Press Release: Mercantile Companies Statistics (MC). Mayo 2026. Datos provisionales.

Principales resultados

The number of mercantile companies created decreased by 15.4% in May compared to the same month in 2025.
The number of dissolved companies decreased by 2.6% rated annually.

Más información

Anexo de tablas (incluye información de las CCAA)
Resultados detallados

In May, 11,194 mercantile companies were incorporated, 15.4% less than in the same month of 2025. The subscribed capital for their incorporation fell by 19.7% for the year and the average subscribed capital (€52,981) fell by 5.1%.

On the other hand, 2,417 companies increased their capital, 0.6% more than in May 2025. The subscribed capital in these increases rose by 35.5%.

The number of dissolved mercantile companies decreased by 2.6% in the annual rate. 84.4% of them did so voluntarily.

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Results by main economic activity

19.2% of the mercantile companies created in May were engaged in Real Estate, Finance and Insurance and 16.6% in Construction. As for dissolved companies, 22.3% were engaged in Trade and 14.4% in Construction

Mercantile companies created by main economic activity. May 2026

Percentaje

Mercantile companies dissolved by main economic activity. May 2026

Percentage

The category according its economic activity with the largest subscribed capital of mercantile companies incorporated was Real estate, financial and insurance, with 417.02 million euros. As for Information and communications, these companies reported the lowest capital, with 4.66 million.

Capital subscribed of mercantile companies created by main economic activity. May 2026

Thousands of euros

Results by Autonomous Community

La Rioja (15.4%) and Comunidad Foral de Navarra (4.9%) reported the only annual increases in the number of mercantile companies created in May.

In turn, Castilla-La Mancha (-24.7%), Cataluña (-22.1%) and Andalucía (-19.7%) registered the sharpest declines.

Annual variation in mercantile companies created by Autonomous Community. May 2026

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Revisiones y actualización de datos

Los datos de 2026 son provisionales y se revisarán cuando se difundan los del mismo periodo de 2027. Todos los resultados de esta operación están disponibles en INEbase.

De acuerdo con el Reglamento Delegado (UE) 2023/137 de la Comisión el INE ha comenzado a trabajar en incorporar la nueva Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas CNAE-2025 en todas sus operaciones estadísticas.

En el caso de Sociedades Mercantiles, la primera publicación de resultados con CNAE-2025 se realizará en marzo de 2028.

Nota metodológica

La Estadística de Sociedades Mercantiles se creó por Orden de 30 de abril de 1938. Su objetivo es medir la demografía de las sociedades, ofreciendo información mensual, a nivel provincial y de comunidad autónoma, de las sociedades creadas, de las disueltas y de aquellas en las que se han producido modificaciones de capital.

La fuente de información es el Registro Mercantil Central, que recoge toda la información provincial sobre la inscripción de sociedades y empresarios, así como los actos mercantiles que determina la Ley.

Tipo de encuesta:: continua de periodicidad mensual.
Ámbito poblacional:: conjunto de sociedades inscritas en el Registro Mercantil Central.
Ámbito geográfico:: todo el territorio nacional, por CC.AA. y provincias.
Período de referencia de los resultados:: el mes natural.
Período de referencia de la información:: el mes natural.
Método de recogida:: registros administrativos.

Más información en la metodología y el informe metodológico estandarizado.

Las estadísticas del INE se elaboran de acuerdo con el Código de Buenas Prácticas de las Estadísticas Europeas. Más información en Calidad en el INE y Código de Buenas Prácticas.