Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Paper mills worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,412 paper mills worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 314,939 professional contacts across them, including 76,024 with verified work emails. India is the largest market and Mumbai the largest hub.
This list covers paper mills worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for paper mills follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest paper mills worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18,232 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “APP serves as the holding company for multiple Indonesia pulp and paper manufacturing as well as forestry entities, catering to the increasing global need for high-quality tissue…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 16,954 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Suzano, the company resulting from the merger of Suzano Pulp & Paper and Fibria, is committed to being a global reference in the sustainable use of natural resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 16,251 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 12,976 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos a maior produtora e exportadora de papéis para embalagens do Brasil, líderes nos mercados de embalagens de papelão ondulado, sacos industriais e papel-cartão e a única…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 12,435 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Smurfit Westrock is a leading global paper and packaging solutions partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 7,540 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are one of the global leaders in the pulp industry, present in 12 countries and exporting to more than 50 markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 6,223 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We strive to use every part of the tree to make world-class products for customers in over 150 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 5,900 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PCA is the third-largest producer of containerboard in the United States and a leading producer of uncoated freesheet in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 4,796 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) Group is one of the largest, most technologically advanced and efficient makers of pulp and paper products in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 4,691 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Domtar is a leading, privately held manufacturer of diversified forest products, with a workforce of roughly employees in more than 40 locations across North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 4,175 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eldorado Brasil stands out as one of the largest and most efficient producers of pulp in the world, combining high productivity with a strong commitment to sustainability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,869 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Antalis is a member of KPP Group Holdings Co, Ltd, a worldwide leader in Papers, Packaging and Visual Communication distribution headquartered in Japan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,833 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Domtar est l'un des principaux fabricants privés de produits forestiers diversifiés, avec un effectif d'environ 14 employés répartis sur plus de 40 sites en Amérique du Nord.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 2,546 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Billerud is a world-leading company in high performance paper and packaging materials - driven by a strong commitment to sustainability, quality and customer value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2,324 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Saica is one of the largest European players in the development and production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard, with a production of 3.3 million tonnes of paper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2,277 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Sofidel Group, headquartered in Porcari (Lucca, Italy), is one of the leading manufacturers of paper for hygienic and household use worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2,267 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos uma das principais indústrias nacionais de embalagens sustentáveis a base de papel e papelão ondulado.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2,102 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We make sustainable Paper solutions for your needs!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,923 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Venkatalakshmi Paper and Boards Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,863 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Navigator Company is an integrated producer of forest, pulp, paper, tissue, sustainable packaging solutions and bioenergy, whose activity is based on state-of-the-art…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,844 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We believe in the promise of paper to educate, communicate and entertain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,705 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From the very beginning, our Group has been immersed in the world of specialty papers, captivated by their unrivaled performance and mesmerizing aesthetics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,699 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Metsä Board is a producer of lightweight and high-quality folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,542 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a premier independent supplier of paperboard packaging products to North American converters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,508 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A forward-looking and progressive company since its very foundation over a century ago, the Kruger organization is constantly evolving and looking for the best talent for its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: paper mills. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names paper mills.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of paper mills, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name paper mills. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Paper mills worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among paper mills, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for paper mills are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “paper mills”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names paper mills), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among paper mills, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 76,024 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Paper mills by location
27 lists · largest firstEvery Paper mills list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Paper mills based in India722
- Paper mills based in Italy475
- Paper mills based in the United States454
- Paper mills based in China434
- Paper mills based in Brazil408
- Paper mills based in Germany175
- Paper mills based in Türkiye171
- Paper mills based in the United Kingdom123
- Paper mills based in France115
- Paper mills based in Spain111
- Paper mills based in Canada93
- Paper mills based in the United Arab Emirates70
- Paper mills based in Indonesia68
- Paper mills based in Egypt66
- Paper mills based in Mexico65
- Paper mills based in the Netherlands61
- Paper mills based in Sweden60
- Paper mills based in Poland52
- Paper mills based in Argentina48
- Paper mills based in Portugal38
- Paper mills based in Saudi Arabia36
- Paper mills based in South Africa34
- Paper mills based in Chile33
- Paper mills based in Austria26
- Paper mills based in Australia25
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names paper mills, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many paper mills are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,412 paper mills worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
APP Group, headquartered in Central Jakarta, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most paper mills?
India leads with 722 companies, followed by Italy (475) and the United States (454). Every paper mills list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most paper mills?
Mumbai leads with 62 headquartered companies, followed by New Delhi (58) and Sao Paulo (44).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 76,024 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,412 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.