HoReCa & Foodservice Market - Lithuania

مقدمة

Lithuania is a compact but steadily growing market of roughly 2.9 million inhabitants. On the narrower definition, the turnover of Lithuanian restaurants, cafés and catering reached about €1.67 billion in 2024, having grown by more than €0.7 billion since 2021. On the broader "food and drink service activities" definition the sector is estimated at roughly €3.2 billion for 2025–2026, spread across some 8,300 businesses — a reminder that published figures for this market differ mainly because of where the boundary is drawn. For a foreign supplier the practical route runs through delivered foodservice distributors and cash & carry operators rather than through direct sales to kitchens, and the Baltic states are frequently served on an integrated basis, so a partner chosen in Lithuania may also carry a product into Latvia and Estonia. This study covers market size and structure, the leading players, the access requirements for suppliers from the EU, from non-EU Europe and from outside Europe, the product groups with the strongest prospects, and a directory of Lithuanian importers and foodservice distributors.