Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 84 municipalities in 2016, at 12,367. Balsa de Ves had the lowest, at 6. The median was 57 and the figure for Albacete province was 26,884. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,367Albacete

Lowest6Balsa de Ves

Median5784 municipalities

Albacete province26,884History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Albacete	12,367	+0.6%
2	Villarrobledo	2,238	+1.7%
3	Hellín	1,884	+2.7%
4	Almansa	1,815	+2.8%
5	La Roda	1,126	-0.2%
6	Caudete	659	+2%
7	Tobarra	526	+1%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	411	-1%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	356	+0.6%
10	Madrigueras	322	-0.3%
11	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	278	-4.1%
12	Elche de la Sierra	252	-3.8%
13	Villamalea	228	-0.4%
14	Munera	227	-1.3%
15	Pozo Cañada	200	+11.7%
16	La Gineta	166	-1.8%
17	El Bonillo	160	0%
18	Montealegre del Castillo	158	+4.6%
19	Ossa de Montiel	157	+4%
20	Yeste	151	-1.3%
21	Fuente-Álamo	149	-9.7%
22	Balazote	146	+3.5%
23	Fuentealbilla	139	-2.1%
24	Barrax	125	+1.6%
25	Alpera	121	+4.3%
26	Ontur	118	-7.1%
27	Alcaraz	117	+4.5%
28	Riópar	111	-1.8%
29	Valdeganga	107	-1.8%
30	Pozohondo	101	+2%
31	Socovos	96	-3%
32	Casas de Juan Núñez	94	-1.1%
33	Lezuza	89	0%
34	Minaya	88	+3.5%
35	Mahora	80	+3.9%
36	Alcalá del Júcar	78	-3.7%
37	Higueruela	75	0%
38	Nerpio	74	+5.7%
39	Villalgordo del Júcar	66	+4.8%
40	Letur	63	+3.3%
41	Abengibre	59	0%
42	Bonete	57	-6.6%
42	San Pedro	57	-6.6%
44	Alborea	56	+5.7%
45	Cenizate	54	0%
46	Molinicos	49	-14%
47	Peñas de San Pedro	48	-4%
48	Liétor	47	-9.6%
49	Bogarra	41	-4.7%
50	Hoya-Gonzalo	37	-2.6%
50	Pétrola	37	-7.5%
52	Albatana	32	+6.7%
52	Férez	32	-13.5%
54	Bienservida	31	+6.9%
55	Salobre	30	-3.2%
56	Ayna	28	+3.7%
57	Alatoz	26	-10.3%
58	Alcadozo	25	-3.8%
58	Casas de Ves	25	+4.2%
60	Pozo-Lorente	23	+15%
60	Pozuelo	23	+27.8%
62	Carcelén	22	0%
62	Motilleja	22	+4.8%
64	Povedilla	21	+5%
64	Robledo	21	+16.7%
66	Fuensanta	20	+17.6%
66	Vianos	20	+11.1%
66	Villapalacios	20	-13%
69	El Ballestero	19	-24%
69	Viveros	19	0%
71	Navas de Jorquera	17	-15%
71	Villaverde de Guadalimar	17	+6.3%
73	La Herrera	16	+6.7%
74	Jorquera	15	-21.1%
75	Corral-Rubio	14	-12.5%
76	Paterna del Madera	13	-13.3%
77	Casas de Lázaro	11	-8.3%
77	La Recueja	11	0%
79	Peñascosa	9	-10%
80	Golosalvo	8	+14.3%
80	Villatoya	8	+60%
80	Villavaliente	8	-20%
83	Cotillas	7	-12.5%
84	Balsa de Ves	6	0%

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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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 Albacete province by active companies, 2016) [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 Albacete province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_albacete_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2016}},
  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/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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?

Albacete, with 12,367 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Balsa de Ves, with 6 in 2016.

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. 3 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.