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EU regions (NUTS 2) by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2024

Catalonia had the highest persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain) of 17 regions in 2024, at 239,834. La Rioja had the lowest, at 5,528. The median was 38,508. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Highest239,834Catalonia
Lowest5,528La Rioja
Median38,50817 regions

All regions, 2024

Catalonia: 239,834 personsCatalonia239,834Community of Madrid: 198,974 personsCommunity of Madrid198,974Andalusia: 178,528 personsAndalusia178,528Valencian Community: 152,248 personsValencian Community152,248Region of Murcia: 64,245 personsRegion of Murcia64,245Galicia: 53,291 personsGalicia53,291Basque Country: 41,867 personsBasque Country41,867Canary Islands: 38,701 personsCanary Islands38,701Castile and León: 38,508 personsCastile and León38,508Castilla-La Mancha: 37,105 personsCastilla-La Mancha37,105Aragon: 30,162 personsAragon30,162Balearic Islands: 21,976 personsBalearic Islands21,976Extremadura: 17,393 personsExtremadura17,393Asturias: 14,514 personsAsturias14,514Navarre: 10,635 personsNavarre10,635Cantabria: 7,958 personsCantabria7,958La Rioja: 5,528 personsLa Rioja5,528Catalonia: 239,834 personsCatalonia239,834Community of Madrid: 198,974 personsCommunity of Madrid198,974Andalusia: 178,528 personsAndalusia178,528Valencian Community: 152,248 personsValencian Community152,248Region of Murcia: 64,245 personsRegion of Murcia64,245Galicia: 53,291 personsGalicia53,291Basque Country: 41,867 personsBasque Country41,867Canary Islands: 38,701 personsCanary Islands38,701Castile and León: 38,508 personsCastile and León38,508Castilla-La Mancha: 37,105 personsCastilla-La Mancha37,105Aragon: 30,162 personsAragon30,162Balearic Islands: 21,976 personsBalearic Islands21,976Extremadura: 17,393 personsExtremadura17,393Asturias: 14,514 personsAsturias14,514Navarre: 10,635 personsNavarre10,635Cantabria: 7,958 personsCantabria7,958La Rioja: 5,528 personsLa Rioja5,528
persons. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Catalonia239,834+2.5%
2Community of Madrid198,974+2.4%
3Andalusia178,528+1.3%
4Valencian Community152,248+0.5%
5Region of Murcia64,245+6.2%
6Galicia53,291+4.5%
7Basque Country41,867+2.2%
8Canary Islands38,701+1%
9Castile and León38,508+0.7%
10Castilla-La Mancha37,105+5.3%
11Aragon30,162-0.2%
12Balearic Islands21,976+2%
13Extremadura17,393-1.1%
14Asturias14,514+0.1%
15Navarre10,635-3.5%
16Cantabria7,958+2.6%
17La Rioja5,528-3%

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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 trade (CNAE 2009 division 46), 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 regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), 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 (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2024) [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 (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), EU regions (NUTS 2) by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2024. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 8 Apr. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-wholesale-spain/eu-regions. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). EU regions (NUTS 2) by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-wholesale-spain/eu-regions.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817), EU regions (NUTS 2) by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-wholesale-spain/eu-regions (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain)?

Catalonia, with 239,834 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which region has the lowest persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain)?

La Rioja, with 5,528 in 2024.

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 (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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