Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 85 municipalities in 2018, at 12,367. Montalvos had the lowest, at 5. The median was 58 and the figure for Albacete province was 26,743. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,367Albacete

Lowest5Montalvos

Median5885 municipalities

Albacete province26,743History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Albacete	12,367	-0.6%
2	Villarrobledo	2,218	-0.9%
3	Hellín	1,862	-0.4%
4	Almansa	1,791	-0.3%
5	La Roda	1,140	-1%
6	Caudete	625	-1.4%
7	Tobarra	526	-0.2%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	395	-2%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	356	+3.5%
10	Madrigueras	314	-0.9%
11	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	293	-1.3%
12	Elche de la Sierra	259	+1.2%
13	Villamalea	233	+0.4%
14	Munera	229	-3.8%
15	Pozo Cañada	191	-1%
16	Ossa de Montiel	175	+1.2%
17	La Gineta	161	-0.6%
18	El Bonillo	158	-6.5%
19	Fuente-Álamo	156	-0.6%
19	Montealegre del Castillo	156	-1.9%
21	Yeste	154	+4.8%
22	Balazote	147	+2.1%
23	Fuentealbilla	138	-0.7%
24	Barrax	119	0%
25	Alpera	118	-2.5%
26	Ontur	116	+3.6%
27	Riópar	109	-5.2%
28	Pozohondo	105	-0.9%
29	Alcaraz	103	-4.6%
30	Valdeganga	100	-2%
31	Socovos	91	-1.1%
32	Minaya	89	-1.1%
33	Lezuza	88	+2.3%
34	Casas de Juan Núñez	85	-8.6%
35	Alcalá del Júcar	84	+3.7%
36	Mahora	76	-1.3%
37	Higueruela	72	-2.7%
38	Nerpio	66	0%
38	Villalgordo del Júcar	66	-1.5%
40	Abengibre	62	+12.7%
41	Bonete	61	+1.7%
41	Letur	61	0%
43	Alborea	58	+3.6%
44	Cenizate	52	-3.7%
45	Molinicos	51	0%
46	Liétor	50	+8.7%
47	San Pedro	49	-15.5%
48	Peñas de San Pedro	45	-10%
49	Bogarra	42	0%
50	Pétrola	37	-7.5%
51	Férez	34	-8.1%
51	Hoya-Gonzalo	34	-10.5%
53	Alcadozo	32	+18.5%
54	Albatana	29	-9.4%
55	Ayna	28	+7.7%
56	Bienservida	27	+3.8%
56	Casas de Ves	27	+12.5%
58	Alatoz	26	-3.7%
59	Carcelén	24	0%
59	El Ballestero	24	+14.3%
61	Pozuelo	23	+4.5%
62	Pozo-Lorente	21	-4.5%
63	Salobre	20	-20%
63	Villapalacios	20	-9.1%
65	Vianos	19	+11.8%
65	Viveros	19	+5.6%
67	Povedilla	18	-10%
68	Motilleja	17	-5.6%
68	Navas de Jorquera	17	-5.6%
68	Robledo	17	-5.6%
68	Villaverde de Guadalimar	17	-5.6%
72	La Herrera	16	0%
72	Paterna del Madera	16	0%
74	Fuensanta	14	-6.7%
74	Peñascosa	14	+7.7%
76	Jorquera	12	-7.7%
76	Villavaliente	12	+50%
78	Casas de Lázaro	11	+10%
78	La Recueja	11	-8.3%
80	Corral-Rubio	10	-16.7%
81	Balsa de Ves	7	0%
81	Cotillas	7	0%
81	Golosalvo	7	-22.2%
81	Villatoya	7	-22.2%
85	Montalvos	5	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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_albacete_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Montalvos, with 5 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.