Manufacturing & Service Industries

Types of Business Structures in Spain

There are many kinds of business entities in Spain...

The most frequently found legal structures are:

• Sole Trader/Sole Proprietor (Empresario Individual or Autónomo)
• Partnership (Sociedad Civil)
• Limited Liability Company (Sociedad Limitada/SL or Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada/SRL)
• Public Limited Company (Sociedad Anonima /SA)
• New Enterprise Limited Company (Sociedad Limitada Nueva Empresa/SLNE)
• Co-ownership (Comunidad de Bienes/CB)

http://spain.angloinfo.com/working/employment/

Service Industries:

-Hospitality
-Restaurant
-Customer service
-Agriculture

"Spain's dependence on agriculture has diminished in the last few decades, while tourism and other service industries have grown considerably in importance. In 1993 agriculture accounted for just 3.5% of GDP and employed some 10% of the workforce, almost half of the figure for 1985 and down from 27% in 1960 when around 40% of the population worked in agriculture). One third of the workforce is employed in industry, while services account for some 60% of jobs."

http://www.andalucia.com/spain/economy/home.htm