Spanish SMEs that sell on Amazon exported 850 million in 2021, 30% more

They generate more than 35,000 jobs

MADRID, 28 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The 13,000 small and medium-sized Spanish companies that sell their products on Amazon exported 850 million euros in 2021, which is 30% more than the previous year, according to data from the 'Report on the impact of Amazon on Spanish SMEs 2022' .

Specifically, Spanish SMEs have become an employment engine, since they currently employ a total of 35,000 people to manage their online sales businesses, which is 16% more than the previous year.

The 'marketplace' offers these companies an opportunity to sell outside of Spain. Thus, 50% of the SMEs that had not previously exported began to sell outside the national territory after beginning to offer their products in this store.

In this way, Spanish SMEs sold more than 90 million products on Amazon in 2021, which represents 175 products per minute, an increase of 50% compared to the units sold during 2020.

The exports of these products not only went to the European Union, since more than 75 million euros come from other non-European markets, which is 45% more than the 2020 data.

"The 'marketplaces' are of great importance in the dynamic electronic commerce and constitute a growing sales channel to access international markets. Icex will continue as before promoting the knowledge and use of these channels to boost the competitiveness and internationalization of companies Spanish", said the CEO of Icex Spain Exportation and Investments, María Peña.

For his part, the vice president of services for EU business partners at Amazon, Xavier Flamand, stressed that the platform is "a great ally" for SMEs. "Amazon will continue to invest to promote the growth of Spanish SMEs, putting at their disposal the tools and training programs, such as Despega, that they require to be successful," he said.

The SMEs that sell on the platform are located in the 17 communities and the two Spanish autonomous cities. Four of them have more than 1,000 small and medium businesses selling on Amazon.

Catalonia is the region with more SMEs selling in this 'marketplace' with more than 3,000 companies, followed by the Community of Madrid (more than 2,750) and the Valencian Community and Andalusia, both with more than 2,000 SMEs.

While the regions that exported the most last year were Catalonia, with more than 200 million euros, followed by the Community of Madrid (more than 150 million euros), the Valencian Community (close to 150 million euros) and Andalusia, with more than 100 million euros.

In this way, the 13,000 Spanish SMEs that sell on the platform are spread throughout Spain. In fact, more than 60% of these companies are based in provinces of Spain that are neither Madrid nor Barcelona.