diff --git a/packages/localize/src/number/getGroupSeparator.js b/packages/localize/src/number/getGroupSeparator.js
index 4a1cebb07..987bea89e 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/number/getGroupSeparator.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/number/getGroupSeparator.js
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ export function getGroupSeparator(locale) {
   const formattedNumber = Intl.NumberFormat(computedLocale, {
     style: 'decimal',
     minimumFractionDigits: 0,
-  }).format('1000');
-  return normalSpaces(formattedNumber[1]);
+  }).format('10000');
+  return normalSpaces(formattedNumber[2]);
 }
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/number/getGroupSeparator.test.js b/packages/localize/test/number/getGroupSeparator.test.js
index c8a14e47e..49718441c 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test/number/getGroupSeparator.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/number/getGroupSeparator.test.js
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ describe('getGroupSeparator', () => {
     expect(getGroupSeparator('en-GB')).to.equal(',');
     expect(getGroupSeparator('nl-NL')).to.equal('.');
     expect(getGroupSeparator('fr-FR')).to.equal(' ');
+    expect(getGroupSeparator('es-ES')).to.equal('.');
   });
 });