Overview
- The Asociación de la Empresa Familiar de Madrid presented the regional study on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, showing 235,000 family firms make up 92.8% of companies domiciled in the Comunidad de Madrid and support about 1.5 million jobs while contributing €1,065 million (46.2%) of regional value added.
- Between 2015 and 2024 the share of family firms rose from 85.6% to 92.8%, their employment share grew from 54.9% to 58.9%, and survival analysis found 68% of family firms active in 2015 remained in 2025 compared with 66% for non-family firms.
- Family firms show stronger financial health with higher average return on assets (4.2% versus 3.1%), a higher solvency ratio (1.99 versus 1.74) and lower leverage, but they face a heavier corporate tax burden with taxes on EBITDA about 25% versus 16% for non-family firms.
- Governance and continuity are flagged as the main risks: almost two thirds of family firms are under 25 years old, only about one third have completed generational succession, and the report calls for more professional management and stable regulation to protect continuity.
- The family model is present across sectors—notably commerce, construction and manufacturing—and the study suggests that predictable tax and regulatory rules could help preserve jobs, encourage investment and ease ownership transitions ahead of the national family-business congress in October.