Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 84 municipalities in 2021, at 12,356. Villatoya had the lowest, at 4. The median was 56 and the figure for Albacete province was 26,221. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,356Albacete

Lowest4Villatoya

Median5684 municipalities

Albacete province26,221History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Albacete	12,356	-0.7%
2	Hellín	1,944	+1%
3	Almansa	1,774	+0.1%
4	Villarrobledo	1,646	-0.8%
5	La Roda	1,132	-1.9%
6	Caudete	621	-1.3%
7	Tobarra	511	-1.9%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	399	+0.5%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	349	0%
10	Madrigueras	333	-2.3%
11	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	304	-1%
12	Elche de la Sierra	275	+7.4%
13	Villamalea	248	+2.5%
14	Munera	231	+1.3%
15	Pozo Cañada	193	-1.5%
16	Montealegre del Castillo	170	+1.2%
17	Fuente-Álamo	169	-2.9%
18	La Gineta	166	+1.8%
18	Ossa de Montiel	166	+1.2%
20	El Bonillo	153	-2.5%
21	Balazote	147	-3.9%
22	Yeste	142	-6.6%
23	Fuentealbilla	132	+5.6%
24	Alpera	125	+1.6%
25	Riópar	121	+2.5%
26	Ontur	112	-0.9%
27	Barrax	111	-1.8%
28	Socovos	102	+5.2%
29	Pozohondo	98	+1%
30	Alcaraz	97	-7.6%
31	Valdeganga	94	-1.1%
32	Minaya	86	+2.4%
33	Alcalá del Júcar	84	-2.3%
34	Mahora	77	+1.3%
34	Nerpio	77	+4.1%
36	Casas de Juan Núñez	76	-6.2%
37	Lezuza	73	-3.9%
38	Higueruela	69	+1.5%
39	Villalgordo del Júcar	65	0%
40	Letur	61	0%
41	Bonete	60	+1.7%
42	Alborea	57	+5.6%
43	Cenizate	55	+5.8%
44	Molinicos	54	-3.6%
45	Abengibre	50	-2%
46	Liétor	48	-5.9%
46	Peñas de San Pedro	48	-5.9%
48	San Pedro	41	-4.7%
49	Bogarra	39	-2.5%
50	Hoya-Gonzalo	38	0%
51	Pétrola	36	-7.7%
52	Férez	35	+2.9%
53	Albatana	32	+6.7%
54	Alatoz	29	+7.4%
54	Casas de Ves	29	-3.3%
56	Alcadozo	28	0%
57	Bienservida	27	0%
58	Carcelén	26	+13%
59	El Ballestero	25	+8.7%
59	Robledo	25	+8.7%
61	Pozuelo	24	0%
62	Ayna	23	+4.5%
62	Pozo-Lorente	23	-11.5%
64	Salobre	21	+5%
65	Motilleja	19	-5%
65	Paterna del Madera	19	+18.8%
65	Villapalacios	19	+11.8%
65	Villaverde de Guadalimar	19	0%
65	Viveros	19	0%
70	Vianos	17	0%
71	Fuensanta	15	+7.1%
71	Povedilla	15	-11.8%
73	La Herrera	14	-12.5%
73	Navas de Jorquera	14	-6.7%
75	Jorquera	13	+18.2%
75	Peñascosa	13	0%
77	La Recueja	11	-8.3%
78	Villavaliente	10	-16.7%
79	Corral-Rubio	8	-20%
80	Golosalvo	7	0%
81	Balsa de Ves	6	0%
81	Cotillas	6	-14.3%
83	Casas de Lázaro	5	-28.6%
84	Villatoya	4	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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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 12,356 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Villatoya, with 4 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.