Amazon recorded a gross annual revenue of seven.1 billion euros last 12 months due to its activities in Spain. This is a rise of 11 percent in comparison with 2022. In keeping with Amazon, there are currently around fifteen thousand Spanish SMEs energetic on its platform.
The corporate announced this in an annual update. Amazon is by far the market leader in ecommerce in Spain. Besides direct and indirect retail sales, the corporate also earns from promoting and logistical services for sales partners and from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Investments
Amazon began in Spain in 2010 and claims to have invested a complete of 17.5 billion euros within the country as much as and including 2023, with 3.4 billion euros invested last 12 months. This includes capital expenditures resembling built infrastructure, operational centers, and offices, in addition to operating costs including worker salaries. Amazon refers to figures from the independent economic consultancy Keystone Strategy, which estimates Amazon’s contribution to Spain’s GDP at 13 billion euros.
Amazon is estimated to have contributed 13 billion euros to Spain’s GDP.
By the tip of 2023, greater than 25,000 people were working for Amazon in Spain. Many more will probably be added as a consequence of the recent announcement of 15.7 billion euros in AWS investments within the country.
Logistics centers and delivery stations
In keeping with Amazon, it operates about 40 facilities of varied sizes across Spain. Last 12 months, two latest logistics centers were put into operation within the provinces of Zaragoza and Girona. By the tip of this 12 months, a brand new center will open in Siero (Asturias), together with two delivery stations in Granada and A Coruña.
Despega
Amazon has not shared figures on the sales development of Spanish marketplace partners in 2023, only that there at the moment are fifteen thousand SMEs connected. To draw latest sales partners, the corporate is specializing in its free training program Despega, which helps SMEs conduct business online.
