Personal care products market in Slovakia: size, suppliers and public contracts
Market size and key facts
In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 301 supply contracts for personal care products through award notices on TED; the 289 of them that state a value (96%) add up to €6.64 million. Slovakia imported €1.07 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to personal care products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9% from 2023.
- Since November 2023, 70 companies have won 682 public supply contracts for personal care products in Slovakia, in 515 award notices from 30 public buyers.
- 95.5% of these awards went to companies registered in Slovakia; the most frequent foreign origin is Czechia.
- The five companies that win most often hold 55.6% of all awards.
- 30.4% 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.
General government spending on goods, services and investment for health in Slovakia came to €6.4 billion in 2024 (Eurostat, COFOG). How much of it reaches suppliers through tenders depends on how the country organises the sector — for example whether statutory health insurance is classified in government.
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, "Personal care products market in Slovakia", https://cresques.com/markets/sk/337-personal-care-products, from TED contract award notices (© European Union) and Eurostat Comext, updated 13 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
What industry and official reports say
- MedTech Europe estimates the European medical technology market at about €173 billion in 2025, at manufacturer prices, for the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- The European Commission states that public procurement accounts for 50% to 70% of the EU market for medical devices (Regulation (EU) 2025/1197, citing industry data). European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- According to the same regulation, procedures worth €5 million or more were about 4% of EU medical device procurement procedures on TED in 2017–2022 but about 59% of their value. European Commission (Official Journal of the EU), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1197 imposing an IPI measure on medical devices originating in the PRC
- MedTech Europe counts more than 36,000 medical technology companies in Europe in 2025, about 90% of them SMEs. MedTech Europe, The European Medical Technology in Figures (Data Hub)
- Eurostat puts current healthcare expenditure in the EU at €1,720 billion in 2023, 10.0% of GDP; medical goods took 17.8% of it. Eurostat, Healthcare expenditure statistics - overview (Statistics Explained)
Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.
- Winning companies
- 70
- since November 2023
- Award notices
- 515
- on TED
- Public buyers
- 30
- hospitals, schools, agencies
- Imports 2025
- €1.1B
- 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
- 682
- in 515 award notices
- Awarded value
- €12M
- from 94% of awards with a published value
- Winning companies
- 70
- with at least one award
- Public buyers
- 30
- hospitals, cities, agencies
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | 41 |
| 2024 | 85 |
| 2025 | 301 |
| 2026 | 255 |
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| Nov–Dec 2023 | €184.5K |
| 2024 | €2.7M |
| 2025 | €6.6M |
| 2026 | €2.5M |
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| Universities, schools and research | 514 |
| Cities, regions and central administration | 101 |
| Hospitals and health services | 42 |
| Police, fire services and prisons | 8 |
| Urban transport operators | 6 |
| Economic affairs | 6 |
| Armed forces and defence agencies | 5 |
- Východné Slovensko414SK04
- Západné Slovensko124SK02
- Bratislavský kraj111SK01
- Stredné Slovensko33SK03
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| Východné Slovensko | 414 |
| Západné Slovensko | 124 |
| Bratislavský kraj | 111 |
| Stredné Slovensko | 33 |
- Large companies
- Medium-sized
- Small
- Micro
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| Large companies | 8 · 1.2% |
| Medium-sized | 183 · 26.8% |
| Small | 390 · 57.2% |
| Micro | 101 · 14.8% |
- Czechia26
- Austria5
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| Czechia | 26 |
| Austria | 5 |
- Under €2M turnover
- €2M–10M
- €10M–50M
- €50M and more
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| Under €2M turnover | 27 · 45.8% |
| €2M–10M | 25 · 42.4% |
| €10M–50M | 6 · 10.2% |
| €50M and more | 1 · 1.7% |
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| 2023 | €977.6M |
| 2024 | €1.1B |
| 2025 | €1.1B |
- Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto413
- Nitra105
- Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves51
- Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto37
- Banská Bystrica29
- Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov12
- Nové Zámky7
- Bratislava6
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| Košice - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 413 |
| Nitra | 105 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves | 51 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto | 37 |
| Banská Bystrica | 29 |
| Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov | 12 |
| Nové Zámky | 7 |
| Bratislava | 6 |
59 of 65 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 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307, 9619, 3401, 9004, 3306, 8510, 8212, 4014, 7017 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.
Awards to companies registered in Slovakia
95.5%
31 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.
Share of the 5 biggest winners
55.6%
Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.
Lots with a single bid
30.4%
Among 682 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
- COMPAMEDTrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- MEDICATrade fair · Düsseldorf, Germany
- World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health)Trade fair · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- BULMEDICATrade fair · Sofia, Bulgaria
- HospitalarTrade fair · São Paulo, Brazil
- 31st WONCA Europe ConferenceCongress · Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Questions
- Who wins public contracts for personal care products in Slovakia?
- 70 companies won 515 contract award notices for these categories from 30 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 personal care products market in Slovakia?
- In 2025, public buyers in Slovakia awarded 301 supply contracts for personal care products through award notices on TED; the 289 of them that state a value (96%) add up to €6.64 million. Slovakia imported €1.07 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to personal care products in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 3304, 3303, 3305, 4818, 3307 and 8 more headings; all buyers, not only public ones), up 9% from 2023.
- Where do suppliers of personal care products meet buyers and distributors in Slovakia?
- At trade fairs and congresses such as COMPAMED, MEDICA, World Health Expo Dubai (WHX, formerly Arab Health), BULMEDICA, Hospitalar, 31st WONCA Europe Conference — each checked on the organiser's official website.
- How do I find a distributor for personal care 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); imports: Eurostat, international trade in goods (Comext), © European Union — only the customs headings whose trade is mainly this category, chosen by Cresques.