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Catering Services in Europe Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Caterers provide food services and catering staff for single events or under contracts. Service packages include meal preparation, distribution, and cleanup services. Key buyers in this market include businesses, consumers, and government agencies, whereas suppliers are typically caterers and food service management companies.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Catering Services procurement and pricing environment in Europe includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Catering Services market in Europe includes Traditional Catering, Food Truck Catering, Private Chef Catering, Bar Service Catering and Buffet Catering. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-5621-Event catering, NACE-56.21-Event Catering Activities, NAICS-722320-Caterers and UNSPSC-90101603-Catering services.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Catering Services procurement coverage includes Food Code (A set of guidelines released by the US Food and Drug Administration that state and local jurisdictions use as a model to develop their own food safety regulations.), Flatware (Utensils used for dining.) and Food Service (The provision of prepared meals, which can include alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Catering Services procurement report as suppliers are SV Group AG, ISS A/S, Camst Group, Elior Group and FAAC S.p.A..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Catering Services market in Europe category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per person, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Catering Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Catering Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Catering Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Catering Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Catering Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Catering Services is €27.09 per person. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 0.56 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Catering Services market?
The top vendors in the Catering Services market include SV Group AG, ISS A/S, Camst Group, Elior Group and FAAC S.p.A..
What industries supply the Catering Services market?
The top industries supplying the Catering Services market are Food Retailing in Europe, Aquaculture in Europe, Fruit & Vegetable Processing in Europe, Meat Processing in Europe, Food & Drink Processing Machinery Manufacturing in Europe and Seafood Processing in Europe.
What is the supply chain risk for Catering Services?
High vendor bankruptcy risk increases service disruption exposure. Ongoing declines in business demand are causing significant financial distress for small catering suppliers across Europe. Persistent weak market activity heightens the risk of vendor bankruptcies and abrupt loss of service. Buyers should mitigate risk by diversifying their supplier base and performing frequent vendor financial health assessments.
What factors affect the price of Catering Services?
Higher food quality increases catering costs due to premium ingredients and preparation methods. For example, caterers using organic produce or locally sourced meats charge more, while mass-produced options are priced lower based on ingredient sourcing and preparation techniques.
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