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76% of Spanish startups will create jobs in 2022

Entrepreneurship is an inexhaustible source of job creation in our country. AND74% of startups in Spain already have between 2 and 10 employeeswhile 17% have between 10 and 50 professionals on staff, according to the last report Entrepreneurship Map 2021 produced by South Summit and IE University.

This report annually analyzes the situation of the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem and allows us to see the evolution of its behavior in recent years, with specific data on current and future employability.

Attraction of new professionals

In this sense, one of the main conclusions is that the attraction of new professionals to the startup has been constant. Between 2017 and 2020, the percentage of Spanish startupers looking to expand their teams has always been above 58%; a figure that rises to 76% of startups with forecasts of new hires throughout this 2022, according to the latest edition of the report.

Another premise that has remained stable is the motivation to undertake as a considered option and not an alternative to unemployment or a necessity, since for more than five years only 1% of entrepreneurs were unemployed before deciding to develop a startup. In fact, half of the current entrepreneurs previously worked as an employee and 7% were freelancers.

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Along these lines, 45% of entrepreneurs in Spain say that they had always thought of creating their own project, while 28% decided to start a business when they found an opportunity in the market.

“On average, six out of 10 startups in Spain have between two and three founders, a fact that shows us the power of teamwork from the very beginning. In addition, these employability figures confirm the importance of attracting talent within a startup for its development and how surrounding yourself with a good team is one of the key factors for success” says María Benjumea, founder and CEO of South Summit co-organized by IE University, the leading meeting of the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem to be held in Madrid from June 8 to 10.

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