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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Spanish banking group
Q838212
Spanish railway and bus manufacturing company
Mondragon Corporation
Spanish cooperative federation
Iberdrola
Iberdrola, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Spain. It has around 40,000 employees and serves around 30 million customers.
Panda Security
company
Euskaltzaindia
Euskaltzaindia (; often called in English Royal Academy of the Basque Language) is the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language. It conducts research, seeks to protect the language, and establishes standards of use. It is known in Spanish as La Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca (being under the patronage of the Spanish monarchy, like the Real Academia Española) and in French as Académie de la Langue Basque.
Siemens Gamesa
company
Irizar
Irizar Group (or simply Irizar) is a Spanish-based manufacturer of luxury buses and coaches. Established in 1889, the company is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain. With a commercial presence in over 90 countries, its turnover exceeded 600 million euros in 2017.
Orbea
Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in Mallabia, Spain. It is part of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation and Spain's largest bicycle manufacturer. Orbea manufactures and assembles bikes at their own factories in Spain and Portugal.
Berria
Berria () is the only daily newspaper published wholly in the Basque language and which can be read in the entirety of the Basque country. It was created after the closure of the previous Basque language newspaper, Egunkaria, by the Spanish government, after being accused of having ties with ETA.
Euskaltel
Euskaltel, S.A. is a Spanish telecommunications company based in Derio, Basque Country. It was formed in 1995 in a joint effort by the Basque Government and several Basque saving banks. Its name is literally translated in English as "Basque-Tel". During the Christmas of 2006, Euskaltel became rebranded as euskaltel and were at the same time adopting a new logo which depicts a stylized orange-coloured butterfly.
Gara
Spanish Basque newspaper
Eroski
Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain headquartered in Elorrio, Basque Country. It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group, with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain (excluding franchises). The establishments vary in size from the largest hypermarkets, simply named 'Eroski' (of which there are 75 stores, including 40 with petrol stations), down to smaller 'Eroski Center' stores (473, including 2 petrol stations). There are also 219 'Eroski City' outlets and 234 'Eroski Viajes' travel agent centres. The group's total sales floor space is approx
Petronor
Petróleos del Norte S.A. (Petronor) is a Spanish oil and gas company based in Muskiz, Basque Country. The company was established on 30 November 1968. From 1976 to 1981, its executive manager was Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta.
El Correo
daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain
Astra-Unceta y Cia SA
company
Star Bonifacio Echeverria
Spanish arms manufacturer
Kukuxumusu
Ataute, S.L., better known by their trading name Kukuxumusu (Basque: /kukuʃumus̺u/), is a Spanish company from Pamplona, Navarra specialising in clothing and product design. Its name means flea kiss in Basque.
Sener
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956. Specializing in activities related to Engineering and Construction, it has industrial holdings in companies working in the areas of energy, environment, and aeronautics.
Kutxabank
Kutxabank is a Spanish bank founded and based in Bilbao. It was officially created on 1 January 2012 out of the merger of three Basque financial institutions operating in their respective provinces: Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK), based in Bilbao; Gipuzkoa Donostia Kutxa (Kutxa), based in San Sebastián; and Caja Vital Kutxa (Vital) based in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Beistegui Hermanos
Bicycle producer
Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
former Spanish metallurgy company
Llama firearms
Spanish arms manufacturer
Serveta
thumb|A Spanish-built Lambretta. Note the carburettor air-intake grill on the toolbox lid. Serveta was a Spanish scooter manufacturer in production between 1954 and 1989.
Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa
Basque-based Spanish bank
Sunsundegui buses
Sunsundegui was a bus and coach manufacturer based in Alsasua, Spain.
Euskalduna
Euskalduna de Construcción y Reparación de Buques de Bilbao (shortened to Euskalduna) was a Basque engineering company specialising in ship construction, firearms, locomotives, and automobiles. The company was based in Bilbao, Spain and operated from 1900 until closure in 1984.
Danobat
Danobat is a Spanish cooperative company that is focused on the manufacturing of grinding machines and lathes. It is located in the town of Elgoibar in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country in Spain.
Kutxa
thumb|Main entrance to Kutxa headquarters in San Sebastián The Kutxa (pronounced ; short for "Savings Bank of Gipuzkoa and San Sebastián") is a savings bank mainly operating within a regional scope in the Gipuzkoa province of Spain. Its Spanish name is Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Gipuzkoa y San Sebastián but it was re-branded as Kutxa. On 1 January 2012 it merged with other Basque financial entities (a "loose merger"), Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (BBK) and Caja Vital Kutxa, to form Kutxabank.
TUVISA
TUVISA (; short for ) is the municipal company responsible for urban transport in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the north of Spain. As of March 2022, the company operates 97 buses.
Naipes Heraclio Fournier
Spanish playing card manufacturer
Esperanza y Cia
Spanish weapons manufacturing company
Compañía Transatlántica Española
Spanish passenger line
Victor Sarasqueta
Spanish gunmaker