A ransomware incident at a 50–200 employee company costs on average between €90,000 and €280,000, according to CCN-CERT data and Blurtek's direct experience across 15+ cases handled between 2022 and 2025. The ransom itself accounts for less than 20% of the total.
The Ransom Is the Least of Your Problems
The average ransom demanded from Spanish companies of this size ranges from €15,000 to €60,000 in Bitcoin — and paying it doesn't guarantee getting your data back. According to Sophos's State of Ransomware 2024, 35% of companies that paid the ransom did not fully recover their files. Paying also places your company on reuse target lists shared among ransomware-as-a-service groups.
average total cost of a ransomware incident at Spanish SMBs with 50–200 employees — Blurtek estimate based on 15 cases 2022–2025 and CCN-CERT 2024 data
The Cost Lines Nobody Sees Coming
- Operational downtime (average 7 days): €25,000–€220,000 depending on revenue
- Forensic analysis and incident response: €8,000–€25,000
- System rebuild and backup validation: €5,000–€40,000
- Legal advice and GDPR notification (required within 72h): €3,000–€12,000
- Crisis communication to clients and suppliers: €1,500–€8,000
What Makes the Difference Between 2 Days and 3 Weeks Recovery
- Audit and close all RDP endpoints exposed to the internet
- Enable MFA on all remote access points, including third-party vendors
- Test full backup restoration at least quarterly
- Implement at least one offline or immutable Object Lock backup
- Draft a basic incident response plan with a decision tree for the first 2 hours
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