Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain)

Andalusia had the highest persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain) of 17 autonomous communities in 2021, at 49,279. La Rioja had the lowest, at 1,956. The median was 10,630 and the figure for Spain was 296,597. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest49,279Andalusia

Lowest1,956La Rioja

Median10,63017 autonomous communities

Spain296,597History

Map of autonomous communities, 2021

Under 6,100
6,100 to 8,900
8,900 to 14K
14K to 30K
30K and over
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persons, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2021

persons. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Autonomous communities	2021 persons	Change on 2020
1	Andalusia	49,279	+0.9%
2	Catalonia	48,195	-1.7%
3	Community of Madrid	45,820	-4.2%
4	Valencian Community	32,128	-0.4%
5	Galicia	19,160	-1.3%
6	Castile and León	14,706	-1.4%
7	Canary Islands	14,312	-5.8%
8	Castilla-La Mancha	13,596	-2.7%
9	Basque Country	10,630	-13.6%
10	Region of Murcia	10,085	-6%
11	Aragon	8,174	-6.4%
12	Balearic Islands	7,625	+1.5%
13	Extremadura	6,844	-0.9%
14	Asturias	5,949	-5.1%
15	Navarre	4,053	-9.8%
16	Cantabria	3,609	+2.8%
17	La Rioja	1,956	-7.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Persons employed (personal ocupado: paid staff plus working owners, partners and unpaid family members, full or part time) in the local units of enterprises whose main activity is sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (CNAE 2009 division 45), by the comunidad where each local unit is located, from the regional results of the INE structural business statistics for the trade sector (Estadística Estructural de Empresas: Sector Comercio).

Spain only: the country and the 17 comunidades autónomas from 2018, plus Ceuta and Melilla for the sector as a whole. These are INE regional results: each local unit counts where it is located, and figures are not consolidated within enterprise groups, so the Spain total is higher than the national results INE headlines (trade turnover in 2024: EUR 1,068,257 million here, 1,044,477 million in the national results). A sample survey, so small regions can move a lot from one year to the next. Published about 15 months after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the autonomous communities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817) (Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain), 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817

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Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain), 2021. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 8 Apr. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-motor-trade-spain/spain-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain), 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-motor-trade-spain/spain-regions?period=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-motor-trade-spain/spain-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817): Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain), 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-motor-trade-spain/spain-regions?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which autonomous community has the highest persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain)?

Andalusia, with 49,279 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which autonomous community has the lowest persons employed, sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (Spain)?

La Rioja, with 1,956 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, venta y reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas (CNAE 45), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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