Market Overview
The Spain cold chain logistics market size reached USD 5.2 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 12.5 Billion by 2034. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.21% during the 2026-2034 forecast period. This growth is primarily driven by the rising demand for fresh produce and pharmaceuticals, technological advancements in refrigeration and logistics, and stringent food safety regulations enhancing the logistics infrastructure in Spain.
Study Assumption Years
- Base Year: 2025
- Historical Years: 2020-2025
- Forecast Period: 2026-2034
Spain Cold Chain Logistics Market Key Takeaways
- The market size reached USD 5.2 Billion in 2025 with a forecast to grow at 10.21% CAGR during 2026-2034.
- Increasing e-commerce penetration in food delivery is contributing significantly to market expansion.
- Growing consumer preference for fresh and high-quality perishable foods such as dairy, fresh produce, meat, and seafood.
- The pharmaceutical sector’s expansion and need for temperature-sensitive drug logistics are driving cold chain development.
- Significant facility expansions like Americold Realty Trust’s new cold storage in Santa Perpetua and Bomi Group’s large pharmaceutical logistics center in Madrid.
- Investments by private equity firms such as Bain Capital and Conren Tramway indicate strong confidence in the logistics sector.
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Market Growth Factors
Growing demand for perishable products is one of the main drivers of Spain’s cold chain logistics market. Demand for fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat and other perishables is growing. Overall, consumer goods, durable, and home appliances spending in Spain stands at €142.7 billion in 2023. The changing consumer tastes have also spurred the construction of more cold storage and transportation facilities such as Americold Realty Trust’s 12000-pallet position warehouse in Santa Perpetua, Barcelona.
Another driver is the growth in the pharmaceutical industry, which requires cold chain management for temperature-sensitive medicines and vaccines. Pharmaceutical exports of EUR 26,818 billion in 2022 grew 53% year-on-year, led by exports of COVID-19 vaccines. Meaningful investment in innovation occurs, as evidenced by industry R&D spending of EUR 1267 billion, wide-ranging patenting, and major investment in infrastructure projects. The Bomi Group maintains a €18 million, 60,000-pallet, GDP- and GMP-compliant, temperature-sensitive distribution center in Madrid to serve the high demands of pharmaceutical cold chain logistics.
Refrigeration technology, logistical technologies, and upgrades in the regulations to monitor food safety and consumer safety are all improving cold chains. Spain and Morocco’s plans to improve their logistic cooperation, as well as private logistic investments, such as Bain Capital and Conren Tramway’s joint venture investment of over EUR 600 million in 2019, will all bring modern improvements to logistic infrastructures. These factors promote market expansion by improving service provision and increasing the market’s capacity.
Market Segmentation
Services Insights:
- Storage: Encompasses facilities and systems to store temperature-sensitive goods safely.
- Transportation: Covers the logistics involved in moving perishables within temperature-controlled environments.
- Value-Added Services: Includes supplementary logistics services enhancing cold chain efficiency.
Temperature Type Insights:
- Ambient: Logistics handling products stored at ambient temperature conditions.
- Chilled: Involves logistics services maintaining chilled or refrigerated goods.
- Frozen: Pertains to logistics solutions for frozen products requiring sub-zero temperatures.
Application Insights:
- Horticulture (Fresh Fruits and Vegetables): Logistics services focused on fresh agricultural produce.
- Dairy Products (Milk, Ice-cream, Butter, etc.): Cold chain logistics securing dairy product quality.
- Meats and Fish: Specialized handling and transportation of temperature-sensitive meats and seafood.
- Processed Food Products: Logistics for processed foods needing controlled temperature conditions.
- Pharma, Life Sciences, and Chemicals: Cold chain solutions for pharmaceuticals and related chemicals requiring strict temperature controls.
- Others: Includes other applications requiring cold chain logistics not classified above.
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Regional Insights
The report segments Spain into Northern Spain, Eastern Spain, Southern Spain, and Central Spain regions. Detailed regional analysis is available upon request. No specific dominant region or exact statistics such as market share or growth rate by region are provided directly in the source.
Recent Developments & News
In June 2023, Bain Capital and Conren Tramway announced a joint venture to co-invest over EUR 600 million in logistics acquisitions and developments in Spain and Portugal over five years. In March 2024, Morocco and Spain agreed to accelerate cooperation on transport and logistics via a memorandum of understanding, reaffirmed during a meeting between Transport Ministers Mohamed Abdeljalil and Oscar Puente. Americold Realty Trust expanded its temperature-controlled warehouse in Santa Perpetua, Barcelona with 11 new loading bays and 12,000 pallet positions in March 2023. Bomi Group, a UPS company, opened a new €18 million GMP and GDP-compliant pharmaceutical logistics facility in Madrid in January 2023 with a 60,000 pallet capacity.
Competitive Landscape
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players.
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