Overview · Logistics Activity

Economic activity in the logistics sector

Is the logistics sector growing or slowing down? Every month Eurostat measures how much activity transport and storage companies generate, and here we compare Spain with the EU and Europe’s major hubs. It is an economic gauge — 100 equals the average level of 2021 — not a count of tonnes or port traffic.

Latest period · June 2026Source · Eurostat (sts_sepr_m) · 2021 = 100

Spain index · June 2026

126.3

Transportation and storage · 100 = average level of 2021

Month-on-month change

+0.7%

Compared with the previous month, adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects

Spain, year on year

+7.6%

EU-27: +2.8% (May 2026)

Spain–EU gap

+3.4 pp

In year-on-year change · latest common month: May 2026

Spain vs EU-27 — Transportation and storage

Each point shows how much activity there was that month compared with the 2021 average (= 100): above 100, more activity than then; below, less. Calendar and seasonally adjusted series. Source: Eurostat (sts_sepr_m). Calculations: EED Data.

Branches in Spain

June 2026
  • Transportation and storage126.3
    NACE H▲ 7.6%3m: +4.5%
  • Land transport and transport via pipelines133.6
    NACE H49▲ 6.8%3m: +4.7%
  • Water transport123
    NACE H50▼ 1.4%3m: +2.7%
  • Air transport235.2
    NACE H51▼ 5.7%3m: -2.9%
  • Warehousing and support activities for transportation115
    NACE H52▲ 7.2%3m: +3.4%

“Water transport” measures the activity of shipping companies (NACE division 50), not the cargo that passes through ports: they are different things.

European ranking

Year on year · May 2026
  1. 1.Belgium112.8▲ 8.5%
  2. 2.Poland125.9▲ 8.4%
  3. 3.Spain125.4▲ 6.2%
  4. 4.Germany116.9▲ 6%
  5. 5.France120.5▲ 3.3%
  6. 6.EU-27116.7▲ 2.8%
  7. 7.Netherlands111.8▲ 2.8%
  8. 8.Italy113.7▲ 0.4%
  9. 9.Portugal126.3▼ 4.4%

Sorted by year-on-year change. The grey figure is the index level relative to that country’s own 2021 average: it shows whether each one is above or below its own 2021 level, not which produces more.

Spain and the logistics hubs

Warehousing and support activities for transportation (NACE 52)

The branch that best reflects the work of logistics nodes: warehouses, cargo handling and services to ports and airports. The Netherlands and Belgium, home to the major hubs, are the European benchmark.

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