Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 134 municipalities in 2015, at 24,384. Benasau had the lowest, at 5. The median was 204 and the figure for Alicante province was 130,438. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest24,384Alacant/Alicante

Lowest5Benasau

Median204134 municipalities

Alicante province130,438History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Alacant/Alicante	24,384	+3.3%
2	Elx/Elche	15,708	+4.6%
3	Torrevieja	5,390	+4.3%
4	Benidorm	5,323	-2.2%
5	Orihuela	5,151	+4.3%
6	Dénia	4,126	+4%
7	Elda	3,832	-0.2%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,714	+2.8%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,470	+5.3%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	2,700	+5.3%
11	Petrer	2,341	+5.4%
12	Altea	2,236	-1.8%
13	Villena	2,133	+2.7%
14	el Campello	1,972	+7.2%
15	Crevillent	1,962	+3.2%
16	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,935	+4.9%
17	Santa Pola	1,856	+4.9%
18	Calp	1,832	-0.4%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,821	+4.6%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,806	-4.4%
21	Ibi	1,766	+4.3%
22	Novelda	1,748	+4.5%
23	Mutxamel	1,605	+5.5%
24	Almoradí	1,341	+5.2%
25	Teulada	1,288	+5.9%
26	la Nucia	1,267	-2.1%
27	Aspe	1,263	+2.1%
28	Benissa	1,120	-0.4%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,120	+2.8%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,077	+3.4%
31	Callosa de Segura	966	+2.1%
32	Cocentaina	962	+2.8%
33	Castalla	805	+7.8%
34	Albatera	794	+2.2%
35	Rojales	784	+4.7%
36	Pego	765	+3.8%
37	Muro de Alcoy	750	+3.2%
38	Monòver/Monóvar	708	+5%
39	Cox	706	+2.5%
40	Pedreguer	646	+2.5%
41	Ondara	608	+1.5%
42	Sax	592	+2.6%
43	Onil	585	+2.3%
44	Banyeres de Mariola	556	+6.1%
45	Finestrat	548	+4%
46	Catral	538	+9.3%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	528	+9.8%
48	Monforte del Cid	516	+3.6%
49	Callosa d'en Sarrià	514	+0.4%
50	Gata de Gorgos	484	+2.1%
51	Dolores	472	+1.7%
52	Bigastro	462	+1.3%
53	Redován	443	-1.1%
54	Xixona/Jijona	419	+1.5%
55	Los Montesinos	392	+1.6%
56	San Miguel de Salinas	374	+1.6%
57	Benejúzar	355	+3.2%
57	San Fulgencio	355	+7.6%
59	el Verger	344	+4.6%
60	Agost	333	+1.2%
61	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	310	+12.3%
62	Polop	300	+0.3%
63	Biar	283	+6.8%
64	Rafal	262	+7.4%
65	Xaló	257	+2.8%
66	Formentera del Segura	226	+13%
67	Benijófar	219	+1.4%
68	Jacarilla	188	+7.4%
69	els Poblets	179	+1.7%
70	Granja de Rocamora	175	-6.4%
71	Busot	173	+7.5%
71	San Isidro	173	+8.1%
73	Algorfa	162	+5.9%
73	Beniarbeig	162	+13.3%
75	la Romana	149	0%
76	Orba	139	+10.3%
77	Beneixama	132	0%
78	Daya Nueva	114	+2.7%
79	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	111	0%
80	Algueña	100	+5.3%
81	Cañada	95	+3.3%
81	Tibi	95	0%
83	Benidoleig	88	-9.3%
83	Salinas	88	+10%
85	Alcalalí	81	+11%
86	Benferri	77	+5.5%
87	Parcent	71	+4.4%
88	Beniarrés	68	+1.5%
89	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	59	-3.3%
90	Hondón de los Frailes	58	+5.5%
91	Senija	57	+7.5%
92	Benimantell	55	0%
93	Llíber	53	-3.6%
94	Aigües	51	-3.8%
95	Orxeta	44	-8.3%
96	la Vall de Laguar	42	-4.5%
97	Benilloba	41	+2.5%
97	la Vall de Gallinera	41	+5.1%
99	Agres	40	-18.4%
99	Sella	40	+8.1%
101	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	39	+8.3%
101	l'Orxa/Lorcha	39	-2.5%
101	Planes	39	+18.2%
104	Relleu	38	-7.3%
104	Sanet y Negrals	38	+2.7%
106	Tàrbena	37	-5.1%
107	el Castell de Guadalest	36	-2.7%
108	Daya Vieja	34	+17.2%
108	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	34	-2.9%
110	Benimeli	32	+28%
111	Alfafara	29	+3.6%
111	Castell de Castells	29	+11.5%
111	l'Atzúbia	29	-12.1%
114	Benimarfull	28	-6.7%
115	Gaianes	26	0%
115	Sagra	26	0%
117	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	22	+15.8%
118	Murla	21	+16.7%
119	Benigembla	20	0%
120	la Vall d'Ebo	19	0%
120	Penàguila	19	0%
122	Alcosser	16	-5.9%
122	Gorga	16	-5.9%
122	Tormos	16	-5.9%
125	Confrides	15	-16.7%
126	Bolulla	14	0%
127	Beniardà	11	-8.3%
128	Alcoleja	10	-9.1%
128	Benifato	10	-9.1%
130	Quatretondeta	8	+14.3%
131	la Vall d'Alcalà	7	+16.7%
131	Millena	7	0%
133	Almudaina	6	+50%
134	Benasau	5	-28.6%

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. 5 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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 24,384 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Benasau, with 5 in 2015.

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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. 5 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.