Spain — Regional Market index
docs(markets): fold five country co-location indices into their country pages -- Canada, United States, Spain, Italy, Poland each gain a 'Co-location anchor network' section carrying the merged page's anchor network, convergence pattern, tier description, and provenance verbatim; only the duplicated methodology See-also list and licence footer were dropped. Sources archived with superseded_by and redirected to their country page, 5 pre-existing redirects retargeted, and the co-location-tier-system table plus the category index repointed. Mexico and the Nordics deliberately NOT merged and remain live -- no atlas-mexico page exists, and the Nordics index spans five countries where only Norway has a country page, so forcing either merge would have misattributed its scope
@@ -103,7 +103,31 @@ automatically if that table is corrected. No rank or score is published for any | Jerez de la Frontera | Cádiz | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | | Torrejón de Ardoz | Madrid | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | ## Co-location anchor network The Spain Co-location Index evaluates commercial nodes across the Iberian Peninsula using the [[co-location-methodology]] and the [[co-location-ranking-system|deterministic ranking system]]. Sites are evaluated where IKEA operates as the Primary Target [[co-location-anchors|anchor]], against secondary operators (Leroy Merlin, Makro) and tertiary civic infrastructure within defined catchment radii. Spain is one of the four markets covered in the [[co-location-tier-system|co-location tier system]]. ### Anchor Network IKEA operates approximately 19 stores in Spain, with the largest concentrations in the Madrid area (three to four stores), Barcelona area (two to three stores), and regional capitals including Valencia, Bilbao, Seville, Zaragoza, Valladolid, and the Canary Islands. Secondary anchors: Leroy Merlin (~90 Spanish locations) and Makro (~35 Metro Cash & Carry locations). Spain's 50 public universities and its dense public hospital network concentrate in the same metropolitan areas as IKEA operations. ### Iberian convergence characteristics Spain's IKEA network has a strong co-location pattern with Leroy Merlin: in the majority of Spanish IKEA markets, a Leroy Merlin store is present within the required secondary catchment radius. This structural overlap creates a reliable District-tier baseline across most Spanish IKEA locations. Hospital access within the civic ring is consistent in regional capital cities. ### District — high-validation nodes A District-tier node in Spain pairs the IKEA primary anchor with a hardware or warehouse secondary — Leroy Merlin and Makro are the operators that most often satisfy this gate — top-quartile catchment population, and hospital access within the civic ring. The convergence of operators across categories confirms the site's commercial standing. *The site index for Spain, classified under the current tier system, is available at [gis.woodfinegroup.com](https://gis.woodfinegroup.com).* ### Provenance - **Verification:** Anchor network data sourced from OpenStreetMap records as of May 2026. ## See also - [[atlas-top-400-europe]] — the full European market set this page filters - [[about-regional-markets-system]] — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria - [[co-location-tier-system]] - [[co-location-methodology]] - [[co-location-ranking-system]]