Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2025

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 138 municipalities in 2025, at 26,372. Benimassot had the lowest, at 5. The median was 227 and the figure for Alicante province was 145,106. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,372Alacant/Alicante

Lowest5Benimassot

Median227138 municipalities

Alicante province145,106History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Alacant/Alicante	26,372	+3.6%
2	Elx/Elche	16,775	+2%
3	Torrevieja	7,004	+9.3%
4	Orihuela	6,056	+3.3%
5	Benidorm	5,606	+4.6%
6	Dénia	4,797	+3%
7	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,765	+1.3%
8	Elda	3,631	+1.2%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,592	+2.1%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,408	+4.7%
11	Santa Pola	2,551	+4.6%
12	Altea	2,451	+3.1%
13	el Campello	2,338	+3.3%
14	Calp	2,263	+3.2%
15	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,256	+6.6%
16	Petrer	2,207	+0.5%
17	Villena	2,162	+0.9%
18	Crevillent	2,021	+1.5%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,017	+5.7%
20	Mutxamel	1,929	+3.6%
21	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,875	+5.2%
22	Ibi	1,803	+2.3%
23	Novelda	1,634	+1%
24	la Nucia	1,593	+4%
25	Teulada	1,549	+4.5%
26	Pilar de la Horadada	1,539	+4.1%
27	Almoradí	1,429	-0.7%
28	Aspe	1,414	+0.1%
29	Guardamar del Segura	1,369	+4.6%
30	Benissa	1,323	+2.8%
31	Rojales	1,084	+4.8%
32	Callosa de Segura	982	+1.3%
33	Cocentaina	908	-3.7%
34	Finestrat	899	+11.1%
35	Castalla	880	+2.7%
36	Pego	861	+1.4%
37	Albatera	776	-1.1%
38	Muro de Alcoy	763	+2%
39	Pedreguer	761	+4.1%
40	Monòver/Monóvar	744	+3.9%
41	Ondara	727	+7.7%
42	Cox	676	+0.3%
43	Catral	615	+4.8%
44	el Pinós/Pinoso	575	+4.7%
45	Onil	572	+0.4%
46	Sax	562	+2%
47	Monforte del Cid	561	+1.3%
48	Callosa d'en Sarrià	551	+2%
49	Banyeres de Mariola	546	+1.9%
50	San Miguel de Salinas	543	+6.5%
51	Bigastro	534	+6.8%
52	Gata de Gorgos	530	-1.5%
53	Dolores	525	+2.3%
54	San Fulgencio	511	+1.4%
55	Los Montesinos	491	+7.4%
56	Redován	453	0%
57	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	449	+2.5%
58	Xixona/Jijona	434	+6.1%
59	Polop	432	+8.5%
60	el Verger	398	+6.4%
61	Benejúzar	359	+0.8%
62	Agost	337	+3.1%
63	Benijófar	305	+7.4%
64	Biar	303	-1.3%
65	Xaló	297	+5.7%
66	Formentera del Segura	273	-1.1%
67	Rafal	257	+7.1%
68	Algorfa	244	+5.2%
69	Busot	237	+6.8%
70	Beniarbeig	216	+3.8%
70	Granja de Rocamora	216	+4.3%
72	els Poblets	210	+2.9%
73	Orba	184	0%
74	San Isidro	175	+4.2%
75	Jacarilla	173	+7.5%
76	la Romana	168	+1.8%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	162	+7.3%
78	Daya Nueva	140	0%
79	Tibi	128	+6.7%
80	Beneixama	124	0%
81	Benidoleig	120	+10.1%
82	Benferri	116	+9.4%
83	Alcalalí	111	+9.9%
84	Cañada	97	+4.3%
84	Parcent	97	+6.6%
84	Salinas	97	-2%
87	Llíber	90	-2.2%
88	Aigües	88	+4.8%
89	Algueña	86	+4.9%
90	Relleu	81	+14.1%
91	Beniarrés	68	+3%
92	Sanet y Negrals	64	+10.3%
93	Hondón de los Frailes	63	-6%
93	la Vall de Laguar	63	-1.6%
95	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	62	+1.6%
96	Benimantell	59	+3.5%
97	el Castell de Guadalest	54	+10.2%
97	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	54	+3.8%
99	Gaianes	50	-2%
99	Sella	50	-10.7%
101	Benilloba	49	+2.1%
101	Senija	49	-15.5%
103	Daya Vieja	45	0%
103	Orxeta	45	-8.2%
105	Planes	44	0%
106	Agres	42	+7.7%
106	la Vall de Gallinera	42	+7.7%
108	Benimeli	41	-2.4%
108	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	41	+5.1%
110	Tàrbena	40	-7%
111	Benigembla	37	+2.8%
112	Benimarfull	36	+12.5%
113	l'Orxa/Lorcha	34	0%
114	Alfafara	33	-5.7%
115	l'Atzúbia	32	-17.9%
116	Murla	30	+3.4%
117	Sagra	29	+3.6%
118	Castell de Castells	27	+3.8%
119	Alcosser	24	+14.3%
120	Beniardà	23	-4.2%
120	Bolulla	23	+4.5%
122	Penàguila	22	-8.3%
123	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	19	-5%
123	Tormos	19	+11.8%
125	Gorga	17	+30.8%
126	Confrides	13	+18.2%
126	la Vall d'Ebo	13	+8.3%
128	Millena	11	0%
129	Alcoleja	10	-23.1%
130	Almudaina	9	+28.6%
130	la Vall d'Alcalà	9	-25%
132	Fageca	8	0%
133	Benasau	7	-30%
133	Benifato	7	-12.5%
135	Quatretondeta	6	-14.3%
136	Balones	5	+25%
136	Benillup	5	+25%
136	Benimassot	5	-16.7%

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2025 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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2025) [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 Alicante province by active companies, 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2025,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2025}},
  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/alicante-province-municipalities. 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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Alacant/Alicante, with 26,372 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Benimassot, with 5 in 2025.

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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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.