Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 135 municipalities in 2018, at 26,042. La Vall d'Alcalà had the lowest, at 4. The median was 203 and the figure for Alicante province was 138,964. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,042Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4la Vall d'Alcalà

Median203135 municipalities

Alicante province138,964History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Alacant/Alicante	26,042	+2.5%
2	Elx/Elche	17,016	+2.9%
3	Torrevieja	5,851	+5%
4	Orihuela	5,650	+4.6%
5	Benidorm	5,511	+2.5%
6	Dénia	4,378	+2.6%
7	Elda	3,908	-0.4%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,817	+0.1%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,627	+0.8%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	2,931	+4.3%
11	Petrer	2,382	-0.3%
12	Altea	2,324	+0.8%
13	Villena	2,232	+2.3%
14	Crevillent	2,121	+2.4%
15	Santa Pola	2,110	+5.1%
16	el Campello	2,054	+2.4%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,014	+2.3%
18	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,991	+3.3%
19	Calp	1,977	+3.6%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,930	+3.3%
21	Ibi	1,774	+0.5%
22	Novelda	1,758	+0.9%
23	Mutxamel	1,734	+4%
24	Almoradí	1,426	+2.9%
25	Teulada	1,384	+4.1%
26	la Nucia	1,369	+3.2%
27	Aspe	1,365	+1.5%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,238	+6.2%
29	Guardamar del Segura	1,193	+5.4%
30	Benissa	1,183	+2%
31	Callosa de Segura	1,024	+1.5%
32	Cocentaina	1,000	+0.8%
33	Rojales	914	+6.5%
34	Castalla	842	+0.5%
35	Albatera	820	+2.8%
36	Muro de Alcoy	818	+4.3%
37	Pego	796	+1.9%
38	Cox	748	-0.8%
39	Monòver/Monóvar	723	-0.3%
40	Pedreguer	699	+3.6%
41	Ondara	631	+1.4%
42	Finestrat	611	+6.1%
43	Catral	595	+2.9%
44	Onil	590	+1.4%
45	Sax	578	-3.7%
46	Callosa d'en Sarrià	562	+3.7%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	554	+0.7%
48	Banyeres de Mariola	551	+1.1%
49	Monforte del Cid	532	-0.4%
50	Dolores	516	-1.1%
51	Gata de Gorgos	500	-2%
52	Bigastro	491	+3.2%
53	Redován	474	-0.4%
54	San Miguel de Salinas	448	+7.7%
55	Los Montesinos	437	+1.4%
56	Xixona/Jijona	426	+0.7%
57	San Fulgencio	420	+4.2%
58	el Verger	375	+2.7%
59	Benejúzar	358	-1.1%
60	Polop	342	+4.6%
61	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	338	+4.3%
62	Agost	329	+0.3%
63	Biar	303	+3.4%
64	Rafal	274	+6.2%
65	Xaló	261	-0.8%
66	Formentera del Segura	251	+3.7%
67	Benijófar	243	+11.5%
68	Algorfa	203	+9.7%
69	Jacarilla	197	+4.8%
70	els Poblets	191	+5.5%
71	Granja de Rocamora	188	+3.3%
72	Busot	176	-1.1%
73	Beniarbeig	175	+2.9%
74	San Isidro	174	+1.8%
75	la Romana	166	+3.8%
76	Orba	163	+8.7%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	135	+1.5%
78	Daya Nueva	132	+13.8%
79	Beneixama	131	+2.3%
80	Salinas	106	+11.6%
81	Tibi	99	+8.8%
82	Cañada	96	+4.3%
83	Benferri	93	+3.3%
84	Benidoleig	91	+7.1%
85	Alcalalí	86	+4.9%
86	Algueña	82	-8.9%
87	Parcent	73	+5.8%
88	Beniarrés	71	-6.6%
89	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	65	+8.3%
89	Llíber	65	+6.6%
91	Benimantell	62	+6.9%
92	la Vall de Laguar	61	+17.3%
93	Aigües	58	+5.5%
93	Senija	58	+11.5%
95	Hondón de los Frailes	52	-5.5%
96	Relleu	49	+19.5%
97	Sanet y Negrals	47	+4.4%
98	Benilloba	44	+15.8%
99	Orxeta	43	+2.4%
100	Sella	42	+7.7%
101	el Castell de Guadalest	41	-2.4%
101	Tàrbena	41	+2.5%
103	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	40	-7%
103	Planes	40	-2.4%
105	la Vall de Gallinera	38	-5%
106	Benimeli	37	-2.6%
106	Daya Vieja	37	+8.8%
108	Agres	36	-7.7%
108	l'Orxa/Lorcha	36	-2.7%
108	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	36	-7.7%
111	l'Atzúbia	33	+22.2%
112	Gaianes	32	+3.2%
113	Benigembla	31	+10.7%
114	Benimarfull	30	-9.1%
114	Castell de Castells	30	+3.4%
116	Sagra	26	-3.7%
117	Alfafara	25	-7.4%
118	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	24	0%
119	Bolulla	21	+40%
120	Tormos	19	-5%
121	Alcosser	18	-5.3%
121	Gorga	18	+12.5%
123	Murla	16	-15.8%
123	Penàguila	16	-15.8%
125	Confrides	14	0%
125	la Vall d'Ebo	14	-12.5%
127	Alcoleja	10	+11.1%
127	Beniardà	10	-9.1%
129	Benifato	8	-11.1%
129	Millena	8	+14.3%
129	Quatretondeta	8	0%
132	Benasau	7	0%
133	Fageca	5	+25%
134	Almudaina	4	0%
134	la Vall d'Alcalà	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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 26,042 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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La Vall d'Alcalà, with 4 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.