Municipalities in Álava province by active companies

Vitoria-Gasteiz had the highest active companies of 51 municipalities in 2015, at 14,497. Kripan had the lowest, at 5. The median was 58 and the figure for Álava province was 19,548. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest14,497Vitoria-Gasteiz

Lowest5Kripan

Median5851 municipalities

Álava province19,548History

All municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Vitoria-Gasteiz	14,497	-1.3%
2	Laudio/Llodio	899	+1.7%
3	Amurrio	604	+2.2%
4	Laguardia	274	+5.8%
5	Oyón-Oion	271	-3.6%
6	Legutio	258	-4.8%
7	Agurain/Salvatierra	250	+3.3%
8	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	193	-1.5%
9	Ayala/Aiara	163	+1.9%
10	Alegría-Dulantzi	160	+8.8%
11	Zuia	154	+5.5%
12	Labastida/Bastida	126	0%
13	Zigoitia	109	+9%
14	Artziniega	106	+3.9%
15	Elciego	79	0%
16	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	75	+1.4%
16	Lapuebla de Labarca	75	-5.1%
18	Okondo	74	+5.7%
19	Asparrena	71	-9%
20	Lanciego/Lantziego	70	0%
21	Valdegovía/Gaubea	68	+3%
22	Campezo/Kanpezu	64	0%
22	Urkabustaiz	64	+1.6%
24	Barrundia	62	+14.8%
25	Lantarón	61	-1.6%
26	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	58	+16%
27	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	52	+18.2%
28	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	50	-2%
29	Aramaio	49	+2.1%
30	Elburgo/Burgelu	47	+14.6%
31	Arraia-Maeztu	41	-6.8%
32	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	38	-13.6%
33	Berantevilla	36	-7.7%
33	San Millán/Donemiliaga	36	-2.7%
35	Bernedo	33	+6.5%
35	Elvillar/Bilar	33	-2.9%
37	Iruraiz-Gauna	26	+8.3%
37	Samaniego	26	-7.1%
39	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	23	+9.5%
40	Leza	21	+16.7%
40	Navaridas	21	-4.5%
42	Zambrana	18	+5.9%
43	Armiñón	15	+25%
43	Kuartango	15	+15.4%
43	Yécora/Iekora	15	+7.1%
46	Harana/Valle de Arana	14	-6.7%
47	Lagrán	13	-7.1%
47	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	13	-13.3%
49	Zalduondo	12	-7.7%
50	Añana	11	+10%
51	Kripan	5	+25%

Other periods

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

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2015.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alava_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2015}},
  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/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Vitoria-Gasteiz, with 14,497 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Kripan, with 5 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12.