The number of new companies increased by 36.9% in May in relation to the same month of 2024, So far, a total of 13,229 companiesThis field is its largest figure from the fifth month of 2007, when 14,036 commercial companies in Spain were created, according to data published yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). With the May ascence, the creation of companies accumulates two consistent months of shares, after in April they also increased by 0.3%.
To create 13,229 companies in May last year Almost 738.73 million euros were signedWhich is 134.3% more than in the same month of 2024, while signed average capital, which amounted to 55,842 euros, increased by 71.1%.
For your part, The decay of companies increased to 25.3% of the year – In the fifth month of the year, from 1706 missed companies, which means that 55 companies were closed every day of May. Of the more than 1,700 companies that dissolved in May, 83.9% (1432) voluntarily made 5.39% (92) mergers and 10.66% (182) for other reasons.
TO Sectors of activity18.6% of commercial companies that were created in May were devoted to real estate, financial and insurance activities, 17.4%, trade and 15% before construction. As for societies dissolved by basic economic activity, 19.4% belonged to trade, 17.5% of construction and 12.9% of real estate, financial and insurance. For its part, the number of commercial companies that expanded capital increased by 9.6% in the fifth month of the year, in the interserms of up to 2400 companies. The capital signed in these extensions exceeded 1,220.4 million euros, which is 23.3% lower than in May 2024, while average capital amounted to 504,347 euros, by 30% less.
IN Monthly rate (May 2025) The Constitution of Companies increased by 12.2%, and decisions increased by 3.2%. In the first five months of the year, the number of new companies increased by 2.4%, while the volume of loose societies amounted to 2.5%.
If the data of the National Statistical Institute by autonomous communities are divided, that is, it is extracted that Castilla-la Mancha, with not denouncing 62.5% of companies created in the national ratingThen Andalusia (which created 50.6% more) and the Murcia region (50.2% more). These are three regions that represented the greatest annual increase in the number of companies created in May. For its part, Extremadura was the only autonomous community that registered a decrease in the creation of companies, with 4.7% negatively.
