sud-Muntenia53RO31
- Nord-Est43RO21
- Nord-Vest16RO11
- Centru9RO12
- Vest5RO42
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| Bucureşti-Ilfov | 181 |
| Sud-Est | 112 |
| Sud-Muntenia | 53 |
| Nord-Est | 43 |
| Nord-Vest | 16 |
| Centru | 9 |
| Vest | 5 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 6 · 1.4% |
| Medium-sized | 235 · 56.1% |
| Small | 59 · 14.1% |
| Size not stated | 119 · 28.4% |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
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| Under €2M turnover | 19 · 63.3% |
| €2M–10M | 9 · 30% |
| €10M–50M | 2 · 6.7% |
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| 2023 | €1.3B |
| 2024 | €1.3B |
| 2025 | €1.3B |
- Bucuresti161
- Galati110
- Boldesti-Scaeni47
- Roman16
- Cluj-Napoca16
- Piatra-Neamt15
- Jilava11
- Iasi9
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| Bucuresti | 161 |
| Galati | 110 |
| Boldesti-Scaeni | 47 |
| Roman | 16 |
| Cluj-Napoca | 16 |
| Piatra-Neamt | 15 |
| Jilava | 11 |
| Iasi | 9 |
30 of 32 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 6403, 6404, 6402, 6406, 6405, 6401 (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
80.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
38%
Among 321 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
- LENOX PROD S.R.L.42 public contracts in total
- S.C. NERAMO DISTRIBUTION S.R.L.34 public contracts in total
- N.G.M. COMPANY S.R.L.22 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Romania
- TechtextilTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Texcare InternationalTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for footwear in Romania?
- 32 companies won 48 contract award notices for these categories from 31 public buyers in Romania since November 2023. The companies that win most often are LENOX PROD S.R.L., S.C. NERAMO DISTRIBUTION S.R.L., N.G.M. COMPANY S.R.L..
- How big is the footwear market in Romania?
- In 2025, public buyers in Romania awarded 164 supply contracts for footwear through award notices on TED; the 82 of them that state a value (50%) add up to €11.7 million. Romania imported €1.28 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to footwear in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 6403, 6404, 6402, 6406, 6405 and 6401; all buyers, not only public ones), up 1.8% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of footwear meet buyers and distributors in Romania?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Techtextil, Texcare International — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for footwear 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); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.