La family business it is one of the most important foundations of a prosperous society. Relationship of the Family businesses most important in Spain and a brief review of them.
GandariasThe surname Gandarias is strongly linked to the impulse of the industry in Biscay, the Basque Country and Spain. Pedro Pascual Gandarias, became related by marriage to the Durañona family (Victoria Durañona), an important owner and operator of iron mines, creating a very important industrial company, which grew even more with the contribution of the couple's son Juan Tomás Gandarias. Both figures, Pedro and Juan, are essential to understand the industrial development and social identity of Biscay and the Basque Country, from the XNUMXth century.Pedro Gandarias, along with his wife's relatives and other important businessmen in the sector, participated in the founding of the Sociedad Anónima Metalurgia y Construcciones "La Vizcaya" in 1882. This company, along with Altos Hornos de Bilbao and La Iberia, will be the parent company of the future company Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. The Altos Hornos de Vizcaya company was founded in 1902, a year after the death of Pedro Gandarias, and was located in Baracaldo and Sestao. The company had various mining facilities and small factories distributed throughout Cantabria, Asturias, Almería, Murcia and Guadalajara. It also had many auxiliary companies along with other mines in Vizcaya. During the second half of the 1980th century, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya spread throughout the Valencian Community (Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo) and Navarra. The company underwent a strong industrial reconversion in 11.000, having more than 1996 direct workers and finally in July XNUMX, it had to permanently close its last facilities. View source Date: 14-10-2021 Tags: Common metals. |
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Summarized alphabetical list of the main surnames in Spain related to the family business, the sector and the province of origin or implantation. Some companies that these families founded are no longer active or have been sold to multinationals.
Family | Sector | Province |
Aguirre, Ear | Civil Engineering | MADRID |
Alvarez | retail trade | MADRID |
Antolin | vehicle manufacturing | BURGOS |
Antonio Asensio Pizarro | Publishing | BARCELONA |
areces | retail trade | MADRID |
Aresti Ortiz | Paper | BISCAY |
Aresti, Churruca, Marquina | Trash | BISCAY |
Aznar | common metals | BISCAY |
ballve | Food | MADRID |
Barceló | Accommodation | BALEARICS |
benzoin; aza; abaurre | Construction, Mineral Extraction | SEVILLE, MADRID |
Bank | Logistics | BISCAY |
Bertran | Civil Engineering | BARCELONA |
Bosch | Clothing and Knitwear | BARCELONA |
Booty-Sanz | Financial Services | CANTABRIA |
Booty, Munoz | common metals | CANTABRIA |
carasso | Food | BARCELONA |
Carbon; Botet; Elijah | retail trade | BARCELONA |
carula | Food | BARCELONA |
Doe, Goizueta | common metals | MADRID |
Coca | Financial Services | SALAMANCA |
Comas | Beverages | MADRID |
Commas and White | Food | MADRID |
Cordoba, Gomendio | Civil Engineering | MADRID |
Costafreda; Rivera | Food | BARCELONA |
Cros | Chemical products | BARCELONA |
Dam | Food, Drinks | BARCELONA |
Daurella | Food, Drinks | BARCELONA, MADRID |
Dexeus | Medical services | BARCELONA |
Delso; gummies | special construction | MADRID |
Echevarria | common metals | BISCAY |
Entrecanales ; Tavora | Civil Engineering | MADRID |
run away | Accommodation | BALEARICS |
Wake | retail trade | BARCELONA |
fabrics | Textile | BARCELONA |
Fernandez | retail trade | MADRID |
Fernandez Lopez | Food, Land transport | PONTEVEDRA, MADRID |
Ferrer; Living room | Beverages | BARCELONA |
Ferro; Fortune | Food | BARCELONA |
Iron-Vine | Financial Services | MADRID |
Figaredo, Garcia, Tartiere | common metals | ASTURIAS |
fluxá | Accommodation | BALEARICS |
franc | Games | MADRID |
Gandarias | common metals | BISCAY |
Gonzalez Byass | Beverages | CADIZ |
good | Security | MADRID |
Heredia, Pidal | Coal | ASTURIAS |
Hernandez Callejas | Food | MADRID |
Hidalgo | logistics and travel | BALEARICS |
lao | Recreational activities | BARCELONA |
Lara | Publishing | BARCELONA |
The worst | rubber and plastic | MADRID |
called | Civil Engineering | MADRID |
Llucia | retail trade | Teruel |
Lush | Food | MADRID |
Mahou | Beverages | MADRID |
March | Financial services and others | MADRID, BALEARIC ISLANDS |
March | Minerals | MADRID |
March (and others) | Water transportation, Financial services | MADRID |
Matute Benito del Valle | Wood | BISCAY |
Noguer-Sunol | Chemical products | BARCELONA |
Ortega | Textile and clothing | CORUNA |
Osborne | Food, Drinks | SEVILLE, CADIZ |
Paschal | Food | BURGOS |
Pidal, Riviere | common metals | ASTURIAS |
Polanco | Information and communication | MADRID |
Prieto | energy, gas | BISCAY |
Puig | Chemical products | BARCELONA |
quijano | common metals | CANTABRIA |
Rey | Construction | PONTEVEDRA |
Banks | Metals, Machinery and Vehicle Manufacturing | BISCAY |
riboud | Food | BARCELONA |
Rodrigo | Publishing | BARCELONA |
Rodríguez | Civil Engineering | MADRID |
Roig | retail trade | VALENCIA |
Reeds | Machinery | VALENCIA |
Rubiralta | rubber and plastic | BARCELONA |
Ruiz-Mateos | various sectors | MADRID |
Sanchez; Climbing | retail trade | MADRID |
Sarrio | Paper, Chemicals | NAVARRE |
Satrustegui | Coal | BARCELONA |
Mow | Leather | CASTELLON |
Sela Figaredo | Chemical products | ASTURIAS |
shekels | Chemical products | BARCELONA |
Soriano | Beverages | LLEIDA |
Torras Hostench | Chemical products | BARCELONA |
urquijo | Coal, Metals, Financial Services | BISCAY, MADRID |
Urquijo, Landecho | Aquatic transport | MADRID |
Urquijo; Figaredo; felgueros | Chemical products | MADRID |
Valls Taberner | Financial Services | MADRID |
Velasco | Metal | BISCAY |
Villar | Pharmaceuticals, Civil Engineering | MADRID |
ybarra | Financial Services | BISCAY |
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Inheritance planning in the family business
To plan the inheritance of the family business, it is best to consult a trusted lawyer who is a specialist in inheritance and who also has experience in commercial law.
We have asked the Barcelona law firm, Oscáriz Abogados, what factors are the most relevant in this process and they have explained to us that there are three essential points to take into account in the inheritance planning in the family business:
- Define the family roles of all the people involved.
- Define what the business roles of family members are.
- Establish what is the desired succession planning.
Carrying out the generational transfer in a company is something inevitable but it must be approached as a strategic decision of the utmost importance. It must be designed with the necessary anticipation to avoid precipitation.
Monica Oscar It also reminds us that in a succession process it is important to clearly transmit business values, be sure that the heirs have an entrepreneurial spirit and set the company's goals so that there is a commitment to them.
Eleven Spanish family businesses among the 500 largest in the world.
According to the Family Business Index 2023, prepared by the consulting firm Ernst & Young and the University of St. Gallen, there are eleven Spanish family businesses among the 500 largest in the world, among them El Corte Inglés, Mercadona and Inditex are among the 120 best.
According to the report, large family businesses resist crisis situations better and even offer growth rates that double the average for all companies.
It seems that the "effect family business» It has an impact on the stability necessary to achieve a climate of innovation and adaptation to new environmental and cultural realities that allows them to obtain better results and growth than other types of companies.
The continuity in the management and transmission of property between generations of the same family also finds tax advantages in inheritance tax and wealth tax.