The global contract catering market grew at a CAGR of around 7% during 2014-2019. Contract catering refers to the food services provided by a catering company for an event or an organization on a contractual basis. In such cases, catering companies take accountability of their services and food quality, thereby help in enhancing the client’s reputation and business. Furthermore, contract catering has emerged as a cost-effective way of managing food services in a very less stressful manner for various events. Owing to this, contract catering is being rapidly adopted across diverse sectors, including education, corporate, healthcare, defense, sports, senior care, aerospace, etc.

The prevalent trend of hospitality and fine dining, as a part of business development to establish good client relationship has led to the rising adoption of contract catering services by several private and public companies. Moreover, various caterers are focused on providing premium table services, exotic ingredients, live food counters and aesthetic delicacies in a profound manner, thereby transforming the global contract catering market. Additionally, the changing socio-economic scenario coupled with rising consumer living standards, particularly across the developing regions is further driving the market. Moreover, contract catering services are also gaining popularity in the healthcare sector due to the growing need for wellness and a balanced diet. Apart from this, the increasing demand for hygienic and nutritional food across educational institutions and geriatric care centers are also catalyzing the market for contract catering. Due to rapid digitalization and increasing penetration of smart devices, several contract catering companies are leveraging technology for offering pre-booking options, online menus, customized orders, and shorter waiting durations. In recent times, rising globalization levels, growing number of tourism activities, and exposure to various inter-cultural cuisines have resulted in changing consumer food preferences across the world. Apart from this, the expansion of leading contract catering companies along with their integrated services are attracting a large consumer base globally. Moreover, the emergence of advanced business models for offering ad-hoc workplace food services are expected to further boost the growth of the contract catering market in the coming years. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to continue its strong growth during the next five years.
Breakup by Contract Type:
- Fixed Price Contracts
- Cost Plus Contracts
Breakup by Modes of Contract:
Breakup by End User:
- Business and Industry
- Education
- Healthcare and Senior Care
- Defence and Offshore
- Sports and Leisure
- Airports
- Others
Breakup by Region:
- North America
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Others
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined with some of the key players being ABM Catering Solutions, Amadeus, Aramark, Atalian Servest, Barlett Mitchell, Blue Apple Catering, Camst Group, Caterleisure Ltd., CH&CO Catering, Compass PLC, Dine Contract Catering, Elior Group, Fazer Food Services, Interserve, OCS Group Ltd., Sodexo, etc.
Key Questions Answered in This Report:
- How has the global contract catering market performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
- What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the contract catering market?
- What are the key regional markets?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the contract type?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the modes of contract?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the end user?
- What are the various stages in the value chain of the industry?
- What are the key driving factors and challenges in the market?
- What is the structure of the global contract catering market and who are the key players?
- What is the degree of competition in the market?
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Contract Catering Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Contract Type
6.1 Fixed Price Contracts
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Cost Price Contracts
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Modes of Contract
7.1 Outsourced
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Self-Operated
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by End User
8.1 Business & Industry
8.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Education
8.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Healthcare & Senior Care
8.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Defence & Offshore
8.4.1 Market Trends
8.4.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Sports and Leisure
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Forecast
8.6 Airports
8.6.1 Market Trends
8.6.2 Market Forecast
8.7 Others
8.7.1 Market Trends
8.7.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Region
9.1 North America
9.1.1 United States
9.1.1.1 Market Trends
9.1.1.2 Market Forecast
9.1.2 Canada
9.1.2.1 Market Trends
9.1.2.2 Market Forecast
9.2 Asia Pacific
9.2.1 China
9.2.1.1 Market Trends
9.2.1.2 Market Forecast
9.2.2 Japan
9.2.2.1 Market Trends
9.2.2.2 Market Forecast
9.2.3 India
9.2.3.1 Market Trends
9.2.3.2 Market Forecast
9.2.4 South Korea
9.2.4.1 Market Trends
9.2.4.2 Market Forecast
9.2.5 Australia
9.2.5.1 Market Trends
9.2.5.2 Market Forecast
9.2.6 Indonesia
9.2.6.1 Market Trends
9.2.6.2 Market Forecast
9.2.7 Others
9.2.7.1 Market Trends
9.2.7.2 Market Forecast
9.3 Europe
9.3.1 Germany
9.3.1.1 Market Trends
9.3.1.2 Market Forecast
9.3.2 France
9.3.2.1 Market Trends
9.3.2.2 Market Forecast
9.3.3 United Kingdom
9.3.3.1 Market Trends
9.3.3.2 Market Forecast
9.3.4 Italy
9.3.4.1 Market Trends
9.3.4.2 Market Forecast
9.3.5 Spain
9.3.5.1 Market Trends
9.3.5.2 Market Forecast
9.3.6 Russia
9.3.6.1 Market Trends
9.3.6.2 Market Forecast
9.3.7 Others
9.3.7.1 Market Trends
9.3.7.2 Market Forecast
9.4 Latin America
9.4.1 Brazil
9.4.1.1 Market Trends
9.4.1.2 Market Forecast
9.4.2 Mexico
9.4.2.1 Market Trends
9.4.2.2 Market Forecast
9.4.3 Others
9.4.3.1 Market Trends
9.4.3.2 Market Forecast
9.5 Middle East and Africa
9.5.1 Turkey
9.5.1.1 Market Trends
9.5.1.2 Market Forecast
9.5.2 Saudi Arabia
9.5.2.1 Market Trends
9.5.2.2 Market Forecast
9.5.3 Others
9.5.3.1 Market Trends
9.5.3.2 Market Forecast
10 SWOT Analysis
10.1 Overview
10.2 Strengths
10.3 Weaknesses
10.4 Opportunities
10.5 Threats
11 Value Chain Analysis
12 Porters Five Forces Analysis
12.1 Overview
12.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
12.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
12.4 Degree of Competition
12.5 Threat of New Entrants
12.6 Threat of Substitutes
13 Price Indicators
13.1 Key Price Indicators
13.2 Price Structure
13.3 Price Trends
14 Competitive Landscape
14.1 Market Structure
14.2 Key Players
14.3 Profiles of Key Players
14.3.1 ABM Catering Solutions
14.3.1.1 Company Overview
14.3.1.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.1.3 Financials
14.3.1.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.2 Amadeus
14.3.2.1 Company Overview
14.3.2.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.2.3 Financials
14.3.2.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.3 Aramark
14.3.3.1 Company Overview
14.3.3.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.3.3 Financials
14.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.4 Atalian Servest
14.3.4.1 Company Overview
14.3.4.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.4.3 Financials
14.3.4.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.5 Barlett Mitchell
14.3.5.1 Company Overview
14.3.5.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.6 Blue Apple Catering
14.3.6.1 Company Overview
14.3.6.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.7 Camst Group
14.3.7.1 Company Overview
14.3.7.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.7.3 Financials
14.3.7.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.8 Caterleisure Ltd.
14.3.8.1 Company Overview
14.3.8.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.9 CH & CO Catering
14.3.9.1 Company Overview
14.3.9.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.10 Compass Group PLC
14.3.10.1 Company Overview
14.3.10.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.10.3 Financials
14.3.10.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.11 Dine Contract Catering
14.3.11.1 Company Overview
14.3.11.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.12 Elior Group
14.3.12.1 Company Overview
14.3.12.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.12.3 Financials
14.3.12.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.13 Fazer Food Services
14.3.13.1 Company Overview
14.3.13.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.13.3 Financials
14.3.13.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.14 Interserve
14.3.14.1 Company Overview
14.3.14.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.14.3 Financials
14.3.14.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.15 OCS Group Limited
14.3.15.1 Company Overview
14.3.15.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.15.3 Financials
14.3.15.4 SWOT Analysis
14.3.16 Sodexo
14.3.16.1 Company Overview
14.3.16.2 Business Portfolio
14.3.16.3 Financials
14.3.16.4 SWOT Analysis
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global: Contract Catering Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2014-2019
Figure 3: Global: Contract Catering Market: Breakup by Contract Type (in %), 2019
Figure 4: Global: Contract Catering Market: Breakup by Mode of Contract (in %), 2019
Figure 5: Global: Contract Catering Market: Breakup by End User (in %), 2019
Figure 6: Global: Contract Catering Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2019
Figure 7: Global: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2020-2025
Figure 8: Global: Contract Catering (Fixed Price Contracts) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 9: Global: Contract Catering (Fixed Price Contracts) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 10: Global: Contract Catering (Cost Price Contracts) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 11: Global: Contract Catering (Cost Price Contracts) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 12: Global: Contract Catering (Outsourced) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 13: Global: Contract Catering (Outsourced) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 14: Global: Contract Catering (Self-Operated) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 15: Global: Contract Catering (Self-Operated) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 16: Global: Contract Catering (Business & Industry) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 17: Global: Contract Catering (Business & Industry) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 18: Global: Contract Catering (Education) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 19: Global: Contract Catering (Education) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 20: Global: Contract Catering (Healthcare & Senior Care) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 21: Global: Contract Catering (Healthcare & Senior Care) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 22: Global: Contract Catering (Defence & Offshore) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 23: Global: Contract Catering (Defence & Offshore) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 24: Global: Contract Catering (Sports & Leisure) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 25: Global: Contract Catering (Sports & Leisure) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 26: Global: Contract Catering (Airport) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 27: Global: Contract Catering (Airport) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 28: Global: Contract Catering (Other End Users) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 29: Global: Contract Catering (Other End Users) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 30: North America: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 31: North America: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 32: United States: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 33: United States: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 34: Canada: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 35: Canada: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 36: Asia Pacific: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 37: Asia Pacific: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 38: China: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 39: China: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 40: Japan: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 41: Japan: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 42: India: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 43: India: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 44: South Korea: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 45: South Korea: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 46: Australia: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 47: Australia: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 48: Indonesia: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 49: Indonesia: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 50: Others: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 51: Others: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 52: Europe: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 53: Europe: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 54: Germany: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 55: Germany: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 56: France: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 57: France: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 58: United Kingdom: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 59: United Kingdom: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 60: Italy: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 61: Italy: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 62: Spain: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 63: Spain: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 64: Russia: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 65: Russia: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 66: Others: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 67: Others: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 68: Latin America: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 69: Latin America: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 70: Brazil: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 71: Brazil: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 72: Mexico: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 73: Mexico: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 74: Others: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 75: Others: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 76: Middle East and Africa: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 77: Middle East and Africa: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 78: Turkey: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 79: Turkey: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 80: Saudi Arabia: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 81: Saudi Arabia: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 82: Others: Contract Catering Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2014 & 2019
Figure 83: Others: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Figure 84: Global: Contract Catering Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 85: Global: Contract Catering Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 86: Global: Contract Catering Industry: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
List of Tables
Table 1: Global: Contract Catering Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2019 and 2025
Table 2: Global: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Breakup by Contract Type (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Table 3: Global: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Breakup by Mode of Contract (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Table 4: Global: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Breakup by End User (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Table 5: Global: Contract Catering Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million US$), 2020-2025
Table 6: Global: Contract Catering Market: Competitive Structure
Table 7: Global: Contract Catering Market: Key Players