Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 85 municipalities in 2023, at 11,505. Villa de Ves had the lowest, at 4. The median was 51 and the figure for Albacete province was 24,852. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,505Albacete

Lowest4Villa de Ves

Median5185 municipalities

Albacete province24,852History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Albacete	11,505	-7.4%
2	Hellín	1,888	-5.2%
3	Almansa	1,673	-6.9%
4	Villarrobledo	1,589	-4.6%
5	La Roda	1,068	-6.7%
6	Caudete	592	-7.4%
7	Tobarra	480	-6.6%
8	Tarazona de la Mancha	377	-8%
9	Casas-Ibáñez	346	-7%
10	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	304	-0.3%
11	Madrigueras	301	-6.8%
12	Elche de la Sierra	273	-0.4%
13	Villamalea	259	+2%
14	Munera	212	-4.1%
15	Pozo Cañada	197	-2.5%
16	Montealegre del Castillo	175	-1.7%
17	Ossa de Montiel	163	-4.1%
18	Fuente-Álamo	161	-8.5%
19	La Gineta	156	-7.1%
20	El Bonillo	145	-5.2%
21	Yeste	138	-7.4%
22	Balazote	134	-7.6%
23	Alpera	125	+1.6%
24	Riópar	124	-4.6%
25	Barrax	115	-1.7%
26	Socovos	114	+5.6%
27	Fuentealbilla	112	-16.4%
28	Pozohondo	103	-2.8%
28	Valdeganga	103	+3%
30	Ontur	99	-12.4%
31	Alcaraz	86	-7.5%
31	Nerpio	86	+10.3%
33	Mahora	83	+10.7%
34	Casas de Juan Núñez	82	+1.2%
34	Minaya	82	-6.8%
36	Alcalá del Júcar	79	-1.3%
37	Lezuza	73	-3.9%
38	Higueruela	64	-4.5%
39	Villalgordo del Júcar	61	-7.6%
40	Peñas de San Pedro	59	+13.5%
41	Alborea	54	-3.6%
41	Letur	54	-6.9%
43	Bonete	51	-16.4%
44	Molinicos	50	+6.4%
45	Liétor	49	+2.1%
46	Cenizate	47	-14.5%
47	Abengibre	45	0%
48	Pétrola	43	+13.2%
49	Bogarra	37	+2.8%
50	Hoya-Gonzalo	35	-5.4%
51	San Pedro	34	-10.5%
52	Albatana	32	+3.2%
53	Férez	31	-6.1%
54	Bienservida	30	+11.1%
55	Alcadozo	26	-7.1%
56	El Ballestero	24	-4%
56	Robledo	24	-14.3%
58	Alatoz	23	-28.1%
58	Carcelén	23	0%
58	Casas de Ves	23	-8%
61	Motilleja	22	+4.8%
62	Paterna del Madera	20	+5.3%
62	Viveros	20	0%
64	Ayna	19	-5%
64	Villaverde de Guadalimar	19	-5%
66	Pozuelo	18	-14.3%
66	Salobre	18	0%
68	Fuensanta	17	+6.3%
68	Pozo-Lorente	17	-15%
70	Povedilla	16	+14.3%
71	Vianos	14	-12.5%
71	Villapalacios	14	-26.3%
73	Jorquera	12	0%
73	Peñascosa	12	-14.3%
75	Navas de Jorquera	11	-21.4%
76	Corral-Rubio	10	+11.1%
76	Cotillas	10	+66.7%
76	La Herrera	10	-16.7%
76	La Recueja	10	-9.1%
76	Villavaliente	10	-9.1%
81	Casas de Lázaro	7	+40%
81	Villatoya	7	+40%
83	Golosalvo	6	-14.3%
84	Balsa de Ves	5	+25%
85	Villa de Ves	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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Albacete province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/albacete-province-municipalities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
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  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=2023. 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 11,505 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Villa de Ves, with 4 in 2023.

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 2023 and are not ranked.