Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 135 municipalities in 2020, at 27,265. Fageca had the lowest, at 4. The median was 226 and the figure for Alicante province was 145,431. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest27,265Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Fageca

Median226135 municipalities

Alicante province145,431History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Alacant/Alicante	27,265	+2.1%
2	Elx/Elche	17,752	+1.6%
3	Torrevieja	6,298	+2.7%
4	Orihuela	6,031	+2.1%
5	Benidorm	5,607	+1.3%
6	Dénia	4,656	+2.8%
7	Elda	3,999	+1.4%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,927	+0.3%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,722	+0.9%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,156	+1.8%
11	Altea	2,438	+3.2%
12	Petrer	2,413	+0.8%
13	Villena	2,291	+1.9%
14	Santa Pola	2,285	+3%
15	el Campello	2,243	+0.9%
16	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,162	+3.3%
17	Crevillent	2,112	+0.5%
18	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,096	+1.6%
19	Calp	2,085	+1.2%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,980	+2%
21	Ibi	1,875	+2.3%
22	Mutxamel	1,849	+1.6%
23	Novelda	1,727	-0.9%
24	Almoradí	1,491	-0.5%
25	la Nucia	1,475	+5.3%
26	Teulada	1,450	+0.6%
27	Aspe	1,424	+3.5%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,325	+2.6%
29	Guardamar del Segura	1,276	+2.2%
30	Benissa	1,259	+3.5%
31	Callosa de Segura	1,055	+3%
32	Cocentaina	1,002	+0.3%
32	Rojales	1,002	+6.6%
34	Castalla	886	+1.7%
35	Albatera	849	+1%
36	Muro de Alcoy	830	-1.2%
37	Pego	811	-3.7%
38	Monòver/Monóvar	738	-2.4%
39	Cox	735	-0.9%
40	Pedreguer	730	+0.4%
41	Ondara	687	+1.2%
42	Finestrat	672	+5.8%
43	Catral	630	+1.4%
44	Onil	592	-3%
45	Callosa d'en Sarrià	587	+1.9%
46	Sax	579	+1.4%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	577	+4.5%
48	Dolores	551	+3%
49	Banyeres de Mariola	549	+0.5%
50	Monforte del Cid	536	+0.2%
51	Gata de Gorgos	528	+1%
52	Bigastro	519	+1.6%
53	San Miguel de Salinas	503	+4.6%
54	San Fulgencio	493	+4%
55	Redován	491	-2.4%
56	Xixona/Jijona	444	+3.3%
57	Los Montesinos	435	-5.2%
58	el Verger	410	+4.6%
59	Polop	397	+7.3%
60	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	376	+5.3%
61	Benejúzar	352	+1.7%
62	Agost	335	+2.4%
63	Biar	302	-0.7%
64	Rafal	286	-1.4%
65	Xaló	267	-2.6%
66	Formentera del Segura	260	+0.8%
67	Benijófar	244	+0.4%
68	Algorfa	226	+12.4%
69	Granja de Rocamora	205	+4.1%
70	Orba	203	+8.6%
71	Busot	194	-0.5%
72	Jacarilla	193	-0.5%
73	els Poblets	183	-1.6%
74	Beniarbeig	182	+1.7%
75	San Isidro	174	-2.2%
76	la Romana	163	-4.1%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	139	+10.3%
78	Daya Nueva	137	+0.7%
79	Beneixama	131	-2.2%
80	Benferri	110	+0.9%
81	Salinas	104	0%
82	Alcalalí	99	+8.8%
82	Cañada	99	+3.1%
82	Tibi	99	-5.7%
85	Benidoleig	88	-1.1%
85	Parcent	88	+10%
87	Algueña	86	-1.1%
88	Llíber	79	+9.7%
89	Beniarrés	71	-1.4%
90	Aigües	69	+7.8%
91	Hondón de los Frailes	68	+15.3%
92	la Vall de Laguar	62	+3.3%
93	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	61	0%
94	Benimantell	58	+5.5%
95	Relleu	57	+5.6%
96	Sanet y Negrals	53	+6%
97	Senija	51	-1.9%
98	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	48	+2.1%
99	Orxeta	45	-2.2%
100	el Castell de Guadalest	44	+2.3%
101	Tàrbena	43	-2.3%
102	Benimeli	41	+2.5%
102	la Vall de Gallinera	41	+17.1%
104	Daya Vieja	40	-9.1%
105	Benigembla	39	0%
105	Benilloba	39	-4.9%
105	Gaianes	39	+5.4%
108	l'Atzúbia	38	+5.6%
108	Sella	38	-2.6%
110	Agres	36	-7.7%
110	Planes	36	0%
112	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	34	-2.9%
113	Benimarfull	33	+3.1%
114	l'Orxa/Lorcha	31	-11.4%
115	Alfafara	29	+31.8%
116	Sagra	27	+3.8%
117	Castell de Castells	22	-12%
117	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	22	0%
119	Bolulla	20	0%
120	Alcosser	19	+5.6%
120	la Vall d'Ebo	19	+5.6%
120	Murla	19	0%
123	Gorga	17	-15%
123	Penàguila	17	0%
123	Tormos	17	-19%
126	Beniardà	14	+16.7%
127	Confrides	13	-7.1%
128	Alcoleja	10	0%
129	Benifato	9	-18.2%
129	Millena	9	+28.6%
131	Benasau	8	-27.3%
131	Quatretondeta	8	-11.1%
133	Almudaina	5	0%
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	5	0%
135	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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 27,265 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fageca, with 4 in 2020.

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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 2020 and are not ranked.