01 — Local economy
Business in Barcelona
Car plants, drug makers and fashion labels share the Barcelona region: SEAT and its Cupra brand build cars at Martorell, Grifols, Almirall and Esteve make medicines, and Mango and Desigual design clothing here. The port and the Zona Franca move containers, vehicles and cruise passengers, the 22@ district hosts tech firms and start-ups, and tourism is a large employer across the city.
Where software helps: Barcelona fashion and consumer brands sell through their own shops, marketplaces and wholesale across Europe, needing catalogues in Catalan, Spanish and other languages, OSS VAT returns and stock synced across every channel.