Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 135 municipalities in 2014, at 23,597. Almudaina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 187 and the figure for Alicante province was 126,389. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest23,597Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Almudaina

Median187135 municipalities

Alicante province126,389History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Alacant/Alicante	23,597	-1.2%
2	Elx/Elche	15,011	-1.8%
3	Benidorm	5,444	-1.1%
4	Torrevieja	5,167	-0.2%
5	Orihuela	4,939	-1.2%
6	Dénia	3,969	-3.7%
7	Elda	3,841	-1.1%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,614	-0.7%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,294	-0.2%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	2,565	-1.9%
11	Altea	2,278	+0.9%
12	Petrer	2,222	+0.9%
13	Villena	2,077	-0.7%
14	Crevillent	1,901	-1%
15	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,890	+0.9%
16	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,845	-3.5%
17	el Campello	1,840	-1.4%
18	Calp	1,839	-0.5%
19	Santa Pola	1,770	-2%
20	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,741	+1.2%
21	Ibi	1,693	-0.5%
22	Novelda	1,672	-1.5%
23	Mutxamel	1,522	-2.1%
24	la Nucia	1,294	-0.5%
25	Almoradí	1,275	-1.2%
26	Aspe	1,237	-2.2%
27	Teulada	1,216	-0.5%
28	Benissa	1,124	-1.5%
29	Pilar de la Horadada	1,090	-2.8%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,042	+1.8%
31	Callosa de Segura	946	+1.3%
32	Cocentaina	936	-0.4%
33	Albatera	777	+5.3%
34	Rojales	749	+1.8%
35	Castalla	747	-1.3%
36	Pego	737	-5.8%
37	Muro de Alcoy	727	+3%
38	Cox	689	+0.1%
39	Monòver/Monóvar	674	-3%
40	Pedreguer	630	-3.8%
41	Ondara	599	-1.6%
42	Sax	577	-0.3%
43	Onil	572	+2.5%
44	Finestrat	527	-3.1%
45	Banyeres de Mariola	524	-0.6%
46	Callosa d'en Sarrià	512	-1.9%
47	Monforte del Cid	498	-1.8%
48	Catral	492	+0.2%
49	el Pinós/Pinoso	481	-2%
50	Gata de Gorgos	474	-1.9%
51	Dolores	464	-0.2%
52	Bigastro	456	+2.2%
53	Redován	448	0%
54	Xixona/Jijona	413	-0.2%
55	Los Montesinos	386	+2.1%
56	San Miguel de Salinas	368	0%
57	Benejúzar	344	-4.4%
58	San Fulgencio	330	-2.4%
59	Agost	329	-3.8%
59	el Verger	329	+0.3%
61	Polop	299	-1.3%
62	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	276	-7.1%
63	Biar	265	-1.5%
64	Xaló	250	-7.1%
65	Rafal	244	-3.9%
66	Benijófar	216	+4.9%
67	Formentera del Segura	200	-2.4%
68	Granja de Rocamora	187	+2.7%
69	els Poblets	176	-1.7%
70	Jacarilla	175	+1.7%
71	Busot	161	-5.3%
72	San Isidro	160	+2.6%
73	Algorfa	153	+2.7%
74	la Romana	149	+4.2%
75	Beniarbeig	143	+2.9%
76	Beneixama	132	-0.8%
77	Orba	126	-0.8%
78	Daya Nueva	111	-4.3%
78	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	111	-1.8%
80	Benidoleig	97	0%
81	Algueña	95	-2.1%
81	Tibi	95	+3.3%
83	Cañada	92	+5.7%
84	Salinas	80	+5.3%
85	Alcalalí	73	+2.8%
85	Benferri	73	-8.8%
87	Parcent	68	-8.1%
88	Beniarrés	67	-9.5%
89	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	61	+3.4%
90	Benimantell	55	-1.8%
90	Hondón de los Frailes	55	-5.2%
90	Llíber	55	+7.8%
93	Aigües	53	+6%
93	Senija	53	+1.9%
95	Agres	49	+14%
96	Orxeta	48	-2%
97	la Vall de Laguar	44	+12.8%
98	Relleu	41	0%
99	Benilloba	40	+8.1%
99	l'Orxa/Lorcha	40	-4.8%
101	la Vall de Gallinera	39	+2.6%
101	Tàrbena	39	-13.3%
103	el Castell de Guadalest	37	+5.7%
103	Sanet y Negrals	37	-5.1%
103	Sella	37	+8.8%
106	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	36	-2.7%
107	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	35	-7.9%
108	l'Atzúbia	33	+10%
108	Planes	33	0%
110	Benimarfull	30	-3.2%
111	Daya Vieja	29	0%
112	Alfafara	28	+3.7%
113	Castell de Castells	26	+8.3%
113	Gaianes	26	+8.3%
113	Sagra	26	0%
116	Benimeli	25	-3.8%
117	Benigembla	20	-20%
118	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	19	-9.5%
118	la Vall d'Ebo	19	+5.6%
118	Penàguila	19	-5%
121	Confrides	18	+12.5%
121	Murla	18	0%
123	Alcosser	17	0%
123	Gorga	17	-5.6%
123	Tormos	17	-5.6%
126	Bolulla	14	-17.6%
127	Beniardà	12	0%
128	Alcoleja	11	-8.3%
128	Benifato	11	+10%
130	Benasau	7	-12.5%
130	Millena	7	+16.7%
130	Quatretondeta	7	0%
133	Fageca	6	-14.3%
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	6	+20%
135	Almudaina	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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2014,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2014}},
  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?period=2014. 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 23,597 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Almudaina, with 4 in 2014.

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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.