Why can a company with few staff pay so much?

The total includes the VAT and excise duty a company pays over on the goods it sells. For fuel, alcohol and tobacco traders these make up most of the total, so they can rank high with few employees. The “Labour taxes” column shows how much of the total is income tax and social contributions.

Why can a company’s total be negative?

VID publishes the total net of refunds. If a company got back more VAT in the year than it paid, an exporter for instance, the total is negative.

Does the list include every company?

It includes the merchants for which VID publishes taxes paid. Institutions, associations and farms are not in it. If a company is in a VAT group, VID publishes the group’s VAT separately, so it may not be in the company’s own total.

How often is the data updated?

Fakts loads the VID and Register of Enterprises data every night. A new year appears once VID publishes it.

Largest taxpayers

Largest taxpayers in Latvia in 2024

The selection “NACE 25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment” has 1,483 companies in 2024, which together paid €123.8 million in taxes administered by VID. The largest payer is SIA "EAST METAL" with €4.4 million (updated 24/09/2026).

Largest taxpayers in the selection

Taxes administered by VID, net of refunds. The change compares the same company's total a year earlier.

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Largest taxpayers in the selection
No.	Company	Industry	Municipality	Taxes paid, € million	Labour taxes, € million	Staff	Change
1	SIA "EAST METAL"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Dobele Municipality	4.4	5.0	474	−10.7%
2	LSEZ "Jensen Metal" SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	3.9	4.3	409	+104.5%
3	SIA "Zn metals"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava	3.1	1.1	91	+20.9%
4	SIA "RK Metāls"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	South Kurzeme Municipality	2.8	2.8	214	+5.6%
5	SIA "Rītausmas Steel Constructions"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	2.4	0.9	59	−31.0%
6	Schock Metal Latvia SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	2.3	1.2	181	−18.6%
7	SIA AMMUNITY	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Mārupe Municipality	2.1	0.7	45	+209.0%
8	SIA "VALPRO"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Valmiera Municipality	2.1	2.4	281	−5.1%
9	SIA "LANOS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Saldus Municipality	2.0	1.1	83	+18.2%
10	Karcher Technology Latvia SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava Municipality	1.9	2.6	242	+72.1%
11	SIA "BALTIC ZINC TECHNICS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.9	1.3	89	+55.5%
12	SIA "Aile Grupa"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	1.9	1.9	155	+5.9%
13	Lyngson SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Olaine Municipality	1.6	1.2	112	−23.9%
14	SIA ERCON	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Saldus Municipality	1.5	1.0	76	+11.7%
15	SIA "EMJ Metāls"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ķekava Municipality	1.5	2.2	139	+47.0%
16	Heidelberg Materials SBC Latvia SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Mārupe Municipality	1.4	2.6	161	–
17	SIA "Medzes components"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	South Kurzeme Municipality	1.3	1.4	154	+10.9%
18	"CSK STEEL" SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Tukums Municipality	1.3	1.8	140	+4.8%
19	SIA "RIPO International"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.3	0.6	46	+6.5%
20	SIA "ZIZ"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.2	0.3	39	+32.5%
21	SIA "KALMETA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ventspils	1.1	0.3	55	−5.2%
22	LSEZ SIA "Lesjofors Springs LV"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	1.1	1.0	91	−4.3%
23	SIA "LEAX Rēzekne" Rēzeknes speciālās ekonomiskās zonas	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Rēzekne Municipality	1.0	1.7	192	+6.4%
24	SIA "BELMAST"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Daugavpils	1.0	0.8	110	+5,035.3%
25	SIA "Modul"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.0	0.3	30	+17.6%
26	SIA "GRANĪTS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.0	0.4	25	−53.7%
27	SIA "TECNOPALI NORTH EUROPE"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ķekava Municipality	1.0	0.9	61	−18.9%
28	SIA "LEAX Baltix"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Mārupe Municipality	1.0	1.3	116	−3.0%
29	SIA "METKON"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	1.0	0.6	68	−29.5%
30	SIA "NEOLAT"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.9	0.3	45	−15.8%
31	SIA "EHT FABRIK"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Mārupe Municipality	0.9	0.6	46	+1.2%
32	"ATLANTIJAS METĀLA SERVISS" , SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.9	0.3	32	+10.8%
33	SIA "TOODE"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ķekava Municipality	0.9	0.5	32	−1.6%
34	SIA "Baltic Signs Europe"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.9	0.5	54	−2.2%
35	AS "Mārupes Metālmeistars"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava Municipality	0.8	0.6	71	−16.1%
36	CW Technics SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.8	0.7	82	−41.9%
37	SIA "Balex Metal"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Saldus Municipality	0.8	0.4	38	+2.2%
38	SIA "AISIS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Bauska Municipality	0.8	0.6	57	+15.7%
39	SIA LSEZ "RT metāls"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	0.8	1.5	122	−1.4%
40	SIA "Silkeborg Spaantagning Baltic"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	0.8	0.9	92	−15.5%
41	SIA "POLIURS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava Municipality	0.7	1.4	107	−14.1%
42	SIA "Forta Prefab"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.7	0.7	9	−34.3%
43	SIA "Ventspils metināšanas rūpnīca"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ventspils	0.7	0.6	59	+37.5%
44	SIA Steel Elements	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava Municipality	0.7	0.4	49	+15.4%
45	SIA "CNC SAAN"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Mārupe Municipality	0.7	0.4	46	−7.8%
46	SIA "METĀRO"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Valmiera Municipality	0.7	0.6	47	+37.7%
47	SIA "ŽOGU FABRIKA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava	0.7	0.3	29	−7.1%
48	SIA "Eko El"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ogre Municipality	0.6	0.9	84	+16.6%
49	SIA "Reserv Inc"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.6	0.9	128	−23.8%
50	SIA "SIGNUM"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava	0.6	0.3	32	+7.9%
51	SIA "TORGY BALTIC"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava Municipality	0.5	0.6	57	+16.6%
52	SIA "Buschmann tools"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.4	26	+125.0%
53	SIA "FITTERO"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ogre Municipality	0.5	0.2	32	+18.5%
54	SIA "VAIROGS-M"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	1.1	95	−52.2%
55	SIA "MetPro"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Dobele Municipality	0.5	0.3	32	+30.6%
56	SIA "RARE power"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	South Kurzeme Municipality	0.5	0.3	31	+18.8%
57	SIA "Saava-LV"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.4	32	+19.6%
58	SIA "UNA R"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.6	75	+245.2%
59	SIA "voestalpine Railway Systems Latvia"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ropaži Municipality	0.5	0.3	7	−52.3%
60	Liepājas speciālās ekonomiskās zonas SIA "LPSP"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	0.5	0.3	27	+21.6%
61	SIA "EPA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.2	18	+51.3%
62	AS "Kurzemes atslēga"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	South Kurzeme Municipality	0.5	0.4	68	+2.9%
63	RSEZ SIA "LATSTAB"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Rēzekne	0.5	0.4	61	+140.9%
64	SIA "Rubate metal"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.3	43	+11.7%
65	SIA AT welding solutions	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.5	0.2	31	+245.2%
66	SIA "VSA Service"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	0.5	0.4	36	−3.8%
67	SIA "JT Unimetal"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Tukums Municipality	0.5	0.3	39	+79.0%
68	SIA "LīvMet"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Līvāni Municipality	0.4	0.4	57	+11.4%
69	SIA "FRM"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.3	28	+58.3%
70	SIA "INTERSTEEL Latvija"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	South Kurzeme Municipality	0.4	0.1	18	−55.6%
71	SIA "RS Industry"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.4	42	−18.6%
72	SIA "SKĀRDA NAMS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.2	18	+5.8%
73	SIA "IDM serviss"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.5	48	+24.9%
74	SIA "VITRUM FACTORY"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ropaži Municipality	0.4	0.4	67	+27.2%
75	SIA "CUTCENTRE"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.2	19	−4.6%
76	SIA "ESP EUROPEAN STEEL PRODUCTION"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Olaine Municipality	0.4	0.9	75	+26.0%
77	SIA "Vides reklāma"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ropaži Municipality	0.4	0.2	23	−5.6%
78	SIA "Exigum"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.2	19	+0.1%
79	Influx Fabrication SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Kuldīga Municipality	0.4	0.3	27	−2.2%
80	SIA "BRABANTIA LATVIA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Talsi Municipality	0.4	1.1	141	+19.5%
81	SIA "KATERS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ogre Municipality	0.4	0.1	9	+47.9%
82	SIA "DARBA SPARS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.3	39	+3.8%
83	SIA "GALOMET"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.2	21	+9.6%
84	SIA "DL metal"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Daugavpils	0.4	0.4	63	−2.9%
85	SIA "Steel PROFI"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ropaži Municipality	0.4	0.3	31	−15.0%
86	SIA "Parkit"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ventspils	0.4	0.3	34	−19.6%
87	SIA "PALMER GROUP"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ādaži Municipality	0.4	0.2	17	+33.7%
88	SIA "OLGALEK"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.4	0.1	20	+52.8%
89	SIA "BALTIJAS METĀLAPSTRĀDES GRUPA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.3	0.2	15	+29.5%
90	SIA LS Steel	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ventspils	0.3	0.2	31	−1.8%
91	SIA "MADESTA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.3	0.7	85	−35.7%
92	SIA RB metāls	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Jelgava	0.3	0.1	22	+72.5%
93	SIA "T Profile"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.3	0.3	21	+79.5%
94	SIA "LATTEPS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Daugavpils	0.3	0.4	88	+17.3%
95	SIA "MetCom"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.3	0.2	27	−29.9%
96	SIA "MetalProjekts"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Ķekava Municipality	0.3	0.2	32	+28.7%
97	SIA "Arco Color Latvija"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Salaspils Municipality	0.3	0.2	17	+0.7%
98	Liepājas speciālās ekonomiskās zonas "Lesjofors Gas Springs" SIA	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Liepāja	0.3	0.4	61	+28.2%
99	SIA "RYTERNA LATVIJA"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Riga	0.3	0.1	17	−8.0%
100	SIA "PRODUS"	25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	Limbaži Municipality	0.3	0.3	35	−19.6%

How the figures are compiled

The source is the State Revenue Service (VID) open dataset of taxes administered by VID paid by merchants in the last three tax years, published on data.gov.lv under CC0. VID republishes it in place with only the latest years, so Fakts keeps every year once it appears and restored the older years from copies saved by the Internet Archive.

The amount is the total of taxes administered by VID that a merchant paid in the tax year, in thousands of euro. It includes, for example, VAT, excise duty, corporate income tax, personal income tax and state social insurance contributions. VID publishes it net of refunds, so a merchant that got back more than it paid shows a negative total.

Labour taxes are personal income tax and state social insurance contributions, which VID states separately. Staff is VID’s average number of employees in the year. The change compares the same merchant’s total with the year before.

The industry is the main NACE code VID holds for that year. The municipality and the name come from the company’s current entry in the Register of Enterprises.

The data covers merchants: limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, individual merchants, partnerships and branches of foreign merchants. State and municipal institutions, associations and farms are not included.

Sources

Taxes administered by VID paid by merchants in the last three tax years, State Revenue Service of Latvia (VID)
Register of Enterprises open data, Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia

Fakts compiles these figures from the datasets above, published on data.gov.lv under the CC0 licence. They are not official statistics.

Questions

Which taxes are included in the total?: Every tax administered by VID that the merchant paid in the year, for example VAT, excise duty, corporate income tax, personal income tax and social contributions. VID publishes the total net of refunds.
Why can a company with few staff pay so much?: The total includes the VAT and excise duty a company pays over on the goods it sells. For fuel, alcohol and tobacco traders these make up most of the total, so they can rank high with few employees. The “Labour taxes” column shows how much of the total is income tax and social contributions.
Why can a company’s total be negative?: VID publishes the total net of refunds. If a company got back more VAT in the year than it paid, an exporter for instance, the total is negative.
Does the list include every company?: It includes the merchants for which VID publishes taxes paid. Institutions, associations and farms are not in it. If a company is in a VAT group, VID publishes the group’s VAT separately, so it may not be in the company’s own total.
How often is the data updated?: Fakts loads the VID and Register of Enterprises data every night. A new year appears once VID publishes it.

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