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Analysis and review of Spanish collective agreements

Across the 13,275 collective agreements in Spain we produce bespoke analysis, review agreements for errors and inconsistencies and provide access to the full database. For companies, consultancies, universities, researchers, employers’ organisations and trade unions that need comparable data to compete, improve efficiency and negotiate.

144 national 465 regional 1,055 provincial 11,611 private company

What can we analyse for you?

The same database, applied to the question you need answered.

Salary competitiveness (benchmarking)

How your agreement or your labour cost compares with your sector, your province or your competitors: salary by category, seniority, extra payments, working hours and sick-pay top-ups, compared figure by figure.

e.g. “Do I pay above or below the agreement my direct competitors apply?”

Collective bargaining support

Ammunition for the negotiating table: historical series of agreed increases, comparison with the sector’s reference agreements and the real evolution of the tables year by year.

e.g. “How much did my sector’s agreements rise over the last five years compared with inflation?”

Efficiency and labour cost

Cost structure by category and by agreement: where the salary weight lies, how seniority, allowances and working hours affect it, and what real margin there is when deciding where to operate or hire.

e.g. “In which province is it more efficient to open a site, given the applicable agreement?”

Agreement review for inconsistencies

We read the whole agreement —articles and tables— and check that it is consistent with itself: that the amounts follow from the agreed increase, that totals add up to their items, that later minutes do not contradict the text and that no category falls below the minimum wage.

e.g. “Is the table I am applying the one the minutes say, or is there back pay owed?”

Market studies and research

Consistent datasets by agreement, category, scope and year — traceable to the official gazette — for universities, researchers and studies of the Spanish labour market.

e.g. “I need a sector’s salary series, by province, in an analysable format.”

A published agreement does not always add up

At least 1 in 8 agreements we have analysed in depth has some figure that does not fit: sums that do not work, minutes that contradict the text, or tables below the minimum wage. These are not suspicions: they are specific cases we have documented by reading the gazette. And because the review only records what has been thoroughly checked, that proportion is a floor, not a ceiling.

Arithmetic

The sums do not work

Amounts that do not match the agreed increase, “annual totals” that do not add up to the items they claim to include, and tables a few cents out after rounding.

Contradiction

The text says one thing and the table another

Minutes describing a calculation that their own annex does not apply, articles referring to amounts the gazette never published, and corrections that change the table without notice.

Legality

Below the minimum wage

Categories whose table salary falls below that year’s statutory minimum wage (SMI). Nobody can be paid less, so the correct payslip is not the one the agreement states.

Validity

The table being applied is no longer the right one

Agreements published late with retroactive effect that replace a table already being paid. The difference between the two is back pay, and it has to be calculable.

When we find something like this, we publish the figure exactly as it appears in the gazette, flag it on the agreement’s page and raise it with those who signed the agreement. We never correct an official figure on our own.

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Who is it for?

Different professions, one official source of agreement data to base decisions on.

Companies

Know what you compete against

Compare your salary cost with your competitors’ agreement and your sector, to set and negotiate salaries.

Consultancies and law firms

Studies for your clients

Salary comparisons and benchmarks ready for a report, without rereading dozens of gazettes.

Universities and researchers

Data for research

Consistent series by agreement, category and year, traceable to their official source.

Employers’ organisations

The negotiating table

The sector reference with the historical series of increases of each agreement.

Trade unions

Defending what was agreed

Compare agreements and tables in force with their source, to negotiate and spot gaps.

Public administrations

Market diagnosis

An overview of agreements by territory and sector for policy and public procurement.

How do we deliver it?

From a finished report to the raw database: you choose the level of access.

Bespoke report

Analysis ready to use

The study with its conclusions, tables and charts, in PDF or Excel, answering your specific question.

Review report

What does not add up in your agreement

The agreement review with the inconsistencies found, each with the article or table of the gazette where it sits, and what it means for payroll.

Data dump

The dataset for your team

The agreements you need in Excel or JSON, to analyse with your own tools.

API access

Direct integration

Query the always-current database from your own systems, with nothing to download. See the API →

Frequently asked questions

What kind of analysis of collective agreements do you offer?

Bespoke studies on official data: salary competitiveness and benchmarking against your sector, province or competitors; labour-cost structure by job category; collective bargaining support with historical series of agreed increases; and market studies for research.

Can I get access to the full database of agreements?

Yes. We give access to all 13,275 collective agreements in Spain as a data dump (Excel/JSON) or via API, so that companies, consultancies and universities can work the data with their own tools.

Do you review agreements for errors and inconsistencies?

Yes. We read the whole agreement, articles and tables, and check that it is consistent with itself: that the amounts match the agreed increase, that totals add up to the items they claim to include, that later minutes do not contradict the text, and that no category falls below the minimum wage. At least 1 in 8 agreements we have analysed in depth has some figure that does not fit, and that proportion is a floor: it only counts what has been thoroughly checked.

What kind of inconsistencies appear in collective agreements?

Four families: arithmetic (amounts that do not follow from the agreed increase, “annual totals” that do not add up to their items), contradictions between the text and the tables (minutes describing a calculation that their own annex does not apply), tables that fall below that year’s minimum wage, and agreements published late with retroactive effect that replace a table already being paid and generate back pay.

If you find an error in an agreement, do you correct the figure?

No. We publish the figure exactly as it appears in the official gazette, flag the inconsistency on the agreement’s page so that anyone consulting it knows, and refer it to the joint committee that signed the agreement. Deciding which figure prevails is up to them, not us.

Who is this analysis for?

Companies, consultancies and law firms, universities and researchers, employers’ organisations and trade unions: anyone who needs comparable agreement data to compete, negotiate or research.

Where does the data come from, and is it reliable?

From the official register of collective agreements (REGCON) and the official gazettes (the BOE and the regional and provincial bulletins). Every figure is traceable to its published source; nothing is estimated or invented.

How do I request an analysis or data access?

From the contact page, telling us the sector, the scope and the question you want answered. We tell you what can be done with the available data and in which format we can deliver it.

What question do you need answered? Tell us.

We tell you what can be analysed with the available data, whether anything in the agreement you are interested in does not add up, and in which format we can deliver it.

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Official source data (REGCON and official gazettes) · Updated: 6 August 2026