Retail Landscape of Spain
1,948 Retail companies in Spain, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Retail in Spain
Shows the top retail firms in Spain by size, funding and hiring activity, listing 1,948 companies and noting 61 currently hiring and 154 with recent funding rounds.
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Zara12last posted Aug 2026
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Pull&Bear10last posted Jun 2026
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Stradivarius10last posted May 2026
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Bershka9last posted May 2026
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Kave Home4last posted Dec 2025
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Algori4last posted May 2026
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Consentio3last posted Apr 2026
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efectoLED3last posted Dec 2025
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SeQura$435.6MSeries D · Nov 2024
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Wallapop$370.6MSeries G · Feb 2024
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Lingokids$188.7MSeries D · Sep 2025
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CALEIDO$143.4MConventional Debt · Nov 2018
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Colvin$88MSeries C · Jul 2023
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Lookiero$73.5MSeries C · Jan 2026
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Click & Pay$60MPE · Jun 2012
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Hawkers$56.2MAngel · Oct 2016
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el corte inglés100,000tracked employees
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Eroski33,000tracked employees
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tendam9,529tracked employees
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Hiperdino8,280tracked employees
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vocento group3,089tracked employees
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sprinter2,811tracked employees
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Affinity Petcare1,100tracked employees
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pronovias950tracked employees
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TORO7.3%20 tracked events
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aukera5.8%16 tracked events
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Caprabo4.4%12 tracked events
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redegal3.6%10 tracked events
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Sevilla FC154articles in the window
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MOCA28articles in the window
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How the Retail ecosystem in Spain grew, 2016–2025
Displays yearly company formation counts, highlighting a peak of 172 new firms in 2020 and only 7 in 2025.
Where Retail companies in Spain are based
Lists the cities with the most retail companies, with Barcelona hosting 382 firms and Madrid 364.
The Retail market map of Spain: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting consumer digital (825 firms) and e‑commerce product sales (1,251 revenue streams) as the largest groups.
The biggest kinds of Retail company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital825 companies · $1.5B raised · 30 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce751 companies · $1.3B raised · 30 hiring
- Enterprise Tech334 companies · $434.7M raised · 15 hiring
- Internet First Brands308 companies · $118.7M raised · 15 hiring
- B2C Fashion E-Commerce250 companies · $219.9M raised · 13 hiring
- Commerce Enablers216 companies · $181.2M raised · 8 hiring
- Enterprise Software209 companies · $162.1M raised · 7 hiring
- Internet First Fashion Brands171 companies · $103M raised · 11 hiring
- Marketplaces163 companies · $455.7M raised · 3 hiring
- SaaS120 companies · $308.7M raised · 5 hiring
- Retail SaaS111 companies · $101.9M raised · 4 hiring
- Beauty E-Commerce77 companies · $11.5M raised · 2 hiring
Monetization
How Retail companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Retail in Spain
Counts corporate events over the past two years, recording 242 events including 88 announcements and 35 mergers and acquisitions.
- FundingBigBuy, a platform for wholesale ecommerce solutions, has closed an international investment round of four million euros to boost its next growth phase.2026-04-16
- M&ABaker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer have advised on the financing for the acquisition of Grupo Incasa by Iberfrasa (owned by Abac Capital).2026-02-11
- M&APérez-Llorca advised Naver Corporation, through its subsidiary NW Holdings Intermedia, on the acquisition of a controlling interest of up to 100% in Wallapop.2026-02-05
- M&ABack in October 2022, the measurement solutions provider acquired another fit technology, the Spain-based Naiz Fit, for $500,000 in cash and 6 million shares of MySize common stock.2026-01-28
- M&ASubsequently, MySize acquired Percentil in May 2025 for approximately 610,000 euros (about $679,000) to prevent its liquidation.2026-01-28
- M&AThe alienation of these titles, that is, the change of ownership of Sevilla FC now goes against the progress made in recent weeks in a field of uncertainty and some technical paralysis.2026-01-01
- FundingToday, Madrid-headquartered Algori, the purchase and behavioural data platform built for the FMCG industry, announced that it has secured €3.6 million in additional growth capital.2025-12-09
- FundingGelt, the AI-native tax firm serving high-net-worth individuals and scaling businesses, today announced it has raised $13 million in Series A, bringing its total funding to $21.2 million. The series A funding was led by Zvi Limon of the Rimon Group, Vintage Investment Partners, and TLV Partners.2025-10-17
- FundingThe Series A funding round was led by 13books Capital, with participation from JME Ventures, BSV, and Bynd Venture Capital. To date, the company has raised a total of €17.3 million.2025-09-30
- FundingLingokids has closed $120M financing round2025-09-19
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Retail company in Spain was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Grupo Incasa | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-11 | |
| Naver Corporation | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-05 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-01-28 | ||
| $500k | Completed | 2026-01-28 | ||
| undisclosed | — | 2026-01-05 | ||
| Na | undisclosed | — | 2026-01-01 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as leadership changes and product launches within the sector.
ConforamaSolenne Pasqualetti · Appointment → Marketing DirectorMar 2026
BIMANIBlanca Gallego · Appointment → Director of Marketing and BusinessFeb 2026
Fotoprixdeclared in insolvency proceedingsApr 2025
- zara v pasta zaratrademark infringement / brand protection · VerdictApr 2025
- unipreus v wallapoptrademark infringement · DismissedJan 2025
Who is building Retail in Spain
Profiles 633 founders and CEOs across 463 firms, showing common alma maters like Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (10 alumni) and prior employers such as Google (8).
MD-Real Estate Space, ex-Iberian Corestate Capital Advisors, Espacio USA, OHL Group. University of Alicante 1999…
Ex-Interstock Investments, Management Solutions · IESE Business School MBA 2013
Experience-Group, ex-New Balance Retail Iberia, Co-Founder We Are Reversible, Liz Claiborne, Nike, BCN Showroom.
moddoGroup, ex-ISEM Fashion Business School, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad San Pablo - CEU; Education - Universidad Complutense de…
Ex-Co-Founder Reset Spain, Verdoy Information Architects, Socialancer. Dublin Institute of Technology 2013
Ex-Aplazame, momit, Fever Labs, MashMeTV. University Carlos III of Madrid BS 2010, MS 2011 & PhD 2015
Ex-Crowdcube, eClub. IQS 2015
Ex - Information Systems Manager, ICEX, Inditex, INSEAD MBA 2007
CEO-Qashflo, BIGocasion, BIGcash, BIGhub
- flagged as repeat founders3
- no repeat-founder flag501
- women138
- men447
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Who funds Retail in Spain
Summarizes investment activity with 274 funding rounds since 2016 from 286 investors, where the typical round size is $1.1 M.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 18 | — | Nov 2023 |
| EIC Fund | 13 | — | Oct 2022 |
| Acurio Ventures | 10 | 1 | Jan 2026 |
| Conector | 9 | 9 | Oct 2020 |
| Samaipata | 9 | 5 | Jul 2023 |
| JME Venture Capital | 8 | 4 | Sep 2025 |
| K Fund | 6 | 5 | May 2023 |
| Bolsa Social Fund | 6 | 5 | Feb 2024 |
| Faraday | 6 | 4 | Jul 2024 |
| Nauta Capital | 6 | 3 | Jul 2022 |
The typical round is $1.1M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Retail funding rounds in Spain
Highlights the biggest disclosed round—SeQura’s $435.6 M Series D—and lists ten large recent funding rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $435.6M | Nov 2024 | Citi, M&G, Chenavari +1 more | |
| Series G | $190.9M | Feb 2021 | Korelya Capital, Accel, Insight Partners +4 more | |
| Series D | $120M | Sep 2025 | General Catalyst, Bullhound Capital, Nextalia | |
| Series G | $87M | Jan 2023 | NAVER, Korelya Capital, Accel +2 more | |
| Angel | $56.2M | Oct 2016 | Félix Ruiz, Hugo Arévalo, Alejandro Betancourt | |
| Series C | $53.1M | Jul 2021 | Eurazeo, Capagro, Foodtech | |
| Series C | $40M | Apr 2015 | Insight Partners, Accel | |
| Series C | $40M | Jun 2021 | GP Bullhound, HV Capital, Ravensburger +1 more | |
| Series C | $35.3M | Jan 2015 | Cabiedes & Partners | |
| Series C | $30M | Jul 2020 | Perwyn, MMC Ventures, Bonsai Partners +1 more |
47 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series A$4.7MApr 2026
What the news says about Retail in Spain
Counts 304,774 news articles in the last year, indicating the most covered topics range from geopolitical disputes to international sports competitions.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Retail news in Spain. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,847▲+33%
- International and transnational geographic entities300,841▲+33%
- Administrative and political subdivisions300,812▲+33%
- International sports competitions40,129▼-34%
- Sports history and legacy stories26,735▲+644%
- Professional league updates25,113→+7%
- Sportsmanship and ethics in sports24,273▲+1238%
- Olympic games coverage17,798▼-64%
- Athlete transfer rumors16,917▲+15%
- Championship event highlights16,878▼-20%
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23 Retail companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Retail coverage in Spain as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in Spain Retail coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Retail jobs in Spain: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports six job postings from 40 employers over the past year, without specifying required skills.
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