The Cartuja technology park reached €6.125 billion in economic activity and 35,806 jobs in 2025. Its director warns that the lack of land hinders growth, while the mayor calls on the Junta to expedite the Expo Canal and the West Band.
Sevilla TechPark, the largest technology park in Spain, closed 2025 with the best figures in its history, but the success has revealed its main limitation: available land has run out. The total economic activity reached €6.125 billion, an 11.1% increase from the previous year, and direct employment grew by 13.1%, reaching 35,806 workers, according to the report presented this Wednesday by the Minister of University, Industry, Energy and Innovation, Jorge Paradela.
The park surpassed 600 entities for the first time, with 602 companies and organisations established. Its contribution to the Andalusian GDP is now 2.62%, and 12.54% in the province of Seville. "These are record figures," emphasized Paradela, who highlighted that the facility is consolidating as the first technology park in Spain by economic activity.
The park's director, Luis Pérez, explained that since 2018, activity has grown by 157% and employment has doubled, with a 94% increase. "That pace explains why the availability of land has become our main constraint," he stated. "The expansion is no longer an aspiration; it is the logical consequence of seven years of continuous growth."
The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, took the opportunity during the presentation to urge the Junta de Andalucía to accelerate the developments of the Expo Canal and the West Band, the two key operations for the next phase of the facility. "We need land now," said Sanz, who requested to meet with the Minister of Housing, Rocío Díaz, to discuss the West Band project.
The Expo Canal, with about 40,000 square meters degraded since the Universal Exhibition of 1992, is the most advanced action on paper. The City Council approved in December the change of use of the land, from Productive Activities to Tertiary Services, with limited hotel use, green areas, and parking. However, the property agreement that must be signed with the Ministry of Economy, Finance and European Funds, led by Carolina España, remains pending a year after the announcement. The Junta has already tendered the clearing of the plot, but the final agreement is not yet closed.
The large land reserve is in the West Band, with nearly 120,000 square meters of underutilised parking managed by the Andalusian Housing and Rehabilitation Agency (AVRA). According to Sanz, its development does not require modifying the PGOU, the same procedure that is blocking the Expo Canal. The project involves relocating the parking to the other side of Avenida Carlos III to free up space for new office buildings for technology and advanced service companies.
The mayor has even hinted at the possibility of building high-rise towers if planning allows, near the Torre Sevilla, which once generated controversy due to its height exceeding that of the Giralda. "If the current planning permits that buildability, the action could be executed without urban modification," he explained. "Otherwise, the timelines associated with that procedure would reappear."
Beyond the struggle for land, the report confirms the maturity of the ecosystem. The entities in the facility allocated €515.3 million to R&D+i, launched 1,105 research projects, a 29.7% increase from the previous year, and sustained that effort with predominantly private capital, which represented 77% of the total investment.
The Advanced Technologies area remains the backbone of the park. It groups 304 entities, more than half of the total; concentrates 20,523 jobs and generates €3.647 billion, nearly 60% of all economic activity in the facility. Telecommunications, computing, engineering, energy, and clean technologies lead this block, while the entrepreneurial ecosystem already includes 81 startups and six spin-offs.
For the Sevillian reader, the park's growth has a direct impact: more qualified jobs and greater investment attraction in the city. However, the lack of land threatens to halt that dynamic if the administrations do not manage to unblock the expansion projects. The mayor has committed to pushing the West Band as quickly as possible, while the Junta finalises the procedures for the Expo Canal. The next step will be the signing of the property agreement, which both parties hope to close in the coming months.
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