2,400 Andalusian small and medium-sized businesses currently sell on Amazon, with an export volume of 135 million euros, or 35%. In total, Andalusian small and medium-sized businesses sold more than 12 million products in 2023, around 15% more than the figure recorded the previous year. 75% of these companies sell their products in at least one country beyond our borders. To situate the weight of the platform in all Andalusian exports, in 2023, foreign sales of community companies amounted to 38.5 billion euros, with 27,000 exporting companies, of which approximately 6 000 regular exporters.
These are data published today with Amazon and which place Andalusia as the fourth community in number of SMEs that operate on the platform and also in volume of sales abroad, behind Catalonia, Madrid and Valencia. Across Spain, the 17,000 small and medium-sized businesses present on Amazon have exceeded one billion foreign sales through the platform for the first time.
Malagawith more than 700 SMEs, and Sevillea, with more than 600, are the two provinces that dominate Andalusia in terms of the number of small and medium-sized businesses present in the Amazon store. follows them Cadizwith more than 290 SMEs and Cordobawith more than 240 SMEs from Córdoba, which has also become the Andalusian province with the highest growth (15%) in the number of small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon in the last year.
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In a statement sent by Amazon, the testimony of Daniel Hervase-commerce manager at The square factoryo, a Sevillian company dedicated to the manufacture of paintings, mirrors and wall decoration items, highlights how Amazon opened its doors internationally: “Since we started selling on Amazon in 2017, we have successfully to expand our presence in Spain, France and Portugal. , which allowed a significant increase in the visibility of our products and the consolidation of our sales. Thanks to this collaboration, our workforce has increased by 10%, currently reaching 35 workers.
“Small and medium-sized businesses constitute a fundamental pillar of the Spanish economic fabric. This is why at Amazon you will always find a great ally develop, export and create employment opportunities in the country”, underlines Andres Rodriguezresponsible for services to Amazon’s commercial collaborators in Spain. “Our goal is to continue innovating in their favor, whether that means investing in technology and new artificial intelligence tools or in training programs that allow them to grow both in Spain and abroad. international.”
Amazon highlights that the small and medium-sized Spanish companies that sell on its platform are also a driver of job creation in the country, since they currently provide I work for over 45,000 people in Spain to manage your online business.
Conclusions
The five countries to which Spanish SMEs export the most are France, Germany, Italy, United States and United Kingdomand the most demanded products by international customers belong to the categories of home, health and personal care, toys, beauty and office supplies.
More than 550 of these small and medium-sized businesses have invoiced more than one million euros in turnover, and 30 of them exceeded one million euros for the first time in 2023.
More than 60% of Spanish SMEs that sell on Amazon are based in provinces that are neither Madrid nor Barcelona. Furthermore, nearly 5,000 of these small and medium-sized businesses are established in municipalities of less than 30,000 inhabitantspromoting the economic and social development of these communities.
