This is revealed by the latest Barometer from the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), which details that “40.9% of self-employed workers state that their turnover has decreased in the first quarter of the year compared to 2024,” while “28.4% believe that their activity will decrease in the coming months.” In fact, “three out of four self-employed workers are not optimistic and have a negative (45.6%) or very negative (28.7%) perception of the Spanish economy.”
Similarly, the report states that “79.7% affirm that their expenses have increased in this first quarter” and “one in five, 22.6%, puts this increase above 16%.”
According to ATA, only “17.7% of self-employed workers are considering hiring workers in the coming months,” and in the same vein, 60.8% indicate that “they are not currently looking for workers.
