Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Spain

Explore more than 4,459,499 Spain-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Spain 4,459,499 (9.7%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,843,326 (14.9%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,886,110

According to our database, a total of more than 4,459,499 businesses are registered in Spain . That represents 9.72% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Spain-based companies have a share of 3.49% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.42% of all EU employees.

Spain: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (1,047,747 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (743,460) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (693,320).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Spain: TOP Industries 4,459,499 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 1,047,747 23.5% 1,047,747
Retail Trade 743,460 16.7% 743,460
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 693,320 15.5% 693,320
Construction 469,847 10.5% 469,847
Unknown industry 441,982 9.9% 441,982
Wholesale Trade 436,173 9.8% 436,173
Manufacturing 308,669 6.9% 308,669
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 204,667 4.6% 204,667
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 89,515 2.0% 89,515
Public Sector 16,584 0.4% 16,584
Mining 7,535 0.2% 7,535

Spain: Breakdown of companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Spain are Non classified establishment (9.91%), Subdivider/developer (6.64%) and Real property lessor (4.94%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Spain: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 4,459,499 registered companies

Spain: TOP 10 companies with highest sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Spain generated € 2,826,534,608,222 in sales, which represents 3.49% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Spain was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Spain: TOP 10 companies with highest sales 4,459,499 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. MERCADONA SA € 27.82B 0.98% € 27.82B
2. COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA € 27.37B 0.97% € 27.37B
3. REPSOL PETROLEO SA € 20.02B 0.71% € 20.02B
4. CEPSA TRADING SAU € 15.95B 0.56% € 15.95B
5. INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL SA € 15.66B 0.55% € 15.66B
6. REPSOL COMERCIAL DE PRODUCTOS PETROLIFEROS SA € 13.96B 0.49% € 13.96B
7. ENDESA ENERGIA SAU € 12.38B 0.44% € 12.38B
8. EL CORTE INGLES SA € 10.75B 0.38% € 10.75B
9. SEAT SA € 10.51B 0.37% € 10.51B
10. PETROLEOS DEL NORTE SOCIEDAD ANONIMA € 10.07B 0.36% € 10.07B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 164.5B

Spain: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 21,179,137 people, which represents 5.42% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is MERCADONA SA (104,542), followed by GOBIERNO VASCO EUSKO JAURLARITZA (78,000) and EL CORTE INGLES SA (53,770).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Spain: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 4,459,499 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. MERCADONA SA 104,542 0.49% 104,542
2. GOBIERNO VASCO EUSKO JAURLARITZA 78,000 0.37% 78,000
3. EL CORTE INGLES SA 53,770 0.25% 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 0.13% 28,474
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 494,764
The HitHorizons database covers companies registered in 60 countries (including the whole Europe). To ensure consistency of data across countries we removed proprietorships (self-employed individuals) and branches of foreign entities from the data included in our statistics. The last update of company data was on 7/1/2023.

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