List of Museums in Spain

Last updated 25 October 2026

There are 1,033 museums in Spain, one in every 5,269 Spanish companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 20 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all museums are based in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Palma and Bilbao. Below you find the largest museums in Spain, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Spanish company database or through the Company Data API.

1,033 companies indexed · Data counted on 25 October 2026

Companies1,0331 in5,269 Spanish companiesCities438Largest cityMadrid 145Employees1-4 (85%)Revenue< $100K (81%)Email25%Phone37%Website34%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Ciudad De Las Artes Y De Las Ciencias Sau	Spain	Valencia	Avenida Historiador Medicina Prof. Lopez Piñero 7	Valencia	46013	*****.es	1992	$36,900,684	202	Corporation	120	A46483095
2	Magmacultura SL.	Spain	Barcelona	Calle Corunya 11	Barcelona	08026	*****.com	1999	$36,067,201	1,474	Corporation	22	B61949764
3	Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen Bornemisza	Spain	Madrid	Paseo Prado 8	Madrid	28014	*****.es	1992	$17,340,360	124	Non profit organization	N/A	G79015251
4	Mad Artes Digitales SL.	Spain	Madrid	Calle San Quintin 10, Bj Iz	Madrid	28013	N/A	2023	$12,332,847	13	Corporation	N/A	B13964416
5	Museo Nacional Del Prado Difusion S.A.U. S.M.E.	Spain	Madrid	Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 23, 1º	Madrid	28014	*****.es	2006	$9,744,147	29	Corporation	7	A84888056
6	Intervento 2 SL	Spain	Madrid	Calle Fernando Poo 3	Madrid	28045	*****.com	1993	$9,020,969	60	Corporation	3	B80690910
7	Moco Museum Barcelona S.L.	Spain	Barcelona	Calle Montcada 25	Barcelona	08003	*****.com	2021	$8,190,315	36	Corporation	8	B42748863
8	Musealia Exhibitions & Museums SL.	Spain	San Sebastián	Paseo de Los Fueros 1, 1 H	Guipúzcoa	20005	*****.net	2000	$6,996,628	7	Corporation	3	B17618745
9	Museo Nacional Del Prado	Spain	Madrid	Paseo Prado S/n	Madrid	28014	*****.com	1819	$4,255,495	500	Government body	7	Q2828018H
10	Sociedad Gestora Del Conjunto Paleontologico De Teruel, SA	Spain	Teruel	Partida Planos 1	Teruel	44002	*****.com	2001	$4,017,854	62	Corporation	4	A44180057
11	Enthoosia Spain Tourism And Museums SL.	Spain	Madrid	Calle Doctor Cortezo 8, Bajo	Madrid	28012	N/A	2019	$3,927,956	18	Corporation	6	B88404439
12	Interpreta Cultural Projects SL	Spain	Barcelona	Calle Dega Bahi 65, Bl 1 Esc . 1 P. 1	Barcelona	08026	N/A	2003	$3,703,733	10	Corporation	22	B63386353
13	Fundacio Carulla	Spain	Barcelona	Calle Via Augusta 252	Barcelona	08017	*****.cat	1973	$3,654,300	7	Non profit organization	3	G08445942
14	Barcino Culturae Novae S.L.	Spain	Barcelona	Pasaje Banca 7	Barcelona	08002	N/A	2019	$3,306,842	36	Corporation	N/A	B67508978
15	Museo Del Baile Flamenco SL	Spain	Sevilla	Calle Manuel Rojas Marcos 3	Sevilla	41004	*****.com	2002	$2,891,013	22	Corporation	N/A	B91203166
16	Mundo Estrella Galicia SL.	Spain	A Coruña	Calle Jose Maria Rivera Corral, - Pg Ind la Grela-bens 6	La Coruña	15008	*****.es	2016	$2,768,123	26	Corporation	59	B70476676
17	Galeria Futura Arte Contemporaneo SL	Spain	Madrid	Calle de la Veronica 13	Madrid	28014	*****.es	2005	$2,465,413	2	Corporation	3	B84185685
18	Light Art Exhibitions SL.	Spain	Madrid	Calle Madre de Dios 17	Madrid	28016	*****.com	2020	$2,195,911	4	Corporation	N/A	B01967892
19	Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia	Spain	Madrid	Calle Santa Isabel 52	Madrid	28012	*****.es	1991	$2,121,048	3	Government body	N/A	Q2828032I
20	K-6 Gestion Cultural SL	Spain	San Sebastián	Calle Portuetxe 83, 18 2	Guipúzcoa	20018	N/A	1994	$2,099,343	23	Corporation	N/A	B20482303
21	Horror Island S.L.	Spain	Vilassar de Dalt	Lugar Finca Mas Braso, Pq. Acuatico S/n	Barcelona	08339	N/A	2021	$2,060,282	17	Corporation	N/A	B05290044
22	Internacional Artis SA	Spain	Madrid	Plaza Colon 1	Madrid	28046	*****.com	1971	$2,054,105	24	Corporation	3	A28270320
23	Gestart Musica Para Todos SL.	Spain	Madrid	Calle Arenal 20, Piso 1	Madrid	28013	*****.eu	2018	$1,975,532	18	Corporation	N/A	B88178934
24	Art I Clar SL	Spain	Aldaia	Calle Benito Perez Galdos 12	Valencia	46960	*****.com	2009	$1,924,228	19	Corporation	2	B98198906
25	Vivanco Enoturismo Y Experiencias Sociedad Limitada.	Spain	Briones	Carretera N-232, Km 442	La Rioja	26330	*****.es	2000	$1,906,358	16	Corporation	N/A	B26308007

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How many museums are there in Spain?

Museums in Spain

1,033

25 October 2026

There are 1,033 museums in Spain in our data (25 October 2026). That is one in every 5,269 Spanish companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every month this year (12 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 965 93%
Head offices: 68
Branch offices: 0

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 9102. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 9102.

518 of the 1,033 are S.L. and S.A. (50%); 0 are sole traders. They come from Registro Mercantil and our Spanish register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in Spain

Of the 1,024 Spanish museums with a known headcount, 871 (85%) have one to four people, 48 have five to nine, 85 have ten to 49 and 20 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (835, 81%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Spanish companies

Micro under 10919 90%
Small 10 to 4985 8%
Medium 50 to 24917 2%
Large 250+3 0.3%

Grey line: the share among all Spanish companies (95% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 4 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest museums in Spain

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Madrid. Click a name for the record.

Magmacultura Sl. is the largest museum in Spain by headcount. 20 firms employ 50 people or more; 10 employ 100 or more.

1Barcelona1,474 staff
2Madrid · public body500 staff
3Arrecife · public body300 staff
4Barcelona · public body300 staff
5Valencia202 staff
6Torroella de Montgrí · public body149 staff
7Madrid124 staff
8Madrid · public body110 staff
9Bilbao96 staff
10Valencia · public body75 staff

By employee size · 1,024 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	871	85%
5-9	48	5%
10-19	58	6%
20-49	27	3%
50-99	10	1.0%
100-199	4	0.4%
200-499	3	0.3%
500-999	2	0.2%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

85% have 1 to 4 people; 27 have 20 to 49; 20 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	835	81%
$100K-$500K	132	13%
$500K-$1M	23	2%
$1M-$5M	35	3%
$5M-$10M	4	0.4%
$10M-$50M	4	0.4%

81% under $100,000; 35 between $1M and $5M; 8 above $5M.

Where in Spain?

Madrid has the most museums in Spain (145), ahead of Barcelona (110), Sevilla (21), Palma (19) and Bilbao (15). Together the five hold three in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

438 Spanish cities have at least one museum; 10 have ten or more; 313 have exactly one.

Museums in Madrid

Madrid has 145 museums, <0.1% of all 713,469 Madrid companies and 7% above the national share. Four in five Madrid firms have fewer than five people; 8 have 50 or more. 2 new firms were entered in 2026, 23 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 117 · 81%
5-9: 4 · 3%
10-19: 11 · 8%
20-49: 4 · 3%
50+: 8 · 6%

Legal form

Sole traders: 0 · 0%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.7%
S.L. and S.A.: 92 · 63%
Other or none: 52 · 36%

Of the Spanish total: 14.0%
Of all Madrid companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 2
Entered 2025: 1
Of Spain's 2026 entries: 16.7%

Old

Before 1990: 23 · 16%
1990 or later: 122 · 84%
Of Spain's pre-1990 firms: 21.9%

Reachable

Email: 36 · 25%
Phone: 54 · 37%
Website: 46 · 32%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 105 · 72%
$100K-$500K: 20 · 14%
$500K-$1M: 5 · 3%
$1M and more: 15 · 10%

Largest

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 12 theaters for every museum in Spain.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Theaters	12,289	13%	92%
Primary Education	10,292	48%	72%
Churches	6,854	27%	99%
Secondary Schools	1,732	59%	60%
Cinemas	1,441	16%	84%
Museums	1,033	34%	84%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	87,438	1.4
Australia	9,667	1.1
France	6,458	0.4
Finland	6,455	4.8
Germany	5,232	0.8
Spain	1,033	0.2

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Sole traders or S.L.: how they are organised

Half are S.L. and S.A..

Partnerships (sociedades colectivas)172%
S.L. and S.A.51850%
No form on record or other49848%

Single-site: 93%
Head offices: 68
Branches: 0

All Spanish companies: 0.2% sole traders, 7% partnerships, 65% S.L. and S.A..

The oldest firms in Spain

Our data holds 2 Spanish museums from before 1900, 9 from before 1950 and 105 from before 1990.

1819
1. Madrid
1895
1. Barcelona
1916
1. Madrid
1922
1. Utrera
1926
1. San Cristóbal de la Laguna
1927
1. Pontevedra

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Spanish museums date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Museums are easier to reach than the average Spanish company: 37% list a phone number and 34% a website.

Email263 25%
Phone381 37%
Website354 34%

Grey line: all Spanish companies (email 9%, phone 29%, website 17%).

The full list with these fields is in our Spanish company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many museums are there in Spain?

There are 1,033 museums in Spain in our data, counted on 25 October 2026. That is one in every 5,269 Spanish companies.

Which is the largest museum in Spain?

Magmacultura Sl. in Barcelona, with 1,474 staff. By revenue Ciudad de Las Artes y de Las Ciencias SAU in Valencia leads with $36.9 million a year.

Which Spanish city has the most museums?

Madrid, with 145, ahead of Barcelona (110), Sevilla (21), Palma (19) and Bilbao (15).

How many museums are there in Madrid?

145, which is <0.1% of all 713,469 Madrid companies and 7% above the national share.

How big is a typical museum?

Small. 85% of the 1,024 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 20 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Spanish museums sole traders or companies?

None (0) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 50% (518) are S.L. and S.A..

How many museums started in 2026?

12 were entered in the Spanish register so far in 2026, after 28 in 2025. 12 of them are S.L. and S.A..

What is the oldest museum in Spain?

Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, 1819, followed by Biblioteca Publica Arus in Barcelona (1895) and Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan in Madrid (1916). 2 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers museums?

Spanish museums are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 9102. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 9102.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,033 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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