The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Catalan Spanish
handball clubs in terms of titles won. Since its inception, the club quickly got a great competitive level. BM Granollers has competed almost every season in the top league of Spanish
handball (currently
Liga ASOBAL). It became the first Spanish
handball club taking part in a European competition in 1959. BM Granollers won the
EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1976, so it became the first Spanish
handball club winning a European title. Thanks to this history, the city of
Granollers hosted the
handball matches at the
Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. The
Palau d'Esports, the current club's arena, was built for this event and subsequently has also hosted the
2013 World Men's Handball Championship and the
2021 World Women's Handball Championship. One of the BM Granollers' landmarks is its commitment with young players formation. Many great
handball players and team managers have been formed in BM Granollers youth academy (players such as
Joan Cañellas,
Antonio García,
Enric Masip and
Mateo Garralda; team managers such as
Pep Vilà,
Miquel Roca Mas,
Sead Hasanefendić,
Toni García and
Carlos Viver). In recent years, moreover, BM Granollers has significantly increased the number of female teams in the youth academy. From the 2014–15 season, BM Granollers has become the only
handball club in Spain with main male and female teams simultaneously in the top league of Spanish handball (
Liga ASOBAL and
División de Honor Femenina). ==Men's handball team==