Mobile advertising rules in Spanish cities

Promotion that sets up nothing on the street counts as ordinary use and needs no permit. Stands and leaflet points need authorisation. Persistent touting is banned.

Yes for street teams, with a licence, in set zones and hours.

Yes for moving vans, and probably bikes. Street promoters need authorisation.

File a prior notice and you can advertise on the street. Anything that pushes drinking is fined.

Yes for moving vans, and very probably bikes. No for parking as a billboard. Leaflets need notice to the cleaning service.

Advertising vehicles only for listed purposes, with a discretionary licence and time bans. Leafleting needs a licence.

No sign-holders, no touts. Leafleting needs a licence. Parked advertising vehicles need a licence or get towed.

No street teams, no leaflets on the beach, no parked advertising vehicles. Moving vans aren't addressed.

Leafleting and sound advertising are banned. The vehicle rule needs checking.

Advertising vans are allowed after notice. Handing out flyers and calling out to passers-by are banned town-wide.

Handing out leaflets that advertise anything is banned. Vehicle advertising isn't addressed in the texts we read.

Street promoters are licensed, but tightly: a card, a uniform, a €5,000 deposit each, and only at the venue's entrance.

Street teams and leaflets only in two zones of Platja d'en Bossa. Advertising vehicles only for events.

Any vehicle may carry painted or printed advertising. Parking a vehicle just to advertise is banned. Street leafleting gets no permits.

Advertising vans are licensable but may not use loudspeakers. Commercial leafleting isn't among the permitted activities.

Vans need a licence. Bikes in practice can't get one. People may not be used as walking billboards.

All commercial advertising in public space is banned as a rule. Exceptions are "exceptional" and depend on what you offer the council.

No advertising vans, no leafleting, no approaching passers-by. Sign-holders aren't mentioned.

No advertising vehicles, moving or parked. No sound advertising. Street leafleting banned except as the ordinance allows.

No advertising on vehicles beyond a firm's own name or logo. No leafleting. No sound advertising.

No advertising vans, bikes or trailers. No sound advertising. Leaflets only outside the advertised premises.

Ticket promoters were banned in 2016 and fines rose in 2025. The ordinance text is still to be read.

Street advertising can be controlled seasonally in tourist zones. The main texts are still to be read.

Drink offers and pub crawls may not be advertised in the West End. Ticket-promoter licences were suspended in 2016.

Leaflets may be handed out but not thrown, scattered or put on cars. Vehicle rules not yet read.