- The year 2024 has started with good news: Andalusia is a leader in business creation in Spain and reaches the best levels of business activity in the last 16 years.
Andalusia has begun the year 2024 establishing itself as a leading community in the entrepreneurship in Spain.
According to the data collected in the Statistics of Commercial Companies published by the INE, in the month of January a total of 1.909 new commercial companies, which represents 13,6% more than in January 2023. A growth half a point above that registered at the national level (13,1%).
Likewise, the creation of companies in Andalusia has grown by 17,1% in the last year, so that the number of commercial companies that have been created in Andalusia in January in net terms (those incorporated, less those dissolved) amounts to 1.286 . The highest figure in a month of January since 2008.
These 1.286 companies represent 19% of those established in net terms in Spain as a whole.
Companies registered with Social Security
On the other hand, the Statistics of Companies Registered in Social Security prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy, reflects that at the end of February there were 253.358 companies andalusian registered, the highest figure in that month since 2013.
The figure increased by 2.165 companies compared to the month of February 2023, which translates into a growth of 0,9% year-on-year, almost double that at the national level (0,5%).
Unlike what has happened at the national level, where the annual comparison is negative, the business growth In Andalusia there has been so much in the primary sector, with an increase of 1,2% year-on-year, as in the non-agricultural sectors.
The more companies, the more jobs
As to employment, The number of between workers. In these companies registered with Social Security in Andalusia, there are 2.388.610 people, a maximum in the historical series in the month of February. A figure that represents an increase of 4% in the last year, with a total of 91.151 more workers since February 2023.
In short, this positive trend consolidates the business leadership of Andalusia in Spain and shows that the institutional and political stability that this autonomous community has is a safe value that generates Trust and makes more and more companies want to settle in Andalusia.
And all of this translates into Andalusia is an autonomous community where life is getting better and better.
