Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 85 municipalities in 2022, at 12,422. Villa de Ves had the lowest, at 4. The median was 55 and the figure for Albacete province was 26,473. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,422Albacete

Lowest4Villa de Ves

Median5585 municipalities

Albacete province26,473History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Albacete	12,422	+0.5%
2	Hellín	1,992	+2.5%
3	Almansa	1,797	+1.3%
4	Villarrobledo	1,665	+1.2%
5	La Roda	1,145	+1.1%
6	Caudete	639	+2.9%
7	Tobarra	514	+0.6%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	410	+2.8%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	372	+6.6%
10	Madrigueras	323	-3%
11	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	305	+0.3%
12	Elche de la Sierra	274	-0.4%
13	Villamalea	254	+2.4%
14	Munera	221	-4.3%
15	Pozo Cañada	202	+4.7%
16	Montealegre del Castillo	178	+4.7%
17	Fuente-Álamo	176	+4.1%
18	Ossa de Montiel	170	+2.4%
19	La Gineta	168	+1.2%
20	El Bonillo	153	0%
21	Yeste	149	+4.9%
22	Balazote	145	-1.4%
23	Fuentealbilla	134	+1.5%
24	Riópar	130	+7.4%
25	Alpera	123	-1.6%
26	Barrax	117	+5.4%
27	Ontur	113	+0.9%
28	Socovos	108	+5.9%
29	Pozohondo	106	+8.2%
30	Valdeganga	100	+6.4%
31	Alcaraz	93	-4.1%
32	Minaya	88	+2.3%
33	Casas de Juan Núñez	81	+6.6%
34	Alcalá del Júcar	80	-4.8%
35	Nerpio	78	+1.3%
36	Lezuza	76	+4.1%
37	Mahora	75	-2.6%
38	Higueruela	67	-2.9%
39	Villalgordo del Júcar	66	+1.5%
40	Bonete	61	+1.7%
41	Letur	58	-4.9%
42	Alborea	56	-1.8%
43	Cenizate	55	0%
44	Peñas de San Pedro	52	+8.3%
45	Liétor	48	0%
46	Molinicos	47	-13%
47	Abengibre	45	-10%
48	Pétrola	38	+5.6%
48	San Pedro	38	-7.3%
50	Hoya-Gonzalo	37	-2.6%
51	Bogarra	36	-7.7%
52	Férez	33	-5.7%
53	Alatoz	32	+10.3%
54	Albatana	31	-3.1%
55	Alcadozo	28	0%
55	Robledo	28	+12%
57	Bienservida	27	0%
58	Casas de Ves	25	-13.8%
58	El Ballestero	25	0%
60	Carcelén	23	-11.5%
61	Motilleja	21	+10.5%
61	Pozuelo	21	-12.5%
63	Ayna	20	-13%
63	Pozo-Lorente	20	-13%
63	Villaverde de Guadalimar	20	+5.3%
63	Viveros	20	+5.3%
67	Paterna del Madera	19	0%
67	Villapalacios	19	0%
69	Salobre	18	-14.3%
70	Fuensanta	16	+6.7%
70	Vianos	16	-5.9%
72	Navas de Jorquera	14	0%
72	Peñascosa	14	+7.7%
72	Povedilla	14	-6.7%
75	Jorquera	12	-7.7%
75	La Herrera	12	-14.3%
77	La Recueja	11	0%
77	Villavaliente	11	+10%
79	Corral-Rubio	9	+12.5%
80	Golosalvo	7	0%
81	Cotillas	6	0%
82	Casas de Lázaro	5	0%
82	Villatoya	5	+25%
84	Balsa de Ves	4	-33.3%
84	Villa de Ves	4	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 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_albacete_province_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Albacete, with 12,422 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Villa de Ves, with 4 in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.