Mercadona
Grocery retail · Spain
Mercadona is a Spanish supermarket chain that sells food, drinks, personal care, home and pet products through 1,672 stores in Spain and Portugal.
What makes it different
It shares part of its profit with all staff.
€780MProfit shared with staffFY2025
In 2025 Mercadona shared €780M of its profit with its 115,000 employees as an objectives bonus.
How big it is
How big is Mercadona?
€41.86BSales incl. VATFY2025
1,672StoresFY2025
115,000EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Spain is nearly all of it.
- Spain95%€39.77B
- Portugal5%€2.09B
How the business works
One assortment, always low prices, profit reinvested.
- 1One efficient assortment
- 2Always-low-price supermarkets
- 3Profit into stores and logistics
About 80% of profit is reinvested, so stores, warehouses and online grow without outside capital.
Who owns it
CEO: Juan Roig
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1977Mercadona begins
- 1981Juan Roig buys Mercadona from his parents
- 1990Roig and Herrero take the majority
- 1993SPB strategy and Total Quality Model
- 1996Own brands are born
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Mercadona's own reports.
Full profile
The rest of the story is in the app.
What Mercadona tracks31 metrics
Stores
Households that shop with it
Products in the assortment
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
Spain
Portugal
The full timeline16 moments
2008
2024
2025
Mercadona vs Carrefourside by side
Revenue
Profit
People
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