Municipalities in Almería province by active companies

Almería had the highest active companies of 94 municipalities in 2015, at 11,561. Rágol had the lowest, at 4. The median was 59 and the figure for Almería province was 40,327. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,561Almería

Lowest4Rágol

Median5994 municipalities

Almería province40,327History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Almería	11,561	+2.8%
2	Roquetas de Mar	5,116	+3%
3	El Ejido	4,691	+2.5%
4	Huércal de Almería	1,341	+2.2%
5	Níjar	1,272	+3.5%
6	Adra	1,225	+0.1%
7	Vícar	1,137	+0.9%
8	Huércal-Overa	1,064	+0.5%
9	Vera	1,049	+0.5%
10	Albox	873	+4.1%
11	Cuevas del Almanzora	854	-2.4%
12	Berja	735	+2.1%
13	Mojácar	567	+2.5%
14	Viator	561	+1.6%
15	Pulpí	556	-0.4%
16	Garrucha	513	+3%
17	Carboneras	495	+5.1%
18	Olula del Río	488	-0.6%
19	Vélez-Rubio	442	-0.2%
20	Macael	425	-3.4%
21	La Mojonera	391	+1%
22	Antas	381	-2.3%
23	Tíjola	285	+6.3%
24	Benahadux	236	-6%
25	Alhama de Almería	226	+1.3%
26	Turre	199	+1.5%
27	Sorbas	194	+2.6%
28	Cantoria	189	-3.6%
28	Pechina	189	-3.1%
30	Los Gallardos	181	0%
31	Dalías	180	0%
32	Fines	176	+4.8%
33	Tabernas	172	+0.6%
34	Arboleas	162	+3.8%
35	Serón	115	+7.5%
36	Gádor	112	+1.8%
37	Laujar de Andarax	111	0%
38	Oria	105	+6.1%
38	Zurgena	105	+9.4%
40	Vélez-Blanco	94	-1.1%
41	Purchena	93	-7%
42	Fiñana	84	-2.3%
43	Chirivel	74	0%
44	María	71	-4.1%
45	Abrucena	65	+1.6%
46	Lubrín	62	+8.8%
47	Canjáyar	60	+5.3%
48	Abla	57	-3.4%
48	Uleila del Campo	57	+3.6%
50	Rioja	55	-1.8%
51	Gérgal	50	+6.4%
52	Alhabia	48	-2%
53	Bédar	47	+6.8%
54	Taberno	44	+2.3%
55	Alcolea	38	+2.7%
56	Albanchez	37	+12.1%
57	Fondón	36	+5.9%
58	Lúcar	35	0%
59	Alcóntar	31	-6.1%
59	Instinción	31	+6.9%
61	Alboloduy	28	+21.7%
62	Huécija	27	-3.6%
63	Partaloa	25	0%
64	Felix	24	+4.3%
65	Ohanes	22	+10%
66	Armuña de Almanzora	21	+10.5%
66	Lucainena de las Torres	21	-4.5%
68	Íllar	17	+6.3%
69	Bentarique	16	+6.7%
69	Líjar	16	-11.1%
69	Somontín	16	+33.3%
72	Bayárcal	15	-6.3%
72	Nacimiento	15	+7.1%
72	Padules	15	-16.7%
72	Tahal	15	+7.1%
76	Las Tres Villas	14	+75%
76	Santa Fe de Mondújar	14	+16.7%
78	Enix	13	+8.3%
79	Benizalón	12	-7.7%
79	Sierro	12	-7.7%
79	Terque	12	-14.3%
82	Bacares	11	-8.3%
82	Paterna del Río	11	-15.4%
84	Almócita	10	+66.7%
84	Urrácal	10	+25%
86	Alicún	9	0%
86	Chercos	9	-10%
86	Suflí	9	-10%
89	Cóbdar	7	0%
89	Senés	7	+40%
89	Turrillas	7	+16.7%
92	Bayarque	5	0%
93	Laroya	4	0%
93	Rágol	4	-33.3%

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. 6 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 Almería province by active companies, 2015) [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 Almería province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/almeria-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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 Almería province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/almeria-province-municipalities?period=2015.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Almería province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/almeria-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Almería province by active companies, 2015}},
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  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/almeria-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Almería, with 11,561 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Rágol, with 4 in 2015.

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. 6 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.