Structural Enterprise Statistics: Industrial Sector

Turnover of companies in the Industrial Sector stood at 928,151 million euros in 2022, which represented an increase of 26.5% as compared with the previous year.

The value added generated by these companies grew by 13.5% and their gross operating surplus by 24.0%.

Employed personnel in the Industrial Sector grew by 0.2% in 2022. 83.1% of companies had fewer than 10 employees, and another 13.5% had between 10 and 49. Together, these companies with less than 50 workers employed 37.1% of the sector's workforce and their turnover represented 18.5% of the total.

Companies with 250 or more employees, which accounted for 0.6% of the total, employed 40.5% of the workforce and had a turnover of 59.7% of the sector's turnover.

Turnover increased in every activity section in 2022. The largest increased occurred in Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (60.5%).

The Manufacturing industry, which accounted for 76.3% of the total turnover of the sector, saw an increase of 20.3% compared to the previous year. Nearly nine out of 10 companies in the sector were manufacturers.

For Water supply, and sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, turnover increased by 8.5%.

The branches of activity with the highest contribution to industrial turnover in 2022 were the Manufacture of food products (with 15.5% of the total), Electric power generation, transmission and distribution (14.6%) and Manufacture of coke oven products (8.6%).

The branches of activity that saw the highest increase in turnover were Production and distribution of gas, steam, and air conditioning (144.6%) and Manufacture of coke oven products (64.0%). On the other hand, the branch with the smallest increase in turnover was the Manufacture of tobacco products (4.8%).

Productivity (value added per employed person) in the Manufacturing industry sector was 68,658 euros in 2022, an increase of 8.9% compared to the previous year.

The activities with the highest productivity were the Manufacture of coke oven products (1,186,846 euros), Manufacture of tobacco products (163,475) and Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (118,389).

In contrast, the least productive activities were Clothing manufacturing (30,334 euros per employee), Leather and footwear industry (32,518) and Furniture manufacturing (36,365).

In 2022, 31.3% of the sales of companies in the Industrial Sector were made outside Spain. 20.0% went to European Union countries and 11.3% to the rest of the world.

The branch of activity with the highest percentage of sales outside of Spain was the Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (69.7% of its total sales).

The investment in tangible assets made by the companies in the industry sector was 30,885 million euros in 2022. 71.7% of said investment was made by companies in Manufacturing industry and 19.9% by those in Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.

Investment in tangible assets represented 16.1% of the value added of these companies. By activity sections, this percentage ranged from 15.2% in Manufacturing industry and 40.0% in Mining and quarrying.

The Autonomous Communities with the greatest contribution to industrial turnover in 2022 were Cataluña (20.5% of the total), Comunidad de Madrid (12.5%) and Andalucía (12.3%).

In turn, those with the least weight in turnover were Illes Balears and La Rioja (both of them with 0.8%) and Canarias (1.1%).

In terms of employed personnel, Cataluña accounted for 21.2% of employment in the Industrial Sector, Comunitat Valenciana for 12.9% and Andalucia for 10.7%.

The data published today are final. All the results of this operation are available on INEbase.