Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Spain

Explore more than 4,521,803 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 4,521,803 (10.2%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,954,869 (15.7%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,255,246

According to our database, a total of more than 4,521,803 businesses are registered in Spain . That represents 10.22% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Spain-based companies have a share of 3.86% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.74% of all EU employees.

Spain: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (1,061,614 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (752,905) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (703,803).

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 4,521,803 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 1,061,614 23.5% 1,061,614
Retail Trade 752,905 16.7% 752,905
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 703,803 15.6% 703,803
Construction 474,945 10.5% 474,945
Unknown industry 453,234 10.0% 453,234
Wholesale Trade 441,069 9.8% 441,069
Manufacturing 310,125 6.9% 310,125
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 207,629 4.6% 207,629
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 92,286 2.0% 92,286
Public Sector 16,627 0.4% 16,627
Mining 7,566 0.2% 7,566

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 (10.02%), Subdivider/developer (6.61%) and Real property lessor (4.89%).

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 4,521,803 registered companies

Spain: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Spain generated € 3,124,675,952,499 in sales, which represents 3.86% 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 4,521,803 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. REPSOL PETROLEO SA € 34.81B 1.11% € 34.81B
2. MERCADONA SA € 27.82B 0.89% € 27.82B
3. COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA € 27.37B 0.88% € 27.37B
4. Cepsa Sustainable Fuels Palos De La Frontera Sl. € 26.27B 0.84% € 26.27B
5. REPSOL COMERCIAL DE PRODUCTOS PETROLIFEROS SA € 24.34B 0.78% € 24.34B
6. ENDESA ENERGIA SAU € 20B 0.64% € 20B
7. GAS NATURAL COMERCIALIZADORA SA € 18.04B 0.58% € 18.04B
8. INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL SA € 15.66B 0.5% € 15.66B
9. IBERDROLA CLIENTES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA. € 14.5B 0.46% € 14.5B
10. STELLANTIS ESPAÑA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA. € 14.37B 0.46% € 14.37B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 223.2B

Spain: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 22,393,272 people, which represents 5.74% 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 (50,667).

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 4,521,803 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. MERCADONA SA 104,542 0.47% 104,542
2. GOBIERNO VASCO EUSKO JAURLARITZA 78,000 0.35% 78,000
3. EL CORTE INGLES SA 50,667 0.23% 50,667
4. SOCIEDAD ESTATAL CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS SA S.M.E. 46,602 0.21% 46,602
5. CLECE SA 40,835 0.18% 40,835
6. CAIXABANK SA 36,731 0.16% 36,731
7. INSTITUT CATALA DE LA SALUT DE BARCELONA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA 36,607 0.16% 36,607
8. CENTROS COMERCIALES CARREFOUR SA 34,346 0.15% 34,346
9. COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID 30,000 0.13% 30,000
10. FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE SAU 29,456 0.13% 29,456
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 487,786

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