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Social Security Affiliations. By type of regime and activity sectors

Social Security Affiliations. By type of regime and activity sectors Catalonia. January, 2026
Value % Year-over-year variation
General regime and Coal mining Self-employed Workers Total General regime and Coal mining Self-employed Workers Total
Total 3,182.7 571.7 3,829.5 2.8 1.4 2.4
Agriculture 11.2 (b) Break in time series 20.2 (b) Break in time series 52.7 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Industry 474.2 (b) Break in time series 36.1 (b) Break in time series 510.3 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Construction 157.8 (b) Break in time series 67.8 (b) Break in time series 225.7 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Services 2,529.0 (b) Break in time series 447.6 (b) Break in time series 3,030.2 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Not classifiable 10.6 (b) Break in time series 0.0 (b) Break in time series 10.6 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Units: Thousands of contributors.
Source: Ministry Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.
Note: From January 2026 the results by sectors correspond to the new Catalan classification of economic activities CCAE-2025.
(b) Break in time series.
(z) Category not applicable.
Social Security Affiliations. By type of regime and activity sectors Spain. January, 2026
Value % Year-over-year variation
General regime and Coal mining Self-employed Workers Total General regime and Coal mining Self-employed Workers Total
Total 17,100.6 3,408.6 21,565.5 3.3 1.3 2.7
Agriculture 86.6 (b) Break in time series 252.8 (b) Break in time series 1,021.5 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Industry 2,246.7 (b) Break in time series 209.2 (b) Break in time series 2,456.5 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Construction 1,004.7 (b) Break in time series 404.6 (b) Break in time series 1,409.9 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Services 13,663.6 (b) Break in time series 2,542.0 (b) Break in time series 16,578.5 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Not classifiable 99.0 (b) Break in time series 0.0 (b) Break in time series 99.0 (b) Break in time series z Category not applicable z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Units: Thousands of contributors.
Source: Ministry Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.
Note: From January 2026 the results by sectors correspond to the new Catalan classification of economic activities CCAE-2025.
(b) Break in time series.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: February 16, 2026. Next update: March 10, 2026 Calendari

Methodological note

Social Security affiliation is compulsory for all people included in its field of application and is valid for the worker's entire lifetime. It is currently divided into the following regimes: general, special for coal mining, special for agriculture, special for domestic employees, special for the self-employed and special for sea-based workers.

Until December 2008, the data refers to the general regime and to the special one for coal mining; from 2009, the data presented refers to the total number of contributors on the one hand and to the general regime and special one for coal mining on the other. In all cases the information is taken from a statistical exploitation of the contributory records for the different Social Security regimes, the management of which is the responsibility of the General Treasury for Social Security.

It must be considered that contributors are considered if employed or are in assimilated situations (temporarily incapacitated, suspension due to the regulation of employment, partial unemployment, etc.) and the number of contributors does not necessarily correspond to the number of workers, but rather to situations that generate the obligation to make social security contributions: the same person is accounted for as many times as they are in situations where there is the obligation to make such contributions, due to that person being involved in various labour activities in one regime or various.

Until December 2008 the sectoral data is classified according to the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 1993, Revision 1 (CCAE-93 Rev.1). From January 2009 to December 2025 the results by sectors correspond to the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCAE-2009). From January 2026 onward the results by sectors correspond to the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2025 (CCAE-2025). As a result, years corresponding to different classifications are not directly comparable.

The information on affiliations refers to the last day of each month.