Agapea

Agapea is a Spanish online bookstore and retailer founded in 2002 in Málaga by Miguel Ángel Ferrero and Diego Jiménez. It began by fulfilling orders for a study center exclusively over the internet, focusing on technical books and civil service exam (oposiciones) materials. Over time it broadened its catalogue to cover all subjects, becoming a general-interest online bookseller. The company operates primarily through its e-commerce platform, agapea.com, which offers categories including professional certificates, humanities, technical sciences, comics and manga, economics, textbooks, children's and young adult books, literature, civil service exam syllabi, and leisure titles. It also features a book recommender, bestseller lists, and editorial new-release sections. Agapea runs a Click & Collect service allowing customers to order online and pick up in-store without prepayment or shipping costs, and offers free shipping on orders from €18 for peninsular Spain and Portugal, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Mallorca. In addition to online sales, Agapea operates physical bookstores and a pickup point. Its locations include Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and a pickup point in Barcelona. In July 2022 it opened what it describes as the largest bookstore in the Canary Islands, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The company is registered as Agapea Factory SA and reported revenue of €13,483,302 in 2020, ranking 14,094th in the Spanish national company ranking and placing in the top 10 of Spanish e-commerce sites for books, films, music, and games. Agapea remains a private Spanish company headquartered in Málaga, with a dual online and physical retail model and a strong presence in the Spanish-language book market.

Agapea was founded in 2002 in Málaga, Spain, by Miguel Ángel Ferrero and Diego Jiménez. In its early years, the company specialized in selling technical books and civil service exam (oposiciones) materials online, initially serving orders from a study center exclusively through the internet. In October 2006, Agapea opened its first physical bookstore in the university area of Málaga. In 2009, it inaugurated a new warehouse in Málaga with capacity for 200,000 copies. The company continued to expand its catalogue beyond technical and exam materials to offer books across all themes, positioning itself as a general online bookseller. By the 2020s, Agapea operated five physical bookstores and one pickup point. Its locations included Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and a pickup point in Barcelona. In July 2022, it opened what it describes as the largest bookstore in the Canary Islands, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. As of 2020, Agapea Factory SA reported revenue of €13,483,302, ranking 14,094th in the Spanish national company ranking and placing in the top 10 of Spanish e-commerce sites for books, films, music, and games. The company remains a private Spanish entity headquartered in Málaga, operating both online and through physical retail.

• 2022

  Opened the largest bookstore in the Canary Islands in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in July.

• 2020

  Reported revenue of €13,483,302 and ranked 14,094th in the Spanish national company ranking.

• 2009

  Inaugurated a new warehouse in Málaga with capacity for 200,000 copies.

• 2006

  Opened first physical bookstore in the university area of Málaga in October.

• 2002

  Founded in Málaga by Miguel Ángel Ferrero and Diego Jiménez, initially selling technical books and exam materials online.

Spanish online bookstore with a broad catalogue and a hybrid online-physical retail model, known for technical and exam materials and competitive shipping offers.

• Online bookstore (agapea.com)

• Click & Collect service

• Physical bookstores

1. 1Librería Agapea official websiteagapea.com
2. 2Agapea - Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
3. 3Agapea - Wikidatawikidata.org