Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Spain

Explore more than 4,708,651 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 4,708,651 (10.0%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,787,566 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,053,672

According to our database, a total of more than 4,708,651 businesses are registered in Spain . That represents 10.01% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Spain-based companies have a share of 3.88% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.93% of all EU employees.

Spain: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (1,111,301 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (786,868) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (745,717).

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 4,708,651 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 1,111,301 23.6% 1,111,301
Retail Trade 786,868 16.7% 786,868
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 745,717 15.8% 745,717
Construction 489,013 10.4% 489,013
Unknown industry 469,760 10.0% 469,760
Wholesale Trade 457,057 9.7% 457,057
Manufacturing 313,673 6.7% 313,673
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 214,531 4.6% 214,531
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 96,584 2.1% 96,584
Public Sector 16,606 0.4% 16,606
Mining 7,541 0.2% 7,541

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 (9.98%), Subdivider/developer (6.47%) and Real property lessor (4.98%).

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 4,708,651 registered companies

Spain: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Spain generated € 3,289,480,226,093 in sales, which represents 3.88% 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 4,708,651 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. MERCADONA SA € 34.06B 1.04% € 34.06B
2. REPSOL PETROLEO SA € 28.93B 0.88% € 28.93B
3. COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA € 21.28B 0.65% € 21.28B
4. REPSOL SOLUCIONES ENERGETICAS SA. € 19.13B 0.58% € 19.13B
5. ENDESA ENERGIA SAU € 18.87B 0.57% € 18.87B
6. STELLANTIS ESPAÑA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA. € 16.58B 0.5% € 16.58B
7. INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL SA € 15.86B 0.48% € 15.86B
8. SEAT SAU € 14.17B 0.43% € 14.17B
9. IBERDROLA CLIENTES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA. € 12.38B 0.38% € 12.38B
10. EL CORTE INGLES SA € 11.6B 0.35% € 11.6B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 192.9B

Spain: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 22,700,096 people, which represents 5.93% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is SERVICIO ANDALUZ DE LA SALUD. CAN (126,531), followed by MERCADONA SA (108,742) and ADM. GENERAL O ADM. DE LA COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE EUSKADI (78,000).

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 4,708,651 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. SERVICIO ANDALUZ DE LA SALUD. CAN 126,531 0.56% 126,531
2. MERCADONA SA 108,742 0.48% 108,742
3. ADM. GENERAL O ADM. DE LA COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE EUSKADI 78,000 0.34% 78,000
4. EL CORTE INGLES SA 50,305 0.22% 50,305
5. SOCIEDAD ESTATAL CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS SA S.M.E. 48,094 0.21% 48,094
6. SERVICIO GALEGO DE SAUDE CGA 40,000 0.18% 40,000
7. INSTITUT CATALA DE LA SALUT DE BARCELONA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA 36,607 0.16% 36,607
8. CAIXABANK SA 36,559 0.16% 36,559
9. CLECE SA 34,736 0.15% 34,736
10. CENTROS COMERCIALES CARREFOUR SA 33,826 0.15% 33,826
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 593,400

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