Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector. 2023

In 2023, the turnover of industrial establishments in Catalonia amounted to 189,102 million euros, representing an increase of 0.6% compared to one year earlier. In the same period, the number of persons employed in companies in this sector was 497,724 (0.7% higher than in 2022) and the gross value added at factor cost stood at 41,417 million euros (6.4% higher than the previous year).

As for industrial groupings, those standing out in terms of turnover and share of total industry were the food products industry, with 36,779 million euros (19.4% of total industry); the chemical industry, with 22,465 million euros (11.9% of the total), and electricity and gas production and supply, with 20,255 million euros (10.7% of the total). The industrial grouping with the highest year-over-year increase in terms of turnover compared to the previous year was the extraction and oil refining industry (37.2%), followed by the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, with 15,721 million euros (a rise of 27.6%).

In terms of the geographical destination of sales, 35.0% of the sector’s sales went to foreign market (22.2% to European Union countries and 12.8% to the rest of the world). The most outstanding groupings in terms of foreign sales were the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (with 21.9% of total industrial foreign sales); the food products industry (with 15.2%), and the chemical industries (with 14.2%).

All these figures place the apparent productivity per employee in the industrial sector at 83,213 euros (5.6% higher than the previous year).