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Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain)

Catalonia had the highest persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain) of 17 autonomous communities in 2023, at 233,920. La Rioja had the lowest, at 5,697. The median was 38,233 and the figure for Spain was 1.13 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Highest233,920Catalonia
Lowest5,697La Rioja
Median38,23317 autonomous communities
Spain1,129,581History

Map of autonomous communities, 2023

Andalusia: 176,244 personsAragon: 30,217 personsAsturias: 14,493 personsBalearic Islands: 21,555 personsCanary Islands: 38,335 personsCantabria: 7,756 personsCastile and León: 38,233 personsCastilla-La Mancha: 35,234 personsCatalonia: 233,920 personsValencian Community: 151,508 personsExtremadura: 17,581 personsGalicia: 51,017 personsCommunity of Madrid: 194,251 personsRegion of Murcia: 60,473 personsNavarre: 11,024 personsBasque Country: 40,971 personsLa Rioja: 5,697 persons
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persons, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: INE, Estadística estructural de empresas, sector comercio: personal ocupado, comercio al por mayor (CNAE 46), por comunidad autónoma (tabla 76817). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All autonomous communities, 2023

Catalonia: 233,920 personsCatalonia233,920Community of Madrid: 194,251 personsCommunity of Madrid194,251Andalusia: 176,244 personsAndalusia176,244Valencian Community: 151,508 personsValencian Community151,508Region of Murcia: 60,473 personsRegion of Murcia60,473Galicia: 51,017 personsGalicia51,017Basque Country: 40,971 personsBasque Country40,971Canary Islands: 38,335 personsCanary Islands38,335Castile and León: 38,233 personsCastile and León38,233Castilla-La Mancha: 35,234 personsCastilla-La Mancha35,234Aragon: 30,217 personsAragon30,217Balearic Islands: 21,555 personsBalearic Islands21,555Extremadura: 17,581 personsExtremadura17,581Asturias: 14,493 personsAsturias14,493Navarre: 11,024 personsNavarre11,024Cantabria: 7,756 personsCantabria7,756La Rioja: 5,697 personsLa Rioja5,697Catalonia: 233,920 personsCatalonia233,920Community of Madrid: 194,251 personsCommunity of Madrid194,251Andalusia: 176,244 personsAndalusia176,244Valencian Community: 151,508 personsValencian Community151,508Region of Murcia: 60,473 personsRegion of Murcia60,473Galicia: 51,017 personsGalicia51,017Basque Country: 40,971 personsBasque Country40,971Canary Islands: 38,335 personsCanary Islands38,335Castile and León: 38,233 personsCastile and León38,233Castilla-La Mancha: 35,234 personsCastilla-La Mancha35,234Aragon: 30,217 personsAragon30,217Balearic Islands: 21,555 personsBalearic Islands21,555Extremadura: 17,581 personsExtremadura17,581Asturias: 14,493 personsAsturias14,493Navarre: 11,024 personsNavarre11,024Cantabria: 7,756 personsCantabria7,756La Rioja: 5,697 personsLa Rioja5,697
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

RankAutonomous communities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Catalonia233,920+0.9%
2Community of Madrid194,251+3%
3Andalusia176,244-0.9%
4Valencian Community151,508-2.9%
5Region of Murcia60,473-2.4%
6Galicia51,017-3%
7Basque Country40,971+3.6%
8Canary Islands38,335+2%
9Castile and León38,233-2.3%
10Castilla-La Mancha35,234-2.3%
11Aragon30,217-0.2%
12Balearic Islands21,555+0.7%
13Extremadura17,581-2.6%
14Asturias14,493+1.4%
15Navarre11,024-1.2%
16Cantabria7,756-4.4%
17La Rioja5,697-9.3%

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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 autonomous communities 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) (Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2023) [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), Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2023. 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/spain-regions?period=2023. 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). Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2023. 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/spain-regions?period=2023.

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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), Autonomous communities of Spain by persons employed, wholesale trade (Spain), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=76817, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-wholesale-spain/spain-regions?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Catalonia, with 233,920 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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

La Rioja, with 5,697 in 2023.

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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