Active companies in Bilbao

Active companies in Bilbao was 25,457 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 0.5% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 113 municipalities in 2025.

2025, count25,457

Change on 2024+0.5%

Rank1st of 113Municipalities in Biscay province ranked

Series high29,7242012

Series low25,0092023

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Active companies in Bilbao, 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	25,457
2024	25,329
2023	25,009
2022	26,944
2021	26,110
2020	26,853
2019	26,474
2018	26,672
2017	26,069
2016	27,991
2015	27,403
2014	27,508
2013	28,545
2012	29,724

Compared with Biscay province and Basque Country and Spain

Place	2025
Bilbao	25,457
Biscay province	71,086
Basque Country	134,953
Spain	3,310,824

Rankings

Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies 113 places

Definition

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

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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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Active companies, Bilbao, 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, Bilbao, 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/bilbao. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Active companies, Bilbao, 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/bilbao.

Harvard

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

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_active_companies_bilbao_2025,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Active companies, Bilbao, 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/bilbao. 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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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 Bilbao?

Active companies in Bilbao was 25,457 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 0.5% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 113 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 Bilbao?

29,724 in 2012, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Active companies elsewhere in Biscay province

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