According to some sources, a small number of Armenian communities began to form in Spain during the 18th century in Cadiz, and later after the Armenian Genocide and the First World War, in Madrid.

Today, the Armenian community in Spain is the third largest in Western Europe with an estimated population of 40,000-50,000 people.The majority of Armenians in Spain arrived from Armenia in the 1990s and 2000s and mainly settled in the regions of Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia