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The Directory of Economic Activities operation (DIRAE) collects information from all the establishments that carry out Economic activities in the Basque Country; provides basic structural information on the sectors of economic activity and serves as a framework of reference for the implementation of sector censuses and surveys; it also allows the analysis of the population employed in the establishments of the community. At present it does not include the activities of the households that employ domestic staff and extraterritorial bodies.

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As at 1 January 2025, the number of people employed in the Basque Country had increased by 1.5% (12/10/2025)
Reference period > 01/01/2025
Last update > 12/10/2025
 
 

Variation in the number of companies (01/01/2025)

-0.8 

Variation in employed persons (01/01/2025)

1.5 

 
 

 
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As at 1 January 2025, the number of people employed in the Basque Country had increased by 1.5% (12/10/2025)12/10/2025
The number of people employed in the Basque Country has increased by 3.8% over the last five years (11/28/2024)11/28/2024
On 1 January 2023, the number of people employed in the Basque Country increased by 1.8%, although there was a decrease in the number of companies  (11/29/2023)11/29/2023
The number of people working in cooperatives reached 54,000, 5.9% of employment in the Basque Country  (06/30/2023)06/30/2023
The number of companies in the Basque Country fell by 0.9% and employment rose by 0.2% in 2022 (12/14/2022)12/14/2022
At the beginning of 2021, there were 1,400 fewer companies in the Basque Country than the previous year  (12/22/2021)12/22/2021
The number of companies and their employed personnel in the Basque Country increased in 2019  (12/18/2019)12/18/2019
The number of people employed increased for the third consecutive year in Basque companies in 2018, but their numbers were down  (12/26/2018)12/26/2018
97.6% of companies operating in the Basque Country in 2017 were based here  (12/21/2017)12/21/2017
31.7% of companies operating in the Basque Country at the beginning of 2016 had been in operation for five years or under (12/23/2016)12/23/2016
18% of the people employed in the Basque Country work in industrial estates (07/15/2016)07/15/2016
159,000 companies were operating in the Basque Country at the start of 2015 (12/23/2015)12/23/2015
The number of establishments in the Basque Country fell by 1.3% in 2013 (12/26/2014)12/26/2014
The total number of Basque establishments dropped for the fifth consecutive year (01/30/2014)01/30/2014
The total number of Basque establishments dropped for the fourth consecutive year (02/11/2013)02/11/2013
The total number of Basque establishments drops for the third consecutive year (03/20/2012)03/20/2012
Three-quarters of Basque establishments have less than 3 employees (03/30/2011)03/30/2011
Three quarters of Basque establishments had less than 3 employees and accounted for 19.4% of jobs (03/30/2010)03/30/2010
Personnel employed in companies located in the Basque Country increased by 2.5% in 2008 (03/31/2009)03/31/2009
Personnel employed in companies located in the A.C. of the Basque Country increased by 4.5% in 2007 (04/24/2008)04/24/2008
Personnel employed in companies located in the A.C. of the Basque Country increased by 3.1% in 2006 (04/30/2007)04/30/2007
Personnel employed in companies located in the A.C. of the Basque Country increased by 4.1% in 2005 (06/28/2006)06/28/2006
Personnel employed in companies located in the A.C. of the Basque Country increased by 1.7% in 2004 (04/18/2005)04/18/2005
Companies located in the A.C. of the Basque Country employed 806,220 people in 2003, 2.2% more than the previous year (03/05/2004)03/05/2004
Number of companies grew 2.2% and employment rose 3.8% in the A.C. of the Basque Country in 2002 (04/07/2003)04/07/2003
 
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Directory of economic activities
Código operación : 
200163
Frequency : 
Yearly
Timeframe : 
01/01/2025
Last updated : 
01/15/2026
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Type of operation : 
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Other bodies : 
Departamento de Desarrollo Económico e Infraestructuras

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