Economy in Mallorca
Economy on Mallorca reaches beyond business accounts into the cost of housing, transport and everyday goods. Tourism and hospitality shape debates about visitor demand, investment and the pressure that holiday lets can place on residential space. Companies, jobs and public finances sit alongside questions about rents, home sales and pensions. Fuel costs matter to hauliers and fishing businesses, while flight bookings and hotel expectations offer glimpses of economic activity. Together, these subjects show how decisions made by businesses and public authorities touch daily life on the island.
491 reports on Economy, latest from 4 October 2026
- Prohens takes Balearic project accelerator to Madrid
- Mallorca farm stays face six-place cap, land fears grow
- Menorca plans desalinated water for two tankers at once
- Spain rejects two housing decrees amid rent warnings
- Mallorca housing shortage now hits businesses too
- Spain’s housing decrees fall: economists want more homes
- Menorca plans start-up hub for at least six firms
- Spain’s 10% holiday-flat VAT plan falls in housing vote
- Spain counts 421,000 regularised foreign workers
- Balearic shops lose up to 15% despite more tourists
- Mallorca cable meets 21.2% of Balearic power demand
- Holiday cancellations: agencies demand clearer crisis rules
- Mallorca unemployment rises despite more Balearic jobs
- Balearic job rise: union credits migrant legalisation
- Mallorca gets €6.9 million from Balearic waste fund
- Mallorca fishing boats face 180-day limit in two bays
- Balearic industry plan: 11 talks before November draft
- Mallorca farm set to become Balearics’ first test site
- Balearic unemployment rises 3.27% as season ends
- Spain's jobless rolls rise 23,587 as payrolls grow
- Spain's housing squeeze takes shine off jobs figures
- Balearic Islands housing warning and €1,500 pay demand
- Spain unemployment rises despite 92,327 more contributors
- Balearic unemployment rises despite high season
- Mallorca tops 2.1 million tourists in August