Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 763 municipalities in 2016, at 48,415. Velefique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 124 and the figure for Andalusia was 489,347. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48,415Sevilla

Lowest4Velefique

Median124763 municipalities

Andalusia489,347History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Sevilla	48,415	+1.6%
2	Málaga	39,352	+1.9%
3	Córdoba	21,069	+0.6%
4	Granada	18,313	+1.3%
5	Marbella	16,869	+6.3%
6	Almería	11,848	+2.5%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	10,674	+1.2%
8	Huelva	7,411	+1.2%
9	Jaén	7,063	+1.4%
10	Dos Hermanas	6,857	+2.9%
11	Fuengirola	5,954	+3.5%
12	Cádiz	5,865	-0.3%
13	Mijas	5,648	+6%
14	Algeciras	5,596	+1%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,235	+2.3%
16	Estepona	5,041	+4.6%
17	Vélez-Málaga	5,000	+2%
18	El Puerto de Santa María	4,922	+3%
19	Benalmádena	4,807	+3.8%
20	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,741	+2.2%
21	El Ejido	4,725	+0.7%
22	Torremolinos	4,704	+3.9%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,256	+2.5%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,279	+2.4%
25	Motril	3,263	+0.9%
26	San Fernando	3,193	+0.1%
27	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,071	+1.9%
28	Lucena	2,791	+1.3%
29	Rincón de la Victoria	2,740	+5.2%
30	Linares	2,651	+2.8%
31	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,502	+2.3%
31	La Línea de la Concepción	2,502	+0.4%
33	Utrera	2,366	+3.1%
34	Antequera	2,354	+0.2%
35	Écija	2,303	+1.4%
36	Úbeda	2,275	+1.7%
37	Ronda	2,199	+1.8%
38	La Rinconada	2,158	+1.7%
39	Andújar	2,124	+0.8%
40	San Roque	1,905	+0.4%
41	Almuñécar	1,859	+2.2%
42	Tomares	1,744	+2.3%
43	Puente Genil	1,702	+3.6%
44	Nerja	1,678	+3.3%
45	Alhaurín el Grande	1,668	+2.3%
45	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,668	+0.5%
47	Puerto Real	1,595	+1.7%
48	Carmona	1,585	+2.1%
49	Albolote	1,579	+2.6%
50	Baza	1,563	+2.1%
51	Montilla	1,539	+2.1%
52	Lebrija	1,530	+2.8%
53	Coria del Río	1,455	-1%
54	Bormujos	1,445	+3.2%
54	Rota	1,445	+1.5%
56	Armilla	1,433	+2.9%
56	Conil de la Frontera	1,433	+7%
58	Coín	1,415	+4.4%
59	Camas	1,405	+3.8%
60	Huércal de Almería	1,364	+1.7%
61	Priego de Córdoba	1,345	+1.7%
62	Alcalá la Real	1,325	+0.8%
63	Níjar	1,311	+3.1%
64	Maracena	1,307	+4.8%
65	Mairena del Alcor	1,258	+1%
66	Arcos de la Frontera	1,253	+3%
67	Adra	1,249	+2%
68	Los Barrios	1,244	+2.4%
69	Lepe	1,233	-0.1%
70	Loja	1,232	+3.1%
71	Cártama	1,228	+4.7%
72	Guadix	1,227	-1.8%
73	Morón de la Frontera	1,224	+0.5%
74	Martos	1,196	+0.6%
75	Atarfe	1,177	+7.3%
76	El Viso del Alcor	1,170	+1.4%
77	Vícar	1,163	+2.3%
78	Baena	1,154	+1%
79	La Zubia	1,149	+4.2%
80	Pozoblanco	1,133	+1.3%
81	Huércal-Overa	1,129	+6.1%
82	Vera	1,099	+4.8%
83	Cabra	1,092	+1.8%
84	Las Gabias	1,078	+4.2%
85	Almonte	1,062	-0.1%
86	Ayamonte	1,054	+2%
87	Bailén	1,040	+2.1%
88	Peligros	1,034	+4.4%
89	Ogíjares	1,023	+7.3%
90	Palma del Río	1,016	+1.5%
91	Marchena	1,001	+2%
92	Aljaraque	991	+1.1%
92	Tarifa	991	-0.2%
94	Torrox	989	+2.4%
95	Ubrique	983	0%
96	Baeza	966	+1.4%
97	Barbate	952	+3.3%
98	Espartinas	944	+4.3%
99	Santa Fe	941	+1.1%
100	Manilva	926	+3.7%
101	Churriana de la Vega	913	+4.5%
102	Arahal	887	+0.9%
103	Albox	886	+1.5%
104	Gines	885	+2.9%
105	Chipiona	884	+2.2%
106	Cuevas del Almanzora	869	+1.8%
107	Lora del Río	854	+0.9%
108	Moguer	841	+1.9%
109	Cartaya	836	+1.1%
110	La Carlota	823	-0.8%
111	Bollullos de la Mitación	816	+1.7%
112	Osuna	815	+1.2%
113	San Juan de Aznalfarache	812	0%
113	Sanlúcar la Mayor	812	+3.4%
115	Isla Cristina	801	-2.1%
116	Huétor Vega	789	+5.3%
117	Castilleja de la Cuesta	788	+0.5%
117	Torredonjimeno	788	+1.5%
119	Torredelcampo	779	-2%
120	Estepa	756	-2.6%
121	Berja	741	+0.8%
121	Pilas	741	+2.9%
123	Las Cabezas de San Juan	733	+0.8%
124	Punta Umbría	724	+2.7%
125	La Algaba	717	+1.3%
126	Bollullos Par del Condado	691	+0.3%
127	La Carolina	690	+3.1%
128	Valverde del Camino	675	-1.6%
129	Valencina de la Concepción	658	+0.5%
130	Vejer de la Frontera	655	+1.6%
131	Aguilar de la Frontera	639	+2.7%
131	Fuente Palmera	639	+1.6%
133	Guillena	635	+3.8%
134	Salobreña	630	-1.3%
135	Gelves	629	+3.5%
136	Mancha Real	625	+1.3%
137	Mojácar	593	+4.6%
138	Álora	588	+3.2%
138	Benahavís	588	+9.7%
140	Villamartín	582	+2.1%
141	Aracena	575	0%
142	Pulpí	574	+3.2%
143	Rute	570	-1.6%
144	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	566	+2.5%
145	Fernán-Núñez	561	-1.2%
146	Campillos	560	+6.7%
147	Brenes	556	+5.1%
148	Viator	554	-1.2%
149	Villanueva de Córdoba	542	-0.2%
150	Mengíbar	540	-1.5%
151	La Rambla	538	-0.6%
152	Alcaudete	535	+3.1%
153	El Cuervo de Sevilla	527	+2.5%
154	Garrucha	524	+2.1%
155	Padul	521	+3.4%
156	Monachil	519	+1.4%
157	Huétor Tájar	514	+2.4%
158	Cenes de la Vega	504	+7.5%
159	Huéscar	496	0%
159	La Puebla de Cazalla	496	+1.6%
159	Vegas del Genil	496	-2.4%
162	Alhendín	493	+5.8%
163	Gibraleón	491	+1%
163	Pinos Puente	491	-19%
165	Pizarra	485	+1.7%
166	Carboneras	484	-2.2%
167	Olula del Río	482	-1.2%
168	Cantillana	476	+1.3%
168	Palomares del Río	476	+6.5%
170	Alcalá del Río	474	-1.3%
170	Medina Sidonia	474	+4.6%
170	Palos de la Frontera	474	+2.6%
173	La Palma del Condado	473	-2.1%
173	Villacarrillo	473	-1.7%
175	Hinojosa del Duque	471	+0.2%
176	Villa de Otura	468	+1.3%
177	La Puebla del Río	463	+2.7%
178	Archidona	461	+0.7%
179	Dúrcal	459	+0.2%
180	Salteras	458	-4.6%
181	Cazorla	457	+1.3%
181	Montoro	457	-3.6%
183	Íllora	452	-2.4%
184	Vélez-Rubio	451	+2%
185	Cúllar Vega	447	+4.2%
186	Jimena de la Frontera	433	-0.7%
187	Tocina	431	-0.5%
188	Macael	430	+1.2%
189	Castro del Río	428	-0.5%
189	Olvera	428	+1.9%
189	Santiponce	428	+3.9%
192	Herrera	416	-1.2%
193	Olivares	415	-1%
194	La Mojonera	414	+5.9%
194	Umbrete	414	-0.2%
196	Villa del Río	413	-1.7%
197	San Juan del Puerto	393	+2.6%
198	Antas	389	+2.1%
199	Jódar	386	-1%
200	Torreperogil	381	+3.3%
201	Villanueva del Arzobispo	372	-1.1%
202	Posadas	370	+2.8%
202	Villaverde del Río	370	-1.9%
204	Fuentes de Andalucía	354	+0.3%
205	Gójar	350	+3.2%
206	Gerena	346	+8.5%
207	Alfacar	339	+4.6%
208	Alhama de Granada	337	+5%
208	Chauchina	337	+2.1%
208	Pulianas	337	+0.9%
211	Paradas	334	-0.3%
211	Trigueros	334	-0.3%
213	Prado del Rey	332	+2.2%
214	Bujalance	328	-4.9%
215	Casares	326	+9.8%
216	Benacazón	324	+2.5%
217	Peal de Becerro	323	+1.3%
217	Pedrera	323	+3.5%
217	Villanueva del Ariscal	323	+8%
220	Algarrobo	322	+4.5%
221	Benalup-Casas Viejas	320	-2.4%
222	Marmolejo	318	+1.3%
222	Órgiva	318	+1.3%
224	Constantina	317	+3.6%
225	Montalbán de Córdoba	306	+1%
226	Porcuna	303	-3.8%
227	Almodóvar del Río	298	-0.3%
228	Arjona	294	+5%
228	Villanueva del Trabuco	294	+2.8%
230	Cájar	291	+0.3%
230	Mollina	291	+1.4%
232	Montellano	288	+4.3%
233	Tíjola	287	+0.7%
234	Pozo Alcón	285	-4.7%
235	Trebujena	280	+5.7%
236	Burguillos	275	+8.3%
237	La Guardia de Jaén	272	+4.2%
238	Rociana del Condado	270	+8%
239	La Roda de Andalucía	267	+3.5%
240	Bornos	266	+1.5%
240	Santaella	266	-5.3%
242	Bonares	265	+2.3%
243	Benamejí	264	+6%
244	Quesada	260	+0.8%
245	Casariche	259	+2%
245	Cazalla de la Sierra	259	+3.6%
245	Villafranca de Córdoba	259	-1.1%
248	Alameda	254	-5.6%
249	Isla Mayor	253	-3.4%
250	Huelma	251	-0.8%

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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