Why Madrid?
EXCELLENT TRANSPORT AND CONNECTIONS
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The Adolfo Suárez – Madrid Barajas Airport is the second in Europe for its capacity and the sixth for passenger traffic.
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The Spanish High Speed network is the second largest in the world with more than 3,100 km in length.
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The dense radial network of more than 15,000 km of highways and motorways of Spain converges in Madrid, which continues to expand.
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With 301 stations and 294 km of travel, the Madrid metro is the second underground network in Europe and eighth in the world.
A LARGE, MODERN MARKET
- The Services Sector represents 88.7% of GDP and its expansion is the engine for the growth of the city.
- Foreign operators carry out 85% of transactions in the Madrid Stock Exchange.
- In 2017, 20,434 companies started their activity in Madrid, 21.6% of those created in Spain.
INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM.
- Madrid is at the forefront of all telecommunications and information society indicators in Spain.
- The Madrid City Council is committed to the smart sourcing of public services.
- Madrid is recognized as one of the four most sustainable cities in Spain.
- In Madrid, there are 4.5 million m2 available and more than 10 million in projects for parks and scientific and technological clusters.
HIGHLY QUALIFIED HUMAN CAPITAL.
- 30% of the population between 24 and 65 years old has university studies.
- Madrid is home to the headquarters of the main Spanish companies, universities and research centres in materials science and nanotechnology.
- 23.2% of Spanish researchers work and live in Madrid.
PRIVILEGDE LOCATION
- Madrid is the administrative and economic capital of Spain.
- It is the main city of the Iberian Peninsula, the gateway to direct and immediate access to a market of almost 60 million consumers of high purchasing power and in continuous growth.
- 75% of transport and distribution companies, Spanish and international, are headquartered in Madrid
GATEWAY TO EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
- Madrid is the third largest city in the European Union behind London and Berlin.
- Madrid is an excellent bridge that unites Europe, Latin America and the Mediterranean, an incomparable place to access more than 1.300 million customers.
- Spain and Madrid are the gateway to the EU, the largest market in the world with 500 million consumers and a per capita income of $ 30,000 per year.
A STABLE AND PREDICTABLE SOCIAL, FISCAL AND LABOR ENVIRONMENT
- The Administrative Loads Reduction Plan simplifies the requirements for the creation and operation of companies.
- Most of the administrative, customs and fiscal procedures are carried out via telematics.
- Spain has a stable and modern legal framework, harmonized with EU standards, which guarantees the legal security of companies and investors and facilitates the development of business.
MADRID, UNIQUE QUALITY OF LIFE.
- Madrid is an open city to all cultures in which people of 181 nationalities coexist.
- Of the 60,430 hectares of Madrid, 21,830 are green areas.
- Madrid is one of the cities with the largest number of spaces devoted to art.
- Madrid offers 83,164 hotel beds and more than 15,000 restaurants, cafes and bars, satisfying all tastes and budgets.