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# Catalonia Social Security contributors rose 3.2% in July
- URL: https://barna.news/catalonia-social-security-contributors-2/
- Published: 2026-09-11T14:27:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T14:27:22.000Z
- Description: The official July data show 3.8 million people registered as Social Security contributors in Catalonia, although the total fell from June.
- Author: Laia Serra
- Tags: Economy & Finance

[Idescat, Catalonia's official statistics institute](https://www.idescat.cat/novetats/?id=5667&lang=en&ref=barna.news), recorded 3,796,075 Social Security contributors in July 2026, 117,295 more than in July 2025, a year-on-year rise of 3.2%.

The figures are allocated by each contributor's registered municipality of residence. For residents and local businesses, they provide a July measure of the number of people living in each area who were recorded in the Social Security system, rather than a count of workplaces in that municipality.

All Catalan comarcas, the county-level areas used for official statistics, and Aran recorded annual growth. At municipal level, contributor numbers rose or were unchanged in 817 municipalities, 86% of the total, while they fell in 130.

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## L'Hospitalet and Santa Coloma led growth among larger towns

Every Catalan municipality with more than 50,000 residents recorded an annual increase in contributors in July. [Idescat's July release](https://www.idescat.cat/novetats/?id=5667&lang=en&ref=barna.news) put L'Hospitalet de Llobregat first among them, with growth of 5.5%, followed by Vic and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, both at 4.2%, and Manresa at 4.1%.

The region-wide total nevertheless fell by 13,220 people, or 0.3%, compared with June. The largest relative monthly falls were in Bages and Anoia, both down 1.5%, while Aran rose 7.3% and Pallars Sobirà rose 5.0%.

## Growth was stronger among younger, older and foreign contributors

According to the same [official dataset](https://www.idescat.cat/novetats/?id=5667&lang=en&ref=barna.news), the July year-on-year change included:

- 48,580 more women contributors, a 2.8% increase, and 68,715 more men contributors, up 3.5%.
- A 6.1% increase among contributors aged under 30 and a 5.0% rise among those aged 55 and over.
- A 13.1% increase in foreign-national contributors across Catalonia, compared with 0.9% for Spanish-national contributors.

Idescat recorded 3,969,185 Social Security affiliations in July, up 3.1% on a year earlier. This is a separate measure from contributors because one person can have more than one affiliation.

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*Primary sources:* [*idescat.cat*](https://www.idescat.cat/novetats/?id=5683&utm%5Fcampaign=novetats&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fsource=novca)*,* [*Idescat News*](https://www.idescat.cat/novetats/?id=5667&utm%5Fcampaign=novetats&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fsource=novca)*.*