Coworking Europe shared (a blurry photo of) some stats on the largest operators in Spain.

To summarize, and save you some early-morning squinting, the table is sorted by total space occupied (sqm) but also lists the number of locations per operator. The 14 operators listed run 201 spaces covering over 505k sqm (5.4M sqft) of space.

IWG led the pack in both no. of spaces and sqm (74, and 155k respectively). LOOM and Cloudworks both have 15 locations, followed by Impact Hub with 14 and Aticco with 13. By space, WeWork came in second with 58.5k sqm.

Barcelona-based Aticco have raised a round from several family offices as well as GCO Activos Inmobiliarios, part of GCO (Grupo Catalana Occidente). The capital is expected to be deployed to continue their expansion in Spain and elsewhere in Southern Europe.

The minority stake sold still keeps founders Gabriel Espín (CEO), Franz Palleres (security director) and Juan Carlos Morales (financial director) as majority stakeholders.

Aticco have announced a new 6k sqm coworking location, which is set to open in October. According to the piece, Barcelona is the top Spanish coworking market with 315 spaces (in 2023), followed by Madrid with 225.

Naiara Chaler and Quino Fernández share that the Generalitat (the political institution that self-governs Catalonia) have awarded the financial ‘hub’ of Borsa de Barcelona to Cospace, who own the Aticco coworking chain.

The 6-year contract requires Attico to pay €224,240 per year (approx €18,700 p/month) and that they "must convert five of the nine floors into offices specialized in the promotion and development of national and international financial projects, which provide support for sturtups in the emerging and growth."

Interestingly, the Tech Barcelona association, who proposed the plan to turn emblematic buildings into offices for digital companies 3 years ago, did not participate due to the Government’s requirements for the project.

May 11: It is becoming easier to find companies that take into account social, economic and environmental criteria in their economic activity. This hybrid roundtable (in Spanish) will analyze whether the application of sustainability policies in companies has become essential or is still just an option.