June 03, 2025
- Logista Libros has already increased its turnover by more than 26 percent at the last edition in 2024. Logista Libros has already increased its turnover by more than 26 percent at the last edition in 2024.
Logista Libros, the largest independent book distributor in Spain, estimates growth of more than 30 per cent in orders for the 84th edition of the Madrid Book Fair 2025. The number of copies at the opening of the stands, which marks the volume and prospects for the year for publishers and booksellers, will be around 80,000 copies.
Data from Logista, the main supplier of the Madrid Book Fair, showed last year that the most important literary event open to the public in Spain has been flourishing in recent years. Logista Libros distributed 26.9 per cent more units in 2024 than in 2023, going from just under 190,000 copies to more than 234,000. These figures also highlight Logista Libros’ own growth, with the addition of major publishing imprints to its distribution catalogue.
For the third consecutive year, the Book Fair’s organisers, together with distributors such as Logista Parcel and transport agencies, have agreed to provide a centralised service to optimise and organise the delivery of copies and goods to the participants’ stands. Logista Strator has also been a partner of the Fair’s for three years, offering the point-of-sale payment terminal service.
Logista Libros coordinates the distribution activities of several publishing groups, including Planeta, Urano, Harper Collins, La Esfera de los Libros, Edhasa and Maeva. More than 220 publishers publish works by more than 600 authors. Moreover, Logista Libros manages the logistics and distribution of Casa del Libro shops throughout Spain.
The company coordinates the service for the Madrid Book Fair from its 66,000 m2 central warehouse in Cabanillas del Campo (Guadalajara), where it manages 300,000 titles and has 26 million copies in stock.
Álvaro Arturo Benito, the commercial manager of Logista Libros, said: “Once again this year, the Madrid Book Fair continues to demonstrate the commercial and economic boom in the Spanish publishing market. At Logista Libros, we are continuing to work to meet the logistical demands of an event of this size and to satisfy the needs of authors, publishers, booksellers and the general public.”
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Logista is one of the largest logistics operators in Europe, specializing in distribution to proximity channels. It regularly serves around 200,000 points of sale in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland, providing the best and fastest market access for a wide range of products including convenience items, pharmaceuticals, electronic top-ups, books, publications, tobacco, and lotteries, among others. It also boasts the largest transport network in Spain, certified in food safety.
Logista has a highly qualified team of over 8,000 direct employees and a large number of collaborators, such as Nacex franchisees, Logista Parcel delegates, drivers, etc. Employees and collaborators are all focused on serving customers in the most efficient and tailored way possible.
Commitment to sustainability
For nine consecutive years, Logista has maintained its leadership position in CDP, which recognises global leaders in the fight against climate change.Logista is the only European logistics company listed in this category for this period.
In addition, Logista’s firm commitment to sustainability was recognised in May 2024 by Sustainalytics, one of the world’s leading evaluators of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance. After assessing the Company’s ESG criteria, it awarded Logista an ESG risk rating of 16.5 points, indicating it considers Logista to be at Low Risk of experiencing material financial impacts due to ESG factors and accrediting the company as Industry TOP RATED 2024. This assesses the high performance in its sector outside the comprehensive coverage universe of Sustainalytics, with Logista achieving one of the top 50 ratings in the Transport industry.
Moreover, thanks to its strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, Logista has once again succeeded in positioning itself among the leaders in the sector on receiving an MSCI rating of A (the scale ranges from AAA-CCC) in 2024.
Logista also participated in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), S&P’s corporate sustainability assessment. In 2025, Logista was again recognised by the Financial Times as a “leader in diversity” and Ecovadis awarded Logista its silver medal for its performance in sustainability.
Logista is also listed on the FTSE4Good IBEX index, which is comprised of companies that demonstrate sound environmental, social and corporate governance practices, and the Ibex Gender Equality index. It also joined the Ibex 35 in 2022.