Press Release: Mercantile Companies Statistics (MC). June 2025. Provisional data.

Main results

The number of mercantile companies created increased by 15.0% in June compared to the same month in 2024.
The number of dissolved companies increased by 1.4% rated annually.

More information

Annex of tables (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Detailed results

In June, 10,964 mercantile companies were incorporated, 15.0% more than in the same month in 2024. The subscribed capital for incorporation recorded an annual decrease of 6.2% and the average subscribed capital (40,332 euros) fell by 18.4%.

In addition, 2,262 companies increased their capital, 4.3% more than in June 2024. Capital subscribed in capital increases fell by 5.3%.

The number of dissolved mercantile companies increased by 1.4% rated annually. 79.9% of them did so voluntarily.

Mercantile companies created, increasing their capital and dissolved. June 2025

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Results by main economic activity

20.3% of the mercantile companies created in June were engaged in Real Estate, Finance and Insurance and 15.7% in Trading. As for dissolved companies, 18.2% were engaged in Trade and 16.4% in Construction.

Mercantile companies created by main economic activity. June 2025

Percentage

Mercantile companies dissolved by main economic activity. June 2025

Percentage

The economic activity with the largest subscribed capital of mercantile companies incorporated was Real estate, financial and insurance, with 264.69 million euros. In turn, Administrative and support service activities recorded the lowest figure for capital, with 4.51 million.

Capital subscribed of mercantile companies created by main economic activity. June 2025

Thousands of euros

Results by Autonomous Community

Comunitat Valenciana (33.6%), País Vasco (28.0%) and La Rioja (25.0%) recorded the highest annual growth in the number of mercantile companies incorporated in April.

In turn, Cantabria (-7.4%) and Región de Murcia (-5.1%) recorded the largest decreases.

Annual variation in mercantile companies created by Autonomous Community. June 2025

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Revision and updating of data

The data for 2025 are provisional and will be reviewed when the data for the same period in 2026 are published. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.

In accordance with the Commission's Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 the INE has begun to work on incorporating the new National Classification of Economic Activities CNAE-2025 in all its statistical operations.

In the case of Mercantile Companies, the first publication of results with CNAE-2025 will take place in March 2028.

Methodological note

The Mercantile Companies Statistics were created by Order of 30 April 1938. Their objective is to measure the demographics of companies, providing monthly information, at provincial and Autonomous Community level, on the companies incorporated, dissolved and those in which there have been changes in capital.

The source of information is the Central Mercantile Registry, which collects all provincial information on the registration of companies and entrepreneurs, as well as mercantile acts determined by law.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Population scope:: set of companies registered in the Central Mercantile Register.
Geographical scope:: the entire national territory, by Autonomous Communities and provinces.
Reference period of the results:: the calendar month.
Reference period of the information:: the calendar month.
Collection method:: official records.

More information on the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

INE statistics are produced in accordance with the Code of Good Practice for European Statistics. More information on Quality at the INE and the Code of Best Practice.