Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 135 municipalities in 2016, at 24,886. Almudaina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 195 and the figure for Alicante province was 133,124. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest24,886Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Almudaina

Median195135 municipalities

Alicante province133,124History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Alacant/Alicante	24,886	+2.1%
2	Elx/Elche	16,298	+3.8%
3	Torrevieja	5,446	+1%
4	Benidorm	5,326	+0.1%
5	Orihuela	5,251	+1.9%
6	Dénia	4,191	+1.6%
7	Elda	3,911	+2.1%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,751	+1%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,564	+2.7%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	2,727	+1%
11	Petrer	2,356	+0.6%
12	Altea	2,256	+0.9%
13	Villena	2,162	+1.4%
14	Crevillent	2,048	+4.4%
15	el Campello	2,005	+1.7%
16	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,961	+1.3%
17	Santa Pola	1,947	+4.9%
18	Calp	1,880	+2.6%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,879	+3.2%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,841	+1.9%
21	Ibi	1,780	+0.8%
22	Novelda	1,754	+0.3%
23	Mutxamel	1,663	+3.6%
24	Almoradí	1,375	+2.5%
25	Teulada	1,308	+1.6%
26	Aspe	1,305	+3.3%
27	la Nucia	1,289	+1.7%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,143	+2.1%
29	Benissa	1,132	+1.1%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,126	+4.5%
31	Callosa de Segura	995	+3%
32	Cocentaina	957	-0.5%
33	Rojales	836	+6.6%
34	Castalla	816	+1.4%
35	Albatera	804	+1.3%
36	Muro de Alcoy	773	+3.1%
37	Pego	767	+0.3%
38	Cox	727	+3%
39	Monòver/Monóvar	720	+1.7%
40	Pedreguer	641	-0.8%
41	Ondara	600	-1.3%
42	Sax	599	+1.2%
43	Onil	577	-1.4%
44	Finestrat	562	+2.6%
45	Banyeres de Mariola	547	-1.6%
46	Catral	546	+1.5%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	533	+0.9%
48	Monforte del Cid	524	+1.6%
49	Callosa d'en Sarrià	520	+1.2%
50	Dolores	510	+8.1%
51	Gata de Gorgos	500	+3.3%
52	Bigastro	472	+2.2%
53	Redován	470	+6.1%
54	Xixona/Jijona	418	-0.2%
55	Los Montesinos	410	+4.6%
56	San Miguel de Salinas	403	+7.8%
57	Benejúzar	368	+3.7%
58	San Fulgencio	360	+1.4%
59	el Verger	351	+2%
60	Agost	346	+3.9%
61	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	322	+3.9%
62	Polop	315	+5%
63	Biar	290	+2.5%
64	Xaló	257	0%
65	Rafal	243	-7.3%
66	Formentera del Segura	230	+1.8%
67	Benijófar	217	-0.9%
68	els Poblets	195	+8.9%
69	Jacarilla	188	0%
70	Busot	185	+6.9%
71	Algorfa	174	+7.4%
72	Granja de Rocamora	170	-2.9%
73	San Isidro	169	-2.3%
74	Beniarbeig	164	+1.2%
75	la Romana	145	-2.7%
76	Orba	137	-1.4%
77	Beneixama	131	-0.8%
78	Daya Nueva	121	+6.1%
79	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	119	+7.2%
80	Algueña	97	-3%
81	Tibi	93	-2.1%
82	Cañada	91	-4.2%
83	Benidoleig	90	+2.3%
83	Salinas	90	+2.3%
85	Benferri	86	+11.7%
86	Alcalalí	80	-1.2%
87	Parcent	69	-2.8%
88	Beniarrés	67	-1.5%
89	Benimantell	59	+7.3%
90	Llíber	58	+9.4%
91	Aigües	56	+9.8%
92	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	55	-6.8%
93	Hondón de los Frailes	52	-10.3%
94	Senija	49	-14%
95	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	46	+17.9%
95	la Vall de Laguar	46	+9.5%
97	Sanet y Negrals	44	+15.8%
98	Orxeta	43	-2.3%
99	Sella	42	+5%
99	Tàrbena	42	+13.5%
101	Benilloba	41	0%
102	Relleu	40	+5.3%
103	el Castell de Guadalest	39	+8.3%
104	Agres	38	-5%
105	l'Orxa/Lorcha	37	-5.1%
105	la Vall de Gallinera	37	-9.8%
105	Planes	37	-5.1%
108	Benimeli	33	+3.1%
109	Castell de Castells	31	+6.9%
109	Daya Vieja	31	-8.8%
109	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	31	-8.8%
112	Benimarfull	30	+7.1%
113	Alfafara	29	0%
114	Gaianes	28	+7.7%
115	Sagra	27	+3.8%
116	l'Atzúbia	25	-13.8%
117	Benigembla	23	+15%
118	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	20	-9.1%
119	Tormos	19	+18.8%
120	Alcosser	18	+12.5%
120	Murla	18	-14.3%
120	Penàguila	18	-5.3%
123	la Vall d'Ebo	16	-15.8%
124	Gorga	15	-6.3%
125	Bolulla	13	-7.1%
125	Confrides	13	-13.3%
127	Benifato	11	+10%
128	Beniardà	10	-9.1%
129	Alcoleja	7	-30%
129	Benasau	7	+40%
129	Quatretondeta	7	-12.5%
132	Millena	6	-14.3%
133	Fageca	5	n/a
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	5	-28.6%
135	Almudaina	4	-33.3%

Other periods

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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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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 24,886 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Almudaina, with 4 in 2016.

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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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.