Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies

Alacant/Alicante had the highest active companies of 138 municipalities in 2024, at 25,467. Benillup had the lowest, at 4. The median was 215 and the figure for Alicante province was 140,468. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,467Alacant/Alicante

Lowest4Benillup

Median215138 municipalities

Alicante province140,468History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Alacant/Alicante	25,467	+3.6%
2	Elx/Elche	16,442	+1%
3	Torrevieja	6,406	+8.7%
4	Orihuela	5,864	+5.3%
5	Benidorm	5,360	+2.3%
6	Dénia	4,659	+3.2%
7	Alcoi/Alcoy	3,717	+1.4%
8	Elda	3,588	-0.9%
9	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	3,519	+1.6%
10	Xàbia/Jávea	3,256	+5.3%
11	Santa Pola	2,438	+3.2%
12	Altea	2,377	+2.4%
13	el Campello	2,263	+3.7%
14	Petrer	2,195	-0.7%
15	Calp	2,193	+4%
16	Villena	2,143	-0.5%
17	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	2,117	+4.4%
18	Crevillent	1,991	+1.7%
19	Sant Joan d'Alacant	1,909	+0.8%
20	Mutxamel	1,862	+3.8%
21	l'Alfàs del Pi	1,782	+2.8%
22	Ibi	1,763	+0.3%
23	Novelda	1,618	+1.1%
24	la Nucia	1,531	+4.9%
25	Teulada	1,482	+1.8%
26	Pilar de la Horadada	1,479	+3.8%
27	Almoradí	1,439	+2.3%
28	Aspe	1,412	+1.4%
29	Guardamar del Segura	1,309	+3.6%
30	Benissa	1,287	+1.7%
31	Rojales	1,034	+4.6%
32	Callosa de Segura	969	-1.4%
33	Cocentaina	943	+0.5%
34	Castalla	857	+4.3%
35	Pego	849	+2%
36	Finestrat	809	+6%
37	Albatera	785	-2%
38	Muro de Alcoy	748	-2.6%
39	Pedreguer	731	+4.3%
40	Monòver/Monóvar	716	+4.4%
41	Ondara	675	0%
42	Cox	674	-3%
43	Catral	587	+0.9%
44	Onil	570	+0.5%
45	Monforte del Cid	554	+5.3%
46	Sax	551	-0.9%
47	el Pinós/Pinoso	549	+1.5%
48	Callosa d'en Sarrià	540	+0.4%
49	Gata de Gorgos	538	+2.9%
50	Banyeres de Mariola	536	+1.1%
51	Dolores	513	+1.8%
52	San Miguel de Salinas	510	-1.5%
53	San Fulgencio	504	+7.5%
54	Bigastro	500	+2.2%
55	Los Montesinos	457	+7.3%
56	Redován	453	+2.5%
57	el Poble Nou de Benitatxell/Benitachell	438	+7.4%
58	Xixona/Jijona	409	+1.2%
59	Polop	398	+6.4%
60	el Verger	374	-2.3%
61	Benejúzar	356	+2.9%
62	Agost	327	+2.5%
63	Biar	307	+0.7%
64	Benijófar	284	+9.2%
65	Xaló	281	-1.1%
66	Formentera del Segura	276	+7%
67	Rafal	240	+2.6%
68	Algorfa	232	0%
69	Busot	222	+10.4%
70	Beniarbeig	208	-3.7%
71	Granja de Rocamora	207	+2.5%
72	els Poblets	204	+0.5%
73	Orba	184	-3.7%
74	San Isidro	168	+4.3%
75	la Romana	165	+7.8%
76	Jacarilla	161	-1.8%
77	el Fondó de les Neus/Hondón de las Nieves	151	+3.4%
78	Daya Nueva	140	+6.9%
79	Beneixama	124	-2.4%
80	Tibi	120	+11.1%
81	Benidoleig	109	-1.8%
82	Benferri	106	+2.9%
83	Alcalalí	101	-6.5%
84	Salinas	99	+6.5%
85	Cañada	93	0%
86	Llíber	92	+5.7%
87	Parcent	91	+8.3%
88	Aigües	84	+7.7%
89	Algueña	82	-2.4%
90	Relleu	71	+2.9%
91	Hondón de los Frailes	67	+6.3%
92	Beniarrés	66	-7%
93	la Vall de Laguar	64	0%
94	l'Alqueria d'Asnar	61	+5.2%
95	Sanet y Negrals	58	+5.5%
95	Senija	58	+9.4%
97	Benimantell	57	-8.1%
98	Sella	56	+7.7%
99	el Ràfol d'Almúnia	52	+4%
100	Gaianes	51	+15.9%
101	el Castell de Guadalest	49	0%
101	Orxeta	49	-2%
103	Benilloba	48	+4.3%
104	Daya Vieja	45	+7.1%
105	Planes	44	-2.2%
106	Tàrbena	43	+13.2%
107	Benimeli	42	0%
108	Agres	39	-4.9%
108	l'Atzúbia	39	+5.4%
108	la Torre de les Maçanes/Torremanzanas	39	-7.1%
108	la Vall de Gallinera	39	+14.7%
112	Benigembla	36	+2.9%
113	Alfafara	35	+16.7%
114	l'Orxa/Lorcha	34	+13.3%
115	Benimarfull	32	+10.3%
116	Murla	29	+11.5%
117	Sagra	28	+7.7%
118	Castell de Castells	26	+4%
119	Beniardà	24	+4.3%
119	Penàguila	24	+26.3%
121	Bolulla	22	+4.8%
122	Alcosser	21	-8.7%
123	el Camp de Mirra/Campo de Mirra	20	0%
124	Tormos	17	+21.4%
125	Alcoleja	13	+30%
125	Gorga	13	-18.8%
127	la Vall d'Alcalà	12	+20%
127	la Vall d'Ebo	12	+9.1%
129	Confrides	11	+10%
129	Millena	11	+22.2%
131	Benasau	10	+11.1%
132	Benifato	8	-20%
132	Fageca	8	0%
134	Almudaina	7	+40%
134	Quatretondeta	7	+40%
136	Benimassot	6	+20%
137	Balones	4	0%
137	Benillup	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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/alicante-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_alicante_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Alicante province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 25,467 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Benillup, with 4 in 2024.

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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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.