Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 761 municipalities in 2014, at 46,462. Velefique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 122 and the figure for Andalusia was 468,930. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest46,462Sevilla

Lowest4Velefique

Median122761 municipalities

Andalusia468,930History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Sevilla	46,462	-1.7%
2	Málaga	37,480	+0.7%
3	Córdoba	20,576	+0.5%
4	Granada	17,586	-2.1%
5	Marbella	15,339	+3.7%
6	Almería	11,250	-2.7%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	10,409	-0.5%
8	Huelva	7,244	-2.6%
9	Jaén	6,946	-0.7%
10	Dos Hermanas	6,385	-0.9%
11	Cádiz	5,951	-4.2%
12	Fuengirola	5,510	+2.4%
13	Algeciras	5,424	-0.6%
14	Roquetas de Mar	4,967	-1.9%
15	Mijas	4,935	+3.4%
16	El Puerto de Santa María	4,725	-0.6%
17	Vélez-Málaga	4,714	+0.3%
18	El Ejido	4,575	-1.3%
19	Estepona	4,557	+3%
20	Benalmádena	4,452	+3.1%
21	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,438	+0.8%
22	Torremolinos	4,384	+3%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,096	-0.5%
24	Motril	3,234	-0.5%
25	San Fernando	3,103	-0.2%
26	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,100	-1%
27	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	2,925	+0.1%
28	Lucena	2,738	+0.7%
29	Linares	2,498	-5.5%
30	Rincón de la Victoria	2,492	+2.4%
31	La Línea de la Concepción	2,489	-1.8%
32	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,405	+4.7%
33	Antequera	2,302	+0.9%
34	Úbeda	2,239	+0.2%
35	Utrera	2,234	-2.3%
36	Écija	2,207	-0.8%
37	Ronda	2,121	+0.4%
38	La Rinconada	2,106	-0.4%
39	Andújar	2,056	-0.2%
40	San Roque	1,875	+2%
41	Almuñécar	1,758	+1%
42	Puente Genil	1,657	-1.4%
43	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,629	0%
44	Tomares	1,623	0%
45	Alhaurín el Grande	1,572	+4.7%
46	Nerja	1,546	+0.9%
47	Puerto Real	1,515	+1%
48	Carmona	1,501	-0.3%
49	Baza	1,495	-1.1%
50	Albolote	1,484	+2.2%
51	Lebrija	1,477	-0.3%
52	Montilla	1,472	+1.1%
53	Coria del Río	1,404	+0.3%
54	Rota	1,382	+0.6%
55	Bormujos	1,381	-1.4%
56	Armilla	1,332	-2.1%
57	Camas	1,328	-3.1%
58	Conil de la Frontera	1,315	+4%
59	Huércal de Almería	1,312	-0.7%
60	Coín	1,301	+2%
61	Priego de Córdoba	1,300	-2.4%
62	Alcalá la Real	1,279	-0.8%
63	Guadix	1,231	0%
63	Mairena del Alcor	1,231	+1.5%
65	Níjar	1,229	-2.8%
66	Adra	1,224	-4.2%
67	Lepe	1,223	-1.6%
68	Morón de la Frontera	1,214	-3.4%
69	Arcos de la Frontera	1,192	-1.9%
70	Los Barrios	1,179	+1.4%
71	Martos	1,170	-2%
72	Maracena	1,168	-4.8%
73	Loja	1,166	-1.8%
74	Baena	1,131	+2.8%
74	El Viso del Alcor	1,131	+4.4%
76	Vícar	1,127	+1.8%
77	Cártama	1,112	+4.7%
78	La Zubia	1,088	0%
79	Cabra	1,078	+0.5%
80	Pozoblanco	1,075	+0.7%
81	Atarfe	1,074	+1%
82	Huércal-Overa	1,059	-5.4%
83	Almonte	1,055	-4%
84	Vera	1,044	-3.7%
85	Ayamonte	1,014	-0.9%
86	Bailén	996	-6%
87	Marchena	986	-3.2%
88	Peligros	985	-1.4%
89	Ubrique	969	+0.9%
90	Las Gabias	968	-3.7%
91	Palma del Río	965	-0.2%
91	Tarifa	965	-1%
93	Baeza	961	-2.9%
94	Aljaraque	950	-0.1%
95	Ogíjares	924	+1.4%
96	Santa Fe	920	+0.1%
97	Barbate	913	+0.8%
98	Torrox	909	+1.3%
99	Arahal	877	+3.3%
100	Cuevas del Almanzora	875	-2.8%
101	Chipiona	851	-1.4%
102	Churriana de la Vega	847	-2.1%
103	Gines	844	-2.4%
104	Albox	839	-5.8%
105	Manilva	838	+7.4%
106	Espartinas	837	-1.3%
107	Moguer	831	-2.5%
108	Lora del Río	828	-2.8%
109	La Carlota	812	+0.7%
110	Isla Cristina	808	-2.9%
111	Cartaya	798	+0.9%
112	Osuna	780	+0.3%
113	Torredonjimeno	775	+1.7%
114	San Juan de Aznalfarache	773	-4.3%
115	Torredelcampo	762	+2.7%
116	Castilleja de la Cuesta	761	-3.5%
117	Sanlúcar la Mayor	760	-4.5%
118	Estepa	752	+2.6%
119	Bollullos de la Mitación	749	+3.2%
120	Berja	720	+1.6%
121	Huétor Vega	718	-3.8%
122	Pilas	711	+0.4%
123	Punta Umbría	708	-1.8%
124	Las Cabezas de San Juan	705	-0.6%
125	La Algaba	693	-0.4%
126	Valverde del Camino	674	-2%
127	Bollullos Par del Condado	670	-1.2%
128	La Carolina	648	-3.1%
129	Mancha Real	624	-1.3%
130	Aguilar de la Frontera	618	-2.1%
130	Salobreña	618	-0.5%
132	Vejer de la Frontera	611	+0.5%
133	Valencina de la Concepción	609	-2.1%
134	Fuente Palmera	607	-3%
135	Guillena	606	-2.6%
136	Pinos Puente	603	+2.4%
137	Gelves	589	+0.2%
138	Rute	581	+0.7%
139	Aracena	568	+0.5%
140	Álora	562	+0.4%
141	Pulpí	558	-3.5%
142	Mojácar	553	-7.2%
143	Viator	552	+1.1%
143	Villamartín	552	-0.7%
145	Mengíbar	549	+1.9%
146	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	548	-3.2%
147	La Rambla	543	-2.5%
148	Villanueva de Córdoba	533	-1.1%
149	Fernán-Núñez	527	+1.2%
150	Alcaudete	522	+2.4%
151	Monachil	521	+0.8%
152	Brenes	519	-4.1%
153	Benahavís	516	+6.4%
154	Campillos	509	+3.5%
155	Vegas del Genil	500	-2.2%
156	Garrucha	498	-3.3%
157	La Puebla de Cazalla	494	-2.9%
158	Alcalá del Río	493	-2%
158	Padul	493	-1.2%
160	Olula del Río	491	-3%
161	Huétor Tájar	490	-1.8%
161	Villacarrillo	490	-4.9%
163	La Palma del Condado	487	-3.8%
164	El Cuervo de Sevilla	486	+0.4%
165	Pizarra	485	+3.9%
166	Huéscar	483	+3.4%
167	Palos de la Frontera	476	-1.2%
168	Gibraleón	473	-4.1%
169	Carboneras	471	+0.4%
170	Cantillana	468	-1.7%
171	Alhendín	463	+2.2%
171	Salteras	463	+2.4%
173	Íllora	462	+2.2%
174	Archidona	461	+2.9%
175	Montoro	457	-1.5%
176	Cazorla	453	-1.3%
176	Hinojosa del Duque	453	-0.7%
178	La Puebla del Río	450	-1.7%
179	Vélez-Rubio	443	-6.3%
180	Macael	440	-6.8%
181	Dúrcal	436	-8.6%
182	Tocina	435	-2.9%
183	Villa de Otura	433	-2.9%
184	Castro del Río	431	-2.5%
185	Cúllar Vega	429	-3.8%
186	Cenes de la Vega	428	-8.2%
186	Jimena de la Frontera	428	-2.3%
188	Palomares del Río	425	+4.2%
189	Medina Sidonia	423	-3%
189	Olivares	423	-1.9%
191	Olvera	417	+4.8%
192	Villa del Río	415	-2.4%
193	Herrera	413	+0.2%
194	Umbrete	406	+2%
195	Antas	390	+3.7%
196	Santiponce	389	-2.3%
197	La Mojonera	387	-0.3%
198	Jódar	381	-1.3%
199	San Juan del Puerto	377	-3.8%
200	Torreperogil	374	0%
201	Villanueva del Arzobispo	372	+3.9%
202	Villaverde del Río	361	-4.7%
203	Posadas	350	+2%
204	Bujalance	346	-2%
205	Fuentes de Andalucía	340	-2.3%
206	Trigueros	337	-2%
207	Peal de Becerro	332	-4.6%
208	Alfacar	327	+2.8%
208	Benalup-Casas Viejas	327	-1.8%
210	Chauchina	326	-1.2%
211	Gójar	325	-3.6%
212	Alhama de Granada	315	+4.7%
212	Pedrera	315	+2.3%
214	Gerena	313	+1.3%
214	Marmolejo	313	-1.6%
214	Órgiva	313	+0.3%
217	Pulianas	312	-6%
218	Paradas	311	-6.6%
218	Prado del Rey	311	-3.1%
220	Porcuna	303	-6.8%
221	Montalbán de Córdoba	302	-2.6%
222	Villanueva del Ariscal	300	-2.9%
223	Pozo Alcón	299	+3.8%
224	Almodóvar del Río	297	+3.5%
225	Constantina	294	+1.4%
226	Benacazón	293	+6.5%
227	Algarrobo	282	-4.1%
228	Villanueva del Trabuco	277	-2.1%
229	Cájar	276	+1.5%
230	Arjona	275	-1.4%
231	Santaella	271	+6.7%
232	Burguillos	269	-4.3%
232	Trebujena	269	0%
234	Tíjola	268	-0.7%
235	Mollina	266	-2.9%
236	Casares	265	+14.7%
236	Montellano	265	+1.9%
238	Alameda	264	+1.5%
239	Bornos	262	-3%
239	La Guardia de Jaén	262	+0.8%
241	Isla Mayor	261	+1.2%
242	Bonares	259	-4.4%
243	La Roda de Andalucía	258	+1.6%
244	Huelma	257	-1.2%
244	Quesada	257	-1.2%
246	Beas de Segura	253	-5.2%
247	Rociana del Condado	252	-0.4%
248	Benahadux	251	0%
248	Villafranca de Córdoba	251	-2%
250	Benamejí	250	-3.5%

Showing the top 250 of 761. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 17 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Andalusia by active companies, 2014) [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 Andalusia by active companies, 2014. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/andalusia-municipalities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies, 2014}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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