Spain: factors limiting construction 2024

In September 2024, nearly half of construction companies in Spain mentioned that insufficient demand was limiting their activities. However, 38.7 percent of construction companies in Spain mentioned that there were no factors limiting their activities.

Factors limiting construction activity in Spain from June 2019 to September 2024, by type of constraint

Characteristic	None	Insufficient demand	Shortage of labor	Shortage of material and/or equipment	Financial constraints
Jun 2019	31.4%	64.9%	8%	0%	6.2%
Dec 2019	25.7%	69.3%	9.9%	0%	3.9%
Jan 2020	48.4%	41.2%	5.3%	0%	8.3%
Feb 2020	45.8%	44.2%	8.9%	0%	6.6%
Mar 2020	33.8%	60.9%	1.7%	0%	17.5%
Apr 2020	10.6%	44.2%	4.2%	2.6%	6.7%
May 2020	15.8%	68%	9.7%	3.5%	1.5%
Jun 2020	22.2%	35.5%	2.8%	2.3%	0.6%
Jul 2020	32%	57%	4.5%	2.7%	6.2%
Aug 2020	1.7%	54%	12%	0.1%	1.2%
Sep 2020	23.2%	41.4%	4.8%	2.3%	1.8%
Oct 2020	19.8%	40.5%	6.9%	2.1%	0.3%
Nov 2020	19.7%	36.5%	3.2%	0%	2.6%
Dec 2020	21.2%	40.2%	5.3%	0%	3.2%
Jan 2021	48.4%	43.5%	4.4%	0%	2.8%
Feb 2021	19.8%	74.1%	10.1%	0%	4.2%
Mar 2021	18.7%	39.9%	6%	0%	3.1%
Apr 2021	52.3%	43%	3.3%	0%	2.9%
May 2021	50.2%	40.2%	6.1%	0%	2.4%
Jun 2021	47.3%	46%	7.7%	0%	2.9%
Jul 2021	45.4%	39.2%	7.2%	0%	2.3%
Aug 2021	43.5%	50.5%	9%	0%	5%
Sep 2021	48.8%	41.4%	5.1%	0%	2.6%
Oct 2021	19.7%	40.2%	4.6%	0%	2.4%
Nov 2021	48%	42.4%	8.8%	0.2%	3.1%
Dec 2021	30.9%	59.8%	7.6%	0.1%	4.1%
Jan 2022	31.9%	56.1%	4.1%	3.1%	4.4%
Feb 2022	24.4%	52.3%	4.6%	0.1%	1.4%
Mar 2022	27.6%	48.2%	7.4%	0.8%	3%
Apr 2022	37.1%	54.7%	11.7%	3.8%	4.8%
May 2022	28.6%	49%	7.3%	3%	4.2%
Jun 2022	27.5%	58%	8.8%	4.6%	6.1%
Jul 2022	25.3%	52.8%	7.5%	4.3%	5.1%
Aug 2022	22.9%	64.1%	11%	4.3%	8.3%
Sep 2022	30.8%	55.1%	8.7%	3.6%	5.2%
Oct 2022	39.4%	55.3%	7.9%	3.8%	6.5%
Nov 2022	38.6%	55.4%	9.2%	3.9%	6.6%
Dec 2022	36.8%	55.3%	8.9%	6.1%	3.8%
Jan 2023	30.9%	61.2%	7.8%	5.4%	5.5%
Feb 2023	28.1%	53.6%	6.5%	3.4%	5.7%
Mar 2023	37.9%	49.1%	7.1%	3.2%	1.6%
Apr 2023	36.3%	46.2%	7.2%	3.5%	1.8%
May 2023	42.1%	51.4%	8.3%	3.9%	2%
Jun 2023	41.5%	39.2%	11.3%	3.2%	1.5%
Jul 2023	39%	45.4%	6.9%	5.4%	3.5%
Aug 2023	27.2%	64.3%	9.2%	4.9%	6.3%
Sep 2023	38.9%	59%	12.2%	4.9%	3.7%
Oct 2023	34.9%	50.4%	7.5%	3.7%	1.6%
Nov 2023	34.9%	50.4%	10.8%	3.9%	3.7%
Dec 2023	38.3%	57.2%	12.8%	4.2%	3.9%
Jan 2024	34%	53.4%	9.2%	3.8%	3.4%
Feb 2024	25.1%	57.5%	10.4%	3.7%	3.5%
Mar 2024	28.6%	66.1%	12.3%	4%	3.9%
Apr 2024	37.5%	58.4%	12.8%	4%	3.1%
May 2024	37.3%	61.1%	10%	3.7%	1.3%
Jun 2024	36.9%	58.3%	4%	5.8%	1.7%
Jul 2024	37.1%	58.3%	7.4%	3.8%	1.6%
Aug 2024	24.1%	58.7%	6.6%	3.9%	1.5%
Sep 2024	38.7%	49.7%	11.9%	4.1%	1.1%