Market Overview
The Spain cold chain logistics market reached a size of USD 5.2 Billion in 2025. The market is forecasted to grow to USD 12.5 Billion by 2034, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.21% over the forecast period from 2026 to 2034. The growth is driven by expanding e-commerce in food delivery, stringent food safety regulations, rising demand for perishables such as fresh produce and pharmaceuticals, as well as technological advancements in refrigeration and logistics management. The main keyword: Spain Cold Chain Logistics Market
Study Assumption Years
- Base Year: 2025
- Historical Years: 2020-2025
- Forecast Period: 2026-2034
Spain Cold Chain Logistics Market Key Takeaways
- The Spain cold chain logistics market size reached USD 5.2 Billion in 2025.
- The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.21% during 2026-2034.
- The market size is projected to reach USD 12.5 Billion by 2034.
- The growth is fueled by increasing demand for perishables like dairy products, fresh produce, meat, and seafood driven by changing consumer preferences.
- The pharmaceutical industry expansion with temperature-sensitive drugs and vaccines is also boosting reliable cold chain logistics demand.
- Significant investment in R&D and patent applications within the pharmaceutical sector support market growth.
- Expansion of cold storage and logistics facilities, such as Americold Realty Trust and Bomi Group investments, are strengthening capacity and service quality.
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Market Growth Factors
Some key factors driving market growth include increasing demand for dairy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, and meat and seafood. Changing consumer behavior toward high-quality fresh food has also led to an increased demand for refrigerated warehouses and refrigerated vehicles to maintain quality and shelf life because they offer cold storage and transportation systems that maintain the quality of the product. For example, in Spain in 2023 consumer spending on goods, durable goods, and appliances was EUR 142.7 billion (USD $151.6 billion) and new temperature controlled storage and distribution facilities have recently been established to address growing demand. One such facility, the Americold Realty Trust facility at Santa Perpetua Barcelona, opened in 2023 with 11 loading bays and 12000 pallet positions.
The pharmaceuticals sector is a major market driver. Pharmaceuticals exports in 2022 stood at EUR 26,818 billion, up 53% on the previous year, helped by exports of COVID-19 vaccine. In 2021, spending on R&D amounted to EUR 1.267 billion, of which half was devoted to cooperation projects with hospitals, universities and public and private research centers. The pharmaceutical industry accounted for 20% of overall industrial R&D investment in Spain. There were 181 patent applications in 2022. The opening of GMP and GDP-compliant logistics centers (the EUR 18 million, 60,000 pallets Madrid center of the Bomi Group, for example) has expanded storage space considerably.
Alongside the regulatory environment technological advancements are also driving growth. In e-commerce food delivery cold chain logistics play an important role in food safety and regulatory compliance. The market benefited from improvements in refrigeration and logistics management systems, more stringent food standards and regulations, which have increased quality and efficiency requirements and driven growth in cold chains in many perishables value chains. The combination of these factors is expected to allow the global market to maintain its 10.21% CAGR growth until 2034.
Market Segmentation
Services Insights:
- Storage: Includes cold storage facilities that preserve perishables and pharmaceuticals at controlled temperatures, essential for maintaining product quality.
- Transportation: Covers temperature-controlled transportation ensuring product safety during transit across various distances within Spain.
- Value-Added Services: Encompasses additional logistical services such as packaging, inventory management, and real-time tracking.
Temperature Type Insights:
- Ambient: Logistics services for goods maintained at ambient temperatures where refrigeration is not necessary.
- Chilled: Includes services maintaining temperatures just above freezing to preserve fresh produce, dairy, and pharmaceuticals.
- Frozen: Focuses on logistics at sub-zero temperatures for deep freezing products like meats, seafood, and certain processed foods.
Application Insights:
- Horticulture (Fresh Fruits and Vegetables): Cold chain logistics tailored to preserve the freshness and shelf life of fresh produce.
- Dairy Products (Milk, Ice-cream, Butter, etc.): Involves maintaining temperature integrity for various dairy products to ensure quality and safety.
- Meats and Fish: Specialized logistics for perishable animal proteins requiring frozen or chilled conditions.
- Processed Food Products: Services directed at temperature-sensitive processed foods.
- Pharma, Life Sciences, and Chemicals: Logistics solutions that meet strict regulatory requirements for medicines, vaccines, and chemicals.
- Others: Covers miscellaneous cold chain applications outside the primary categories.
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Regional Insights
The report provides analysis across key regions in Spain, including Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Central Spain, highlighting comprehensive market trends and forecasts from 2026 to 2034. Detailed figures per region are available upon request.
Recent Developments & News
In June 2023, Bain Capital and Conren Tramway (CT) announced a joint venture to co-invest over EUR 600 million in logistics acquisition and development across Spain and Portugal over five years. In March 2024, Morocco and Spain accelerated a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in transport and logistics sectors, reaffirmed by transport ministers Mohamed Abdeljalil and Oscar Puente. Americold Realty Trust expanded its temperature-controlled warehouse capacity in Santa Perpetua Barcelona in March 2023. Additionally, Bomi Group, owned by UPS, opened a new GMP and GDP-compliant facility in Madrid in January 2023 following an EUR 18 million investment.
Key Players
- Americold Realty Trust
- Bomi Group
- Bain Capital
- Conren Tramway (CT)
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