Municipalities in Álava province by active companies

Vitoria-Gasteiz had the highest active companies of 51 municipalities in 2020, at 13,943. Kripan had the lowest, at 5. The median was 58 and the figure for Álava province was 18,851. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest13,943Vitoria-Gasteiz

Lowest5Kripan

Median5851 municipalities

Álava province18,851History

All municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,943	+1.3%
2	Laudio/Llodio	855	-1.6%
3	Amurrio	601	+0.2%
4	Laguardia	258	-2.6%
5	Oyón-Oion	254	-2.7%
6	Agurain/Salvatierra	233	-3.7%
7	Legutio	221	+0.5%
8	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	206	+2.5%
9	Ayala/Aiara	159	-3%
9	Zuia	159	-0.6%
11	Alegría-Dulantzi	155	+4.7%
12	Zigoitia	127	+9.5%
13	Labastida/Bastida	110	0%
14	Artziniega	104	+2%
15	Asparrena	82	0%
16	Lapuebla de Labarca	74	0%
17	Okondo	73	+14.1%
18	Lanciego/Lantziego	70	-2.8%
18	Urkabustaiz	70	-4.1%
20	Valdegovía/Gaubea	69	+4.5%
21	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	68	+3%
22	Lantarón	67	+3.1%
23	Elciego	63	+1.6%
24	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	61	+3.4%
25	Barrundia	59	-3.3%
26	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	58	-4.9%
27	Campezo/Kanpezu	56	-8.2%
28	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	49	+6.5%
29	Aramaio	46	-8%
30	Berantevilla	45	0%
31	Elburgo/Burgelu	40	+8.1%
32	Arraia-Maeztu	39	-2.5%
33	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	38	0%
34	Iruraiz-Gauna	33	+10%
34	San Millán/Donemiliaga	33	+17.9%
36	Samaniego	28	-12.5%
37	Bernedo	26	+4%
37	Elvillar/Bilar	26	-7.1%
39	Zambrana	24	+20%
40	Kuartango	20	+25%
41	Navaridas	19	-9.5%
42	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	18	-14.3%
43	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	16	+23.1%
44	Armiñón	15	0%
45	Añana	14	+7.7%
45	Leza	14	-30%
45	Yécora/Iekora	14	-6.7%
48	Zalduondo	13	0%
49	Lagrán	11	+10%
50	Harana/Valle de Arana	10	-23.1%
51	Kripan	5	+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. 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alava-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alava_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Álava province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 13,943 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Kripan, with 5 in 2020.

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.