Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 136 municipalities in 2019, at 26,712. Balones had the lowest, at 4. The median was 199 and the figure for Alicante province was 142,933. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,712Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Balones

Median199136 municipalities

Alicante province142,933History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Alacant/Alicante	26,712	+2.6%
2	Elx/Elche	17,470	+2.7%
3	Torrevieja	6,131	+4.8%
4	Orihuela	5,907	+4.5%
5	Benidorm	5,534	+0.4%
6	Dénia	4,531	+3.5%
7	Elda	3,942	+0.9%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,917	+2.6%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,688	+1.7%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,100	+5.8%
11	Petrer	2,395	+0.5%
12	Altea	2,362	+1.6%
13	Villena	2,248	+0.7%
14	el Campello	2,223	+8.2%
15	Santa Pola	2,218	+5.1%
16	Crevillent	2,101	-0.9%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,092	+3.9%
18	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,063	+3.6%
19	Calp	2,061	+4.2%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,941	+0.6%
21	Ibi	1,833	+3.3%
22	Mutxamel	1,820	+5%
23	Novelda	1,743	-0.9%
24	Almoradí	1,499	+5.1%
25	Teulada	1,441	+4.1%
26	la Nucia	1,401	+2.3%
27	Aspe	1,376	+0.8%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,291	+4.3%
29	Guardamar del Segura	1,248	+4.6%
30	Benissa	1,217	+2.9%
31	Callosa de Segura	1,024	0%
32	Cocentaina	999	-0.1%
33	Rojales	940	+2.8%
34	Castalla	871	+3.4%
35	Pego	842	+5.8%
36	Albatera	841	+2.6%
37	Muro de Alcoy	840	+2.7%
38	Monòver/Monóvar	756	+4.6%
39	Cox	742	-0.8%
40	Pedreguer	727	+4%
41	Ondara	679	+7.6%
42	Finestrat	635	+3.9%
43	Catral	621	+4.4%
44	Onil	610	+3.4%
45	Callosa d'en Sarrià	576	+2.5%
46	Sax	571	-1.2%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	552	-0.4%
48	Banyeres de Mariola	546	-0.9%
49	Dolores	535	+3.7%
49	Monforte del Cid	535	+0.6%
51	Gata de Gorgos	523	+4.6%
52	Bigastro	511	+4.1%
53	Redován	503	+6.1%
54	San Miguel de Salinas	481	+7.4%
55	San Fulgencio	474	+12.9%
56	Los Montesinos	459	+5%
57	Xixona/Jijona	430	+0.9%
58	el Verger	392	+4.5%
59	Polop	370	+8.2%
60	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	357	+5.6%
61	Benejúzar	346	-3.4%
62	Agost	327	-0.6%
63	Biar	304	+0.3%
64	Rafal	290	+5.8%
65	Xaló	274	+5%
66	Formentera del Segura	258	+2.8%
67	Benijófar	243	0%
68	Algorfa	201	-1%
69	Granja de Rocamora	197	+4.8%
70	Busot	195	+10.8%
71	Jacarilla	194	-1.5%
72	Orba	187	+14.7%
73	els Poblets	186	-2.6%
74	Beniarbeig	179	+2.3%
75	San Isidro	178	+2.3%
76	la Romana	170	+2.4%
77	Daya Nueva	136	+3%
78	Beneixama	134	+2.3%
79	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	126	-6.7%
80	Benferri	109	+17.2%
81	Tibi	105	+6.1%
82	Salinas	104	-1.9%
83	Cañada	96	0%
84	Alcalalí	91	+5.8%
85	Benidoleig	89	-2.2%
86	Algueña	87	+6.1%
87	Parcent	80	+9.6%
88	Beniarrés	72	+1.4%
88	Llíber	72	+10.8%
90	Aigües	64	+10.3%
91	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	61	-6.2%
92	la Vall de Laguar	60	-1.6%
93	Hondón de los Frailes	59	+13.5%
94	Benimantell	55	-11.3%
95	Relleu	54	+10.2%
96	Senija	52	-10.3%
97	Sanet y Negrals	50	+6.4%
98	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	47	+17.5%
99	Orxeta	46	+7%
100	Daya Vieja	44	+18.9%
100	Tàrbena	44	+7.3%
102	el Castell de Guadalest	43	+4.9%
103	Benilloba	41	-6.8%
104	Benimeli	40	+8.1%
105	Agres	39	+8.3%
105	Benigembla	39	+25.8%
105	Sella	39	-7.1%
108	Gaianes	37	+15.6%
109	l'Atzúbia	36	+9.1%
109	Planes	36	-10%
111	l'Orxa/Lorcha	35	-2.8%
111	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	35	-2.8%
111	la Vall de Gallinera	35	-7.9%
114	Benimarfull	32	+6.7%
115	Sagra	26	0%
116	Castell de Castells	25	-16.7%
117	Alfafara	22	-12%
117	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	22	-8.3%
119	Tormos	21	+10.5%
120	Bolulla	20	-4.8%
120	Gorga	20	+11.1%
122	Murla	19	+18.8%
123	Alcosser	18	0%
123	la Vall d'Ebo	18	+28.6%
125	Penàguila	17	+6.3%
126	Confrides	14	0%
127	Beniardà	12	+20%
128	Benasau	11	+57.1%
128	Benifato	11	+37.5%
130	Alcoleja	10	0%
131	Quatretondeta	9	+12.5%
132	Millena	7	-12.5%
133	Almudaina	5	+25%
133	Fageca	5	0%
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	5	+25%
136	Balones	4	n/a

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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 26,712 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Balones, with 4 in 2019.

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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 2019 and are not ranked.