{"id":9889,"date":"2024-03-15T11:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pimec.org\/?page_id=9889"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:51:43","slug":"lobservatori","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pimec.org\/en\/lobservatori","title":{"rendered":"The Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-full is-resized eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-1f88d8\" id=\"index\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pimec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TOP-OBSERVATORI-pime.png\" alt=\"top observatori cat\" class=\"wp-image-21558\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:1200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pimec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TOP-OBSERVATORI-pime.png 1200w, https:\/\/pimec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TOP-OBSERVATORI-pime-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/pimec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TOP-OBSERVATORI-pime-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/pimec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TOP-OBSERVATORI-pime-768x192.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group eplus-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-reckless-neue-font-family eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(22.041px, 1.378rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.091), 36px);font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">The Catalan SME Observatory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The Observatory of SMEs of Catalonia is the studies department of the employers&#8217; association. SMEs and the self-employed are knowledgeable about their companies but often do not have information at an aggregate, sectoral, territorial or business level. For this reason, we collect data from the main official bodies and generate our own in order to provide useful information for Catalan SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">In short, the observatory makes available to Pimec members and also to society in general, economic data and documents that aim to be useful for the development and improvement of the competitiveness of Catalan SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\" ep-custom-list wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-2a0ce4\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Moises Bonal<\/strong> \u00b7 Director of studies and economic analysis. Technical Secretary of the working committee: Economy and Taxation and Energy \u00b7 mbonal@pimec.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Carles Mas<\/strong> \u00b7 Director of the Economy and Business area. Technical Secretary of the working committee: Digitalization and innovation. Sector: Pimec Agroaliment\u00e0ria and Pimec Metall \u00b7 cmas@pimec.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Aroa Tort<\/strong> \u00b7 Economist \u00b7 atort@pimec.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\" wp-block-spacer eplus-wrapper\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div role=\"list\" class=\"pimec-llista-cards wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-a7b364\">\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"--wp--block-button--width: 100;\" class=\"wp-block-button eplus-wrapper has-custom-width wp-block-button__width wp-block-button__width-100 eplus-styles-uid-304dd2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#cercador\">Studies and reports search engine<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div role=\"listitem\" class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"--wp--block-button--width: 100;\" class=\"wp-block-button eplus-wrapper has-custom-width wp-block-button__width wp-block-button__width-100 eplus-styles-uid-83e3d7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#indicadors\">Main indicators of Catalan SMEs<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-border-color has-background eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-568f5f\" style=\"border-color:#e6e6e6;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#d7ef92\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-reckless-neue-font-family has-large-font-size eplus-wrapper\" id=\"cercador\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Studies and reports search engine<\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"pimec-actualitat-container\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons eplus-wrapper is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-938471dc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div id=\"indicadors\" class=\" wp-block-button eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-d8498e\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#index\">Return to index<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-border-color has-background eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex eplus-styles-uid-95cf0c\" style=\"border-color:#e6e6e6;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#fa9260\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\" wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-reckless-neue-font-family has-large-font-size eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Main indicators of Catalan SMEs<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-small-font-size eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Per veure els gr\u00e0fics en pantalla completa, clica el bot\u00f3 de les dues fletxes que trobar\u00e0s a sota, a la dreta de tot de la franja amb el text &#8220;Microsoft Power BI&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a0<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"636\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/app.powerbi.com\/view?r=eyJrIjoiMDhlODM0MTUtYzQwMi00NzEzLTlmYjYtOTJjNGQ3NTMzMWU5IiwidCI6IjM1NGExOGYzLTI5OWQtNDRkMy1iMmFkLTg4NTkxYmUzMDQxNCIsImMiOjh9&amp;pageName=ReportSection%22\" width=\"1100\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons eplus-wrapper is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-938471dc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\" wp-block-button eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-e6423d\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#index\">Return to index<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catalan SME Observatory The Observatory of SMEs of Catalonia is the studies department of the employers&#8217; association. 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