Press Release: Mercantile Companies Statistics (MC). January 2025. Provisional data.

Main results

The number of mercantile companies created decreased by 0.4% in January compared with the same month in 2024.
The number of dissolved companies decreased by 0.8% year-on-year.

More information

Annex of tables (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Detailed results

In January, 10,677 mercantile companies were incorporated, 0.4% less than in the same month in 2024. The subscribed capital for incorporation recorded an annual decrease of 44.6% and the average subscribed capital (47,326 euros) fell by 44.4%.

On the other hand, 3,661 companies increased their capital, 0.7% more than in January 2024. The subscribed capital in these increases rose by 10.5%.

The number of dissolved mercantile companies decreased by 0.8% in the annual rate. 88.5% of them did so voluntarily.

Mercantile companies created, increasing their capital and dissolved. January 2025

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Results by main economic activity

18.5% of the mercantile companies created in November were engaged in Real Estate, Finance and Insurance and 17.1% in Trade. As for dissolved companies, 20.5% were engaged in Trade and 16.0% in Construction.

Mercantile companies created by main economic activity. January 2025

Percentage

Mercantile companies dissolved by main economic activity. January 2025

Percentage

The economic activity with the largest subscribed capital of mercantile companies incorporated was Real estate, financial and insurance, with 285.64 million euros. In turn, Information and communications companies had the lowest capital, with 5.20 million.

Capital subscribed of mercantile companies created by main economic activity. January 2025

Thousands of euros

Results by Autonomous Community

Cantabria (43.1%), Canarias (26.5%) and Aragón (9.4%) recorded the highest annual growth in the number of mercantile companies incorporated in January.

In turn, Illes Balears (-24.1%), Región de Murcia (-16.9%) and La Rioja (-13.9%) recorded the largest decreases.

Annual variation in mercantile companies created by Autonomous Community. January 2025

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Revision and updating of data

The data for 2025 are provisional and will be reviewed when the data for the same period of 2026 are published. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.

Methodological note

The Mercantile Companies Statistics were created by Order of 30 April 1938. Their objective is to measure the demographics of companies, providing monthly information, at provincial and Autonomous Community level, on the companies incorporated, dissolved and those in which there have been changes in capital.

The source of information is the Central Mercantile Registry, which collects all provincial information on the registration of companies and entrepreneurs, as well as mercantile acts determined by law.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Population scope:: set of companies registered in the Central Mercantile Register.
Geographical scope:: the entire national territory, by Autonomous Communities and provinces.
Reference period of the results:: the calendar month.
Reference period of the information:: the calendar month.
Collection method:: official records.

More information on the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

INE statistics are produced in accordance with the Code of Good Practice for European Statistics. More information on Quality at the INE and the Code of Best Practice.