Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (Spain)

Catalonia had the highest persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (Spain) of 19 autonomous communities in 2021, at 567,728. Ceuta had the lowest, at 3,158. The median was 107,274 and the figure for Spain was 3.08 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest567,728Catalonia

Lowest3,158Ceuta

Median107,27419 autonomous communities

Spain3,080,889History

Map of autonomous communities, 2021

Under 34K
34K to 72K
72K to 120K
120K to 250K
250K and over

persons, 2021. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), 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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Autonomous communities	2021 persons	Change on 2020
1	Catalonia	567,728	-1%
2	Andalusia	509,141	+1.6%
3	Community of Madrid	481,095	-1.4%
4	Valencian Community	372,328	+0.2%
5	Galicia	169,607	-0.1%
6	Canary Islands	143,363	-4.3%
7	Castile and León	130,071	-1.2%
8	Basque Country	122,116	-8.6%
9	Region of Murcia	121,318	-0.4%
10	Castilla-La Mancha	107,274	+0.8%
11	Aragon	79,383	-4.1%
12	Balearic Islands	70,082	-4.4%
13	Extremadura	58,206	+0.9%
14	Asturias	58,042	-2.1%
15	Navarre	35,723	-3%
16	Cantabria	31,622	-3.1%
17	La Rioja	17,442	-11.9%
18	Melilla	3,192	-36.1%
19	Ceuta	3,158	-26.2%

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 wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (CNAE 2009 section G), 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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), 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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817) (Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (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-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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (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-trade-spain/spain-regions?period=2021.

Harvard

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

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which autonomous community has the highest persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (Spain)?

Catalonia, with 567,728 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which autonomous community has the lowest persons employed, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles (Spain)?

Ceuta, with 3,158 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, comercio al por mayor y al por menor y reparación de vehículos de motor (CNAE G), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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