The number of companies registered with Social Security in February 2025 in Andalusia reached 254,955, representing a 0.6% year-on-year growth, three times higher than in Spain (0.2%). The Minister of Economy, Finance, and European Funds, Carolina Spain, highlighted that these figures «confirm the strengthening and dynamism of the business and productive fabric of Andalusia thanks to the reforms undertaken by the Government of Juanma Moreno.»
According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), collected by the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (IECA), the number of companies registered with Social Security last February reached a historical peak in the community for that period. In absolute terms, 1,642 more companies were counted in Andalusia in the last twelve months.
The Minister of Economy recalled that «almost 80% of the companies registered with Social Security in 2024 were Andalusian,» emphasizing the restructuring that the business fabric of Andalusia is undergoing, noting that the largest increase occurred in large companies (those with 250 employees or more), which grew by 5.5% year-on-year, almost two points higher than the national level.
On the other hand, companies with 50 to 250 employees grew by 4.1%, also above the national average (3%), while companies with 1 to 9 employees grew by 0.2% in Andalusia compared to the decline recorded in the rest of the country (where the registry no longer counted 1,566 companies). In absolute terms, however, the largest increase occurred in the 6 to 9 worker range, with 738 more companies compared to the same month of the previous year.
Thus, the number of workers in these companies registered with Social Security in Andalusia has reached a historical record for a February, standing at 2,511,300 people. This figure represents, compared to the same month of the previous year, a 5.1% year-on-year increase, 122,690 more workers, one and a half points higher than observed at the national level (3.6%).
Differentiating by sectors, the increases in the construction sector stand out, with a 1.1% year-on-year growth, followed by the services sector, with 1%, figures that double the growth recorded at national level (0.5%, in both cases).
Furthermore, the INE confirms that the Industrial Production Index of Andalusia (IPIAN) started the year with a 2.9% year-on-year growth in January, compared to the decline recorded at the national level (-1%). It is, as detailed by the Finance Minister, a practically generalized increase by sections, although the increase in the manufacturing industry stands out, both in the food sector, with a 16.2% year-on-year increase, and in the extractive industries, with an 8% year-on-year rise.
In terms of economic destination of goods, the growth in the production of consumer goods stands out, with a 10.7% increase, five times the national average, and in investment goods, with a 4.4% year-on-year increase, in a context of decline in Spain (-7.1%).
For the Minister of Economy, these data confirm that «the economic policy of the Andalusian Government works, and works well.» Carolina Spain also emphasized the importance of having a strong business fabric because «companies are a driving element of social well-being, and they structure and shape the territory, making Andalusia a competitive land.»
«The economic, social, and cultural development of a territory is linked to having many good companies,» she insisted, labeling companies as «the great allies of social well-being, of the social transformation of a region.» In this sense, she highlighted the efforts of the Andalusian Government to offer an attractive environment for business investment, «guaranteeing economic stability and legal and political security, but also generating and implementing a favorable ecosystem for the development of these projects because we know they will create employment and wealth for all Andalusians.»