As of January 2025, Andalusia was the most populated autonomous community in Spain, with a total amount of approximately 8.6 million inhabitants. Catalonia and Madrid followed closely, with populations amounting to approximately eight million and seven million respectively. The population in Spain has also been analyzed by gender and autonomous community.

In 2024, Madrid was the city with the most inhabitants in Spain. In that year, more than 3.42 million people lived in the city. Barcelona was the second-largest city with 1.69 million residents.

Sustainability becomes more and more important in our day and age. One possibility to be more sustainable when it comes to consumption, is to buy products pre-owned. Spanish consumers most commonly buy ******** second-hand followed by **************************************************, while they are least likely to buy *************************** second-hand. These results are based on our representative online survey conducted in 2025 among 2,740 respondents in Spain.

In 2022, Facebook had approximately **** million users in Spain, with this number consistently fluctuating above ** million since 2014. Considering that Spain’s population stood at approximately **** million inhabitants in 2022, the popularity of Facebook in Spain cannot be denied, as this figure translates into a penetration of almost **** percent of the country. Social media landscape in Spain Despite a slight decline since 2021, Facebook still is the second most used platform in the country and the biggest when not considering messaging apps. Around ** percent half of Spanish Facebook users checked the social platform at least once or several times a day. As of 2022, around ** percent of the Spanish population used social media, with the primary reason of keeping in touch with closer contacts via messenger apps, the preferred type of platform for around ** percent of the country’s social users. Spain and Facebook: a global comparison With an audience of more than *** million users in India in 2023, Spain might feel like a smaller fish for Facebook, as the country registers an audience almost ** times smaller. The number of monthly active users on Facebook has grown non-stop in the past decade, almost reaching **** billion users worldwide in the first quarter of 2023 compared to only 2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2018. These figures make Mark Zuckerberg’s social network the platform that covers the largest audience in the world.

Mexico is the country with the largest number of native Spanish speakers in the world. As of 2024, 132.5 million people in Mexico spoke Spanish with a native command of the language. Colombia was the nation with the second-highest number of native Spanish speakers, at around 52.7 million. Spain came in third, with 48 million, and Argentina fourth, with 46 million. Spanish, a world language As of 2023, Spanish ranked as the fourth most spoken language in the world, only behind English, Chinese, and Hindi, with over half a billion speakers. Spanish is the official language of over 20 countries, the majority on the American continent, nonetheless, it's also one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea in Africa. Other countries have a strong influence, like the United States, Morocco, or Brazil, countries included in the list of non-Hispanic countries with the highest number of Spanish speakers. The second most spoken language in the U.S. In the most recent data, Spanish ranked as the language, other than English, with the highest number of speakers, with 12 times more speakers as the second place. Which comes to no surprise following the long history of migrations from Latin American countries to the Northern country. Moreover, only during the fiscal year 2022. 5 out of the top 10 countries of origin of naturalized people in the U.S. came from Spanish-speaking countries.

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According to Technavio's analyst, the freight logistics market size in Spain is expected to be valued at USD 5.39 billion by 2026 with a progressing CAGR of 4.26%.

This freight logistics market in Spain research report extensively covers market segmentation by:

End-user - Manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods, food and beverage, and others
Type - Road, Maritime, Rail, and Air

The freight logistics market in Spain report also offers information on several market vendors, including Carreras Grupo Logistico Sa, CEVA Logistics AG, Compania de Distribucion Intergral Logista Holding S.A, DACHSER SE, Deutsche Bahn AG, Deutsche Post AG, DSV Panalpina AS, FedEx Corp., GEFCO Group, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SE and Co. KG, Kerry Logistics Network Ltd., Kuehne Nagel International AG, Liberty Cargo SL, Logwin AG, Marcotran Transportes Internacionales S.L, Primafrio SL, Rhenus SE and Co. KG, TIBA SLU, Trasporti Internazionali Transmec SPA, and XPO Logistics Inc. among others.

What will the Freight Logistics Market Size in Spain be During the Forecast Period?

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Who are the Major Freight Logistics Market Vendors in Spain?

The report analyzes the market’s competitive landscape and offers information on several market vendors, including:

Carreras Grupo Logistico Sa
CEVA Logistics AG
Compania de Distribucion Intergral Logista Holding S.A
DACHSER SE
Deutsche Bahn AG
Deutsche Post AG
DSV Panalpina AS
FedEx Corp.
GEFCO Group
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SE and Co. KG
Kerry Logistics Network Ltd.
Kuehne Nagel International AG
Liberty Cargo SL
Logwin AG
Marcotran Transportes Internacionales S.L
Primafrio SL
Rhenus SE and Co. KG
TIBA SLU
Trasporti Internazionali Transmec SPA
XPO Logistics Inc.

This statistical study of the freight logistics market in Spain encompasses successful business strategies deployed by the key vendors. The freight logistics market in Spain is fragmented and the vendors are deploying growth strategies such as strengthening their long-term financial stability by investing in the growth markets, the expertise of people, and new businesses to compete in the market.

Product Insights and News

dachser.com - The company offers freight logistics solutions such as the Worldwide Gateway network with access to company-run branches around the world.


dachser.com - The DACHSER road logistics segment offers the transport and storage of industrial goods European Logistics and Food Logistics.

To make the most of the opportunities and recover from post COVID-19 impact, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

The freight logistics market in Spain forecast report offers in-depth insights into key vendor profiles. The profiles include information on the production, sustainability, and prospects of the leading companies.

Freight Logistics Market in Spain Value Chain Analysis

Our report provides extensive information on the value chain analysis for the freight logistics market in Spain, which vendors can leverage to gain a competitive advantage during the forecast period. The end-to-end understanding of the value chain is essential in profit margin optimization and evaluation of business strategies. The data available in our value chain analysis segment can help vendors drive costs and enhance customer services during the forecast period.

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The freight logistics market share growth in Spain by the manufacturing segment will be significant during the forecast period. The manufacturing sector is a crucial contributor to the GDP of the country. Electrical and electronics and pharmaceuticals are the major export commodity manufacturing industries in Spain. The automobile sector is among the primary economic drivers of Spain as it is the second-largest manufacturer of automobiles in Europe. Even though there is a slight decline in automobile production in the country, mainly owing to the introduction of new EU emissions standards, the adoption of technology and international demand is expected to boost the manufacturing sector of the Spain freight logistics market during the forecast period.

This report provides an accurate prediction of the contribution of all the segments to the growth of the freight logistics market size in Spain and actionable market insights on post COVID-19 impact on each segment.

Freight Logistics Market in Spain: Key Drivers, Trends, and Challenges

The increasing outsourcing in logistics is notably driving the freight logistics market

As recorded by the source, Moroccans ranked as the foreign nationality with more residents in Spain in 2023, closely followed by Romanians. After years of losing its foreign population, Spain’s immigration figures started to pick up in 2015, with the number of people that moved to the Mediterranean country surpassing the number of foreigners that decided to leave.

A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2022, Colombians ranked first as the foreign nationality that most relocated to Spain, distantly followed by Moroccans and Ukranians.

Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately 15 million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2022. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood slightly over seven million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died ore gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.

In 1800, the population of Spain was approximately 14.7 million. This figure would rise consistently throughout the 19th century, and early 20th century. The population growth rate was set to increase in the mid-1900s, but this was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, which would claim around half a million lives between 1936 and 1939. In spite of the war, the Spanish population continued to grow throughout these years, and reached 28 million by the middle of the century. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Spain observed a significant increase in its population growth, facilitated by the baby boom that followed the Second World War (as in most of Western Europe) as well as general medical improvements and increased life expectancy.

Beginning in the 1980s, Spain would begin a demographic transition marked by a dramatic drop in the fertility rate of the country, resulting in the population only growing by two million between the mid-1980s and 2000 (compared to an increase of two million every five or six years beforehand). There was a sharp rise in Spain’s population from 2000 to 2008, as strong economic growth would be accompanied by a dramatic surge in immigration to the country. This would plateau at just over 46 million in 2008 however, as the Great Recession took its toll on the country’s economy, and in 2020, Spain is estimated to have a population of approximately 46.8 million, which is the sixth-largest in Europe.

Hiking and mountaineering were the most practiced type of exercise in Spain in 2022. According to the study, nearly ** percent of the Spanish population analyzed was engaged in such activities at least once in the 12 months prior to the survey. Cycling ranked as the second most popular sport, with a share of population of **** percent.

Until the season 2022/2023, Murcia was the top champion in the history of the second soccer league in Spain –which is currently called La Liga Smartbank. In total, that club had won the tournament eight times, the last time being in 2003.

During 2019, more than half a million second homes were bought in Spain. Andalusia was Spain's autonomous community where the highest number of these type of homes were purchased, with approximately 108 thousand homes during the year under review. Catalonia ranked second, with almost 90 thousand second home properties in 2019.

As of June 2024, citizens originally from Romania were the most common EU nationality in Spain, with about *** million residents. The Italian population amounted to approximately *******, making this group the second-largest nationality in Spain.

Television was Spain’s second best-established telecommunication medium, according to the latest statistics on media penetration in Spain. This data revealed that ** percent of the Spanish population watched television in 2024. This medium is almost equally popular among both genders, although women tend to consume it more often than men. Out-of-home media, featured a penetration rate of roughly ** percent as well, holding the third position on the list. Internet surpassed all other media, placing first that year. The increasing numbers of media consumption  The average Spanish consumer has been increasing their daily time using media in the last decades, clocking up almost **** hours a day in 2021, up from about *** hours in 1997. During those hours, Spaniards mostly watch TV and surf the internet, with both activities combined summing up to around ***** hours a day. The two key differences between 2019 and 1997 that contributed to the amount of time spent on media might be related to the rise of the World Wide Web and, in particular in recent years, streaming services and social media. Television in Spain: viewers decline but investment maintains stable  Television might be the most consumed media in Spain, but its popularity has been in decline over the last decades. Spanish TV registered a penetration rate of over ** percent in 2003, and it only decreased thereafter until reaching ** percent in 2023. This fall in popularity does not reflect on the expenditure on television advertising, which is set to remain fairly stable, at around *** billion euros in the coming years, after having recovered form the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

In 2023, most professionals working in Spain were salaried employees, with workers from Latin America having the second largest difference between self-employed and employed. Professionals that came originally from other countries in the European Union amounted to approximately ******* during the period under consideration.

In 2024, citizens who originally came from the United States were the most common North American nationality in Spain, with about ****** residents. The Mexican population as of June of that year amounted to approximately ******, making this group the second-largest nationality in Spain.

The United States is the non-hispanic country with the largest number of native Spanish speakers in the world, with approximately 41.89 million people with a native command of the language in 2024. However, the European Union had the largest group of non-native speakers with limited proficiency of Spanish, at around 28 million people. Furthermore, Mexico is the country with the largest number of native Spanish speakers in the world as of 2024.

In 2025, there were around 1.53 billion people worldwide who spoke English either natively or as a second language, slightly more than the 1.18 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers at the time of survey. Hindi and Spanish accounted for the third and fourth most widespread languages that year. Languages in the United States The United States does not have an official language, but the country uses English, specifically American English, for legislation, regulation, and other official pronouncements. The United States is a land of immigration, and the languages spoken in the United States vary as a result of the multicultural population. The second most common language spoken in the United States is Spanish or Spanish Creole, which over than 43 million people spoke at home in 2023. There were also 3.5 million Chinese speakers (including both Mandarin and Cantonese),1.8 million Tagalog speakers, and 1.57 million Vietnamese speakers counted in the United States that year. Different languages at home The percentage of people in the United States speaking a language other than English at home varies from state to state. The state with the highest percentage of population speaking a language other than English is California. About 45 percent of its population was speaking a language other than English at home in 2023.

With over ************* inhabitants, Madrid ranked as the most populated province in Spain as of 2025. In the second place was Barcelona, with a population of almost *********** people. Only ** out of the ** Spanish provinces had over a million inhabitants at that time.

In 2024, citizens that came originally from China constituted the most common Asian nationality in Spain, with about ******* residents. The Pakistani population as of June that year amounted to approximately *******, making this group the second-largest nationality in Spain.

In 2023, thefts of varying severity were the most reported crime in Spain, accounting for over ******* cases. Computer frauds was the second most reported crime at ******* cases, and damage came in third at over ******* occurrences.