In December, 9,437 mercantile companies were incorporated, 17.7% more than in the same month in 2023. The subscribed capital for incorporation recorded an annual decrease of 14.2% and the average subscribed capital (63,508 euros) fell by 27.1%.
In addition, 2,559 companies increased their capital, 17.9% more than in December 2023. The subscribed capital in these increases rose by 127.9%.
The number of dissolved companies grew by 20.7% year-on-year. 86.6% of them did so voluntarily.
16.9% of the mercantile companies created in December were engaged in Real Estate, Finance and Insurance and 16.2% in Trade. As for dissolved companies, 20.3% were engaged in Trade and 15.8% in Construction.
Percentage
Percentage
The economic activity with the largest subscribed capital of mercantile companies incorporated was Real estate, financial and insurance, with 325.84 million euros. In turn, Information and communications companies had the lowest capital, with 2.78 million.
Thousands of euros
País Vasco (42,5%), Castilla-La Mancha (40,2%) y Canarias (34,6%) presentaron los mayores aumentos anuales en el número de sociedades mercantiles creadas en diciembre.
Por su parte, Cantabria (-21,4%), Principado de Asturias (-3,2%) y Comunidad Foral de Navarra (-1,6%) registraron los mayores descensos.
Percentage
In 2024, a total of 117,990 mercantile companies were incorporated, 9.1% more than in 2023. The subscribed capital for their incorporation decreased by 9.7% and the average capital decreased by 17.3%.
In thousands
Of the mercantile companies incorporated in 2024, 17.9% were engaged in Trade and 16.7% were Property, financial and insurance companies. As for dissolved companies, 20.1% were Trade and 16.4% were Construction.
The communities with the highest number of mercantile companies incorporated in 2024 were Comunidad de Madrid (27,093), Cataluña (22,854) and Andalucía (20,085). On the other hand, La Rioja (430), Cantabria (897) and Comunidad Foral de Navarra (1,004) incorporated the lowest number of companies.
Meanwhile, the autonomous communities with the most dissolutions were: Comunidad de Madrid (7,559), Andalucía (4,325) and Cataluña (1,902). Those with the fewest dissolutions registered were Comunidad Foral de Navarra (75), La Rioja (182) and Cantabria (280).
The data for 2024 are provisional and will be reviewed when the data for the same period of 2025 are published. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.
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.
More information on the methodology and the standardised methodological report.
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