Gipuzkoa closed the month of September with 20,279 companies registered, what it means grow compared to both the previous month and year, which did not prevent the business fabric of the territory from being in September at the second lowest level for this month in the last six years. On the other side of the scale, the trend of business organizations of acquire a greater dimensionsince the average size of these companies also grew.
The data collected by the Guipuzcoan employers’ association Adegi indicates that In September there were 247 more companies than in Augustwith an increase of 1.2%, while in the comparison with September 2025 the data is also positive as the business fabric grew by 98 companies, 0.5% more. A good part of the 247 new companies that opened their doors throughout the month of September had as their main activity the serviceswhich thus grew by 1.7% compared to August.
Agriculture wins five businesses
The same percentage increase is recorded in the agricultural sector, although the number of new businesses, a total of five, is lower and is therefore in line with the weight of this activity in the Gipuzkoa economy. The construction was nourished by 22 new organizations and grew by 1.4%, while the industry shows again another sign of weakness by promoting the creation of four new companies in the territory, with a slight increase of 0.2%, which represents the most discrete evolution of all economic sectors.
The growth in the turnover that operates in Gipuzkoa is a positive fact for its economy, although there is still a long way to go to recover the levels it presented in 2019. a year before the covid pandemic that hit economic activity with virulence and whose effects continue, pressured by other types of more recent factors related to geopolitics. But another variable that is beneficial for the Guipuzcoan business community is that its size is growing, which provides greater muscle to face international competition and facilitates access to large projects and financing.
Average size on the rise
According to data collected by Adegi, The average size of companies in the territory amounts to 12.7 jobs, which means increasing the index registered in September 2025 by 0.9%. The industrydue to the characteristics of its activity that requires larger staff, is the sector with the largest size, with 23.3 jobs. They follow him the services, whose companies have an average staff of 11.5 professionals, while in construction This number stands at 6.6 positions. The agricultural sector It is the one with businesses with the smallest workforce, with an average size of 5.1 jobs.
The information regarding employment generated in September points to a growth of 4.2% compared to the previous month, with a pronounced increase of 10,142 people, while compared to September of the previous year the increase softens to 3,351 people, 1.3% more. Although Eustat confirmed a slight rise in unemployment in Gipuzkoa last week, Adegi’s data refers only to the private sector, while the Basque Statistics Service also includes the public sector.
Source: www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus
