The Chamber closes 2025 with a profit of €1 million and increases the 2026 budget to €34 million.

The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce will close 2025 with a profit of over one million euros and has increased its budget for next year to 34 million euros. This decision was made by the plenary session of the organization, chaired by Josep Santacreu, this Friday. Specifically, the budget anticipates a 5% increase in activity revenue compared to the previous year. The accounts for next year include allocating 15 million euros to training and 17 million euros to business economic development focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the self-employed, and entrepreneurs. Furthermore, they reflect an increase of approximately 7 million euros in all costs related to consultative and representational functions. Regarding revenue, the Chamber explains that it will focus on service income, which is expected to increase by 17%. Activity expenditures will increase by 11% compared to 2025, while structural costs will remain stable. The Chamber will also invest in talent, increasing its staff to meet new business and technological challenges, as well as strengthening the organization's consulting area with an approximately 10% budget increase. "The 2026 budget includes key investments for the corporation's development, dedicated to completing the modernization of the headquarters and investing in the offices of its regional branches, as well as the Chamber's technological commitment to modernize all its services with the implementation of AI." Specifically, the Chamber will allocate approximately €2 million to investments, 50% of which will be dedicated to infrastructure and the remaining 50% to technology. To this end, the Chamber's plenary session also approved a €2 million increase in its long-term borrowing capacity, given the positive results of recent years, in order to finance the corporation's long-term investments. "Strengthening institutional and consultative activity will be one of the key pillars of the Chamber's strategy for 2026," the Chamber states. In this regard, the institution hopes that the new Chambers Law – now once again in controversy– be approved during the first half of 2026, "which would give the chambers the capacity to cover their institutional, representative and consultative expenses," the institution says.