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The study attempts to assess the strategic position of the forest service sector companies based on the SWOT method. Positioning of the company development was done on the example of 49 companies, which are providing services for the forest management in Poznań, Piła and Szczecin Regional State Forest Directorates (western Poland). Data that enabled the analysis was obtained by the usage of the questionnaire method. The structure analysis of the respondents from the point of view of points assigned to the investigated factors and assessments of these factors was performed. The results showed that the vast majority of companies that were participating in the research was on the average and aggressor developmental position. The internal factors such as ‘work experience of human resources', ‘machines technical quality' and external factor such as ‘forest services contract principle' were the most important for the forest companies owners. ‘Leasing of forest machines' and ‘opportunity for action as consortiums' are said to bring about strengths, while ‘purchase of machinery by the State Forest', ‘business ethics', ‘increase of fuel prices' and ‘new competing companies' are considered as the main threats.