What company is Ahorramas
Ahorramas, S.A. is the Spanish company operating a regional network of neighbourhood supermarkets. Its tax identification number is A28600278 and its registered office is at Carretera de Arganda del Rey a Velilla de San Antonio, km 5, 28891 Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid. The legal entity is distinct from the Ahorramas retail banner and its product brands. 2025 non-financial statement: identity and individual scope; Ahorramas, S.A. legal notice.
From Madrid retailers to a regional network
The project began in 1979 as an initiative of small Madrid retailers; its first store opened in Vallecas in 1980. It joined the IFA purchasing organisation in 1985. The corporate history dates the Mercamadrid fruit platform to 1992, the new Velilla facilities to 1994 and the fish platform to 1996. These milestones show the importance of fresh-food distribution to its expansion. 2025 statement: Ahorramas history.
More recently, it launched online shopping in 2022 and opened its first Ávila store in 2025, adding Castile and León to a network established in Madrid and Castile-La Mancha. Membership of a purchasing organisation is a commercial relationship and does not by itself establish ownership of the retailer. 2025 statement: Ahorramas history.
Ownership, investments and reporting scope
The company is a Spanish sociedad anónima, governed by its board subject to the powers of the shareholders’ meeting. The primary sources used do not disclose a current shareholding breakdown sufficient to assign ownership percentages to families or corporate shareholders. This profile therefore does not attribute undocumented percentage control. 2025 statement: governance and responsibilities.
Ahorramas has owned 100% of Transvelilla since 2025. Its non-financial statement explains that Transvelilla’s results are not consolidated because its figures are immaterial, and that it is likewise excluded from non-financial reporting. The figures in this profile concern Ahorramas, S.A. individually; they do not represent a consolidated group or every business trading under the banner. 2025 statement: Transvelilla and reporting boundaries.
Governance and management: 2026 update
Milagros Medina Rivera is identified as board chair in the official communication dated 8 July 2026. The non-financial statement described nine non-executive directors with jointly delegated functions at the end of 2025. The May 2026 shareholders’ meeting added Cristina Chaparro and Criscival 2015, S.L., represented by Juan Manuel Morales, replacing two directors. Ahorramas: Milagros Medina and Seseña project, July 2026; 2025 statement: governance and responsibilities; Ahorramas: 2025 results and board, 26 May 2026.
Ramón Bosch was managing director in 2025. On 15 October 2026, Europa Press reported his departure, citing a company statement that has not been retrieved directly. No successor is named without a verified appointment. 2025 statement: governance and responsibilities; Europa Press: Ramón Bosch departure, 15 October 2026.
Business, products and brands
The business combines groceries, fresh food and household products. At the end of 2025, its own-label range comprised 1,745 products: 1,245 food products under Alipende, 308 household cleaning products under Lanta, 160 personal-care products under Bodyplus and 32 pet products under Meque. These are product brands within the retail offering, not four additional companies. The range changes during the year through seasonality and product renewal. 2025 statement: product range and own brands.
Stores, distribution centres and offices
The statement counts 282 supermarkets under Ahorramas, S.A.’s tax identity across six provinces in Madrid, Castile-La Mancha and Castile and León. It separately identifies 17 establishments authorised to use the Supermercados Ahorramas trading name but not operated by the company. A commercial network approaching 300 outlets should therefore not be read as 300 company-operated stores. 2025 statement: stores, logistics and offices.
Supply is supported by two company-managed distribution centres at Velilla de San Antonio and Mercamadrid, with a combined area of 99,649 m². Headquarters are in Velilla; customer service and IT development are based in San Blas, Madrid, with another office at Mercamadrid. The company recorded seven store openings and seven refurbishments during 2025. 2025 statement: stores, logistics and offices.
2025 figures and how to interpret them
The statement’s financial table reports €2,233.073 million of annual turnover for the individual company in 2025, compared with €2,116.678 million in 2024. This is the measure used in this profile, retaining the source’s terminology. It is not recast as consolidated revenue, nor is a VAT reconciliation asserted where the document provides none. Profit before tax was €148.086 million. 2025 statement: individual financial performance; 2025 statement: Transvelilla and reporting boundaries.
The official May 2026 release separately reports €2,422 million of gross turnover, €210 million of EBITDA, €109 million of net profit and €92 million of investment. Gross turnover neither replaces nor adds to the individual statement’s figure. Net profit must also not be calculated by subtracting the €39.594 million of tax paid reported in the statement: that cash-basis figure is not necessarily the year’s tax expense. Ahorramas: 2025 results and board, 26 May 2026; 2025 statement: individual financial performance.
Workforce and labour relations
The individual reporting scope ended 2025 with 14,154 people: 5,758 men and 8,396 women. The contract table records 14,149 permanent and five temporary contracts; 9,939 people worked full-time and 4,215 part-time. The results release reports a different figure of 14,230 employees. That figure is not used to recalculate the statement’s indicators, and the difference is not attributed to Transvelilla without evidence. 2025 statement: own workforce and contracts; Ahorramas: 2025 results and board, 26 May 2026.
The second collective agreement, published in the BOE in October 2025, covers Ahorramas and the specifically listed related companies. It runs until 31 December 2027, with economic effects from January 2025. Its employment scope is not the same as the individual financial reporting boundary. Its annex regulates digital disconnection, including an exception for on-call or availability arrangements. BOE: second collective agreement, October 2025.
Prevention organisation and observed risks
Ahorramas describes an in-house prevention service staffed by several disciplines and a prevention plan implemented through annual programmes agreed with the relevant departments. Task reviews lead to ergonomic measures, work reorganisation, weight limits and mechanical aids. This is a documented management structure; it does not establish ISO 45001 certification across all stores. 2025 statement: prevention and accidents; 2025 statement: rates, occupational disease and fatalities.
The company’s accident breakdown attributes 38% of cases to overexertion, 18% to cuts and 16% to impacts. At distribution centres, overexertion accounts for 46% and impacts for 28%; in stores, overexertion represents 37% and cuts 15%. These differences explain why prevention measures need to address specific tasks alongside a common policy. 2025 statement: prevention and accidents.
Accidents and rates: scope and denominators
For 2025, the statement records 808 lost-time accidents and 505 accidents without lost time, totalling 1,313, compared with 844 and 480 in 2024. It reports a frequency of 30.55 lost-time accidents per million actual hours worked, versus 37.07, and a severity rate of 0.63 lost days per thousand hours, versus 0.81. Severity is neither a percentage nor another accident-frequency measure. 2025 statement: prevention and accidents; 2025 statement: rates, occupational disease and fatalities.
The statement also reports 67 occupational diseases beginning during the year and no deaths resulting from occupational accidents or disease within its reporting scope. Its incidence index of 46.94 excludes commuting accidents and is not reconstructed using year-end headcount. These figures appear under own personnel and do not establish outcomes for the 17 independently operated outlets, external carriers or excluded Transvelilla. The 1,827,029 absence hours also include common illness and non-work accidents; they are not exclusively hours lost to occupational accidents. 2025 statement: rates, occupational disease and fatalities; 2025 statement: prevention and accidents; 2025 statement: Transvelilla and reporting boundaries.
Fish-counter programme: participation and redesign
The fish-counter programme began in 2021 following an increase in incidence. Workers across all fish departments were consulted about hazardous or strenuous tasks, and counter assembly was prioritised. A stocking and assembly procedure was developed in 2022; direct observation and worker feedback followed in 2023. After a decision to reduce the weight of ice-collection boxes, replacement across all stores was completed in 2025. 2025 statement: fish-counter prevention programme.
The company attributes a 40-point reduction in incidence and a 60% reduction in overexertion-related lost-time cases to the programme. These are reported programme outcomes, not workforce-wide results. The passage does not provide a complete annual series or comparison group that would isolate causality. The example principally documents worker participation, task observation and physical changes to work. 2025 statement: fish-counter prevention programme.
Training, health and work organisation
The warm-up programme selects and trains workers to lead exercises before the shift; 573 implementation visits and 279 follow-up visits were recorded in 2025. Specific training for newly recruited multi-skilled cutting staff reached 519 people, while twelve prevention-management sessions for store supervisors reached 724. These are separate activities and are not added together as unique participants. 2025 statement: training and work–life measures.
Cuidarnos Más addresses nutrition, physical activity and emotional balance. It is distinguished here from measures that eliminate or reduce task-related risks. Flexibility and the option to request remote work for up to 30% of working time are described for certain headquarters roles; they do not apply to the entire store or logistics workforce. 2025 statement: fish-counter prevention programme; 2025 statement: training and work–life measures.
Carriers and food safety
Distribution centres use external carriers as well as Transvelilla; home deliveries are also provided by external companies. These relationships do not allow the own-workforce injury figures to be automatically extended to those workers. Supplier oversight and work coordination therefore remain distinct from the published accident count. 2025 statement: transport and food safety; 2025 statement: Transvelilla and reporting boundaries.
The described food-safety management system includes hygiene, pest and water controls, equipment maintenance and temperature, traceability, handling training and supplier approval. These protect consumers and products; they are not evidence of occupational health and safety certification or contractor safety outcomes. 2025 statement: transport and food safety.
Digitalisation and facility improvements
Digital development has identifiable milestones: online shopping since 2022 and the Ahora+ employee intranet since 2023. The 2025 statement describes a system for automating processes and centralising data-protection records, alongside joint work by the privacy and cybersecurity offices. These are documented management functions; no unsupported artificial-intelligence capabilities are attributed to them. 2025 statement: Ahorramas history; 2025 statement: privacy and digitalisation.
The Ávila store opened in 2025 incorporated building management through BMS, DALI lighting control, aerothermal systems and photovoltaic generation. The example illustrates integrated systems at a specific establishment; their presence alone does not demonstrate measured savings or identical deployment across all 282 stores. 2025 statement: Ahorramas history.
Energy, emissions and waste
The report records 29,562.21 tCO₂e of scope 1 emissions and 42,428.92 tCO₂e of market-based scope 2 emissions in 2025. It recalculates 2024 on the same basis: after checking that the electricity purchase agreement did not carry guarantees of origin redeemed with the CNMC, it applies the supplier’s emissions factor to all electricity consumed. This correction matters for year-to-year comparisons and prevents all contracted electricity from being presented as emissions-free. 2025 statement: emissions and revised methodology.
The results release identifies 114 stores with solar panels and 137 eco-efficient establishments at the end of 2025. For waste, the statement reports net recovery of 99.06% of the 15,471.79 tonnes treated at the Velilla distribution centre and a TÜV SÜD seal for a fifth year. Recovery includes reuse, recycling and energy recovery; it does not mean 99.06% recycling or certification of every site. Ahorramas: 2025 results and board, 26 May 2026; 2025 statement: waste recovery at Velilla.
Purchasing and supplier relationships
The year-end 2025 table records 1,294 active suppliers: 1,248 domestic and 46 foreign. Domestic suppliers represent approximately 96% of the count and 98% of spending. These are different denominators; the share of purchasing must not be converted into a share of suppliers. Within the portfolio, 178 supply own-label products. Fresh-food supplier relationships and traceability controls are central to the distribution model described. 2025 statement: suppliers and purchasing spend; 2025 statement: transport and food safety.
The 2026 cybersecurity incident
On 10 May 2026, FRS published Ahorramas’s direct response to a cybersecurity incident: the company had activated its procedures and notified INCIBE and Spain’s data-protection authority. Its investigation at that time had not identified customer-data involvement. FRS: Ahorramas response to the May 2026 incident.
The company response is dated and reported through a publication, not a regulatory ruling. This profile does not treat attackers’ claims as established facts or infer that the investigation has closed. The 2025 non-financial statement predates the incident, so its privacy disclosures do not themselves describe the position in May 2026. FRS: Ahorramas response to the May 2026 incident; 2025 statement: privacy and digitalisation.
How to read the sources and limitations
The full reference year ended on 31 December 2025. The non-financial statement forms part of the management report accompanying the individual annual accounts; AENOR issued its limited-assurance report on 9 April 2026. That conclusion is not a financial audit of this profile and does not establish every ISO certification listed among the verification references. The individual-company exception is retained, with distinctions between corporate disclosures, statements reported by the media and editorial interpretation. 2025 non-financial statement: identity and individual scope; AENOR: limited assurance of the individual 2025 statement; 2025 statement: Transvelilla and reporting boundaries.
For occupational prevention, the most useful elements are the analysis of overexertion and cuts, the redesign of fish-counter tasks, and retention of the frequency and severity denominators. Absence figures and gaps concerning external workers prevent a falling rate from being presented as a complete assessment of the whole value chain. The information has been checked against sources available through 8 November 2026. 2025 statement: prevention and accidents; 2025 statement: rates, occupational disease and fatalities; 2025 statement: fish-counter prevention programme; 2025 statement: transport and food safety.
Frequently asked questions
How do Ahorramas, S.A. and the retail banner differ?
Ahorramas, S.A. is the legal entity with tax identification A28600278. Its 2025 statement counts 282 stores it operates and another 17 authorised to use the trading name but operated separately. The banner alone does not define the financial or employment boundary. [1] · [2]
Which turnover figure does this profile use?
The €2,233.073 million of individual annual turnover reported in the 2025 non-financial statement. It remains separate from the €2,422 million of gross turnover in the press release. No unpublished VAT reconciliation is assumed, and the individual figure is not labelled consolidated. [1] · [2] · [3]
Is Transvelilla included in these figures?
No. Although Ahorramas has owned 100% since 2025, the report says its results are not consolidated because they are immaterial and excludes it from non-financial reporting too. The workforce and accident figures are therefore not extended to Transvelilla. [1]
What specific prevention measures are disclosed?
The fish-counter programme combines worker consultation, assembly procedures, task observation and replacement of ice boxes to reduce weight, completed in 2025. The report also documents training for cutting staff and supervisors, mechanical aids and work reorganisation. [1] · [2] · [3]
Can the 30.55 frequency be directly compared with TRIR?
Not without aligning definitions and denominators. Ahorramas measures lost-time occupational accidents per million actual hours worked. TRIR may include other recordable cases and use a different hourly base. The own-workforce scope must also be retained without assuming external-worker coverage. [1] · [2]
What leadership is verified as of November 2026?
Milagros Medina Rivera is identified as chair in an official July 2026 communication. The historical 2025 management information should be read alongside the October management update included in this profile. [1] · [2] · [3]
