Industrial competitiveness plan: 16 million for industrial estates until 2030

The Minister of Enterprise, Self-Employed and Energy, Alejandro Sáenz de San Pedro García, signed on November 4 the resolution approving the Regional Plan for the Competitiveness of the Industrial Promotion Areas of the Balearic Islands 2027-2030. The provision is published in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB) no. 142, of November 7, 2026, section III, with reference 11221, and deploys the land and industrial development policies for the next four years. The plan provides for a total allocation of 16 million euros until 2030.

The new instrument is the implementation of article 19 of Law 5/2025, of July 18, on the management and modernization of industrial promotion areas, which requires the department competent in industrial matters to prepare, approve, and execute a four-year regional plan with measures for promotion, training, and investment. The regulation is also framed within Law 4/2017, of July 12, on industry in the Balearic Islands, and Decree 50/2017, of November 10, which regulates the Industry Council. The drafting of the project was undertaken by the General Directorate of Industry and Industrial Estates, attached to the aforementioned department according to Decree 10/2025, of July 14, and the text incorporates the proposals presented by the sector during the drafting meetings.

The processing is contained in the file with the report of October 20, 2026, from the head of the Department of Industry and Industrial Estates and with the favorable agreement of the Industry Council of October 22, 2026. The resolution exhausts the administrative route and takes effect on the day of publication; an optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the minister within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands within two months.

Four lines of support for city councils and management entities

The plan is structured into four modalities of action that respond to the typologies provided for in Law 5/2025, from the management of the areas to the availability of land and the reactivation of productive spaces:

• A. Constitution and consolidation of Management and Modernization Entities (EGM): the applicants are the entities themselves and the support is implemented through grant calls, with legal and technical advice, support for the hiring of management teams, and training for members.
• B. Improvement projects for business areas: the applicants are the city councils, although the initiative may originate from an EGM with municipal approval; it is also processed through grant calls.
• C. Creation of new industrial land: city councils or EGMs, through agreements or specific actions, with advice to adapt urban planning regulations.
• D. Qualification, requalification, and reactivation of areas: city councils or EGMs, with agreements or specific actions to better utilize available spaces.

The text recalls that the duty of conservation and maintenance of industrial areas corresponds to the city councils and that regional support is complementary, with technical accompaniment from the general directorate to mature the proposals.

Five axes for the improvement of productive spaces

Eligible projects are organized into five priority axes, each with a catalog of actions that includes mobility studies, reorganization of accesses and parking, itineraries for pedestrians and cyclists, fiber optics and monitoring sensors, energy audits, LED lighting, photovoltaics and industrial energy communities, area quality brands and certifications, and access control and incident detection systems.

• Mobility and accessibility: diagnostics, signage, reorganization of internal traffic, and connection with public transport.
• Equipment, infrastructure, and digitalization: water and sanitation networks, connectivity, shared services, and digitalization of management.
• Energy efficiency and energy transition: audits, shared self-consumption, charging points, and management platforms.
• Promotion, identity, and quality: area identity, certification, websites, business directories, and investment attraction.
• Security: lighting in critical points, coordinated surveillance, CCTV cameras where legally viable, and access control.

Monitoring must allow for knowledge of budget execution, the type of actions, the participation of municipalities and EGMs, and the improvements obtained, with indicators that can be specified in the calls.

37 municipalities, nearly fifty hubs, and a growing budget

The plan starts from a diverse territorial reality: 37 municipalities of the archipelago have some industrial estate or organized business area, and approximately fifty hubs of economic activity with these characteristics are identified across the Islands. The economic programming reflects an increasing allocation during the period of validity:

• 2027: 2,000,000 €
• 2028: 4,000,000 €
• 2029: 4,000,000 €
• 2030: 6,000,000 €
• Total: 16,000,000 €

The annual allocations will be structured through the corresponding budgetary and grant instruments, and the specification of each action will be subject to budgetary availability and the regulatory bases of each call.

For industrial companies, city councils with industrial estates, and economic agents, the plan converts the framework of Law 5/2025 into specific calls and a four-year window to plan investments in land, services, and energy efficiency; the impact will depend on the coordination capacity between city councils, management entities, and the Government to prioritize projects and execute them within the planned deadlines.

Source: Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, no. 142, November 7, 2026, section III, p. 62601 (official reference: 11221).