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Livestock operations. By species. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Livestock operations. Counties and Aran 2024
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 5 22 (b) Break in time series 20 (b) Break in time series 47 94
Alt Empordà 202 94 (b) Break in time series 46 (b) Break in time series 283 625
Alt Penedès 16 26 (b) Break in time series 18 (b) Break in time series 6 66
Alt Urgell 238 64 (b) Break in time series 58 (b) Break in time series 24 384
Alta Ribagorça 47 21 (b) Break in time series 24 (b) Break in time series 1 93
Anoia 31 26 (b) Break in time series 20 (b) Break in time series 95 172
Aran 20 49 (b) Break in time series 29 (b) Break in time series 0 98
Bages 200 51 (b) Break in time series 53 (b) Break in time series 240 544
Baix Camp 8 22 (b) Break in time series 23 (b) Break in time series 38 91
Baix Ebre 50 44 (b) Break in time series 39 (b) Break in time series 35 168
Baix Empordà 55 61 (b) Break in time series 38 (b) Break in time series 107 261
Baix Llobregat 5 24 (b) Break in time series 26 (b) Break in time series 1 56
Baix Penedès 2 10 (b) Break in time series 8 (b) Break in time series 16 36
Barcelonès 0 3 (b) Break in time series 2 (b) Break in time series 0 5
Berguedà 274 62 (b) Break in time series 56 (b) Break in time series 216 608
Cerdanya 213 42 (b) Break in time series 27 (b) Break in time series 3 285
Conca de Barberà 17 15 (b) Break in time series 14 (b) Break in time series 37 83
Garraf 1 5 (b) Break in time series 4 (b) Break in time series 0 10
Garrigues 156 29 (b) Break in time series 21 (b) Break in time series 190 396
Garrotxa 219 99 (b) Break in time series 62 (b) Break in time series 81 461
Gironès 110 42 (b) Break in time series 22 (b) Break in time series 81 255
Lluçanès 70 17 (b) Break in time series 14 (b) Break in time series 95 196
Maresme 19 11 (b) Break in time series 13 (b) Break in time series 7 50
Moianès 74 16 (b) Break in time series 18 (b) Break in time series 63 171
Montsià 19 36 (b) Break in time series 28 (b) Break in time series 99 182
Noguera 304 48 (b) Break in time series 35 (b) Break in time series 682 1,069
Osona 494 96 (b) Break in time series 73 (b) Break in time series 609 1,272
Pallars Jussà 112 72 (b) Break in time series 54 (b) Break in time series 93 331
Pallars Sobirà 136 49 (b) Break in time series 40 (b) Break in time series 1 226
Pla d'Urgell 97 12 (b) Break in time series 11 (b) Break in time series 280 400
Pla de l'Estany 99 26 (b) Break in time series 11 (b) Break in time series 134 270
Priorat 3 5 (b) Break in time series 5 (b) Break in time series 7 20
Ribera d'Ebre 8 29 (b) Break in time series 35 (b) Break in time series 30 102
Ripollès 268 64 (b) Break in time series 41 (b) Break in time series 17 390
Segarra 104 12 (b) Break in time series 9 (b) Break in time series 240 365
Segrià 688 51 (b) Break in time series 31 (b) Break in time series 775 1,545
Selva 87 52 (b) Break in time series 24 (b) Break in time series 56 219
Solsonès 167 46 (b) Break in time series 42 (b) Break in time series 193 448
Tarragonès 5 7 (b) Break in time series 4 (b) Break in time series 8 24
Terra Alta 6 39 (b) Break in time series 32 (b) Break in time series 49 126
Urgell 128 15 (b) Break in time series 14 (b) Break in time series 299 456
Vallès Occidental 28 24 (b) Break in time series 20 (b) Break in time series 17 89
Vallès Oriental 112 63 (b) Break in time series 51 (b) Break in time series 56 282
Catalonia 4,897 1,601 (b) Break in time series 1,215 (b) Break in time series 5,311 13,024
Source: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Effective livestock survey.
Notes:
The official brand is considered a livestock operation.
As of May 2023, the data are presented according to the current territorial distribution (in accordance with Law 7/2023, on the creation of El Lluçanès county, which also territorially modifies Osona).
From 2024, data relating to the sheep and goat livestock cannot be directly compared with those of 2023, due to a methodological change.
(b) Break in time series.

Last update: December 16, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Livestock operation
The entirety of the animals, equipment or buildings and other assets and rights that are commercialised by their owner for livestock production, primarily for market purposes, which is located on an estate or contiguous group of estates operated by a single owner. Livestock operation that is divided by pathways or other roads open to traffic is still considered as such.
Livestock
Includes animals on the operation, plus transhumant livestock and livestock as part of an integration or contract scheme i.e. that implies dependence on supplies and sales.

Methodological aspects

Livestock operations must be registered in the Register of Livestock Operations handled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment. It is obligatory for all livestock operations located in Catalonia to be included in this administrative record. This register contains data related to the activity or activities carried out as part of the operation, as well as data on capacity categorised by species. Inclusion on the register is a prerequisite for the start of any livestock activity, for issuing documents related to the operation and for obtaining grants. The time reference is 1st March of the reference year.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment has promoted the SIR management program (Catalan Livestock Information System), which is a means of electronic communication between the various livestock sectors, allowing them to manage their operations directly, streamlining the procedures related to animal movement and identification, and the operation's registration. "This digital management means a substantial saving in time and journeys to the different branches of the Ministry, especially in those rural areas where operations are often harder to reach and isolated, while at the same time offering information on currently active operations.