The Municipal Lost and Found Office in Madrid processed the reception of 6,167 items during the past month of June 2026. Among the most common belongings are 852 wallets and coin purses, 898 jewelry and costume jewelry items, 236 bags, 103 handbags, 352 belts, 289 mobile phones, and 404 computer equipment or accessories, such as computers, tablets, e-readers, USB drives, chargers, and batteries.
The monthly inventory also includes 729 pairs of glasses, 295 sets of keys, 138 backpacks, 59 umbrellas, 84 suitcases, 4 briefcases, 66 books, 427 headphones, 1 music player, 7 diaries, 24 folders, and 206 various documents. In the textile category, 529 items of clothing were counted, along with 193 accessories like scarves, handkerchiefs, gloves, hats, berets, and neck warmers.
The 'miscellaneous' category adds up to 191 items, including hearing aids, balls, a digital scale, canes, electric toolboxes, calculators, padlocks, baby strollers, shopping carts, motorcycle helmets, electric toothbrushes, pet collars, paintings, guitars, toys, lamps, lottery tickets, typewriters, wireless microphones, skateboards, crutches, portable coolers, selfie sticks, children's scooters, stuffed animals, posters, analog radios, tennis rackets, knee pads, massage rollers, rosaries, folding chairs, televisions, tripods, sports trophies, tubes with plans, vapers, ceiling fans, video game consoles, video games, and walkie-talkies.
Citizens who can prove ownership of any of these items can claim them at the Municipal Lost and Found Office, located at Paseo del Molino, 7 and 9, in the Arganzuela district. The office hours are from 08:30 to 14:00, Monday to Friday.
The Office, equipped with 27 kilometers of shelving, stores over 116,000 lost items within the municipal area, primarily originating from transportation hubs like Madrid Airport and Madrid Metro.
Unclaimed items after two years become municipal property. If they are not useful, they are sold at auction. Unrecovered cash, totaling 69 deposits and 8 foreign currency deposits in June, goes to the municipal coffers.
Items are registered in a computer system, and efforts are made to locate owners. Close collaboration exists with taxis and Correos for the return of belongings. A general list is published monthly in the Official Bulletin of the Madrid City Council (BOAM). The collection period is two years from publication.
Items such as suitcases are used by the Municipal Police for dog training or are donated to NGOs and non-profit institutions.
