Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 85 municipalities in 2017, at 12,438. Montalvos had the lowest, at 5. The median was 56 and the figure for Albacete province was 26,921. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,438Albacete

Lowest5Montalvos

Median5685 municipalities

Albacete province26,921History

Top 40 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	Albacete	12,438	+0.6%
2	Villarrobledo	2,238	0%
3	Hellín	1,870	-0.7%
4	Almansa	1,797	-1%
5	La Roda	1,152	+2.3%
6	Caudete	634	-3.8%
7	Tobarra	527	+0.2%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	403	-1.9%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	344	-3.4%
10	Madrigueras	317	-1.6%
11	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	297	+6.8%
12	Elche de la Sierra	256	+1.6%
13	Munera	238	+4.8%
14	Villamalea	232	+1.8%
15	Pozo Cañada	193	-3.5%
16	Ossa de Montiel	173	+10.2%
17	El Bonillo	169	+5.6%
18	La Gineta	162	-2.4%
19	Montealegre del Castillo	159	+0.6%
20	Fuente-Álamo	157	+5.4%
21	Yeste	147	-2.6%
22	Balazote	144	-1.4%
23	Fuentealbilla	139	0%
24	Alpera	121	0%
25	Barrax	119	-4.8%
26	Riópar	115	+3.6%
27	Ontur	112	-5.1%
28	Alcaraz	108	-7.7%
29	Pozohondo	106	+5%
30	Valdeganga	102	-4.7%
31	Casas de Juan Núñez	93	-1.1%
32	Socovos	92	-4.2%
33	Minaya	90	+2.3%
34	Lezuza	86	-3.4%
35	Alcalá del Júcar	81	+3.8%
36	Mahora	77	-3.8%
37	Higueruela	74	-1.3%
38	Villalgordo del Júcar	67	+1.5%
39	Nerpio	66	-10.8%
40	Letur	61	-3.2%
41	Bonete	60	+5.3%
42	San Pedro	58	+1.8%
43	Alborea	56	0%
44	Abengibre	55	-6.8%
45	Cenizate	54	0%
46	Molinicos	51	+4.1%
47	Peñas de San Pedro	50	+4.2%
48	Liétor	46	-2.1%
49	Bogarra	42	+2.4%
50	Pétrola	40	+8.1%
51	Hoya-Gonzalo	38	+2.7%
52	Férez	37	+15.6%
53	Albatana	32	0%
54	Alatoz	27	+3.8%
54	Alcadozo	27	+8%
56	Ayna	26	-7.1%
56	Bienservida	26	-16.1%
58	Salobre	25	-16.7%
59	Carcelén	24	+9.1%
59	Casas de Ves	24	-4%
61	Pozo-Lorente	22	-4.3%
61	Pozuelo	22	-4.3%
61	Villapalacios	22	+10%
64	El Ballestero	21	+10.5%
65	Povedilla	20	-4.8%
66	Motilleja	18	-18.2%
66	Navas de Jorquera	18	+5.9%
66	Robledo	18	-14.3%
66	Villaverde de Guadalimar	18	+5.9%
66	Viveros	18	-5.3%
71	Vianos	17	-15%
72	La Herrera	16	0%
72	Paterna del Madera	16	+23.1%
74	Fuensanta	15	-25%
75	Jorquera	13	-13.3%
75	Peñascosa	13	+44.4%
77	Corral-Rubio	12	-14.3%
77	La Recueja	12	+9.1%
79	Casas de Lázaro	10	-9.1%
80	Golosalvo	9	+12.5%
80	Villatoya	9	+12.5%
82	Villavaliente	8	0%
83	Balsa de Ves	7	+16.7%
83	Cotillas	7	0%
85	Montalvos	5	n/a

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. 2 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 Albacete 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 Albacete 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/albacete-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 Albacete 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/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete 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/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_albacete_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Albacete 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/albacete-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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Albacete, with 12,438 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Montalvos, with 5 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. 2 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.