Municipalities in Álava province by active companies

Vitoria-Gasteiz had the highest active companies of 51 municipalities in 2019, at 13,761. Kripan had the lowest, at 4. The median was 61 and the figure for Álava province was 18,678. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest13,761Vitoria-Gasteiz

Lowest4Kripan

Median6151 municipalities

Álava province18,678History

All municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,761	-2.8%
2	Laudio/Llodio	869	+0.3%
3	Amurrio	600	-2.6%
4	Laguardia	265	-2.9%
5	Oyón-Oion	261	-4.7%
6	Agurain/Salvatierra	242	-0.8%
7	Legutio	220	-8.3%
8	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	201	+0.5%
9	Ayala/Aiara	164	-2.4%
10	Zuia	160	+6.7%
11	Alegría-Dulantzi	148	-2%
12	Zigoitia	116	+4.5%
13	Labastida/Bastida	110	-0.9%
14	Artziniega	102	+3%
15	Asparrena	82	-2.4%
16	Lapuebla de Labarca	74	-6.3%
17	Urkabustaiz	73	+10.6%
18	Lanciego/Lantziego	72	+5.9%
19	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	66	-4.3%
19	Valdegovía/Gaubea	66	0%
21	Lantarón	65	0%
22	Okondo	64	-11.1%
23	Elciego	62	-15.1%
24	Barrundia	61	-9%
24	Campezo/Kanpezu	61	-3.2%
24	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	61	-10.3%
27	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	59	+7.3%
28	Aramaio	50	+11.1%
29	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	46	-2.1%
30	Berantevilla	45	+7.1%
31	Arraia-Maeztu	40	-9.1%
32	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	38	+8.6%
33	Elburgo/Burgelu	37	0%
34	Samaniego	32	-3%
35	Iruraiz-Gauna	30	+7.1%
36	Elvillar/Bilar	28	-3.4%
36	San Millán/Donemiliaga	28	-6.7%
38	Bernedo	25	-3.8%
39	Navaridas	21	0%
39	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	21	-4.5%
41	Leza	20	+5.3%
41	Zambrana	20	-4.8%
43	Kuartango	16	0%
44	Armiñón	15	+7.1%
44	Yécora/Iekora	15	+7.1%
46	Añana	13	+30%
46	Harana/Valle de Arana	13	0%
46	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	13	-13.3%
46	Zalduondo	13	+18.2%
50	Lagrán	10	0%
51	Kripan	4	n/a

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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alava_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 13,761 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Kripan, with 4 in 2019.

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.