Food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Sweden: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Sweden awarded 155 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 52 of them that state a value (33.5%) add up to €81.3 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Since November 2023, 187 companies have won 523 public supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Sweden, in 247 award notices from 132 public buyers.
- 99.6% of these awards went to companies registered in Sweden; the most frequent foreign origin is Denmark.
- The five companies that win most often hold 28.3% of all awards.
- 17.1% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Sweden — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €106 billion in 2025, 17.6% 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 Sweden", https://cresques.com/markets/se/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
- 187
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 247
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 132
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Sweden: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 523
- in 247 award notices
- Awarded value
- €137.9M
- from 19% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 187
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 132
- hospitals, cities, agencies
Table view
| Nov–Dec 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 186 |
| 2025 | 155 |
| 2026 | 178 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €0 |
| 2024 | €50.5M |
| 2025 | €81.3M |
| 2026 | €6.1M |
- Other2
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 376 |
| Hospitals and health services | 102 |
| Urban transport operators | 22 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 8 |
| Culture, sport and religion | 6 |
| Universities, schools and research | 4 |
| Electricity utilities | 2 |
| Social protection | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
- Östra Mellansverige98SE12
- Småland med öarna98SE21
- Norra Mellansverige90SE31
- Stockholm67SE11
- Sydsverige64SE22
- Västsverige64SE23
- Övre Norrland28SE33
- Mellersta Norrland13SE32
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| Östra Mellansverige | 98 |
| Småland med öarna | 98 |
| Norra Mellansverige | 90 |
| Stockholm | 67 |
| Sydsverige | 64 |
| Västsverige | 64 |
| Övre Norrland | 28 |
| Mellersta Norrland | 13 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
- SME (size not stated)
- Size not stated
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| Large companies | 157 · 30% |
| Medium-sized | 46 · 8.8% |
| Small | 43 · 8.2% |
| Micro | 8 · 1.5% |
| SME (size not stated) | 24 · 4.6% |
| Size not stated | 245 · 46.8% |
- Denmark2
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| Denmark | 2 |
- Karlstad50
- VISBY28
- Stockholm28
- Linköping22
- ÖREBRO20
- Färgelanda18
- Uppsala16
- Kristianstad13
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| Karlstad | 50 |
| VISBY | 28 |
| Stockholm | 28 |
| Linköping | 22 |
| ÖREBRO | 20 |
| Färgelanda | 18 |
| Uppsala | 16 |
| Kristianstad | 13 |
Awards to companies registered in Sweden
99.6%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
28.3%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
17.1%
Among 445 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
- Martin & Servera Restauranghandel AB68 public contracts in total
- Menigo Foodservice AB55 public contracts in total
- Mathem i Sverige AB17 public contracts in total
- Coop Väst AB19 public contracts in total
- Svensk Cater AB14 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Sweden
- 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
- Anuga FoodTecTrade fair · Cologne, Germany
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Which of these 187 companies could distribute your product?
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Sweden?
- 187 companies won 247 contract award notices for these categories from 132 public buyers in Sweden since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Martin & Servera Restauranghandel AB, Menigo Foodservice AB, Mathem i Sverige AB, Coop Väst AB, Svensk Cater AB.
- How big is the food, beverages, tobacco and related products market in Sweden?
- In 2025, public buyers in Sweden awarded 155 supply contracts for food, beverages, tobacco and related products through award notices on TED; the 52 of them that state a value (33.5%) add up to €81.3 million, a floor rather than the full contract value.
- Where do suppliers of food, beverages, tobacco and related products meet buyers and distributors in Sweden?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Fi Europe, EXPOGAST & RAK Porcelain Culinary World Cup, Sirha Lyon, BIOFACH, SIHRE, Anuga FoodTec — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for food, beverages, tobacco and related products in Sweden?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Sweden 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.