Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1775	According to its website (), the society was founded in 1775 by order of Carlos III.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Madrid Spain	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1780 - 1795	Sociedad Económica de Madrid	The catalogue record in the Univ. Compl. Madrid cat. for the Memorias de la Sociedad Economica.
1850 - 1883	Sociedad Económica Matritense	Catalogue records for their journals.
Start date is unclear	Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País	Its website () gives this as the current name, but does not indicate when the royal designation took effect. It may not have been until after Franco relinquished power to King Juan Carlos in 1975.
Real Sociedad Económica Matritense de Amigos del País = Royal Economic Society of Madrid of the Friends of the Country

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1780-1795 [T. 1-t. 5]   A	Memorias de la Sociedad Económica The record in the Univ. Compl. Madrid cat. gives the corporate body as Sociedad Económica de Madrid. [Bib. Nac. España cat. & Univ. Compl. Madrid cat.]	Mem. de la Soc. Econ. de Madrid [Reuss, v.4, p.173 cites Vol. I.] Memor. de la Soc. Econom. de Madrid [Reuss, v.7, p.275 cites Vol. 4.]
1850 (1851)   B	Resúmen histórico de las tareas de la Sociedad Económica Matritense durante el año 1850 Continued by C. [Univ. Compl. Madrid cat. & Bib. Nac. Esp. cat.]
a1868 - 1871, 1873 - 1874, 1877 - 1878, 1881, 1883   C	Resumen de las actas y tareas de la Sociedad Económica Matritense en el año Continues B. [Cat. Col. Publ. Per.]
1875 - 1882; [7 v.]   D	Revista de la Sociedad Económica Matritense órgano oficial de la misma [Bib. Nac. España cat.]