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Barcelona by the numbers

In this guest blog, BcnIn member Edward Hamilton of Green Bean Financial & Business Coaching services looks at the numbers behind Barcelona's business buzz.

 

This is why small business owners and entrepreneurs like working and living in Barcelona

(and sometimes why they don't like it too)

A summary of a few of the interesting stats from: BARCELONA EN CIFRAS 2011 by the Ajuntament de Barcelona.

  • Average annual temperature in Barcelona 18,1ºC
  • Barcelona has more than 1.600.000 citizens and is the central nucleus of a metropolitan region of close to 5.000.000 citizens, which represents 11% of the spanish population.
  • Barcelona is home to 458.918 companies, that is to say, 14% of the total number in Spain. They are made up of principally SME (small or medium-sized businesses – 98%), characterised by a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to a shifting business environment.
  • It takes 48 hours to set up a new company in Barcelona.

THE BEST EUROPEAN CITIES IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR WORKERS

  1. Barcelona
  2. Munich
  3. Stockholm

Source: Cushman & Wakefield, European Cities Monitor 2010.

PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES TO EXPORT GOODS AND SERVICES FROM BARCELONA

  1. France – 9,1%
  2. Italy – 8,8%
  3. Germany – 8,0%
  4. Portugal – 4,9%
  5. UK – 4,6%


FOREIGNERS IN BARCELONA BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (a selection)

  1. Italy - 22.002
  2. China - 15.001
  3. France - 11.524
  4. Argentina - 8.107
  5. Brazil - 7.178
  6. Romania – 6.592
  7. Germany - 6.413
  8. UK - 5.387
  9. Chile – 4.843
  10. México - 4.227

Total foreign population – 278.320

 

RANKING OF EUROPEAN CITIES (in amount of visiting tourists)

  1. London 24.900.000
  2. Paris 14.416.395
  3. Berlin 8.262.957
  4. Rome 7.737.404
  5. Madrid 7.175.784
  6. Barcelona 6.997.718
  7. Dublin 5.476.000
  8. Munich 4.983.632
  9. Vienna 4.756.442
  10. Amsterdam 4.627.700

Barcelona occupies the 2nd position in the world rankings of organising meetings, conferences, trade-shows and congresses (Vienna is number one) and is also the second urban area with most hotel plazas in Europe.

 

AVERAGE HOUSING PRICES IN BARCELONA

To rent (€/m2/month) 12.93

To buy a new home(€/m2) 5.242

To buy a second hand home (€/m2) 4.046


And these are the reasons why we live and work here

"European Cities Monitor" (2010)

  • 5th best European city for business
  • 2nd most progressive European city
  • 1st European city for quality of life for its workers
  • 4th most recognised European city

"Scorecard on Prosperity" (2010)

  • 3rd placed city in the global prosperity ranking
  • 1st place ranked city for its attractiveness to work there.

"European cities and regions of the future" (2010 – 2011)

  • 5th place city in Europe
  • 1st place in Southern Europe

"World's happiest cities"

  • 3rd placed city in the world

"World's best cities to eat well"

  • 5th placed city in the world

"World Country & City Rankings"

  • 2nd placed city in the world for organising international meetings.

"Best Conference Destination" (2010)

  • Silver – Barcelona (2nd position)

But the big shame...

"Prices and Earnings" (2010)

Worldwide comparison of net salaries

  • 29th city in the world

So there are the statistics about Barcelona. Now we must continue to improve on the current situation in Barcelona and I guess that is best done by hard-work and being ambitious.

Good luck,

Edward

p.s. you can download the entire presentation about Barcelona here (it is in Spanish)

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