Private company

Jerónimo Martins

Logo: Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, SA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Portuguese trading company

Jerónimo Martins SGPS, SA (JM) is a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialised retail. It operates more than 6,500 stores in Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and Colombia. Jerónimo Martins is listed on Euronext Lisbon, under the code JMT, and is part of the PSI-20 index.2 It employed about 108,600 people in 2018.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1792Founded1
  • Industryfood distribution, retail1
  • HeadquartersLisbon1
  • Websitewww.jeronimomartins.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • Listed onEuronext Lisbon (JMT)1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Jerónimo Martins SGPS, SA (JM) is a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialised retail. It operates more than 6,500 stores in Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and Colombia.2

Products and brands

Operations

In Portugal, Jerónimo Martins operates the Pingo Doce chain of super- and hypermarkets as well as the Recheio chain of cash-and-carry stores.

The group is the majority owner of Jerónimo Martins Retail (JMR), which operates the Pingo Doce super- and hypermarket chain in Portugal. JMR has been run as a 51%-49% joint venture with the Dutch firm Ahold Delhaize since 1982.

The Group also operates in the specialized retail sector in Portugal, where Jerónimo Martins owns the Jeronymo coffee shops.

Jerónimo Martins owns Biedronka, the largest chain of discount stores in Poland, which generates approximately 70% of the Group’s total sales. Also in Poland, the Group operates the health and beauty and cosmetic chain Hebe.

Read the full text

In 2013, Jerónimo Martins Group started its operations in Colombia with the opening of the first Ara stores as well as its first distribution centre.

Since 2025, Biedronka has been developing a food retail operation in Slovakia and opened the first Biedronka store in March 2025.

Early June 2026, a reconstruction programme funded by the Jerónimo Martins Foundation, with a total value of €20 million, was launched to rebuild homes, nurseries, and buildings after Storm Kristin affected Portugal severely.

Former operations

It once owned Lillywhites, a British company focused on sports goods (sold in 2002 to Sports World International); a stake in Eurocash, a cash-and-carry in Poland; and Supermercados Sé, a supermarket chain in Brazil (sold to Grupo Pão de Açúcar in 2002).

Until 2016, Jerónimo Martins had industrial facilities focused on the production of several Unilever brands. This was carried out through the joint venture company Unilever Jerónimo Martins, which was 45% owned by JM and 55% owned by Unilever.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jerónimo Martins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Employees over time

  • 2018108,5601

Timeline

  1. 1792Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4