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Central Business Register (CBR). 1 January 2025 11 December 2025

The number of active enterprises increased by 1.7% during 2025 and stood at 3.31 million. 18.9% of active enterprises were 20 or more years old and 19.9% were less than two years old.

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Active companies by economic sector - 01/01/2025
Indicator Note Value Annual change
Sectors total 3,310,824 1.7
Industry 172,765 -1.7
Construction 389,146 1.4
Trade 625,664 -1.5
Transporte y almacenamiento 212,294 3.3
Hostelería 266,476 0.9
Información y comunicaciones 77,747 8.0
Actividades financieras y de seguros 79,365 4.1
Actividades inmobiliarias 215,591 4.5
Actividades profesionales, científicas y técnicas 416,544 1.6
Actividades administrativas y servicios auxiliares 205,276 3.2
Educación, Sanidad y Servicios sociales 294,392 3.3
Actividades artísticas, recreativas y de entretenimiento 118,151 5.1
Otros servicios 237,413 3.1
  • Debido a la entrada en vigor del Reglamento EBS 2019/2152 y su Acto de Implementación 2020/1197, la EED a 1 Enero 2023 presenta datos no comparables con los de ejercicios anteriores.
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01/01/2025 Published: 11/12/2025

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The Central Business Register (CBR) groups all Spanish companies and their local units located in the national territory in azsingle information system. Its basic objective is to make possible the carrying out of economic surveys by sampling. It is updated once a year, generating a new information system at 1st January of every period.

The Statistical Use of the Central Business Register contains aggregated information on the companies and local units that operate in the national territory. A statistical use of the results is published for companies and local units, with reference to 1st January of each year, and broken down by Autonomous Communities, legal condition, economic activity and assigned employee stratum.