Sector study · 2026

The construction sector in Spain: growth, digitalisation and specialisation.

The sector is growing by around 3.5% a year, but it's still one of the least digitalised. Here we explain what's happening and why each type of company needs its own marketing strategy.

The sector in figures
≈3.5%
Annual sector growth in 2025 (above GDP)
≈1/3
Construction companies that still have no website
≈7%
Sector companies with IT specialists (among the lowest)

Sources: SEOPAN, Construction Industry Observatory and INE · approximate figures, to be confirmed at source before publishing.

The digitalisation gap

Around a third of construction companies don't even have a website. In a market where the client searches and compares online before hiring, that absence translates into lost opportunities. It's also the sector with the fewest IT specialists and one of the most lagging in digital transformation.

Why it needs marketing

A sector that's growing but barely digitalised opens a clear window of opportunity: whoever invests in an online presence sooner captures a growing demand that most competitors don't yet compete for. Relying only on word of mouth has a cost: the projects that go to whoever does appear on Google.

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