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DS Smith's competitors and similar companies include Stora Enso and UPM.

	DS Smith DS Smith is a company that provides sustainable packaging solutions, paper products, and recycling services.	Stora Enso Stora Enso is a company that manufactures renewable products for packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction.	UPM UPM-Kymmene is a company that provides sustainable material solutions for the forest industry.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1940	Founding Date 1998	Founding Date 1996
Type	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial paper and packaging sustainability waste management	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial paper and packaging renewables wood product	Tags Manufacturing & Industrial advanced materials paper and packaging wood product
Locations	Locations London, GB HQ Kalsdorf Bei Graz, AT Margarethen Am Moos, AT Neumarkt Am Wallersee, AT Wien, AT Buggenhout, BE Gent, BE see more	Locations Helsinki, FI HQ Waldhausen, AT Wisperndorf, AT Ybbs An Der Donau, AT Gent, BE Beihai, CN Changzhou, CN see more	Locations Helsinki, FI HQ Pablo Podestá, AR Adelaide, AU Logan, AU Melbourne, AU North Sydney, AU Sydney, AU see more
Employees	Employees 29,358	Employees 19,0003% increase	Employees 16,3073% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 9.1 b	Valuation ($) 18.4 b
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) £6.7b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) €9.3b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) €9.7b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods £4.3b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods €7b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods €5.2b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit £2.4b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit €2.5b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit €4.6b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income (£126m) (FY, 2025)	Net income €686m (FY, 2025)	Net income €491m (FY, 2025)
Operating ⚠
Suppliers	Suppliers 40 k (FY, 2023)	Suppliers 20 k (FY, 2019)	Suppliers 21 k (FY, 2020)