In ten years, 21,000 premises closed. In 2025 the negative balance reaches 706. A proposal to build an integrated supply chain emerges. Over 21 thousand premises closed in ten years. 706 in the first six months of 2025 alone. Three a day, every day. And of those that open, only one in two is over five years old. In short, despite the fact that the sector is worth 20 billion euro, has 128 thousand businesses and employs 400 thousand people, 60% of whom are women, the bar sector is struggling to get by: costs are rising, earnings are dwindling.
