Commercial distribution is one of the mainstays of the Badalona economy, with 3,000 shops and 23% of the working population employed in the sector. Today Badalona has nine traders’ associations corresponding to different areas in the city.

Another of Badalona’s strong points from the shopping point of view is Montigalà Estate, which is the biggest concentration of megastores anywhere in Catalonia.

The urban development of the city will bring with it the growth of both the number and the total surface area of its shops, with new infrastructures currently under way such as the Màgic BDN project and a future branch of El Corte Inglés.

 In order to ease the coexistence of small and large shops, and in view of the expansion of the surface area devoted to trading, a Commercial Facilities Planning Scheme (POEC) has been devised that is also intended as a tool for the modernisation of small shops and the promotion of shopping areas.

Badalona also has six municipal markets which together form the Federation of Municipal Market Retailers’ Associations of Badalona.

Trader's de associations in Badalona.

• Federació de comerç del centre de Badalona
• Associació de comerciants del Progrés
• Associació de comerciants i veïns del passeig de La Salut
• Associació de comerciants Sant Crist de Can Cabanyes
• Asociación de comerciantes Pablo Piferrer
• Bufalà Comerç
• Associació de comerciants Pérez Galdós
• Federació d’associacions de venedors dels mercats municipals de Badalona.
• Associació de marxants de Badalona.