What Logista is and which entity this profile covers
Logista is a distribution and transport group connecting manufacturers with local retail networks and other business customers. Its listed parent is Logista Integral, S.A., registered at Calle Trigo 39, Leganés, Madrid. This profile uses its consolidated accounts and distinguishes the parent from Compañía de Distribución Integral Logista, S.A.U., one of its main operating companies and a wholly owned subsidiary.
The 2026 financial year runs from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. Audited accounts and results were available when this profile was checked on 8 November 2026; the results announcement was published on 6 November.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 results published on 6 November.
From tobacco distribution to a diversified network
The operating business originated in supplying tobacco to Spanish tobacconists. Its merger with Midesa in 1999 expanded the business into books and publications. Subsequent expansion added express transport, temperature-controlled distribution and operations in other European markets. Imperial acquired Logista in 2008.
The current parent was incorporated on 13 May 2014 and received the operating company’s shares through a contribution in kind. The group returned to the stock market on 14 July that year. In February 2024 the parent adopted the name Logista Integral, S.A. Thus, 2014 marks the incorporation of the current parent, rather than the beginning of all its historical operations.
Sources: Logista history; 2026 audited consolidated accounts.
Controlling shareholder and group boundaries
The 2026 governance report identifies Imperial Brands PLC as the indirect controlling shareholder, with 50.008% through Imperial Tobacco Limited. Logista remains legally Spanish. Its consolidated figures should not be added to Imperial’s figures as though they represented independent businesses.
The perimeter also changes with corporate transactions. The sale of Logista Publicaciones and its subsidiaries was completed on 30 April 2026, following CNMC approval subject to commitments by Boyacá. Logista Libros is a 50% investment accounted for using the equity method; its sales and workforce are not included in full in consolidated indicators.
Sources: 2026 corporate governance report; 2026 audited consolidated accounts; CNMC: conditional approval of Boyacá/Logista Publicaciones.
How the business works and which brands participate
The business combines product distribution with transport, storage, order preparation and access to retail networks. Tobacco and related products remain central: the auditor identifies approximately €12,914 million of 2026 revenue in this category, around 93% of total revenue. These sales are recognised net of discounts, excise duties and other sales-related taxes.
Diversification operates through businesses such as Logista Pharma, Logista Parcel, Logista Freight, Logista Retail, Strator, NACEX and El Mosca. Not everyone participating in these networks is an employee: NACEX includes franchisees and other collaborators. A shared brand does not make every outlet or vehicle the parent company’s property.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 sustainability report; NACEX: presentation of its 2025 sustainability report.
Markets, proximity and workforce scale
The distribution network serves around 200,000 points of sale in its principal European markets: Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. This proximity requires frequent deliveries and coordination of warehouses, hubs and transport; it does not mean that Logista owns 200,000 sites.
The report states 7,553 employees at the end of September 2026, compared with 7,695 in 2025, including 5,297 in Spain. This is headcount, not full-time equivalents. The country table adds a note about five employees in China excluded from the breakdown as immaterial; this profile retains the published total without reconstructing a different scope.
Sources: 2026 sustainability report; NACEX: presentation of its 2025 sustainability report.
Revenue, Economic Sales and profit are different measures
The 2026 accounts report €13,837.002 million in revenue, compared with €13,536.241 million in 2025. Deducting purchases of €11,997.433 million produces gross profit of €1,839.569 million. Logista calls the latter figure “Economic Sales”, an alternative performance measure used to analyse its business, rather than additional revenue to be added to turnover.
Accounting operating profit was €317.274 million, slightly below €318.401 million in 2025. Profit attributable to shareholders of the parent reached €282.036 million; total consolidated profit was €282.019 million because of the effect of minority interests. The company’s reported growth in adjusted EBIT should not be confused with an increase in accounting operating profit.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 results report.
Leadership and corporate responsibility
The statement of responsibility for the accounts, signed on 5 November 2026, names Luis Isasi Fernández de Bobadilla as chair, Cristina Ruiz Ortega as vice-chair and Íñigo Meirás Amusco as chief executive. The board and compliance bodies oversee a group combining its own operations with extensive third-party networks.
Imperial’s majority holding and related-party transactions also make the corporate governance report relevant. The management autonomy described in the company’s history does not remove the control relationship or make Logista a business without a dominant shareholder.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 corporate governance report; Logista history.
Innovation in operations
A concrete example is Logista Pharma’s Catalan platform presented in March 2026: it includes storage at 15–25°C, cold rooms at 2–8°C, racking for very narrow aisle trucks and robotic order preparation. This is a specific facility; these features are not automatically attributed to every warehouse in the group.
The 2026 report also describes Logista Academy, training in digital tools and the internal Logista AIR initiative. These activities document organisational investment and technology adoption. The reviewed sources do not support calculating an accident reduction caused by robotics or artificial intelligence.
Sources: Logista Pharma: 2026 Catalan logistics platform; 2026 sustainability report.
Occupational safety and health: system coverage
Logista reports that approximately 90% of its employees work at ISO 45001-certified sites in 2026. This measures coverage by people. Certified floor area exceeds 89%, a different denominator that cannot be substituted for employee coverage. The 2030 target is to reach 92% of employees; it remains a future objective.
The report identifies certification in Spanish tobacco, Parcel, Pharma, NACEX, Freight, Retail, Strator and El Mosca businesses, as well as units in Italy, France, Portugal and Poland. It also mentions Logista Libros while making clear that it lies outside the consolidation perimeter. Certification covers a management system within its scope; it does not prove an absence of accidents throughout the supply chain.
Sources: 2026 sustainability report.
Accidents and indicators: understanding the units
The 2026 own-workforce table records 129 work-related accidents, compared with 146 in 2025. The frequency rate for accidents resulting in sick leave is 9.66 per million hours worked, compared with 10.79. The lost-time accident rate expressed per 200,000 hours is 1.93 versus 2.16: it describes the same type of outcome using a different base, rather than a second population to add.
The severity rate is 0.26 working days lost per 1,000 hours, compared with 0.50. These are improvements in the published indicators, without proof of causality relating to a particular initiative. The table uses dashes in the 2026 fatal-accident and occupational-illness rows; this profile does not turn those symbols into a separate assertion of zero. Nor does it extend these rates to subcontracted drivers or franchises without an equivalent series.
Sources: 2026 sustainability report.
Health, rest and participation
The digital disconnection policy aims to protect rest, holidays and personal life, making managers responsible for its implementation. The remote-working instruction provides a voluntary and reversible arrangement for compatible roles; it does not mean that every warehouse or driving task can be performed remotely.
The group reports more than 60 collective agreements covering 99% of its workforce and describes dialogue with employee representatives. These organisational and participation mechanisms are relevant to prevention. The report does not provide a clinical evaluation demonstrating that they alone have improved mental health.
Sources: 2026 sustainability report.
The risks involved in a distribution network
A prevention-focused reading of these operations requires distinguishing vehicle movements, goods handling, work with material-handling equipment and shift organisation. This is an editorial analysis of the activities the company describes, rather than an inventory of breaches observed at its sites.
To assess actual effectiveness, each measure needs to be considered against the site, task, exposure hours and responsible employer. Coordination with franchisees and carriers warrants specific monitoring: an aggregate own-workforce indicator does not by itself describe performance across the network. The related links explain these general concepts without certifying their implementation at Logista.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 sustainability report.
Sustainability with an identifiable scope
NACEX’s announcement of its 2025 report states that its carbon footprint per shipment fell by 7.5% in the 2024–2025 financial year and that it had more than 4,000 NACEX.shop points in Spain and Portugal. It links its strategy to electrification, proximity and energy efficiency. These figures concern NACEX and that period, rather than an absolute emissions reduction for all of Logista in 2026.
The same announcement describes training for employees and franchisees. Environmental improvements, customer service and occupational safety share operational decisions, but their results need separate indicators; a lower footprint per shipment does not demonstrate fewer occupational accidents.
Sources: NACEX: presentation of its 2025 sustainability report.
Competition: an annulled fine and a conditional sale
In April 2019 the CNMC fined the Logista operating company €20,987,496 in a tobacco information-exchange case. In its judgment of 3 November 2025, Spain’s National High Court upheld Logista’s appeal and annulled the decision as it concerned Logista. The judgment examines the failure to establish the alleged anticompetitive effects of the exchanged information. That fine should therefore not be presented as a current penalty without recording its annulment.
In a separate matter, in April 2026 the CNMC authorised Boyacá’s acquisition of Logista Publicaciones subject to commitments preserving distribution terms and limiting competitive risks. This conditional clearance is merger control, rather than a new occupational penalty or a finding against Logista concerning the 2019 case.
Sources: National High Court: judgment of 3 November 2025; CNMC: conditional approval of Boyacá/Logista Publicaciones; 2026 audited consolidated accounts.
How to interpret this profile
Logista illustrates how a business with substantial economic volume combines coordination-intensive operations with prevention coverage that varies by scope. Useful questions concern who performs each task, under which system, with what exposure and with which verifiable results.
The financial figures refer to September 2026 year-end; the NACEX environmental example retains its 2024–2025 period and the photograph documents a franchise in 2019. Keeping these dates visible prevents history, current results and targets from being mixed. This independently written editorial profile does not establish a commercial relationship with Sabentis or an endorsement by Logista.
Sources: 2026 audited consolidated accounts; 2026 sustainability report; NACEX: presentation of its 2025 sustainability report; Photograph and licence declaration on Wikimedia Commons.
Frequently asked questions
Is Logista a Spanish company?
Yes. Logista Integral, S.A. is registered in Leganés, Madrid, and listed in Spain. Imperial Brands PLC exercises majority indirect control; that relationship does not change the legal domicile of the parent covered here. [1]
How do revenue and Economic Sales differ?
In 2026 revenue was €13,837.002 million. Economic Sales of €1,839.569 million correspond to gross profit after purchases. These are different measures and should not be added together. [1]
Is the entire network ISO 45001 certified?
The 2026 report places approximately 90% of employees at certified sites. This is workforce coverage, rather than universal certification of franchises, carriers and every facility. [1]
Which accident indicators does it publish?
For its own workforce, Logista records 129 accidents in 2026 and a frequency rate of 9.66 accidents resulting in sick leave per million hours. The 1.93 rate per 200,000 hours uses a different base; it is not an indicator for the entire external network. [1]
Does the 2019 competition fine still apply?
Spain’s National High Court annulled the penalty decision as it concerned Logista in its judgment of 3 November 2025. An up-to-date description must include that outcome rather than present the historical fine in isolation. [1]
