Holy Week fills the streets of Spain. Pedestrian traffic in the country has increased 2.4% during Holy Week of 2025, while tickets to stores in the national territory have scored another increase, of 0.8%, compared to the previous year, according to TC Group.
The company, specialized in the pedestrian count for retail companies, has collected the data through the sensors distributed in the main roads and establishments of the country it has, as the media has announced Just Retail.
During the holiday period, Balearic Islands have noted the most significant increase. In the Autonomous Community, andL Pedestrian traffic has increased by 7.2% compared to 2024accompanied by an increase of 11.1% more in stores to stores, also compared to the previous year.
On the other hand, the pedestrian traffic figures of Catalonia have increased 4.6% during the holidaysfollowed by Madrid, which has scored an increase of 2.4% and Valencian Community, where pedestrian traffic has grown 3.6%, all figures compared to 2024.
Madrid and Barcelona are like cities with the most pedestrian influx
Also, tickets in stores have increased 1.6% in Catalonia. In Valencia, The increase has been 3.3%while the Community of Madrid has decreased, with a 0.3% decrease compared to Holy Week of 2024.
TC Group, who has also broken down pedestrian traffic by cities, stands out to Madrid and Barcelona as places where the increase has been greater. In the Catalan capital, pedestrian traffic has increased, standing at 3% more than in 2024although it has decreased in stores to stores, which have fallen 0.8%.
In Madrid, pedestrian traffic has increased by 0.5% and, as in Barcelona, has decreased in stores to stores, with a figure that results in 1.6%, compared to the previous year.
In the words of the company, “the data collected during Holy Week of 2025 confirm a positive evolution of the retail sector nationwide, with generalized growth in both pedestrian traffic and store tickets.”
At the beginning of 2025, TC Group data registered a 7.9% drop in both the influx and in the entrance to storesas well as scored a 5.8% drop in external traffic.
Specifically, during the last holidays, Christmas, he ‘retail’ In Spain he recorded a decrease in pedestrian traffic and stores to storetrend that has been observed mainly in Madrid and Barcelona.
Thus, in Barcelona, exterior traffic fell 6.1%, and store tickets 9.2%, while In Madrid, the decrease in external traffic was more moderate, with 3.4%while the influx to shops recorded a 9.8%collapse.
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