The German supermarket chain closes 2025 with €7.641 billion in net sales, a 10% increase, and a profit of €274 million. For 2026, it plans to invest over €440 million.
The supermarket chain Lidl has closed its fiscal year 2025 in Spain with net sales of €7.641 billion, which represents a 10% increase compared to the previous year, according to a company statement. The German-origin company achieved a profit of €274 million, which is 3.6% of its net sales, driven by the expansion of its store network and the increase in the number of customers. The general director of Lidl Spain, Claus Grande, highlighted that "growing in such a demanding economic environment is not a matter of chance, but of a shared vision and effort."
The company ranks as the third chain in Spain, with a 7.3% market share. According to the latest report from the consultancy Worldpanel, it has been the distribution company that has grown the most so far in 2026, with a four-tenths increase since the beginning of the year, as noted by laopiniondemurcia.es.
In 2025, Lidl made record purchases of Spanish products worth around €8.4 billion, a 6% increase compared to 2024, from more than 800 national supplier companies. Additionally, it exported more than half of this volume, €4.255 billion, to its European network in around thirty countries.
"For Lidl, these results are, above all, a mandate of commitment to the future of Spain. For years, we have reinvested 100% of the profits generated back into the country," explained Claus Grande.
The chain increased its tax contribution in Spain to €643 million, a 16% increase compared to the previous year. Of this amount, 48% corresponded to taxes borne, while the remaining 52% were collected taxes. It also increased its payroll by nearly €40 million to improve employee compensation.
Regarding expansion, Lidl invested €320 million in activities at around 50 stores during 2025, with the opening of about 40 new establishments and the rest being modifications and modernisations. These actions were carried out in 13 autonomous communities, with special activity in the Community of Madrid, Andalusia, the Valencian Community, and Catalonia. The chain closed the year with a network of more than 730 establishments and 14 platforms in Spain.
For 2026, the company anticipates an investment of over €440 million, as it has announced. The professor of Economics and Business at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Carles Méndez, recently explained that Lidl works with a short assortment, almost without warehouses, which allows it to have lower costs and negotiate prices on a European scale, applying an intense strategy of offers and promotions.
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