Mercantile Companies Statistics (MC) 8,074 mercantile companies

9 September 2015
Mercantile Companies Statistics (MC)
July 2015. Provisional data
8,074 mercantile companies are created in July, 1.4% more than in
the same month of 2014, and 1,432 are dissolved, 8.7% less
The Autonomous Communities with the greatest business
dynamism1 are La Rioja (45.8%), Canarias (17.5%) and Región de
Murcia (16.8%)
8,074 mercantile companies were created in July, that is, 1.4% more than in the same month
of 2014. The capital subscribed for their constitution exceeded 505 million euros,
representing an increase of 33.8%. The average capital subscribed (62,561 euros) increased
32.0% in its annual rate.
On the other hand, 2,510 mercantile companies increased their capital in July, 5.5% less
than in the same month of 2014. The capital subscribed in the increases registered a
decrease of 15.6% and exceeded 3,127 million euros. The average capital subscribed in
these transactions (1,245,912 euros) decreased 10.7% in its annual rate.
The number of companies dissolved in July was 1,432, that is, 8.7% less than in the same
month of 2014. Among these, 65.6% did so voluntarily, 8.3% due to mergers and the
remaining 26.1 % for other reasons.
Mercantile companies created, increasing their capital and dissolved. July 2015
Total
Mercantile companies created
Number
Capital subscribed (thousands of euros)
Average capital subscribed (euros)
Mercantile companies increasing their capital
Number
Capital subscribed (thousands of euros)
Average capital subscribed (euros)
Mercantile companies dissolved
Number
- Voluntary
- Merger
- Other
% Variation
Monthly
Annual
Annual
accumulated
8,074
505,119
62,561
-2.2
30.7
33.6
1.4
33.8
32.0
-0.1
0.3
0.4
2,510
3,127,239
1,245,912
-1.6
6.6
8.3
-5.5
-15.6
-10.7
-2.7
-32.4
-30.5
1,432
940
119
373
-0.7
-1.4
2.6
0.0
-8.7
0.0
-16.2
-23.3
-7.2
-3.2
-3.1
-19.5
1
Business dynamism: Performance of the number of mercantile companies, as the annual variation rate of the
incorporation of mercantile companies.
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Performance of the monthly rate
In order to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of the data, the following chart shows
the variation in the number of mercantile companies created and dissolved between June
and July in the last five years. In 2015, the monthly variation of the number of companies
created was ‒2.2% and that of the companies dissolved was ‒0.7%.
Results by main economic activity
21.2% of the mercantile companies created in the month of July corresponded to Trade and
17.9% to Construction. Regarding the dissolved companies, 21.5% corresponded to
Construction and 20.0% to Trade.
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The activity with the greatest net balance of mercantile companies created in July 2015 was
Trade, with 1,427 new companies.
On the contrary, Transport and storage registered the lowest net balance, with 161
companies created.
The economic activity with the greatest capital subscribed of the mercantile companies
created was Real estate, financial and insurance activities, with 259.39 million euros.
In turn, Transportation and Storage presented the lowest capital subscribed, with 4.49 million
euros.
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Results by Autonomous Communities
The Autonomous Communities with the greatest number of mercantile companies created in
July were Comunidad de Madrid (1,773), Cataluña (1,703), and Andalucía (1,359).
Conversely, the Autonomous Communities where less mercantile companies were created
were La Rioja (35), Comunidad Foral de Navarra (36), and Cantabria (59).
Regarding the dissolved mercantile companies, the Autonomous Communities that
presented the highest number of dissolutions were Comunidad de Madrid (368), Cataluña
(174) and Andalucía (170).
In turn, those with the lowest number of dissolutions were Comunidad Foral de Navarra (10)
and La Rioja (11).
Mercantile companies created and dissolved by Autonomous
Communities. July 2015
Created
TOTAL
Andalucía
Aragón
Asturias, Principado de
Balears, Illes
Canarias
Cantabria
Castilla y León
Castilla - La Mancha
Cataluña
Comunitat Valenciana
Extremadura
Galicia
Madrid, Comunidad de
Murcia, Región de
Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
País Vasco
Rioja, La
Dissolved
Number
% Annual variation
Number
% Annual variation
8,074
1,359
168
95
244
315
59
231
225
1,703
888
73
334
1,773
243
36
279
35
1.4
4.2
5.0
-16.7
6.1
17.5
11.3
-11.2
-6.6
12.9
-12.0
-27.0
-1.2
-1.4
16.8
-35.7
-0.4
45.8
1,432
170
54
21
47
56
13
74
31
174
135
25
91
368
22
10
130
11
-8.7
-33.6
-11.5
-30.0
-2.1
-11.1
-23.5
7.2
-8.8
-14.7
-10.0
-24.2
3.4
1.4
-35.3
0.0
31.3
22.2
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In terms of annual variation of the number of mercantile companies created, La Rioja
(45.8%), Canarias (17.5%) and Región de Murcia (16.8%) recorded the highest rates.
In turn, Comunidad Foral de Navarra (–35.7%), Extremadura (–27.0%) and Principado de
Asturias (–16.7%) registered the greatest decreases.
Regarding the mercantile companies dissolved, País Vasco (31.3%), La Rioja (22.2%) and
Castilla y León (7.2%) were the Autonomous Communities to register the highest positive
rates.
In turn, the Autonomous Communities registering the lowest annual rates were Región de
Murcia (–35.3%), Andalucía (–33.6%) and Principado de Asturias (–30.0%).
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Mercantile Companies Statistics
July 2015. Provisional data
MC. 1 Mercantile companies created
Capital in thousands of euros
General total*
Number Capital
Subscribed Disbursed
Public limited company
Number
Capital
Subscribed Disbursed
Private limited company
Number Capital
Subscribed Disbursed
TOTAL
8,074
505,119
503,691
62
116,195
114,767
8,012
388,924
388,924
Andalucía
Aragón
Asturias, Principado de
Balears, Illes
Canarias
1,359
168
95
244
315
59
231
225
1,703
888
73
334
1,773
243
36
279
35
5
9
39,725
2,279
2,525
29,737
6,818
763
6,257
4,511
64,869
68,055
42,814
18,798
168,459
38,703
448
9,823
249
41
245
39,500
2,279
2,525
29,692
6,773
763
6,197
4,511
64,086
68,010
42,814
18,753
168,279
38,703
448
9,823
249
41
245
4
0
0
3
1
0
3
0
10
4
0
3
32
0
0
2
0
0
0
420
0
0
26,058
60
0
210
0
12,496
180
0
180
76,410
0
0
180
0
0
0
195
0
0
26,013
15
0
150
0
11,713
135
0
135
76,230
0
0
180
0
0
0
1,355
168
95
241
314
59
228
225
1,693
884
73
331
1,741
243
36
277
35
5
9
39,305
2,279
2,525
3,679
6,758
763
6,047
4,511
52,373
67,875
42,814
18,618
92,049
38,703
448
9,643
249
41
245
39,305
2,279
2,525
3,679
6,758
763
6,047
4,511
52,373
67,875
42,814
18,618
92,049
38,703
448
9,643
249
41
245
Cantabria
Castilla y León
Castilla - La Mancha
Cataluña
Comunitat Valenciana
Extremadura
Galicia
Madrid, Comunidad de
Murcia, Región de
Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
País Vasco
Rioja, La
Ceuta
Melilla
MC. 2 Mercantile companies that increase capital and are dissolved
Capital in thousands of euros
Increase capital
General total*
Number Capital
TOTAL
Andalucía
Aragón
Asturias, Principado de
Balears, Illes
Canarias
Cantabria
Castilla y León
Castilla - La Mancha
Cataluña
Comunitat Valenciana
Extremadura
Galicia
Madrid, Comunidad de
Murcia, Región de
Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
País Vasco
Rioja, La
Ceuta
Melilla
Public limited
companies
Number
Capital
Private limited
companies
Number
Capital
Dissolved
Total
Voluntary
Number Number
Merged
Number
Other
Number
2,510
3,127,239
183
1,037,070
2,327
2,090,169
1,432
940
119
373
327
45
36
74
76
11
112
71
582
200
29
102
599
96
23
116
9
1
1
200,594
15,839
14,674
73,955
60,549
3,355
35,281
25,880
1,102,462
101,885
21,220
36,708
1,096,032
42,128
28,006
265,180
3,370
25
97
19
1
7
6
3
0
8
7
35
4
1
4
67
4
1
15
1
0
0
103,428
130
9,701
50,199
956
0
2,814
13,755
180,327
4,312
648
1,599
540,350
15,551
12,540
98,877
1,883
0
0
308
44
29
68
73
11
104
64
547
196
28
98
532
92
22
101
8
1
1
97,166
15,709
4,973
23,756
59,593
3,355
32,467
12,125
922,135
97,574
20,571
35,110
555,683
26,577
15,466
166,303
1,487
25
97
170
54
21
47
56
13
74
31
174
135
25
91
368
22
10
130
11
0
0
134
35
13
32
34
8
61
17
79
73
21
57
273
5
0
91
7
0
0
8
6
1
9
5
1
2
2
7
6
1
11
34
3
4
19
0
0
0
28
13
7
6
17
4
11
12
88
56
3
23
61
14
6
20
4
0
0
* The general total includes collective societies and partnership companies
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July 2015. Provisional data
MC. 3 Mercantile companies that disburse installment payments
on subscribed shares and companies that reduce capital
Capital in thousands of euros
Disburs. of install. paym. on sub. shares
Number
Disbursed capital
TOTAL
Andalucía
Aragón
Asturias, Principado de
Balears, Illes
Canarias
Cantabria
Castilla y León
Castilla - La Mancha
Cataluña
Comunitat Valenciana
Extremadura
Galicia
Madrid, Comunidad de
Murcia, Región de
Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
País Vasco
Rioja, La
Ceuta
Melilla
28
1
0
0
1
2
4
3
0
6
2
1
0
7
0
0
1
0
0
0
13,342
690
0
0
14
2,075
89
1,058
0
718
5,014
45
0
2,288
0
0
1,350
0
0
0
Reduce capital
Number Subscribed capital
565
65
16
16
10
12
2
16
8
130
34
3
30
161
18
5
33
6
0
0
1,512,242
91,224
61,372
19,194
39,506
10,770
1,717
9,068
13,231
538,370
18,032
6,495
7,875
404,187
34,626
5,876
239,754
10,946
0
0
MC. 4 Mercantile companies created by type of company
Capital in thousands of euros
Total
Number
2014 July
August
September
October
November
December
2015 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
8,014
5,133
6,660
8,021
7,383
7,525
8,258
8,737
9,937
8,328
8,094
8,277
8,106
Mercantile companies
Capital
378,458
265,857
386,380
666,408
1,208,279
1,423,772
587,649
587,819
620,783
340,836
456,853
386,570
505,926
Number
7,966
5,111
6,627
7,980
7,352
7,490
8,229
8,712
9,903
8,285
8,063
8,254
8,074
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Capital
377,485
265,323
384,808
666,043
1,208,176
1,423,578
586,652
587,473
619,373
330,589
454,762
386,413
505,119
Public limited labour
companies
Number Capital
3
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
180
360
0
141
0
66
0
0
0
0
1,800
66
0
Special companies
and other agencies
Number
Capital
45
19
30
35
28
29
29
25
34
43
29
22
32
793
168
1,571
206
103
125
997
346
1,410
10,247
290
91
807
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