The number of self-employed workers in pluriactivity, that is, those who simultaneously contribute to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) and to another Social Security regime for carrying out two or more different work activities, has increased by almost 47% since 2020, rising from 183,209 to 269,146 in April of this year.
This is reflected in a report published this Sunday by the National Federation of Self-Employed Workers Associations (ATA) based on data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
According to ATA, the number of self-employed workers in pluriactivity has not stopped increasing since 2020. In the last year, pluriactivity among self-employed workers has increased by 9.4% in Spain, going from 246,023 self-employed workers in this situation in April 2024 to 269,146 in April 2025.
THE NUMBER OF SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS IN PLURIACTIVITY RISES IN ALL AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES
All autonomous communities have recorded increases in the number of self-employed workers in a situation of pluriactivity in the last year. The Canary Islands are the region where self-employed workers in pluriactivity have increased the most between April 2024 and April 2025, with a rise of 14.2%.
Following with double-digit growth are the Valencian Community (+11.5%), Catalonia (+10.3%), and Andalusia (+10.1%). At the other end, with the most moderate increases, are Castilla y León (+5.4%), Aragon (+6.2%), and Asturias (+6.6%).
In absolute terms, the number of self-employed workers in pluriactivity grew by 23,123 between April 2024 and the same month of 2025, with the highest increases in Catalonia (+4,700), Madrid (+3,995), Andalusia (+3,509), the Valencian Community (+2,824), the Canary Islands (+1,541), and Galicia (+1,171).
Out of the over 269,000 self-employed workers who were contributing to the RETA and another Social Security regime due to having multiple activities as of April this year, half reside in Catalonia (50,167 self-employed workers in pluriactivity), Madrid (47,555), and Andalusia (38,190).
