International companies in the Textile and Fashion sector are choosing Catalonia and Barcelona to promote their innovation strategies due to the potential of the design, fashion and entrepreneurship ecosystem. The new Barcelona Innovation Hub helps the growth of other companies with great ideas, taking them to another level by giving them access to areas of knowledge, strategic tips, distribution channels and global networks.
Main figures on the Catalan textile and fashion sector
793 companies categorized
- 57% Brands and retail
- 43% Productive supplier system
€14,507 M
- 84% Brands and retail
- 16% Productive supplier system
64,519 workers
- 87% Brands and retail
- 13% Productive supplier system
Companies performing productive activities represent over 40% of the companies analysed but their average size is much smaller, contributing in total to less than 20% of the total aggregate turnover. More than 30 companies are identified in what we call a new environment in the Catalan fashion industry, “Fashion Tech”. Most of these companies are part of the start-up system in Catalonia. They are assets with which to work in developing technology in the fashion business in Catalonia.
Highlights:
- Over the last decade 30% of exports from Spain in textile and fashion have come from Catalonia.
- Furthermore, 6.6% of total Catalan exports are from the textile and fashion sector.
- Catalonia’s main commercial partners are France, Italy, and Portugal in terms of exports and China, Bangladesh and Turkey as regards imports.
- There were 2,034 regular exporting companies in 2018, 35% of the total exporting companies in Catalonia.
- Exports in Outerwear is the most exported subgroup in the textile and fashion sector, representing 28.6% of total Catalan in the sector.
