Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 760 municipalities in 2015, at 47,662. Rágol had the lowest, at 4. The median was 124 and the figure for Andalusia was 480,094. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest47,662Sevilla

Lowest4Rágol

Median124760 municipalities

Andalusia480,094History

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	Sevilla	47,662	+2.6%
2	Málaga	38,628	+3.1%
3	Córdoba	20,938	+1.8%
4	Granada	18,082	+2.8%
5	Marbella	15,876	+3.5%
6	Almería	11,561	+2.8%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	10,549	+1.3%
8	Huelva	7,324	+1.1%
9	Jaén	6,963	+0.2%
10	Dos Hermanas	6,664	+4.4%
11	Cádiz	5,883	-1.1%
12	Fuengirola	5,753	+4.4%
13	Algeciras	5,540	+2.1%
14	Mijas	5,328	+8%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,116	+3%
16	Vélez-Málaga	4,901	+4%
17	Estepona	4,819	+5.7%
18	El Puerto de Santa María	4,780	+1.2%
19	El Ejido	4,691	+2.5%
20	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,639	+4.5%
21	Benalmádena	4,631	+4%
22	Torremolinos	4,529	+3.3%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,153	+1.4%
24	Motril	3,235	0%
25	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,201	+3.3%
26	San Fernando	3,191	+2.8%
27	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,013	+3%
28	Lucena	2,755	+0.6%
29	Rincón de la Victoria	2,605	+4.5%
30	Linares	2,578	+3.2%
31	La Línea de la Concepción	2,492	+0.1%
32	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,445	+1.7%
33	Antequera	2,350	+2.1%
34	Utrera	2,294	+2.7%
35	Écija	2,272	+2.9%
36	Úbeda	2,236	-0.1%
37	Ronda	2,160	+1.8%
38	La Rinconada	2,121	+0.7%
39	Andújar	2,108	+2.5%
40	San Roque	1,897	+1.2%
41	Almuñécar	1,819	+3.5%
42	Tomares	1,705	+5.1%
43	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,659	+1.8%
44	Puente Genil	1,643	-0.8%
45	Alhaurín el Grande	1,630	+3.7%
46	Nerja	1,625	+5.1%
47	Puerto Real	1,568	+3.5%
48	Carmona	1,552	+3.4%
49	Albolote	1,539	+3.7%
50	Baza	1,531	+2.4%
51	Montilla	1,508	+2.4%
52	Lebrija	1,489	+0.8%
53	Coria del Río	1,469	+4.6%
54	Rota	1,423	+3%
55	Bormujos	1,400	+1.4%
56	Armilla	1,393	+4.6%
57	Coín	1,356	+4.2%
58	Camas	1,354	+2%
59	Huércal de Almería	1,341	+2.2%
60	Conil de la Frontera	1,339	+1.8%
61	Priego de Córdoba	1,322	+1.7%
62	Alcalá la Real	1,314	+2.7%
63	Níjar	1,272	+3.5%
64	Guadix	1,250	+1.5%
65	Maracena	1,247	+6.8%
66	Mairena del Alcor	1,246	+1.2%
67	Lepe	1,234	+0.9%
68	Adra	1,225	+0.1%
69	Morón de la Frontera	1,218	+0.3%
70	Arcos de la Frontera	1,217	+2.1%
71	Los Barrios	1,215	+3.1%
72	Loja	1,195	+2.5%
73	Martos	1,189	+1.6%
74	Cártama	1,173	+5.5%
75	El Viso del Alcor	1,154	+2%
76	Baena	1,143	+1.1%
77	Vícar	1,137	+0.9%
78	Pozoblanco	1,119	+4.1%
79	La Zubia	1,103	+1.4%
80	Atarfe	1,097	+2.1%
81	Cabra	1,073	-0.5%
82	Huércal-Overa	1,064	+0.5%
83	Almonte	1,063	+0.8%
84	Vera	1,049	+0.5%
85	Las Gabias	1,035	+6.9%
86	Ayamonte	1,033	+1.9%
87	Bailén	1,019	+2.3%
88	Palma del Río	1,001	+3.7%
89	Tarifa	993	+2.9%
90	Peligros	990	+0.5%
91	Ubrique	983	+1.4%
92	Marchena	981	-0.5%
93	Aljaraque	980	+3.2%
94	Torrox	966	+6.3%
95	Baeza	953	-0.8%
95	Ogíjares	953	+3.1%
97	Santa Fe	931	+1.2%
98	Barbate	922	+1%
99	Espartinas	905	+8.1%
100	Manilva	893	+6.6%
101	Arahal	879	+0.2%
102	Churriana de la Vega	874	+3.2%
103	Albox	873	+4.1%
104	Chipiona	865	+1.6%
105	Gines	860	+1.9%
106	Cuevas del Almanzora	854	-2.4%
107	Lora del Río	846	+2.2%
108	La Carlota	830	+2.2%
109	Cartaya	827	+3.6%
110	Moguer	825	-0.7%
111	Isla Cristina	818	+1.2%
112	San Juan de Aznalfarache	812	+5%
113	Osuna	805	+3.2%
114	Bollullos de la Mitación	802	+7.1%
115	Torredelcampo	795	+4.3%
116	Sanlúcar la Mayor	785	+3.3%
117	Castilleja de la Cuesta	784	+3%
118	Estepa	776	+3.2%
118	Torredonjimeno	776	+0.1%
120	Huétor Vega	749	+4.3%
121	Berja	735	+2.1%
122	Las Cabezas de San Juan	727	+3.1%
123	Pilas	720	+1.3%
124	La Algaba	708	+2.2%
125	Punta Umbría	705	-0.4%
126	Bollullos Par del Condado	689	+2.8%
127	Valverde del Camino	686	+1.8%
128	La Carolina	669	+3.2%
129	Valencina de la Concepción	655	+7.6%
130	Vejer de la Frontera	645	+5.6%
131	Salobreña	638	+3.2%
132	Fuente Palmera	629	+3.6%
133	Aguilar de la Frontera	622	+0.6%
134	Mancha Real	617	-1.1%
135	Guillena	612	+1%
136	Gelves	608	+3.2%
137	Pinos Puente	606	+0.5%
138	Rute	579	-0.3%
139	Aracena	575	+1.2%
140	Álora	570	+1.4%
140	Villamartín	570	+3.3%
142	Fernán-Núñez	568	+7.8%
143	Mojácar	567	+2.5%
144	Viator	561	+1.6%
145	Pulpí	556	-0.4%
146	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	552	+0.7%
147	Mengíbar	548	-0.2%
148	Villanueva de Córdoba	543	+1.9%
149	La Rambla	541	-0.4%
150	Benahavís	536	+3.9%
151	Brenes	529	+1.9%
152	Campillos	525	+3.1%
153	Alcaudete	519	-0.6%
154	El Cuervo de Sevilla	514	+5.8%
155	Garrucha	513	+3%
156	Monachil	512	-1.7%
157	Vegas del Genil	508	+1.6%
158	Padul	504	+2.2%
159	Huétor Tájar	502	+2.4%
160	Huéscar	496	+2.7%
161	Carboneras	495	+5.1%
162	La Puebla de Cazalla	488	-1.2%
162	Olula del Río	488	-0.6%
164	Gibraleón	486	+2.7%
165	La Palma del Condado	483	-0.8%
166	Villacarrillo	481	-1.8%
167	Alcalá del Río	480	-2.6%
167	Salteras	480	+3.7%
169	Pizarra	477	-1.6%
170	Montoro	474	+3.7%
171	Cantillana	470	+0.4%
171	Hinojosa del Duque	470	+3.8%
173	Cenes de la Vega	469	+9.6%
174	Alhendín	466	+0.6%
175	Íllora	463	+0.2%
176	Palos de la Frontera	462	-2.9%
176	Villa de Otura	462	+6.7%
178	Archidona	458	-0.7%
178	Dúrcal	458	+5%
180	Medina Sidonia	453	+7.1%
181	Cazorla	451	-0.4%
181	La Puebla del Río	451	+0.2%
183	Palomares del Río	447	+5.2%
184	Vélez-Rubio	442	-0.2%
185	Jimena de la Frontera	436	+1.9%
186	Tocina	433	-0.5%
187	Castro del Río	430	-0.2%
188	Cúllar Vega	429	0%
189	Macael	425	-3.4%
190	Herrera	421	+1.9%
191	Olvera	420	+0.7%
191	Villa del Río	420	+1.2%
193	Olivares	419	-0.9%
194	Umbrete	415	+2.2%
195	Santiponce	412	+5.9%
196	La Mojonera	391	+1%
197	Jódar	390	+2.4%
198	San Juan del Puerto	383	+1.6%
199	Antas	381	-2.3%
200	Villaverde del Río	377	+4.4%
201	Villanueva del Arzobispo	376	+1.1%
202	Torreperogil	369	-1.3%
203	Posadas	360	+2.9%
204	Fuentes de Andalucía	353	+3.8%
205	Bujalance	345	-0.3%
206	Gójar	339	+4.3%
207	Paradas	335	+7.7%
207	Trigueros	335	-0.6%
209	Pulianas	334	+7.1%
210	Chauchina	330	+1.2%
211	Benalup-Casas Viejas	328	+0.3%
212	Prado del Rey	325	+4.5%
213	Alfacar	324	-0.9%
214	Alhama de Granada	321	+1.9%
215	Gerena	319	+1.9%
215	Peal de Becerro	319	-3.9%
217	Benacazón	316	+7.8%
218	Porcuna	315	+4%
219	Marmolejo	314	+0.3%
219	Órgiva	314	+0.3%
221	Pedrera	312	-1%
222	Algarrobo	308	+9.2%
223	Constantina	306	+4.1%
224	Montalbán de Córdoba	303	+0.3%
225	Almodóvar del Río	299	+0.7%
225	Pozo Alcón	299	0%
225	Villanueva del Ariscal	299	-0.3%
228	Casares	297	+12.1%
229	Cájar	290	+5.1%
230	Mollina	287	+7.9%
231	Villanueva del Trabuco	286	+3.2%
232	Tíjola	285	+6.3%
233	Santaella	281	+3.7%
234	Arjona	280	+1.8%
235	Montellano	276	+4.2%
236	Alameda	269	+1.9%
237	Trebujena	265	-1.5%
238	Bornos	262	0%
238	Isla Mayor	262	+0.4%
238	Villafranca de Córdoba	262	+4.4%
241	Beas de Segura	261	+3.2%
241	La Guardia de Jaén	261	-0.4%
243	Bonares	259	0%
244	La Roda de Andalucía	258	0%
244	Quesada	258	+0.4%
246	Burguillos	254	-5.6%
246	Casariche	254	+7.6%
248	Huelma	253	-1.6%
249	Los Villares	252	+9.6%
250	Cazalla de la Sierra	250	+1.6%

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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. 18 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.

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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, 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 Andalusia 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/andalusia-municipalities?period=2015. 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, 2015}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Sevilla, with 47,662 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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