A brand new interactive map revealed by Accumin Intelligence reveals that three cities within the province of Malaga are among the many high 10 Spanish districts with over 50,000 inhabitants that boast the very best variety of bars relative to their inhabitants.
The discovery reveals the large advantage of tourism on the native hospitality sector’s density. The nationwide common stands at one bar for each 207 inhabitants throughout Spain.
Spain likes bars and Costa del Sol cities are within the nationwide highlight
According to the stats, the three highest-ranking pub-crawlable Malaga Province cities are:
Fuengirola: Ranks fifth nationally with 11.5 institutions per thousand inhabitants. (Population: >85,600; Total Bars: 981)
Torremolinos: Ranks eighth with 10.3 institutions per thousand inhabitants. (Population: 70,920; Total Bars: 734)
Marbella: Ranks ninth with 9.9 institutions per thousand inhabitants. (Population: 159,000; Total Bars: 1,577)
The examine’s authors attribute these excessive ratios on to the “robust presence” of worldwide and home tourism within the coastal hotspots.
National bar density rating highlights tourism
The 2025 to 2026 map of bar places throughout Spain is closely led by vacationer locations.
The high 4 municipalities nationwide are:
- Calvia (Balearic Islands): 15.3 bars per 1,000 inhabitants
- Ibiza (Balearic Islands): 14.7
- San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Canary Islands): 14.5
- Benidorm (Alicante): 13.2
- Fuengirola (11.5) completes the highest 5.
Other touristy-centric capitals like Toledo (11.0), Santiago de Compostela (9.8), and Granada (8.4) additionally characteristic prominently within the high 20 checklist of most boozers. Taking a more in-depth take a look at the highest 5, there’s something distinctive about every with a single frequent issue amongst all: Their most typical denominator is that they’re all massively standard with UK and Irish holidaymakers.
Major cities and Malaga capital
Interestingly, Spain’s largest cities present a decrease density ratio. Accumin reveals that the sheer quantity of individuals in main city centres “dilutes the density per inhabitants of the industrial exercise.”
Barcelona is the one main capital to interrupt into the highest 20, and ranks with 7.7 bars per 1,000 inhabitants. Whereas, Madrid has solely 6.3 institutions per 1,000 individuals. Malaga Capital registers a density of 4.3 institutions per 1,000 inhabitants (Population: 592,346; Total Bars: 2,541), inserting it decrease than its coastal neighbours.
Other Malaga cities discovered within the examine embody Benalmadena (7.0), Estepona (5.3), Velez-Malaga (4.5), Mijas (4.2), and Rincon de la Victoria (3.6).
Bar density as an indication of dynamism, or a drink drawback?
Gerardo Raido, Marketing Director at Accumin Intelligence, defined the cultural significance of the information. “Where bars abound, there’s dynamism, tourism, and group. Where they’re missing, depopulation leaves its mark,” he acknowledged. Provinces like Soria, Palencia, Avila, and Burgos focus the very best variety of municipalities with no working bars, indicating areas affected by rural depopulation.
The complete examine confirms Malaga’s place as a premier Spanish vacationer vacation spot for many who like a tipple, a vigorous social environment, and the place the native financial system thrives on a extremely concentrated and accessible hospitality sector.
