Municipalities in Álava province by active companies

Vitoria-Gasteiz had the highest active companies of 50 municipalities in 2017, at 13,657. Añana had the lowest, at 9. The median was 56 and the figure for Álava province was 18,518. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest13,657Vitoria-Gasteiz

Lowest9Añana

Median5650 municipalities

Álava province18,518History

All municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,657	-8.3%
2	Laudio/Llodio	857	-5.5%
3	Amurrio	603	-2.1%
4	Oyón-Oion	265	-2.2%
5	Laguardia	259	-6.2%
6	Legutio	235	-9.6%
7	Agurain/Salvatierra	232	-10.1%
8	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	189	-3.6%
9	Alegría-Dulantzi	160	-4.8%
9	Ayala/Aiara	160	-3.6%
11	Zuia	144	-7.7%
12	Labastida/Bastida	107	-14.4%
13	Zigoitia	106	-4.5%
14	Artziniega	98	-10.1%
15	Lapuebla de Labarca	79	+1.3%
16	Asparrena	75	-2.6%
16	Elciego	75	-6.3%
16	Lanciego/Lantziego	75	+5.6%
19	Okondo	72	-5.3%
20	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	70	-9.1%
21	Urkabustaiz	67	-2.9%
22	Campezo/Kanpezu	66	-1.5%
23	Barrundia	63	-4.5%
24	Valdegovía/Gaubea	60	-13%
25	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	57	-3.4%
26	Lantarón	55	-9.8%
27	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	51	-1.9%
28	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	48	-4%
29	Aramaio	42	-16%
29	Arraia-Maeztu	42	0%
31	Berantevilla	40	+2.6%
32	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	37	-5.1%
32	Elburgo/Burgelu	37	-21.3%
34	San Millán/Donemiliaga	34	0%
35	Bernedo	28	-15.2%
35	Elvillar/Bilar	28	-15.2%
35	Samaniego	28	+7.7%
38	Iruraiz-Gauna	26	0%
39	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	23	0%
40	Zambrana	22	+22.2%
41	Leza	20	-4.8%
42	Navaridas	19	-9.5%
43	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	17	+6.3%
44	Armiñón	14	-12.5%
44	Kuartango	14	-17.6%
46	Harana/Valle de Arana	13	-13.3%
46	Lagrán	13	0%
46	Yécora/Iekora	13	-18.8%
49	Zalduondo	11	-8.3%
50	Añana	9	-25%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2017) [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), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alava_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Vitoria-Gasteiz, with 13,657 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Añana, with 9 in 2017.

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.