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(10 - 33) Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 11.0 - Manufacture of beverages 11.07 - Manufacture of soft drinks and bottled waters
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 July 2025
Employment effect (start)
16 July 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Aquaservice, the leading bottled water dispenser distribution company in Spain and Portugal, has announced that it plans to create over 400 new jobs in Europe in 2025.
The business expansion will apply to Spain and Portugal Aquaservice 2025-ES.
In 2024, Aquaservice, recorded a 17.3% increase in turnover, reaching €279 million. All in all, the company created 300 new jobs over the past year, expanding its workforce to 3,380. In 2024, the company expanded internationally by launching operations in Portugal, opening a spring in Gouveia and a regional office in Porto. Over the past five years, Aquaservice has generated over 1,500 new jobs through its annual Employment Creation Plan.
Aquaservice now operates seven production sites and 77 distribution hubs across the Iberian Peninsula, serving over 800,000 customers.
Eurofound (2025), Aquaservice, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 203104, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203104.
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