Mercamadrid

{{Short description|Wholesale market of fresh products in Spain}}

{{Infobox company

| name= Mercamadrid, S.A.

| logo = Mercamadrid.svg

| logo_size = 175px

| image = MADRID 051004 MXALX 077.jpg

| type = sociedad anónima

| hq_location = Avda. de Madrid Mercamadrid, Madrid

| area_served = Central Spain

| key_people =

| brands =

| services =

| owner = City Council of Madrid & Mercasa

}}

Mercamadrid is the main wholesale market of fresh products in Spain. Located in Madrid, it is a public enterprise jointly participated by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Mercasa, part of the SEPI.

Located in Villa de Vallecas, next to the M-40, in Southeastern Madrid, it covers an area of 2.22 km².{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/14/inenglish/1521032731_000481.html|title=Mercamadrid: Noah's other ark|last=Millás|first=Juan José|authorlink=Juan José Millás|date=2018-03-16|website=El País|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-01}} A dry land fish market, it is one of the biggest fish markets in the world.{{refn|Sometimes mentioned as the second biggest after Tokyo's Tsukiji.{{Cite journal|last=Ortiz|first=Pedro B.|date=2014|title=21st Century Metropolises and Fisheries|url=https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.833507|journal=Fisheries|language=en|volume=39|issue=1|pages=41|doi=10.1080/03632415.2013.833507|issn=1548-8446|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20170514/422573932683/el-mayor-mercado-de-alimentacion-de-europa-ensena-sus-entresijos-al-publico.html|title=El mayor mercado de alimentación de Europa enseña sus entresijos al público|last=|first=|date=2017-05-14|website=La Vanguardia|language=es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-01}}|group=n.}} Serving an area of influence within a 500 km radius, it feeds roughly 12 million people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-mercamadrid-bate-record-visperas-nochebuena-201512222247_noticia.html|title=Mercamadrid bate su récord del año en vísperas de Nochebuena|last=Delgado|first=Adrián|date=2015-12-22|website=ABC|language=es|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.efeagro.com/noticia/diez-claves-los-35-anos-mercamadrid/|title=Las diez claves del aniversario de Mercamadrid|last=Ruiz Simón|first=Lucía|date=|website=EFEAgro Información agroalimentaria|publisher=Agencia EFE|language=es-ES|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-01}} It has more than 9,000 employees operating through more than 800 companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolsamania.com/noticias/empresas/economia--mercamadrid-cuenta-con-mas-de-9000-empleados-operan-mas-de-800-empresas--7055558.html|title=Economía.- Mercamadrid cuenta con más de 9.000 empleados, operan más de 800 empresas|last=S.A|first=Web Financial Group|website=BOLSAMANIA|language=es|access-date=2020-02-01}}

It traces its origins back to 1982, when the Central Market of Fish was inaugurated. The Central Market of Fruits and Edible Plants soon followed (1983).