Which European country has the least competition for recreational, cultural and sporting services?

Bulgaria, where 97.4% of the 76 lots awarded under CPV 92 drew exactly one tender, January to July 2026. At the other end, Spain at 26.5% of 102 lots. Across the 8 countries measured in this division the share is 50.1%, against 36.0% for all EU procurement above the thresholds. Counted on eForms BT-759, the submission count every contract award notice must carry, with the lot as the unit.

Where are recreational, cultural and sporting services tenders published in Europe?

Above the EU thresholds, in the Official Journal, which is where these figures are counted. Below them, in each country's own portals, and there is no single place: Bulgaria 10, Poland 5, Czechia 13, France 27, Germany 30 sources mapped respectively by this site's registry. Each country's page lists its national channels and counts the rest by category.

Where to bid · CPV 92 · January to July 2026

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

50.1% of the 641 lots awarded under this division across 8 European countries drew a single bid. The spread is what matters to a company choosing a market: Bulgaria at 97.4%, Spain at 26.5%.

50.1%

of lots in this division drew one bid

36.0%

across all EU procurement

641

lots counted in this division

countries above the bar

The countries, least contested first

#	Country	Single bid	Lots
1	Bulgaria10 sources, 4 with a connector	97.4%	76
2	Poland5 sources, 3 with a connector	75.8%	33
3	Czechia13 sources, 6 with a connector	51.2%	41
4	France27 sources, 16 with a connector	49.4%	235
5	Germany30 sources, 24 with a connector	39.7%	58
6	Italy11 sources, 7 with a connector	39.4%	66
7	Sweden8 sources, 8 with a connector	30.0%	30
8	Spain13 sources, 11 with a connector	26.5%	102

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Name the countries you are weighing up. You get back where public tenders are published in each one, how much of that we read every day, and what an EU company needs before it may bid there. An email, not a call.

What this does and does not say

A high share means the incumbent supply in that market is thin, which is worth knowing and is not the same as the market being easy to enter. It says nothing about whether a foreign company may bid, what registration it needs, or whether it can deliver locally. That first question has its own page per country, at how to bid abroad. What it removes is the guessing about competition. The count is eForms BT-759 on the contract award notices in the EU Official Journal, January to July 2026, with the lot as the unit and not the notice. A country appears above 30 lots in this division, and a notice counts towards the division only when all of its CPV codes sit in it. The source counts come from this site's platform registry; countries without a page carry their competition row and say so. TED holds procurement above the EU thresholds, so a national market's smaller contracts are not here, and those are usually more contested. Harvested 2026-09-08.

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