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Affiliates of foreign companies

Affiliates of foreign companies. Number, employed persons and turnover Catalonia. 2015
Value Variation (%) Percentage over total number of companies (%)
Affiliates with establishments in Catalonia
Number of affiliates 4,795 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1.3
Employed persons 332,524 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 17.0
Turnover (thousand €) 108,866,403 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 31.4
Affiliates with head offices in Catalonia
Number of affiliates 3,888 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1.0
Employed persons (1) 367,465 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 18.7
Turnover (thousand €) (1) 104,183,511 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 30.4
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Statistics on affiliates of foreign companies in Spain.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Affiliates of foreign companies. Number, employed persons and turnover Spain. 2015
Value Variation (%) Percentage over total number of companies (%)
Number of affiliates 12,338 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.6
Employed persons 1,380,544 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 13.8
Turnover (thousand €) 488,156,432 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 29.1
Source: INE. Statistics on affiliates of foreign companies in Spain.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 18, 2021.

Methodological note

The Statistics on affiliates of foreign companies in Catalonia provide information on the chief characteristics and economic indicators of affiliates located in Catalonia from a dual perspective. Firstly, they examine the characteristics and results of the establishments of the affiliates of foreign companies located in Catalonia. Secondly, they focus on the characteristics and results of the affiliates of foreign companies based in Catalonia.

The basic unit of research is the company under foreign control. A company is understood to be any organizational unit that produces goods or services that enjoys a certain degree of decision-making autonomy, mainly when allocating the current resources. An establishment is understood to be the local unit without its own legal identity that depends on a company under foreign control.

From 2019, the results for Spain are shown using the statistical companies unit, while for Catalonia the results continue to be shown in legal units.

In 2021, methodological improvements were applied, so that the results for the year 2021 are not strictly comparable with those of previous years.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.