Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 135 municipalities in 2021, at 26,991. Almudaina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 242 and the figure for Alicante province was 144,573. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,991Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Almudaina

Median242135 municipalities

Alicante province144,573History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Alacant/Alicante	26,991	-1%
2	Elx/Elche	17,704	-0.3%
3	Torrevieja	6,199	-1.6%
4	Orihuela	5,986	-0.7%
5	Benidorm	5,493	-2%
6	Dénia	4,666	+0.2%
7	Elda	3,922	-1.9%
8	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,912	-0.4%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,661	-1.6%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,206	+1.6%
11	Petrer	2,405	-0.3%
12	Altea	2,383	-2.3%
13	Santa Pola	2,328	+1.9%
14	el Campello	2,251	+0.4%
15	Villena	2,243	-2.1%
16	Calp	2,103	+0.9%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,098	-3%
18	Crevillent	2,086	-1.2%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	2,062	-1.6%
20	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,935	-2.3%
21	Ibi	1,867	-0.4%
22	Mutxamel	1,830	-1%
23	Novelda	1,694	-1.9%
24	Teulada	1,489	+2.7%
25	la Nucia	1,484	+0.6%
26	Almoradí	1,468	-1.5%
27	Aspe	1,438	+1%
28	Pilar de la Horadada	1,362	+2.8%
29	Benissa	1,286	+2.1%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,263	-1%
31	Callosa de Segura	1,057	+0.2%
32	Rojales	1,039	+3.7%
33	Cocentaina	987	-1.5%
34	Castalla	854	-3.6%
35	Albatera	847	-0.2%
36	Pego	833	+2.7%
37	Muro de Alcoy	815	-1.8%
38	Pedreguer	735	+0.7%
39	Cox	732	-0.4%
40	Monòver/Monóvar	722	-2.2%
41	Ondara	695	+1.2%
42	Finestrat	661	-1.6%
43	Catral	620	-1.6%
44	Onil	585	-1.2%
45	Callosa d'en Sarrià	575	-2%
46	el Pinós/Pinoso	569	-1.4%
46	Sax	569	-1.7%
48	Dolores	553	+0.4%
49	Monforte del Cid	550	+2.6%
50	Gata de Gorgos	547	+3.6%
51	Banyeres de Mariola	539	-1.8%
52	Bigastro	523	+0.8%
53	San Miguel de Salinas	515	+2.4%
54	Redován	503	+2.4%
55	San Fulgencio	484	-1.8%
56	Los Montesinos	433	-0.5%
56	Xixona/Jijona	433	-2.5%
58	el Verger	397	-3.2%
58	Polop	397	0%
60	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	389	+3.5%
61	Benejúzar	358	+1.7%
62	Agost	334	-0.3%
63	Biar	301	-0.3%
64	Xaló	287	+7.5%
65	Rafal	283	-1%
66	Formentera del Segura	262	+0.8%
67	Benijófar	261	+7%
68	Algorfa	242	+7.1%
69	Granja de Rocamora	206	+0.5%
70	Busot	196	+1%
71	els Poblets	191	+4.4%
72	Beniarbeig	187	+2.7%
73	Orba	186	-8.4%
74	Jacarilla	185	-4.1%
75	San Isidro	175	+0.6%
76	la Romana	157	-3.7%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	145	+4.3%
78	Beneixama	126	-3.8%
79	Daya Nueva	123	-10.2%
80	Benferri	113	+2.7%
81	Alcalalí	102	+3%
82	Salinas	100	-3.8%
83	Tibi	99	0%
84	Cañada	91	-8.1%
85	Benidoleig	90	+2.3%
86	Parcent	87	-1.1%
87	Algueña	84	-2.3%
88	Llíber	80	+1.3%
89	Beniarrés	73	+2.8%
90	Aigües	71	+2.9%
91	Hondón de los Frailes	65	-4.4%
92	Relleu	59	+3.5%
93	la Vall de Laguar	58	-6.5%
94	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	57	-6.6%
95	Benimantell	56	-3.4%
96	Senija	55	+7.8%
97	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	50	+4.2%
97	Sanet y Negrals	50	-5.7%
99	Benilloba	46	+17.9%
100	Daya Vieja	43	+7.5%
101	Benimeli	42	+2.4%
101	Sella	42	+10.5%
101	Tàrbena	42	-2.3%
104	Benigembla	41	+5.1%
104	el Castell de Guadalest	41	-6.8%
104	Gaianes	41	+5.1%
104	Orxeta	41	-8.9%
108	l'Atzúbia	40	+5.3%
109	Planes	38	+5.6%
110	Agres	37	+2.8%
111	la Vall de Gallinera	35	-14.6%
112	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	34	0%
113	l'Orxa/Lorcha	31	0%
114	Alfafara	30	+3.4%
114	Benimarfull	30	-9.1%
116	Castell de Castells	26	+18.2%
116	Sagra	26	-3.7%
118	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	22	0%
119	Alcosser	20	+5.3%
119	Bolulla	20	0%
121	la Vall d'Ebo	19	0%
121	Murla	19	0%
123	Gorga	17	0%
123	Penàguila	17	0%
125	Tormos	16	-5.9%
126	Beniardà	14	0%
127	Confrides	13	0%
128	Benifato	12	+33.3%
129	Alcoleja	10	0%
130	Benasau	9	+12.5%
131	Quatretondeta	7	-12.5%
132	Millena	6	-33.3%
133	Fageca	5	+25%
133	la Vall d'Alcalà	5	0%
135	Almudaina	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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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 26,991 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Almudaina, with 4 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2021 and are not ranked.