Basic inorganic and organic chemicals market in Slovakia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 105 supply contracts for basic inorganic and organic chemicals through award notices on TED; the 97 of them that state a value (92.4%) add up to €3.38 million. Slovakia imported €226 million of goods in the customs headings matched to basic inorganic and organic chemicals in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2905, 2901, 2902, 2915, 2909 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 8.7% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 27 companies have won 187 public supply contracts for basic inorganic and organic chemicals in Slovakia, in 58 award notices from 12 public buyers.
- 98.9% of these awards went to companies registered in Slovakia; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 69.5% of all awards.
- 49.2% 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, "Basic inorganic and organic chemicals market in Slovakia", https://cresques.com/markets/sk/243-basic-inorganic-and-organic-chemicals, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Winning companies
- 27
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 58
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 12
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €225.5M
- all buyers, Eurostat
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
- 187
- in 58 award notices
- Awarded value
- €3.7M
- from 89% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 27
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 12
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| 2024 | 66 |
| 2025 | 105 |
| 2026 | 16 |
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| 2024 | €246.8K |
| 2025 | €3.4M |
| 2026 | €117.7K |
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| Cities, regions and central administration | 164 |
| Economic affairs | 5 |
| Universities, schools and research | 5 |
| Water utilities | 5 |
| Hospitals and health services | 3 |
| Electricity utilities | 3 |
| Urban transport operators | 2 |
- Bratislavský kraj179SK01
- Západné Slovensko5SK02
- Východné Slovensko3SK04
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| Bratislavský kraj | 179 |
| Západné Slovensko | 5 |
| Východné Slovensko | 3 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
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| Large companies | 1 · 0.5% |
| Medium-sized | 5 · 2.7% |
| Small | 98 · 52.4% |
| Micro | 83 · 44.4% |
- Czechia2
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| Czechia | 2 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 10 · 41.7% |
| €2M–10M | 11 · 45.8% |
| €10M–50M | 1 · 4.2% |
| €50M and more | 2 · 8.3% |
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| 2023 | €247M |
| 2024 | €237.3M |
| 2025 | €225.5M |
- Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves167
- Bratislava6
- Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov4
- Nitra3
- Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto2
- Košice - mestská časť Juh2
- Lužianky2
- Košice1
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| Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves | 167 |
| Bratislava | 6 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov | 4 |
| Nitra | 3 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 2 |
| Košice - mestská časť Juh | 2 |
| Lužianky | 2 |
| Košice | 1 |
24 of 25 winning companies registered in Slovakia have annual accounts in the open business registers; bands follow the EU SME turnover thresholds.
Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 2905, 2901, 2902, 2915, 2909, 2917, 2921, 2815, 2914, 2809, 2801, 2807, 2806 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Slovakia
98.9%
2 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
69.5%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
49.2%
Among 187 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
- Merck Life Science spol. s r. o.47 public contracts in total
- VIAGENE s.r.o.25 public contracts in total
- Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o.144 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 basic inorganic and organic chemicals in Slovakia?
- 27 companies won 58 contract award notices for these categories from 12 public buyers in Slovakia since November 2023. The companies that win most often are BIOTECH s.r.o., Lambda Life a.s., Merck Life Science spol. s r. o., VIAGENE s.r.o., Hermes LabSystems, s.r.o..
- How big is the basic inorganic and organic chemicals market in Slovakia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 105 supply contracts for basic inorganic and organic chemicals through award notices on TED; the 97 of them that state a value (92.4%) add up to €3.38 million. Slovakia imported €226 million of goods in the customs headings matched to basic inorganic and organic chemicals in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 2905, 2901, 2902, 2915, 2909 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), down 8.7% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of basic inorganic and organic chemicals 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 basic inorganic and organic chemicals 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); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.