Home-based businesses surge across Andorra, led by Andorra la Vella

Economic activity in Andorra continued to expand in 2025. According to the Department of Statistics, the third quarter closed with 13,822 active establishments registered in the Commerce and Industry Registry. One notable but unevenly recorded trend is the sharp rise in businesses operating from residential premises.

Across the country the number of firms based in homes has multiplied over the past five years, while those located in ground-floor commercial premises have grown more gradually. Not all communes break down their data, which makes a full national picture difficult.

In Andorra la Vella the shift is striking. In 2020 there were 1,580 businesses registered on ground floors and 1,541 located in upper-floor dwellings. By 2025 ground-floor businesses had risen 32.7% to 2,097, while businesses in homes more than doubled to 3,297 (+113.95%). Ground-floor premises continue to be dominated by restaurants, car repair workshops, hairdressers and retail clothing outlets. In 2020 the most common activities in upper-floor homes were management consultancy and advisory services (106), legal activities (87), real estate agents (47), advertising agencies and consultants (47), and property trading for own account (44). Five years later the top activities in homes were still management consultancy (248), head-office activities (239), computer programming (218), advertising agencies (163), legal activities (111) and trade intermediaries for diverse products (107).

Canillo also shows a significant rise in home-based businesses. In 2020 the parish recorded 296 businesses in commercial premises and 540 in homes; by 2025 the figures were 278 in commercial premises and 969 in homes (+79.44%). The commune did not provide a breakdown by type of activity.

Ordino distinguishes businesses with public-facing services from those without. In 2020 there were 141 businesses with public access, 56 of which operated in flats as tourist accommodation, and 396 non-public businesses located in homes. Five years later there were 160 businesses with public access (62 of them tourist accommodations) and 692 home-based non-public businesses, an increase of 74.75%. No activity typology was supplied.

The Massana reported 1,900 registered businesses in 2025, of which 1,450 (76.32%) are located in homes. The parish did not provide historical comparisons or sectoral breakdowns.

Several other local administrations indicated they do not differentiate between businesses in commercial premises and those in residential premises, limiting the availability of comparable data across the country.