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Started buildings. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Buildings started (1). By destination. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Non residential
Residential Establishments Industry Trade & warehouses Offices Hostelry Others (2) Total
2010 2,531 955 81 244 31 17 890 2,218
2009 2,353 1,035 53 173 21 7 628 1,917
2008 4,612 2,692 44 121 26 9 224 3,116
2007 11,782 7,524 46 136 19 12 287 8,024
2006 18,221 11,561 88 233 33 24 606 12,545
2005 16,807 10,518 207 300 45 28 1,655 12,753
2004 15,533 7,374 248 302 61 68 73 8,126
2003 15,196 7,055 210 287 57 58 64 7,731
Source:
2003-2007: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General d'Habitatge.
2008-2009: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Secretaria d'Habitatge.
2010: Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
Notes:
(1) Based on construction certificates issued by Catalonia's colleges of surveyors.
(2) Includes livestock.

Last update: April 6, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Establishment
Structurally separate and independent area where economic activities dependent on a company are or could be carried out.

Methodological aspects

The information on buildings started comes from the building work approvals by the Official Associations of Surveyors, Architectural Technicians and Building Engineers of Catalonia.

Since these are administrative data from a set of professional associations, the total construction activity for non-residential buildings in Catalonia is not included.

From 2014 there is a break in the series due to the application of methodological changes.