Catering Benchmark 2026 (PDF report)
7 benchmarks from 1,300+ real catering quotes: price per guest, discount reality, lead times, payment terms — free PDF download (report in German).
What's inside the report?
This report calculates: 7 core benchmarks from over 1,300 anonymized catering and event quotes, created in H1 2026 by caterers, event venues, and agencies (PDF report in German).
- Price per guest: €55 net median — plus the full price curve by event size (10 to 200+ guests)
- Quote anatomy: 14 line items on average, the real 7%/19% VAT split, and why only 13.4% of quotes include a discount
- Timing: lead times from 16 days (small events) to 92 days (200+ guests) — and what that means for your response time
- Payment terms: what the industry actually sets on invoices
All figures are aggregates (median, quartiles) — no individual data, no way to trace figures back to specific vendors or customers. Methodology is in the report.
Who is this for?
Caterers, venue operators, and event agencies who want to check their pricing, discount policy, and response times against real market data — instead of gut feeling.
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- Where does the data in the Catering Benchmark 2026 come from?
- From over 1,300 anonymized catering and event quotes created in Univents between January and June 2026. Only aggregates such as median and quartiles are published — there's no way to trace figures back to individual vendors or customers.
- What does the report cost?
- Nothing. The report is available as a free PDF download — optionally, we can also send it to you by email along with more event cheat sheets.
- How current is the benchmark data?
- The data covers H1 2026. The report gets updated with new data, and you'll always find the current version on this page.
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