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Affiliates of foreign companies. Number, employed persons and turnover Catalonia. 2022
Value Variation (%) Percentage over total number of companies (%)
Affiliates of foreign companies with establishments in Catalonia
Firms 7,199 -2.1 1.3
Employed persons 498,802 5.7 18.6
Turnover (thousand €) 163,282,142 22.9 31.4
Affiliates of foreign companies based in Catalonia
Firms 5,837 -3.0 1.0
Employed persons (1) 468,696 3.8 18.0
Turnover (thousand €) (1) 148,370,475 20.3 31.3
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Statistics on affiliates of foreign companies in Spain.
(1) Of affiliates located in Catalonia, regardless of the territory where the economic activity is carried out.
Affiliates of foreign companies. Number, employed persons and turnover Spain. 2022
Value Variation (%) Percentage over total number of companies (%)
Firms 14,209 -3.7 0.5
Employed persons 2,119,008 5.2 15.3
Turnover (thousand €) 745,264,645 25.9 28.7
Source: INE. Statistics on affiliates of foreign companies in Spain.
Note: As of 2019, the concept of company changes from legal unit (NIF) to statistical unit company (business group). Consequently, this year's results are not strictly comparable with previous years.