# Active companies in Barcelona province

Active companies in Barcelona province was 458,826 in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

- Indicator id: `active_companies`
- Place id: `es-prov-08`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por provincia (tabla 302). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=302. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/active-companies/barcelona-province
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/active-companies/barcelona-province.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=active_companies&place=es-prov-08

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 458,826 |
| 2024 | 453,568 |
| 2023 | 445,119 |
| 2022 | 480,301 |
| 2021 | 471,885 |
| 2020 | 477,734 |
| 2019 | 470,067 |
| 2018 | 468,777 |
| 2017 | 460,778 |
| 2016 | 450,451 |
| 2015 | 441,119 |
| 2014 | 434,914 |
| 2013 | 438,385 |
| 2012 | 446,147 |
| 2011 | 453,485 |
| 2010 | 458,918 |
| 2009 | 467,385 |
| 2008 | 477,942 |
| 2007 | 469,432 |
| 2006 | 444,410 |
| 2005 | 436,294 |
| 2004 | 417,425 |
| 2003 | 397,693 |
| 2002 | 391,573 |
| 2001 | 374,027 |