In line with the overarching goals set out by the United Nations as part of its Sustainable Development Goals, Inditex has created stable and quality jobs in line with its sustained financial growth in recent years. /p>

While adding 50,000 people to its workforce in the last half decade, Inditex has focused its energy on giving its staff stable and quality jobs that keep the business running smoothly. In Spain for example, over 73% of our Group’s staff are on permanent contracts.

Women and young people are defining features of the Inditex Group workforce. More than three quarters of our employees worldwide are women: 76% versus 24% men. The average age of staff in 2015 was 30.

Staff working in stores are Inditex Group's largest group of employees. In 2015, they accounted for 87% of the Group’s total workforce. The number of employees working in logistics (5% of the workforce), central services (7%), and manufacturing (1%) remains the same as in 2014.

In terms of geographical distribution, almost a third of the 152,854 Group employees are in Spain. The rest of Europe accounts for 46% of the Group’s workforce, with a total of 69,556 employees. The 18,060 professionals in the Americas and the 19,129 in Asia and the rest of the world each account for 12% of the workforce.

Our position as employers

The steps we have taken to be a top-quality employer are reflected in our position on the job market. For the fifth consecutive year, Merco Personas– a tool that ranks the 100 best companies to work for in Spain based on employee and student surveys– has named us the Best Company to work for in Spain. Universum, another employer evaluation tool that ranks the 100 best companies to work for based on student surveys, awarded us third place in the Business and Sales category in 2015.

Distribution of the Inditex Group’s workforce by markets