# Active companies in Spain

Active companies in Spain was 3.31 million in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

- Indicator id: `active_companies`
- Place id: `es`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/spain
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/active-companies/spain.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=active_companies&place=es

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3,310,824 |
| 2024 | 3,255,276 |
| 2023 | 3,207,580 |
| 2022 | 3,430,663 |
| 2021 | 3,366,570 |
| 2020 | 3,404,428 |
| 2019 | 3,363,197 |
| 2018 | 3,337,646 |
| 2017 | 3,282,346 |
| 2016 | 3,236,582 |
| 2015 | 3,186,878 |
| 2014 | 3,119,310 |
| 2013 | 3,146,570 |
| 2012 | 3,199,617 |
| 2011 | 3,250,576 |
| 2010 | 3,291,263 |
| 2009 | 3,355,830 |
| 2008 | 3,422,239 |
| 2007 | 3,336,657 |
| 2006 | 3,174,393 |
| 2005 | 3,064,129 |
| 2004 | 2,942,583 |
| 2003 | 2,813,159 |
| 2002 | 2,710,400 |
| 2001 | 2,645,317 |