MADRID, 11 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The number of new commercial companies increased by 7.9% in February compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching a total of 10,960 companies, its highest figure in this month since 2008, according to data released this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

With the rebound in February, business creation has seen two consecutive months of year-on-year increases after the 13.1% growth recorded in January, the month in which the highest number of new companies was also achieved since 2008.

For the constitution of the 10,960 companies created in February, more than 527.9 million euros were subscribed, which represents 53.1% more than in the same month of 2023, while the average capital subscribed, which stood at 48,172 euros , advanced 41.9%.

For its part, the dissolution of companies decreased by 5.9% year-on-year in the second month of the year, with 2,545 companies disappearing. In this way, every day of the month of February, 88 companies closed.