After the latest events of all kinds, it is not surprising that from ATA they make a negative feedback of the year 2022 for the sector. «A bad year ends for the affiliation of the self-employed“, they indicate in their press release. On December 31, 2022, it concluded with 1,204 less self-employed than on December 31, 2021, according to the last day of data published by Social Security. «It is the worst data since 2012 and the first that the self-employed have lost in the last decade in net terms of affiliation on the last day.
In average terms, the affiliation data has only increased by 5 self-employed. The worst data since 2012. The average annual growth of the self-employed in the last 10 years is 30,000 on average. “What makes it stand out even more that in 2022 they only grew by 5 self-employed”, has assured Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA. “The loss of self-employed workers in 2022 is an ‘advanced indicator’ of the evolution of employment in the coming months. Although in 2013 the growth of the self-employed came to advance the growth of employment, this loss of the self-employed in 2022 augurs a sharp slowdown in its growth”has added.
Social Security also publishes average data on self-employed affiliation that also marks the worst year since 2012, since the average growth in the last decade is 30,400 more per year and 2022 closes with a growth of only 5 more freelancers.
“The worst figures are marked by three fundamental sectors. It is a debacle in commerce, hospitality and industry with a strong loss of self-employed in the year ”Amor has assured. In addition, the average data reflects a significant drop of -2.5% in trade, which in absolute numbers reflects a drop of 18,988 in a single year.
By communities
According to the data of the last day, only five communities earn self-employed workers: Canary Islands (+2.8%), Balearics (+1.9%), Valencian Community (+0.6%), Madrid’s community (+0.5%) and Andalusia (+0.3%).
At the other extreme are the autonomous cities of Ceuta and melilla that lose 2.7% and 2.5% of self-employed respectively. Followed by the loss of -1.9% of The Rioja and -1.5% of Castile and Leon.
