Active companies in Barcelona

Active companies in Barcelona was 174,088 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 1.7% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 307 municipalities in 2025.

2025, count174,088

Change on 2024+1.7%

Rank1st of 307Municipalities in Barcelona province ranked

Series high186,7312022

Series low167,0672023

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Active companies in Barcelona, 2012 to 2025

count. Source: INE, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-07.

All 14 values

Period	count
2025	174,088
2024	171,152
2023	167,067
2022	186,731
2021	183,286
2020	185,857
2019	183,284
2018	182,986
2017	178,607
2016	174,209
2015	170,197
2014	167,439
2013	169,777
2012	172,058

Compared with Barcelona province and Catalonia and Spain

Place	2025
Barcelona	174,088
Barcelona province	458,826
Catalonia	610,062
Spain	3,310,824

Rankings

Municipalities in Barcelona province by active companies 310 places

Definition

Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Active companies, Barcelona, 2012 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Active companies, Barcelona, 2012 to 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Active companies, Barcelona, 2012 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Active companies, Barcelona, 2012 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_active_companies_barcelona_2025,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Active companies, Barcelona, 2012 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona. Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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AU  - Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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PB  - Instituto Nacional de Estadística
DB  - Invokely
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L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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What is the active companies in Barcelona?

Active companies in Barcelona was 174,088 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 1.7% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 307 municipalities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest active companies in Barcelona?

186,731 in 2022, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

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