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Central Business Register (CBR). 1 January 2024 13 December 2024

The number of economically active companies increased by 1.5% during 2023 and stood at 3.25 million. 18.6% of active companies were 20 or more years old and 19.1% were less than two years old.

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Active companies by economic sector - 01/01/2024
Indicator Note Value Annual change
Sectors total 3,255,276 1.5
Industry 175,806 -1.2
Construction 383,622 1.8
Trade 635,234 -1.7
Other services 2,060,614 2.7
  • Debido a la entrada en vigor del Reglamento EBS 2019/2152 y su Acto de Implementación 2020/1197, la EED a 1 Enero 2023 presenta datos no comparables con los de ejercicios anteriores.
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The Central Business Register (CBR) groups all Spanish companies and their local units located in the national territory in azsingle information system. Its basic objective is to make possible the carrying out of economic surveys by sampling. It is updated once a year, generating a new information system at 1st January of every period.

The Statistical Use of the Central Business Register contains aggregated information on the companies and local units that operate in the national territory. A statistical use of the results is published for companies and local units, with reference to 1st January of each year, and broken down by Autonomous Communities, legal condition, economic activity and assigned employee stratum.