• Geostrategic location
• Potential access to over 1.3 billion consumers
• Ultra Modern Transport Infrastructure

Geostrategic location

• Privileged position for southern Europe's key markets and Latin America.
• More than 11,100 foreign companies already established in Spain, 50 of them are Fortune 100 companies.
• Presence of 150 banks operating in Spain, with over 15,578 branches (Spain's Bank Association, 2007 Yearbook).

Potential access to over 1.3 billion consumers

• 46 million consumers in Spain and with projections of over 49 millions by 2018. (INE)
• 451 million consumers in Europe. (Eurostat)
• Entry point for non-EU Mediterranean countries with 269 million consumers. (World Bank, 2007)
• Hub for South and Central America, with 562 million consumers. (World Bank, 2007)

 

Ultra Modern Transport Infrastructure

Airports

• 47 airports and 250 airlines with international connections to all major international cities, with Madrid and Barcelona being the main hubs.
  

Source: Eurostat, 2009

Ports

• Excellent maritime connections with 44 ports on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean coasts putting Spain in 4th place in sea freight transportation, after UK, Netherlands and Italy.

Source: Eurostat, 2009

Roads

• 166,339 km of road network (103,300 miles). (Ministry of Public Works, 2006)
• 2nd largest EU highway network with 11,432 km (7,100 miles).

Source: Eurostat, 2009

Railways

• 4th largest railway network in the EU-15 with 12,839 km (8,000 miles).
• Ambitious plan for high speed train, with the objective of having a network of 7,200 km (4,475 miles).
• State-of-the-Art subway system in major cities.

Source: Eurostat, 2009

Last updated: 15|04|2009