The Orihuela Chamber of Commerce has approved its 2025 accounts, closing the current mandate with a historic surplus and no outstanding debt.
The plenary session was held ahead of the chamber’s ongoing electoral process, which will lead to the renewal of its governing body. Chamber president Mario Martínez used the meeting to thank members of the plenary and review the institution’s financial progress since he took office in 2016.
For 2025, the chamber reported income of €1,230,036.21 and expenditure of €711,501.50, producing a profit of €518,534.71 and EBITDA of €571,842.67.
Martínez described the result as a milestone in the chamber’s recovery, recalling that when the current leadership took over in 2016, the institution was carrying debt of around €1.5 million.
“The chamber has come out of intensive care, and today we can say it is a healthy organisation,” he said, stressing that the full debt was cleared in 2025.
He also highlighted that the chamber has expanded its activity, staff and programmes in recent years, increasing its capacity to support businesses across Orihuela and the Vega Baja.
Among the strategic investments made during the latest mandate, Martínez pointed to the launch of the Digital Coworking Centre in Orihuela Costa. He said the project had been fully paid for through a previous subsidy and the chamber’s own resources.
The chamber now enters its new electoral phase from a strengthened financial position, with greater capacity to promote services and initiatives for companies, self-employed workers and entrepreneurs.
The deadline for candidacies to the new plenary closed on 15 April. As the number of candidates matched the number of seats to be filled, all have been proclaimed members of the plenary, pending formal ratification at the constitutive session to be called by the regional government.
The candidates represent sectors including industry, construction, commerce, hospitality, services, transport and export.
