Chemical products market in Slovakia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 312 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 307 of them that state a value (98.4%) add up to €1.78 million.
- Since November 2023, 45 companies have won 632 public supply contracts for chemical products in Slovakia, in 460 award notices from 7 public buyers.
- 99.7% of these awards went to companies registered in Slovakia; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 68.7% of all awards.
- 38.3% of the awards whose notice states the number of tenders received a single bid.
In proportion
All public purchasing in Slovakia — general government spending on goods, services and investment, the measure the OECD and the European Commission use for public procurement — came to €19.3 billion in 2025, 13.9% 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, "Chemical products market in Slovakia", https://cresques.com/markets/sk/240-chemical-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 45
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 460
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 7
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports
- —
- no customs heading isolates this category
The market in numbers
Public supply contracts in Slovakia: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.
- Contracts awarded
- 632
- in 460 award notices
- Awarded value
- €6.5M
- from 98% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 45
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 7
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 71 |
| 2025 | 312 |
| 2026 | 225 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €118.1K |
| 2024 | €3.4M |
| 2025 | €1.8M |
| 2026 | €1.2M |
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| Universities, schools and research | 605 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 26 |
| Economic affairs | 1 |
- Východné Slovensko407SK04
- Západné Slovensko126SK02
- Bratislavský kraj98SK01
- Stredné Slovensko1SK03
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| Východné Slovensko | 407 |
| Západné Slovensko | 126 |
| Bratislavský kraj | 98 |
| Stredné Slovensko | 1 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
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| Large companies | 22 · 3.5% |
| Medium-sized | 143 · 22.6% |
| Small | 360 · 57% |
| Micro | 107 · 16.9% |
- Czechia2
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| Czechia | 2 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 19 · 48.7% |
| €2M–10M | 15 · 38.5% |
| €10M–50M | 3 · 7.7% |
| €50M and more | 2 · 5.1% |
- Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto407
- Nitra125
- Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto73
- Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov22
- Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves3
- Pliešovce1
- Trenčín1
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| Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 407 |
| Nitra | 125 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 73 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov | 22 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves | 3 |
| Pliešovce | 1 |
| Trenčín | 1 |
39 of 43 winning companies registered in Slovakia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Awards to companies registered in Slovakia
99.7%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
68.7%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
38.3%
Among 632 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
- BIOTECH s.r.o.202 public contracts in total
- Lambda Life a.s.106 public contracts in total
- Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o.144 public contracts in total
- Merck Life Science spol. s r. o.47 public contracts in total
- CENTRALCHEM, s.r.o.22 public contracts in total
Where this industry meets in Slovakia
- Chemspec EuropeTrade fair · Basel, Switzerland
- ACHEMATrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- CPHI FrankfurtTrade fair · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- JEC WorldTrade fair · Paris, France
- in-cosmetics GlobalTrade fair · Barcelona, Spain
- CHINAPLASTrade fair · Shenzhen, China
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for chemical products in Slovakia?
- 45 companies won 460 contract award notices for these categories from 7 public buyers in Slovakia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are BIOTECH s.r.o., Lambda Life a.s., Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o., Merck Life Science spol. s r. o., CENTRALCHEM, s.r.o..
- How big is the chemical products market in Slovakia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 312 supply contracts for chemical products through award notices on TED; the 307 of them that state a value (98.4%) add up to €1.78 million.
- Where do suppliers of chemical products meet buyers and distributors in Slovakia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as Chemspec Europe, ACHEMA, CPHI Frankfurt, JEC World, in-cosmetics Global, CHINAPLAS — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for chemical products in Slovakia?
- Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Slovakia 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.