Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 138 municipalities in 2023, at 24,587. Balones had the lowest, at 4. The median was 210 and the figure for Alicante province was 136,754. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest24,587Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Balones

Median210138 municipalities

Alicante province136,754History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Alacant/Alicante	24,587	-10.2%
2	Elx/Elche	16,275	-9%
3	Torrevieja	5,895	-7.6%
4	Orihuela	5,569	-8%
5	Benidorm	5,237	-7.9%
6	Dénia	4,514	-5.5%
7	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,665	-6.1%
8	Elda	3,621	-8.5%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,465	-7.2%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,092	-6.5%
11	Santa Pola	2,363	-3.2%
12	Altea	2,321	-6.6%
13	Petrer	2,211	-10.2%
14	el Campello	2,182	-5.5%
15	Villena	2,153	-5.1%
16	Calp	2,108	-3.3%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,027	-5.9%
18	Crevillent	1,958	-7.1%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,893	-10.1%
20	Mutxamel	1,793	-3.6%
21	Ibi	1,758	-7.8%
22	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,734	-11.9%
23	Novelda	1,601	-6.4%
24	la Nucia	1,460	-4.4%
25	Teulada	1,456	-3.2%
26	Pilar de la Horadada	1,425	-0.2%
27	Almoradí	1,406	-4.4%
28	Aspe	1,393	-5.4%
29	Benissa	1,265	-6.8%
30	Guardamar del Segura	1,264	-1.2%
31	Rojales	989	-6.6%
32	Callosa de Segura	983	-7.4%
33	Cocentaina	938	-6.3%
34	Pego	832	-1.3%
35	Castalla	822	-3%
36	Albatera	801	-4.3%
37	Muro de Alcoy	768	-4.6%
38	Finestrat	763	+3.7%
39	Pedreguer	701	-7.2%
40	Cox	695	-6.1%
41	Monòver/Monóvar	686	-6%
42	Ondara	675	-3.7%
43	Catral	582	-10.6%
44	Onil	567	-5.8%
45	Sax	556	-4.1%
46	el Pinós/Pinoso	541	-6.6%
47	Callosa d'en Sarrià	538	-8.7%
48	Banyeres de Mariola	530	-2.8%
49	Monforte del Cid	526	-4.9%
50	Gata de Gorgos	523	-4.7%
51	San Miguel de Salinas	518	-4.4%
52	Dolores	504	-8.7%
53	Bigastro	489	-7%
54	San Fulgencio	469	-7.3%
55	Redován	442	-7.9%
56	Los Montesinos	426	-4.3%
57	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	408	-1.4%
58	Xixona/Jijona	404	-6.7%
59	el Verger	383	-7.3%
60	Polop	374	-7.2%
61	Benejúzar	346	-5.7%
62	Agost	319	-5.6%
63	Biar	305	-5%
64	Xaló	284	-1.4%
65	Benijófar	260	-5.8%
66	Formentera del Segura	258	-10.7%
67	Rafal	234	-14.6%
68	Algorfa	232	-1.7%
69	Beniarbeig	216	+8%
70	els Poblets	203	+6.3%
71	Granja de Rocamora	202	-4.7%
72	Busot	201	-3.4%
73	Orba	191	+1.6%
74	Jacarilla	164	-10.4%
75	San Isidro	161	-9%
76	la Romana	153	-5.6%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	146	-2.7%
78	Daya Nueva	131	+7.4%
79	Beneixama	127	+3.3%
80	Benidoleig	111	+15.6%
81	Alcalalí	108	+4.9%
81	Tibi	108	+17.4%
83	Benferri	103	-8%
84	Cañada	93	+3.3%
84	Salinas	93	-8.8%
86	Llíber	87	-2.2%
87	Algueña	84	+2.4%
87	Parcent	84	-10.6%
89	Aigües	78	+6.8%
90	Beniarrés	71	0%
91	Relleu	69	+11.3%
92	la Vall de Laguar	64	-4.5%
93	Hondón de los Frailes	63	-6%
94	Benimantell	62	+1.6%
95	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	58	0%
96	Sanet y Negrals	55	+7.8%
97	Senija	53	0%
98	Sella	52	+23.8%
99	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	50	-3.8%
99	Orxeta	50	+6.4%
101	el Castell de Guadalest	49	+11.4%
102	Benilloba	46	+7%
103	Planes	45	0%
104	Gaianes	44	+15.8%
105	Benimeli	42	+7.7%
105	Daya Vieja	42	-2.3%
105	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	42	+5%
108	Agres	41	+7.9%
109	Tàrbena	38	-9.5%
110	l'Atzúbia	37	-5.1%
111	Benigembla	35	-14.6%
112	la Vall de Gallinera	34	0%
113	Alfafara	30	0%
113	l'Orxa/Lorcha	30	-9.1%
115	Benimarfull	29	-14.7%
116	Murla	26	+23.8%
116	Sagra	26	+4%
118	Castell de Castells	25	0%
119	Alcosser	23	+21.1%
119	Beniardà	23	+27.8%
121	Bolulla	21	+16.7%
122	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	20	-9.1%
123	Penàguila	19	+18.8%
124	Gorga	16	0%
125	Tormos	14	-6.7%
126	la Vall d'Ebo	11	-35.3%
127	Alcoleja	10	0%
127	Benifato	10	-16.7%
127	Confrides	10	-9.1%
127	la Vall d'Alcalà	10	+25%
131	Benasau	9	0%
131	Millena	9	+50%
133	Fageca	8	0%
134	Almudaina	5	+25%
134	Benillup	5	n/a
134	Benimassot	5	n/a
134	Quatretondeta	5	-16.7%
138	Balones	4	0%

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 24,587 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Balones, with 4 in 2023.

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.