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Barcelona Investment Office
10 reasons for doing business in Barcelona
Strategic sectors
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Barcelona Investment Office

One of the most competitive economies in Southern Europe, full of talent, knowledge, innovation, quality of life and expanding strategic sectors. A city that lives in the present and prepares for the future. Barcelona is your partner, Barcelona is your destination.

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What is it?

The Barcelona Investment Office is a municipal service providing coordinated support for investment in the city of Barcelona. Its purpose is to make it easy to set up projects in Barcelona that generate economic activity with high added value and quality jobs, boost strategic sectors, add vitality to business hubs and the innovation ecosystem and in general have a positive impact on the city’s economy.

Who is it for?

The office is aimed at representatives from businesses, scale-ups, start-ups and institutions wishing to start a business activity that will have an economic impact in Barcelona.

Businesspeople and members of executive boards in decision-making roles regarding internationalisation and business locations.
Investors: people investing in business projects with a socio-economic impact for the local area, in Spanish corporations with actual business activity, or in venture capital funds incorporated in Spain.
People in charge of institutions and organisations with an international scope and importance in spheres of business activity that align with Barcelona City Council’s policies and priorities.
Founders of scale-ups and start-ups: people wishing to launch highly innovative business projects that create jobs.

What can we offer you?

Information and advice during the decision-making process to help you choose Barcelona as the new location for your company. We can tell you about:

The city’s economic ecosystem
Municipal economic policy and strategic sectors
Other matters relating to local business culture and doing business in Barcelona

We can also connect you with Barcelona Activa’s business landing service, which provides comprehensive, confidential free support through a one-stop-shop for investment projects in Barcelona. Their range of services includes:

Information and advice on procedures for setting up in Barcelona (legal, immigration, municipal permits and bureaucracy).
Online company incorporation service.
Support with hiring employees and/or interns.
Search for suitable commercial premises (offices, warehouses or land) and temporary office lets (co-working spaces). Soft landing office space for three months.
Information on specialist private suppliers.
Interaction with other city stakeholders

How will we help you?

You will receive personalised help from our expert support team.

Our service is free and confidential.

We can assist you in English or in one of Barcelona’s official languages, Catalan or Spanish.

10 reasons for doing business in Barcelona

The global ambition of a human –scale city

A global city on a human scale

Throughout history, various cultures and civilisations have made their mark on this diverse, inclusive and modern city which is open to the sea.
A competitive and diverse economic powerhouse

Barcelona attracts foreign, scientific and artistic investment, as well as entrepreneurial talent, making it highly competitive for international investors and business people from a variety of sectors ranging from industry to research.
A European gateway to the world

A city connected to the rest of the world through its international airport, high-speed train station, large commercial port, international trade fair site, logistics activities platform and duty-free zone.
A magnet for startups and scaleups

The city is the ideal place for start-ups and entrepreneurial talent.
Numerous initiatives are launched here that consolidate its innovation ecosystem and act as a bridge to large corporations.
A brand new urban economic agenda

Barcelona has a vision of the future, a "Green New Deal" that plans a new social and economic model based on sustainability, fairness and competitiveness.
A hub that attracts creativity and talent

An ideal city for receiving and training national and international talent, thanks to a university system with the highest educational standards. A new change of paradigm, where it is the workers who attract enterprises.
A city that inspires creators

The city promotes the conditions for the most creative and innovative minds and individuals to prosper: cultural and sports events, abundant human heritage, international icons, providing an impetus to creative industries.
Generating knowledge that’s at the service of the people

Barcelona boasts a large innovation and research ecosystem with professionals, students and researchers making up the community of a wide network of research centres and public and private universities.
A compact and diverse urban model

The new urban concept is taking us closer to a sustainable model where the individual is at the centre. Barcelona is responding dynamically to the complex issue of getting public space to coexist in a humanised use, promoting social cohesion and economic activity.
The city for your life project

Barcelona has a combination of features that make it unique and attractive. A model that enables personal and professional growth while offering everything we need in the various stages of life.