Europe here is the whole continent, EU member or not: from Iceland and Portugal to Ukraine, with the UK, Norway and Switzerland. Our list of bakeries in Europe holds companies in 47 of its countries.
List of Bakeries in Europe
Bakeries bake bread, rolls, cakes and pastries daily and sell them over the counter or to the food trade. We list 345,539 bakeries in Europe, most of them in France (17%) and Italy (14%). One list for the whole territory, with the register number of each country. Download it as a database or pull it through our Company Data API.
345,539 companies indexed · Data counted on 27 October 2026
Companies345,539
Countries47
Largest countryFrance
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email24%
Phone47%
Website34%
CEO name74%
Live sample of bakeries in Europe
Below you see a live sample of the 345,539 bakeries, sorted by number of employees. Filter on country, size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a company by name.
Asda Express LIMITEDAsda Express LIMITED
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asda Express LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Holbeck | Asda House | Leeds, West Yorkshire | LS11 5AD | *****.com | 2001 | $3,195,672,932 | 7,249 | Corporation | 992 | 04246195 |
| 2 | Mpreis Warenvertriebs GMBH | Austria | Völs | Landesstraße 16 | Tirol | 6176 | *****.at | 1977 | $958,635,951 | 5,268 | Corporation | 144 | FN43603y |
| 3 | Fresh Food & Beverage Group AG | Switzerland | Volketswil | Erlenwiesenstrasse 9 | Zürich | 8604 | *****.ch | 1931 | $437,061,121 | 4,600 | Corporation | 2082 | CHE-105.903.499 |
| 4 | Tinervis Group SRL | Romania | București | Calea Vitan Nr. 58 Et. 1 Ap. 9, Sectorul 3 | Bucureşti | 031297 | *****.ro | 2023 | $185,719,166 | 3,156 | Corporation | 4 | 27329545 |
| 5 | Hovis LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Halton | The Lord Rank Centre | Buckinghamshire | HP12 3QS | *****.uk | 1967 | $570,768,037 | 3,009 | Corporation | 7 | 08846838 |
| 6 | Ferrero Polska Sp Z O O | Poland | Warszawa | Ul. Wiertnicza 126 | Województwo Mazowieckie | 02952 | *****.pl | 2001 | $398,653,402 | 2,932 | Corporation | 570 | 5220101131 |
| 7 | Gail's LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | Camden High Street | 33-35 Exmouth Market | London | EC1R 4QL | N/A | 2007 | $273,209,623 | 2,816 | Corporation | 28 | 06055393 |
| 8 | A. Zorbas & Sons LTD | Cyprus | Strovolos | 51 Armenias | Lefkosia | 2006 | *****.cy | 2025 | $157,249,645 | 2,713 | Corporation | 10 | HE13138 |
| 9 | Lagkagehuset A/S | Denmark | København | Dortheavej 10 | Hovedstaden | 2400 | *****.dk | 1997 | $190,844,688 | 2,636 | Corporation | 132 | 20213094 |
| 10 | Torhovyi Dim Zolotyi Urozhai TOV | Ukraine | Donetsk | 13, Of. 30, Pr. Lahutenka | Donetsk Oblast | 83086 | N/A | 2009 | $83,451,993 | 2,612 | Corporation | N/A | 36888079 |
| 11 | Vitebskkhlebprom, Oao | Belarus | Vitebsk | Dom 5 Ul. Gorbachevskogo | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1996 | $338,588 | 2,542 | Corporation | N/A | 300031823 |
| 12 | Krymkhlib Pat | Ukraine | Simferopol | 51-A Vul. Sevastopolska | Crimea | 95013 | N/A | 1998 | $43,451,224 | 2,447 | Corporation | 7 | 00381580 |
| 13 | Gomelkhlebprom, Oao | Belarus | Gomel | Dom 8 Ul. Internatsionalnaya | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1993 | $338,588 | 2,396 | Corporation | N/A | 400010674 |
| 14 | Detlef Malzer's Backstube GMBH & CO. KG | Germany | Gelsenkirchen | Ulrichstr. 13 | Gelsenkirchen, Stadt | 45891 | *****.de | 1994 | $165,183,310 | 2,392 | Corporation | 169 | 45879A1835 |
| 15 | Krymkhleb, AO | Russia | Simferopol | 51a Ul. Sevastopolskaya | Republic of Crimea | 295013 | N/A | 2014 | $61,029,101 | 2,293 | Corporation | 9 | 39966983 |
| 16 | Limak, AO | Russia | Lipetsk | 3a Ul. Barasheva | Lipetskaya Oblast' | 398059 | N/A | 1992 | $113,694,346 | 2,288 | Corporation | 14 | 00371417 |
| 17 | Kontsern Khlibprom Jsc | Ukraine | Lviv | 2 Vul. Khlibna | Lviv Oblast | 79035 | *****.com | 1996 | $52,678,248 | 2,275 | Corporation | 7 | 05511001 |
| 18 | Mlinar Pekarska Industrija D.O.O. | Croatia | Zagreb | Radnicka Cesta 228c | Zagreb | 10000 | *****.hr | 1903 | $205,454,279 | 2,239 | Corporation | 3 | 62296711978 |
| 19 | Beresteiski Pekar, Oao | Belarus | Brest | Dom 100 Ul. Pisatelya Smirnova | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1924 | $338,588 | 2,116 | Corporation | N/A | 200127089 |
| 20 | Vel Pitar SA | Romania | Râmnicu Vâlcea | Str. Timis Nr. 22 Et. P | Vâlcea | 240275 | N/A | 2023 | $234,428,199 | 2,098 | Corporation | 9 | 21229091 |
| 21 | Bulochno-Konditerskaya Kompaniya Domochai, Oao | Belarus | Mogilev | Dom 39a Ul. Kosmonavtov | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1993 | $338,588 | 2,039 | Corporation | N/A | 700036448 |
| 22 | Nestle Cesko S.R.O. | Czechrepublic | Praha | Mezi Vodami 2035/31 | Středočeský | 14300 | *****.cz | 1992 | $714,147,849 | 2,014 | Corporation | 2327 | 45799504 |
| 23 | Cote Boulange | France | Châteaurenard | 615 Avenue de la Chaffine | Bouches-du-rhône | 13160 | N/A | 2005 | $105,741,800 | 2,000 | Corporation | 1298 | 48234097302375 |
| 24 | Lieken Brot- Und Backwaren GMBH | Germany | Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Dessauer Str. 126 | Wittenberg | 06886 | *****.de | 2006 | $16,929,400 | 2,000 | Corporation | 861 | 39576B25711 |
| 25 | Papperts GMBH | Germany | Eichenzell | Burgermeister-ebert-str. 38 | Fulda | 36124 | *****.de | 2025 | $123,482,175 | 1,947 | Corporation | 411 | 36037B8391 |
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Request Free SampleWhich countries have the most bakeries?
Europe here is the whole continent, EU member or not: from Iceland and Portugal to Ukraine, with the UK, Norway and Switzerland. Each country has its own business register and company number. The list carries them all in one file.
Bakeries per country, 47 countries
France and Italy together hold 31% of the bakeries in Europe. The list carries each country's own register number, so you can match it against the local register. The other 32 countries hold 38,616 more.
Largest bakeries in Europe
The biggest bakeries in Europe by staff and by revenue, the largest in France, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest. Click a name for the record.
Asda Express Limited is the largest bakery in Europe by headcount. 4,332 bakeries employ 50 people or more; 2,107 employ 100 or more.
2,920 bakeries in Europe turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,670 more than $10 million. Branches of foreign groups are left out: their records carry the group's turnover.
France has the most bakeries in Europe: 59,287, or 17% of the list. These are its largest by headcount.
10,881 bakeries were entered in a register in Europe so far in 2026. These are the largest of them by headcount.
807 bakeries in Europe in our data were founded before 1900.
Most bakeries in Europe are very small: 80% have 1 to 4 employees, and 85% report under $500K in yearly revenue.
By employee size
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 254,915 | 80% | |
| 5-9 | 33,589 | 11% | |
| 10-19 | 17,906 | 6% | |
| 20-49 | 9,149 | 3% | |
| 50-99 | 2,225 | 1% | |
| 100-199 | 1,088 | 0% | |
| 200-499 | 735 | 0% | |
| 500+ | 284 | 0% |
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 120,521 | 45% | |
| $100K-$500K | 109,380 | 40% | |
| $500K-$1M | 21,812 | 8% | |
| $1M-$5M | 15,907 | 6% | |
| $5M-$10M | 1,250 | 0% | |
| $10M-$50M | 1,260 | 0% | |
| $50M+ | 410 | 0% |
How many bakeries started this year?
This year 10,881 new bakeries registered in Europe, after 18,818 last year.
Founded per year
- 14,4262022
- 13,8632023
- 16,0502024
- 18,8182025
- 10,8812026 so far
Legal forms of bakeries in Europe
38% of the bakeries in Europe are corporations.
- Corporations130,059
- Sole traders109,840
- Partnerships28,808
- Cooperatives883
- Non-profit166
- Foreign companies118
- Other or unknown75,665
Which bakeries are part of a group?
97,502 of the 345,539 bakeries in Europe (28%) are part of a chain or group: 32,245 head offices or parent companies and 65,257 branches. The other 248,037 (72%) trade from a single location. 48 of the 50 largest bakeries in Europe by revenue belong to a group.
Chains and single locations
| Location | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single location | 248,037 | 72% | |
| Head office | 32,245 | 9% | |
| Branch | 65,257 | 19% |
Largest groups in this list
- 1Glockenbrot Bäckerei GmbH & Co. OHG7,645 in group
- 2Greggs plc2,560 in group
- 4Fresh Food & Beverage Group AG2,082 in group
- 5Bimbo Donuts Iberia Sau1,921 in group
The groups are counted from the 50 largest companies in this list by revenue, not from all 345,539; our API cannot yet filter on group size. The chain count above covers the whole list.
What do bakeries do?
Bakeries range from craft bakers with an oven behind the shop to industrial plants that supply packaged bread. They sell to local shoppers, cafes, hotels, caterers and supermarkets, and many craft bakeries run several branches in their town.
Our data comes from the business registers of 47 European countries, where bakeries are classified under SIC codes 5461 (retail bakeries) and 2051 (bread and other bakery products, except cookies and crackers). In NACE, the European code those registers use, 345,539 of them (100%) sit in classes 10.71 (manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes) and 47.24 (retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores), part of divisions 10 (manufacture of food products) and 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
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Our data holds 345,539 bakeries in Europe, counted on 27 October 2026.
France, with 59,287 bakeries or 17% of the total, followed by Italy (48,786) and Germany (37,962).
Most bakeries in Europe are very small: 80% have 1 to 4 employees, and 85% report under $500K in yearly revenue. The largest by employees is Asda Express Limited in Holbeck with 7,249 employees.
This year 10,881 new bakeries registered in Europe, after 18,818 last year.
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