Turnover of companies in the Industrial Sector stood at 857,826 million euros in 2024, which represented a decrease of 0.8% as compared with the previous year.
The added value generated by these companies was 206,064 million euros, 4.1% higher than in 2023. Meanwhile, total purchases of goods and services decreased by 2.1%.
Employed personnel in the Industrial Sector grew by 1.8% in 2024. 82.6% of companies had fewer than 10 employees, and another 13.9% had between 10 and 49. Together, these companies with less than 50 workers employed 35.8% of the sector's workforce and their turnover represented 18.6% of the total.
Companies with 250 or more employees, which accounted for 0.7% of the total, employed 42.0% of the workforce and had a turnover of 61.6% of the sector's turnover.
Absolute values and percentage change
Turnover in the Manufacturing Industry, which accounted for 82.8% of the sector’s total, rose by 2.1% compared with 2023. Nearly nine out of 10 companies in the sector were manufacturers.
On the other hand, Supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning reduced its turnover by 16.8%.
The branches of activity with the highest contribution to industrial turnover in 2024 were the Manufacture of food products (accounting for 18.8% of the total), the Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (11.4%) and the Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity (10.7%).
The business sectors that saw the greatest increase in revenue were Sanitation, waste management and decontamination activities (10.3%) and Repair and installation of machinery and equipment (9.9%).
On the other hand, the one with the largest decrease in turnover was Production and distribution of gas, steam and air conditioning (-30.0%).
Productivity (value added per employed person) in the Manufacturing industry sector was 74,209 euros in 2024, an increase of 4.2% compared to the previous year.
The activities with the highest productivity were the Manufacture of coke oven products (210,000 euros), Manufacture of tobacco products (155,202) and Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (127,145).
In contrast, the least productive sectors were Clothing Manufacturing (33,715 euros per employee), the Leather and Footwear Industry (35,405) and the Textile Industry (45,019).
In 2024, 31.0% of the sales of companies in the Industrial Sector were made outside Spain. 19.9% went to European Union countries and 11.1% to the rest of the world.
The branches of activity with the highest percentage of sales outside Spain were Manufacture of other transport equipment (69.0% of the total) and Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (60.7%).
Percentage
The investment in tangible assets made by the companies in the industry sector was 37,450 million euros in 2024. 74.1% of said investment was made by companies in Manufacturing industry and 19.3% by those in Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.
Investment in tangible assets represented 18.2% of the value added of the sector.
The Autonomous Communities with the greatest contribution to industrial turnover in 2024 were Cataluña (21.9% of the total), Andalucía (12.2%) and Comunidad de Madrid (11.1%).
In turn, those with the least weight in turnover were Illes Balears (0.7%), La Rioja (0.8%) and Canarias (1.2%).
In terms of employed personnel, Cataluña accounted for 21.2% of employment in the Industrial Sector, Comunitat Valenciana for 12.3% and Andalucia for 10.9%.
Note: To obtain the results by Autonomous Community, the statistical unit considered is the Local Unit whose main activity is industrial. It is a different approach to the national data of the Industrial Sector, based on the Statistical Enterprise which brings together under its main activity the economic and employment data of the legal units that form it, and which may be of another activity than the industrial one.
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Structural Enterprise Statistics: Industrial Sector is an annual structural statistical operation, aimed at companies whose main activity is described in sections B to E of the National Classification of Economic Activities CNAE-2009. This includes the manufacturing industry, mining and quarrying, electricity, gas, and water supply, and sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.
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