Paper presents the results of survey carried out by Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute at Bonin in 2004. Opinions on the competitiveness of Polish potato cultivars were presented by 32 seed companies specialized in seed potato production. It was found that Polish very early, edible for later harvest and starchy cultivars are highly competitive towards the foreign cultivars. Prospective potato cultivars respecting trends of their use have been marked out. In the opinion of companies surveyed in the years 1996-2004, there were observed changes in criteria determining the rate of disseminating new cultivars on the seed-potato market.