Data story · TED award notices · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
35,188 awards in Croatia went to 3,526 suppliers from October 2024 to September 2026. 67% of the 3,526 suppliers won two or more awards. Croatia is above the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 35%, against 18% in the median country (34 countries).
By stated value, the top 1% hold 33%, close to the 35% share by awards. The largest supplier, PHOENIX Farmacija d.o.o., won 1,525 awards (4%).
- Awards
- 35,188
- Contract awards from Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 3,526
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 33%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 35%
- Share of awards won by the 35 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.76
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (EUR)
- EUR 9.46 billion
- From the 49% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 33%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Croatia ranks 2nd of 40 countries for the Gini coefficient and 4th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHOENIX Farmacija d.o.o. | 1,525 | 4% | 36.7 million | under 1% |
| 2 | MEDICAL INTERTRADE d.o.o. | 1,375 | 4% | 31.1 million | under 1% |
| 3 | Medika d.d. | 1,133 | 3% | 30.7 million | under 1% |
| 4 | OKTAL PHARMA d.o.o. | 1,050 | 3% | 15.2 million | under 1% |
| 5 | KING ICT d.o.o. | 455 | 1% | 167 million | 2% |
| 6 | PHOENIX Farmacija d.o.o. | 415 | 1% | 34.3 million | under 1% |
| 7 | HEP-Opskrba d.o.o. | 405 | 1% | 456 million | 5% |
| 8 | CROATIA osiguranje d.d. | 400 | 1% | 56.5 million | under 1% |
| 9 | AGMAR d.o.o. | 351 | under 1% | 15.9 million | under 1% |
| 10 | MEĐIMURJE-PLIN d.o.o. | 344 | under 1% | 15.4 million | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KLINIČKI BOLNIČKI CENTAR ZAGREB | 6,764 | 19% | 175 million | 2% |
| 2 | Središnji državni ured za središnju javnu nabavu | 3,921 | 11% | 370 million | 4% |
| 3 | GRAD ZAGREB | 2,986 | 8% | 1.21 billion | 13% |
| 4 | HEP-Operator distribucijskog sustava d.o.o. | 1,474 | 4% | 241 million | 3% |
| 5 | KLINIČKI BOLNIČKI CENTAR RIJEKA | 663 | 2% | 47.0 million | under 1% |
| 6 | Klinika za infektivne bolesti Dr. Fran Mihaljević | 649 | 2% | 27.5 million | under 1% |
| 7 | KLINIKA ZA ORTOPEDIJU LOVRAN | 647 | 2% | 5.89 million | under 1% |
| 8 | MINISTARSTVO UNUTARNJIH POSLOVA | 641 | 2% | 333 million | 4% |
| 9 | HEP d.d. | 577 | 2% | 403 million | 4% |
| 10 | Klinički bolnički centar Sestre milosrdnice | 487 | 1% | 45.6 million | under 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
6 sectors have 300 or more awards and 50 or more suppliers in the window, and a sector page. Each row links to that page, where the sector has its own numbers, charts and tables.
| CPV sector | Awards | Winning suppliers | Top 1% of suppliers | Won one award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Medical | 12,002 | 390 | 33% | 18% |
| IT & Software | 3,165 | 358 | 24% | 37% |
| Construction & Public Works | 1,484 | 421 | 6% | 41% |
| Facilities Management | 811 | 165 | 11% | 39% |
| Defense & Security | 527 | 91 | 8% | 34% |
| Roads & Bridges | 367 | 131 | 5% | 38% |
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- TED award notices for Croatia. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- October 2024 to September 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Croatia, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- Each award has the CPV code of its notice. Each award counts in one sector only, by the strict CPV rules of the ART-1 audit. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in EUR. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Croatia. 49% of the awards state an amount, EUR 9.46 billion in total.
- TED lists contracts above the EU thresholds. Smaller contracts are not in these numbers.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 9 October 2026. Awards from October 2024 to September 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.