Economy
- Business activity and employment
In 2008, there were in the municipality, a total of 1,105 companies, of which 990 had a workforce of less than 5 workers, 91 companies had a workforce between 6 and 19 workers and, only, 24 companies had a staff of more than 20 workers. With the current economic crisis that is occurring in Spain, it is possible that the data corresponding to the present (2010) are considerably lower than that digits because there are many companies which are ceasing their activities.
Cartaya also belongs to the Mancomunidad of Municipalities Beturia for what this one as the region in which integration takes place several initiatives to promote economic development. One of these was the creation of the School of Business of Cartaya (ULOPA) that is responsible for local economic dynamization.
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—Anthony, Sir Eden (1897–1977)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)