Six years after crossing the border and opening the first supermarket in Portugal, Mercadona achieved historic results in Portugal. The Spanish retailer reported a record profit of 26 million euros in 2025 in the country, practically quadruple the seven million euros recorded in the previous fiscal year.
The good performance of the food distribution group’s numbers was driven by an 18% increase in sales volume across the 69 stores in operation, which reached R$2,092 million. After all, in 2025, Mercadona sold six million euros a day to the Portuguese.
“These are extraordinary results”, admitted this Tuesday, 10th, the president of the largest Spanish retail chain during the results presentation press conference held in Valencia, Spain, where the company’s headquarters are located. Juan Roig also highlighted that he is “very satisfied” with the results in Portugal, although he considers that “there is still a lot more we need to know about the country”.
In the overall Iberian operation, Portuguese revenues accounted for 5% of the total 41,858 million euros (+8%) billed in the two neighboring countries.
Regarding investment, Mercadona invested R$140 million in the country last year – R$79 million less compared to 2024 – which represents an 8% slice of the total invested. Overall between Portugal and Spain, the value was 1,700 million euros.
Looking at the accumulated result, the company has invested 1,230 million euros since arriving in Portugal. Part of this amount is allocated to the group’s expansion and, in 2025, the family company led by Roig opened nine supermarkets, extending its presence to the capital with the opening of the first store located in Alta de Lisboa.
The retailer’s historic results thus mark a new chapter for the business in the country. After entering the Portuguese market in 2019, with the opening of the first space in Canidelo, Vila Nova de Gaia, the Spanish group has extended the investment plan, which began in the North, to the rest of the national geography.
Until 2022 the accounts were negative, with losses that year reaching 50 million euros. After break-even the following year, it was only in 2024 that the supermarket chain made money for the first time in Portugal.
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