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 56 Food and beverage service activities” has 4,060 companies in 2024, which together paid €236.6 million in taxes administered by VID. The largest payer is AS "LIDO" with €18.5 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	AS "LIDO"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	18.5	11.2	1,018	+14.1%
2	SIA "PREMIER RESTAURANTS LATVIA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	14.0	5.5	855	+7.5%
3	SIA "Baltic Restaurants Latvia"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	6.6	3.4	526	+16.1%
4	SIA "TIAMO GRUPA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Liepāja	5.9	3.5	683	+11.2%
5	SIA "ANIVA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	2.9	1.7	283	+17.9%
6	SIA "ŽAKS-2"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	2.9	1.4	200	+10.8%
7	SIA "CNC"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Ķekava Municipality	2.8	1.5	265	+40.2%
8	SIA "FRISTAR"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	2.7	1.5	242	+11.3%
9	SIA LAGE GROUP	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	2.4	1.4	276	−7.2%
10	SIA "HARTVIK F"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	2.4	1.6	167	+6.3%
11	SIA APL Fresh Food	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	2.0	0.7	131	+8.1%
12	SIA "BR Services LV"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.9	1.2	236	−2.3%
13	"Lage Ltd" SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.7	1.1	200	+2.4%
14	SIA "VĒL VAIRĀK SAULES"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.6	1.0	135	−20.9%
15	SIA Cakes and Bakes Latvia	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	1.6	1.0	91	−0.1%
16	SIA "PĒRSE-L.L.K."	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.6	1.0	107	+25.8%
17	SIA BALTIC PRO FOOD	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.5	1.0	140	+8.5%
18	SIA "Airo Catering Services Latvija"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	1.5	2.2	186	+9.5%
19	SIA Tallink Fast Food Latvia	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.4	0.7	112	−0.2%
20	Two More Beers LV, SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.3	0.8	82	+33.4%
21	SIA "ALEKS UN V"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.3	0.6	167	−17.9%
22	SIA "IRG"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.2	0.6	115	+30.0%
23	SIA "SALTUMS KANDAVĀ"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Tukums Municipality	1.2	0.7	145	+22.0%
24	SIA "Baltic Restaurants Catering"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.1	0.7	113	+56.3%
25	SIA "MARNIKO"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.1	0.6	108	+38.1%
26	SIA "LATER LTD"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.1	1.0	188	−3.3%
27	SIA "Klondaika Cafe"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.0	0.7	154	−10.7%
28	SIA "KANTĪNE B"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Valmiera Municipality	1.0	0.6	83	−0.5%
29	Lagardere Travel Retail SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	1.0	0.6	93	+9.8%
30	SIA "MS Solis"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.9	0.5	74	+1.9%
31	SIA "SL Kitchen"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.9	0.4	56	+7.5%
32	SIA "DELIMENT"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Ropaži Municipality	0.9	0.5	133	+20.7%
33	SIA "GUSTAVbeķereja"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Sigulda Municipality	0.9	0.5	64	+18.5%
34	SIA "DEVALOKA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.8	0.6	72	+59.5%
35	SIA "11 M"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.8	0.5	55	−0.5%
36	SIA "TIAMO CATERING"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Liepāja	0.8	0.5	90	+59.5%
37	SIA "Folkklubs ALA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.7	0.4	53	+16.2%
38	SIA "D-Pizza LV"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.7	0.3	52	+36.9%
39	SIA "DIĀNA-BISTRO"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Ventspils	0.7	0.4	84	+2.5%
40	SIA "Apetite36"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	0.7	0.4	73	+15.8%
41	SIA "ItalAmo"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.7	0.3	63	+1.4%
42	SIA "ZILAIS PUTNS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.7	0.4	53	+170.8%
43	"Picu darbnīca" SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	0.7	0.3	68	+30.4%
44	AS "Fēnikss"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jūrmala	0.7	0.4	74	+7.2%
45	SIA "MAMBO"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.4	43	+7.3%
46	SIA "Mano"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.2	41	+37.9%
47	SIA "G & K"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.2	34	+28.6%
48	"SUPERBURGER" SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.0	0	+24.4%
49	SIA "NOMEDA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.4	70	+8.0%
50	SIA "ELZ39"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.2	34	+28.5%
51	SIA "FABRIKAS RESTORĀNS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.3	44	−1.0%
52	SIA "ESSA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.6	0.3	43	+11.3%
53	AS "TheCatch"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	31	+0.9%
54	SIA Kūkotava	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	34	+25.1%
55	SIA "Restorāns Portofino"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	41	−4.5%
56	SIA "Risus nams"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jūrmala	0.5	0.2	31	+32.1%
57	SIA LAGE LOFT	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	74	+20.9%
58	SIA "FIRMA ORIONS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Dobele Municipality	0.5	0.3	46	+17.2%
59	SIA FRENX	56 Food and beverage service activities	Valmiera Municipality	0.5	0.3	48	+49.8%
60	SIA "Cadets de Gascogne"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	47	−11.7%
61	SIA "Arena Catering"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	88	−24.0%
62	SIA "ROMĀRS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Liepāja	0.5	0.2	27	+15.2%
63	SIA Food Society	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	32	−1.7%
64	SIA "Tērbatas sēta"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	49	−45.7%
65	SIA "MEDU"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	30	+23.7%
66	SIA "BINVEST"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.2	34	+40.2%
67	SIA "ARKTIKA G"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Kuldīga Municipality	0.5	0.3	69	+0.7%
68	SIA "Remotea"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jūrmala	0.5	0.3	31	+0.4%
69	SIA "OZOLIŅA KONDITOREJA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Ogre Municipality	0.5	0.3	58	+13.1%
70	SIA "Pasākumu apkalpošana"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.3	32	+5.8%
71	SIA "LANIO NEKUSTAMIE ĪPAŠUMI"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.2	50	+43.7%
72	SIA "Tora Tora"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.2	43	+32.6%
73	SIA SHIRO	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.5	0.2	34	+22.4%
74	MovingScreens SIA	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	40	−5.0%
75	SIA "LAURIS RESTAURANT SERVICE"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Mārupe Municipality	0.4	0.3	96	+56.0%
76	IK "Kanto"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jelgava	0.4	0.3	52	+1.5%
77	SIA "VIKTORIJA B"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jelgava	0.4	0.3	76	−12.2%
78	SIA "Ausmeņa"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Rēzekne	0.4	0.2	43	−11.5%
79	SIA "Baltic Pub"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	50	−6.6%
80	SIA "AN FOOD"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	33	+8.1%
81	SIA "EML Baltic"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	34	−16.5%
82	SIA "SMILŠU PULKSTENIS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	44	+11.7%
83	SIA "KALNAKRASTI"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jūrmala	0.4	0.2	50	+4.6%
84	SIA "ZETOP"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	37	+3.2%
85	SIA "APREX"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	30	+15.6%
86	SIA "ZĀLĪTES A"	56 Food and beverage service activities	South Kurzeme Municipality	0.4	0.2	49	+22.4%
87	SIA "ENERGO HELP"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Daugavpils	0.4	0.2	67	+12.8%
88	SIA firma "ANTARIS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Daugavpils	0.4	0.3	54	+3.3%
89	SIA "RX ĪPAŠUMI"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	54	+0.3%
90	SIA "Lage Ko"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	20	+2.0%
91	SIA "RESTORĀNS ORIENTS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Jūrmala	0.4	0.2	38	+10.1%
92	SIA "LOCALE"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	33	+25.5%
93	SIA "LAUVAS NAMS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	42	−5.9%
94	SIA "AHTI"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	39	−68.1%
95	SIA "HIN"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.3	28	−13.0%
96	SIA "RARERA"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	62	−1.6%
97	SIA "RM FOOD"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	29	−2.1%
98	SIA firma "RIC"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.2	29	+9.3%
99	SIA "KLERUS"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Riga	0.4	0.1	19	+44.8%
100	SIA "MEŽVIDI"	56 Food and beverage service activities	Augšdaugava Municipality	0.4	0.2	61	+13.5%

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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