Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad

What Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad does

The Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (formerly Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad) is a Spanish government ministry operating under the Vicepresidencia Primera del Gobierno (First Vice Presidency of the Government of Spain), headquartered at P. de la Castellana 162, 28071 Madrid. It is the primary national body for economic policy formulation, trade facilitation, market unity regulation, competition oversight, macroeconomic reporting, treasury and insurance management, international economic relations, public employment services, title recognition, and public procurement. The institution serves Spanish government ministries, public administration bodies, and citizens requiring government services related to economy, trade, and enterprise.

The Ministry's core service delivery is built around a multi-language institutional web portal and Electronic Headquarters (Sede Electrónica), which provide access to employment opportunities, public aid calls for trade, regulatory information, electronic administrative services, and the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan). It operates a Centro de Publicaciones coordinated by the Secretaría General Técnica that programs and publishes monographs and journals, mostly in electronic format with open access. In 2023, the Ministry implemented a Sistema Interno de Información (Internal Information System) pursuant to Ley 2/2023 of February 20, providing a computer application and voicemail channel for whistleblowers to report regulatory infringements and corruption. Communication is disseminated through an unusually broad social media footprint spanning Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram, LinkedIn, and RSS feeds.

The institution does not operate a commercial revenue model; it is funded through national budget allocations in furtherance of public policy objectives. Services and publications are provided without commercial pricing. Ownership and control rest entirely with the Government of Spain (Gobierno de España). As a state entity, the Ministry has no subsidiaries, no external funding rounds, and no commercial customers — its 'customer base' is functionally the Spanish public and administrative apparatus. The 2023 rebranding from 'Economía y Competitividad' to 'Economía, Comercio y Empresa' expanded its formal mandate to include trade and enterprise policy.

Name

Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad

Legal name

Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa

Website

https://mineco.es

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa is the Spanish government ministry responsible for national economic policy, trade, enterprise, market regulation, and treasury operations, headquartered in Madrid under the First Vice Presidency of the Government of Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Economic Affairs

NAICS

Public Finance Activities (92113), Administration of Economic Programs (9261), Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade, Industry & Economic Development Administration (BPAIAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB), Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH), Labor & Employment Administration (Workforce Regulation & Programs) (BPAIAAAM)

Keywords

• Economic policy administration
• Trade regulation services
• Public enterprise governance
• Regulatory affairs oversight
• Macroeconomic reporting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (formerly Ministerio de Economía y Competibilidad) is a Spanish government ministry that formulates and coordinates national economic policy, regulates market unity and competition, manages trade and enterprise policy, oversees the treasury and insurance, publishes macroeconomic indicators, and delivers public administration services such as employment calls, title recognition, public procurement, and electronic headquarters services.

Product overview

The Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Enterprise (Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa) is a Spanish government ministry that does not offer commercial products but provides institutional services through its web portal. The main offering is its institutional web portal (portal institucional) which provides access to various government services including employment opportunities, public aid calls for trade, regulatory information, electronic administrative services (sede electrónica), and publications through its Centro de Publicaciones. The ministry has also implemented a Sistema Interno de Información for internal whistleblowing/reporting purposes as required by Law 2/2023. The portal is part of the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan) framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa - Institutional Portal Official institutional portal of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Enterprise providing access to ministry services, employment opportunities, public aid calls, regulatory information, electronic headquarters, publications, and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. Intended for citizens, businesses, and public administration bodies.
• Centro de Publicaciones (Publications Center) Publication center managed by the Secretaría General Técnica (Technical General Secretariat) that coordinates an annual program of monographs and journals related to the ministry's areas of action, mostly published in electronic format with open access.
• Sistema Interno de Información (Internal Information System) Internal reporting system implemented pursuant to Law 2/2023 of February 20, regulating the protection of persons who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption. Provides a computer application and voicemail channel for whistleblowers to report violations.
• Sede Electrónica (Electronic Headquarters) Electronic headquarters for digital service delivery, enabling citizens and businesses to access ministry administrative services and submit documentation online.
• Convocatorias de Ayudas Comercio (Trade Aid Calls) Public aid calls (subvenciones) administered by the ministry to support commerce and trade activities. Targeted at businesses and other eligible organizations in the trade sector.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones: Spain's national trade promotion agency, integrated with the ministry's Comercio.gob.es portal. Comparable in executing trade-promotion and inward-investment programs under the ministry's strategic direction.
• Department for Business and Trade (United Kingdom): UK department responsible for business, trade, enterprise, and economic growth. Highly comparable in scope (economic strategy, trade promotion, company regulation) and a natural benchmark for cross-Channel policy alignment.
• Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique (France): France's Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. Closest analog in a comparable EU economy, combining economic policy, trade, treasury, and enterprise support within a single national ministry.
• Ministerio de Hacienda (Spain): Spanish Ministry of Finance, the sister ministry that handles tax administration, budgets, and public debt. Directly comparable as the federal counterpart that jointly governs Spain's economic and fiscal policy alongside the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Enterprise.
• Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK): Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Comparable mandate covering economic policy, trade, industrial competitiveness, and SME support at the national level, with very similar functional scope to the Spanish ministry.
• European Commission – DG GROW: EU-level Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. Operates directly in the same policy domains as the Spanish ministry at the supranational level and is the key EU counterpart for market unity, regulatory improvement, and competition functions.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Department of the Treasury: U.S. federal ministry covering treasury, fiscal policy, and macroeconomic reporting. Overlaps with the Spanish ministry's treasury and macroeconomic indicator functions, though at a much larger scale and with broader market-regulation role.
• U.S. Department of Commerce: U.S. federal department handling trade promotion, economic development, and enterprise support. Closely comparable to the Spanish ministry's commerce and enterprise portfolio, scaled across a much larger economy.

Others

• OECD: International organization that produces macroeconomic indicators, economic-policy reviews, and structural-reform guidance. Comparable as the supranational reference that the ministry benchmarks against and feeds into for its macroeconomic and international-economy functions.
• Banco de España: National central bank of Spain, responsible for monetary policy and financial-sector stability. Adjacent rather than overlapping: the ministry handles fiscal and economic policy, while Banco de España implements monetary policy — together they form the core Spanish economic-policy infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/_minecogob
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/minecogob?feature=mhee
• Facebookfacebook.com/minecogob
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spanish-ministry-of-sciencie-and-innovation
• Instagraminstagram.com/minecogob_
• TikToktiktok.com/@minecogob?lang=es

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