# Active companies in Biscay province

Active companies in Biscay province was 71,086 in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

- Indicator id: `active_companies`
- Place id: `es-prov-48`
- 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/biscay-province
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/active-companies/biscay-province.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=active_companies&place=es-prov-48

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 71,086 |
| 2024 | 71,204 |
| 2023 | 70,780 |
| 2022 | 75,416 |
| 2021 | 73,615 |
| 2020 | 75,370 |
| 2019 | 74,741 |
| 2018 | 75,628 |
| 2017 | 73,488 |
| 2016 | 79,166 |
| 2015 | 77,718 |
| 2014 | 77,551 |
| 2013 | 79,957 |
| 2012 | 82,787 |
| 2011 | 85,848 |
| 2010 | 87,527 |
| 2009 | 88,130 |
| 2008 | 89,416 |
| 2007 | 84,209 |
| 2006 | 82,541 |
| 2005 | 80,508 |
| 2004 | 79,389 |
| 2003 | 79,082 |
| 2002 | 77,699 |
| 2001 | 78,531 |