Industry Breakdown of Companies in Spain

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Spain

The number of companies in Spain is 4,394,918, which represents 9.63% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Spain 4,394,918 (9.6%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Spain

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Spain is Services with 1,032,746 companies followed by Retail Trade and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate with 732,819 and 685,198 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Spain 4,394,918 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 1,032,746 23.5% 1,032,746
Retail Trade 732,819 16.7% 732,819
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 685,198 15.6% 685,198
Construction 466,480 10.6% 466,480
Wholesale Trade 429,269 9.8% 429,269
Unknown industry 429,215 9.8% 429,215
Manufacturing 307,466 7.0% 307,466
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 202,651 4.6% 202,651
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 88,187 2.0% 88,187
Public Sector 13,350 0.3% 13,350
Mining 7,537 0.2% 7,537

Breakdown of Companies in Spain by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Spain are Non classified establishment (9.77%), Subdivider/developer (6.71%) and Real property lessor (4.94%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Spain by SIC Code 4,394,918 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Spain

Companies registered in Spain generate € 2,778,868,927,095 in sales per annum, which represents 3.59% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is MERCADONA SA with € 25.15B followed by REPSOL PETROLEO SA and COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA with € 20.02B and € 17.73B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Spain 4,394,918 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. MERCADONA SA € 25.15B 0.91% € 25.15B
2. REPSOL PETROLEO SA € 20.02B 0.72% € 20.02B
3. COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA € 17.73B 0.64% € 17.73B
4. CEPSA TRADING SAU € 15.95B 0.57% € 15.95B
5. REPSOL COMERCIAL DE PRODUCTOS PETROLIFEROS SA € 13.96B 0.5% € 13.96B
6. ENDESA ENERGIA SAU € 12.38B 0.45% € 12.38B
7. INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL SA € 11.13B 0.4% € 11.13B
8. EL CORTE INGLES SA € 10.75B 0.39% € 10.75B
9. SOCIEDAD ESTATAL LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO SME SA € 9.359B 0.34% € 9.359B
10. SEAT SA € 9.256B 0.33% € 9.256B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Spain

Companies registered in Spain have 21,062,562 employees, which represents 5.42% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is MERCADONA SA with 102,871 people followed by GOBIERNO VASCO EUSKO JAURLARITZA and EL CORTE INGLES SA with 78,000 and 53,770 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Spain 4,394,918 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. MERCADONA SA 102,871 0.49% 102,871
2. GOBIERNO VASCO EUSKO JAURLARITZA 78,000 0.37% 78,000
3. EL CORTE INGLES SA 53,770 0.26% 53,770
4. SOCIEDAD ESTATAL CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS SA S.M.E. 48,446 0.23% 48,446
5. CLECE SA 42,935 0.2% 42,935
6. CAIXABANK SA 36,731 0.17% 36,731
7. INSTITUT CATALA DE LA SALUT DE BARCELONA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA 36,607 0.17% 36,607
8. CENTROS COMERCIALES CARREFOUR SA 35,259 0.17% 35,259
9. COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID 30,000 0.14% 30,000
10. FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE SAU 28,474 0.14% 28,474

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