Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Spain

Explore more than 4,513,567 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 4,513,567 (10.2%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,022,381 (15.9%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,220,452

According to our database, a total of more than 4,513,567 businesses are registered in Spain . That represents 10.21% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Spain-based companies have a share of 3.73% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.86% of all EU employees.

Spain: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (1,059,065 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (751,378) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (702,484).

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 4,513,567 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 1,059,065 23.5% 1,059,065
Retail Trade 751,378 16.6% 751,378
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 702,484 15.6% 702,484
Construction 473,983 10.5% 473,983
Unknown industry 453,120 10.0% 453,120
Wholesale Trade 440,258 9.8% 440,258
Manufacturing 309,772 6.9% 309,772
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 207,240 4.6% 207,240
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 92,075 2.0% 92,075
Public Sector 16,627 0.4% 16,627
Mining 7,565 0.2% 7,565

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 (10.04%), Subdivider/developer (6.61%) and Real property lessor (4.9%).

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 4,513,567 registered companies

Spain: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Spain generated € 3,095,815,360,972 in sales, which represents 3.73% 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 4,513,567 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. REPSOL PETROLEO SA € 34.81B 1.12% € 34.81B
2. MERCADONA SA € 27.82B 0.9% € 27.82B
3. COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PETROLEOS SA € 27.37B 0.88% € 27.37B
4. REPSOL COMERCIAL DE PRODUCTOS PETROLIFEROS SA € 24.34B 0.79% € 24.34B
5. ENDESA ENERGIA SAU € 20B 0.65% € 20B
6. GAS NATURAL COMERCIALIZADORA SA € 18.04B 0.58% € 18.04B
7. INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTIL SA € 15.66B 0.51% € 15.66B
8. IBERDROLA CLIENTES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA. € 14.5B 0.47% € 14.5B
9. STELLANTIS ESPAÑA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA. € 14.37B 0.46% € 14.37B
10. REPSOL TRADING SA. € 12.32B 0.4% € 12.32B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 209.2B

Spain: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 22,172,432 people, which represents 5.86% 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 4,513,567 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 0.17% 36,731
7. INSTITUT CATALA DE LA SALUT DE BARCELONA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA 36,607 0.17% 36,607
8. CENTROS COMERCIALES CARREFOUR SA 34,346 0.15% 34,346
9. COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID 30,000 0.14% 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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