Today Sant Adrià de Besòs has 1004 companies employing 8590 people. There are also an important number of self-employed workers, 1902 people. The active population of Sant Adrià is of about 15289 people, and the unemployment rate around 11,24%.

As can be seen in the table, Sant Adrià has an important industrial activity since 39 % of employement is in the industrial sector and 57 % of the occupied surface is devoted to industry. Metal transformer industry is the most important one.

In spite of that, the service sector is the one employing most people even if industrial sector is most important than Badalona one. These two cities of the Barcelonès Nord continue to be the ones having the most important industrial weight in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona.

Industry in Sant Adrià de Besòs

Service sector in Sant Adrià de Besòs

 

Export in Sant Adrià de Besòs

About 72 companies in Sant Adrià de Besòs are regular exporters with the following distribution by continents.