Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 136 municipalities in 2017, at 25,396. Fageca had the lowest, at 4. The median was 187 and the figure for Alicante province was 135,480. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,396Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Fageca

Median187136 municipalities

Alicante province135,480History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Alacant/Alicante	25,396	+2%
2	Elx/Elche	16,541	+1.5%
3	Torrevieja	5,572	+2.3%
4	Orihuela	5,399	+2.8%
5	Benidorm	5,375	+0.9%
6	Dénia	4,268	+1.8%
7	Elda	3,925	+0.4%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,814	+1.7%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,598	+1%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	2,809	+3%
11	Petrer	2,390	+1.4%
12	Altea	2,305	+2.2%
13	Villena	2,181	+0.9%
14	Crevillent	2,072	+1.2%
15	Santa Pola	2,007	+3.1%
16	el Campello	2,006	0%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	1,968	+0.4%
18	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,928	+2.6%
19	Calp	1,909	+1.5%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,869	+1.5%
21	Ibi	1,765	-0.8%
22	Novelda	1,742	-0.7%
23	Mutxamel	1,667	+0.2%
24	Almoradí	1,386	+0.8%
25	Aspe	1,345	+3.1%
26	Teulada	1,330	+1.7%
27	la Nucia	1,326	+2.9%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,166	+2%
29	Benissa	1,160	+2.5%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,132	+0.5%
31	Callosa de Segura	1,009	+1.4%
32	Cocentaina	992	+3.7%
33	Rojales	858	+2.6%
34	Castalla	838	+2.7%
35	Albatera	798	-0.7%
36	Muro de Alcoy	784	+1.4%
37	Pego	781	+1.8%
38	Cox	754	+3.7%
39	Monòver/Monóvar	725	+0.7%
40	Pedreguer	675	+5.3%
41	Ondara	622	+3.7%
42	Sax	600	+0.2%
43	Onil	582	+0.9%
44	Catral	578	+5.9%
45	Finestrat	576	+2.5%
46	el Pinós/Pinoso	550	+3.2%
47	Banyeres de Mariola	545	-0.4%
48	Callosa d'en Sarrià	542	+4.2%
49	Monforte del Cid	534	+1.9%
50	Dolores	522	+2.4%
51	Gata de Gorgos	510	+2%
52	Bigastro	476	+0.8%
52	Redován	476	+1.3%
54	Los Montesinos	431	+5.1%
55	Xixona/Jijona	423	+1.2%
56	San Miguel de Salinas	416	+3.2%
57	San Fulgencio	403	+11.9%
58	el Verger	365	+4%
59	Benejúzar	362	-1.6%
60	Agost	328	-5.2%
61	Polop	327	+3.8%
62	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	324	+0.6%
63	Biar	293	+1%
64	Xaló	263	+2.3%
65	Rafal	258	+6.2%
66	Formentera del Segura	242	+5.2%
67	Benijófar	218	+0.5%
68	Jacarilla	188	0%
69	Algorfa	185	+6.3%
70	Granja de Rocamora	182	+7.1%
71	els Poblets	181	-7.2%
72	Busot	178	-3.8%
73	San Isidro	171	+1.2%
74	Beniarbeig	170	+3.7%
75	la Romana	160	+10.3%
76	Orba	150	+9.5%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	133	+11.8%
78	Beneixama	128	-2.3%
79	Daya Nueva	116	-4.1%
80	Salinas	95	+5.6%
81	Cañada	92	+1.1%
82	Tibi	91	-2.2%
83	Algueña	90	-7.2%
83	Benferri	90	+4.7%
85	Benidoleig	85	-5.6%
86	Alcalalí	82	+2.5%
87	Beniarrés	76	+13.4%
88	Parcent	69	0%
89	Llíber	61	+5.2%
90	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	60	+9.1%
91	Benimantell	58	-1.7%
92	Aigües	55	-1.8%
92	Hondón de los Frailes	55	+5.8%
94	la Vall de Laguar	52	+13%
94	Senija	52	+6.1%
96	Sanet y Negrals	45	+2.3%
97	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	43	-6.5%
98	el Castell de Guadalest	42	+7.7%
98	Orxeta	42	-2.3%
100	Planes	41	+10.8%
100	Relleu	41	+2.5%
102	la Vall de Gallinera	40	+8.1%
102	Tàrbena	40	-4.8%
104	Agres	39	+2.6%
104	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	39	+25.8%
104	Sella	39	-7.1%
107	Benilloba	38	-7.3%
107	Benimeli	38	+15.2%
109	l'Orxa/Lorcha	37	0%
110	Daya Vieja	34	+9.7%
111	Benimarfull	33	+10%
112	Gaianes	31	+10.7%
113	Castell de Castells	29	-6.5%
114	Benigembla	28	+21.7%
115	Alfafara	27	-6.9%
115	l'Atzúbia	27	+8%
115	Sagra	27	0%
118	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	24	+20%
119	Tormos	20	+5.3%
120	Alcosser	19	+5.6%
120	Murla	19	+5.6%
120	Penàguila	19	+5.6%
123	Gorga	16	+6.7%
123	la Vall d'Ebo	16	0%
125	Bolulla	15	+15.4%
126	Confrides	14	+7.7%
127	Beniardà	11	+10%
128	Alcoleja	9	+28.6%
128	Benifato	9	-18.2%
130	Quatretondeta	8	+14.3%
131	Benasau	7	0%
131	Millena	7	+16.7%
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	5	0%
134	Almudaina	4	0%
134	Benimassot	4	n/a
134	Fageca	4	-20%

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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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 25,396 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fageca, with 4 in 2017.

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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. 3 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.