Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 764 municipalities in 2017, at 48,984. Velefique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 125 and the figure for Andalusia was 501,745. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48,984Sevilla

Lowest4Velefique

Median125764 municipalities

Andalusia501,745History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Sevilla	48,984	+1.2%
2	Málaga	40,087	+1.9%
3	Córdoba	21,428	+1.7%
4	Granada	18,950	+3.5%
5	Marbella	17,476	+3.6%
6	Almería	12,140	+2.5%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	10,928	+2.4%
8	Huelva	7,448	+0.5%
9	Jaén	7,195	+1.9%
10	Dos Hermanas	6,982	+1.8%
11	Fuengirola	6,255	+5.1%
12	Mijas	6,019	+6.6%
13	Cádiz	6,001	+2.3%
14	Algeciras	5,657	+1.1%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,464	+4.4%
16	Estepona	5,349	+6.1%
17	Vélez-Málaga	5,244	+4.9%
18	El Puerto de Santa María	5,079	+3.2%
19	Benalmádena	5,066	+5.4%
20	Torremolinos	5,005	+6.4%
21	El Ejido	4,868	+3%
22	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,758	+0.4%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,466	+4.9%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,423	+4.4%
25	San Fernando	3,303	+3.4%
26	Motril	3,286	+0.7%
27	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,142	+2.3%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	2,891	+5.5%
29	Lucena	2,834	+1.5%
30	Linares	2,666	+0.6%
31	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,583	+3.2%
32	La Línea de la Concepción	2,530	+1.1%
33	Utrera	2,455	+3.8%
34	Antequera	2,392	+1.6%
35	Écija	2,366	+2.7%
36	Úbeda	2,322	+2.1%
37	Ronda	2,222	+1%
38	La Rinconada	2,191	+1.5%
39	Andújar	2,137	+0.6%
40	San Roque	1,976	+3.7%
41	Almuñécar	1,925	+3.6%
42	Tomares	1,805	+3.5%
43	Puente Genil	1,766	+3.8%
44	Nerja	1,754	+4.5%
45	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,699	+1.9%
46	Alhaurín el Grande	1,688	+1.2%
47	Carmona	1,614	+1.8%
48	Puerto Real	1,607	+0.8%
49	Lebrija	1,581	+3.3%
50	Albolote	1,580	+0.1%
51	Baza	1,570	+0.4%
52	Conil de la Frontera	1,541	+7.5%
53	Armilla	1,537	+7.3%
54	Montilla	1,528	-0.7%
55	Coín	1,471	+4%
56	Coria del Río	1,467	+0.8%
57	Camas	1,458	+3.8%
58	Rota	1,450	+0.3%
59	Bormujos	1,445	0%
60	Huércal de Almería	1,404	+2.9%
61	Priego de Córdoba	1,370	+1.9%
62	Níjar	1,351	+3.1%
63	Alcalá la Real	1,348	+1.7%
64	Maracena	1,330	+1.8%
65	Mairena del Alcor	1,319	+4.8%
66	Los Barrios	1,278	+2.7%
67	Arcos de la Frontera	1,277	+1.9%
68	Lepe	1,271	+3.1%
69	Cártama	1,270	+3.4%
70	Morón de la Frontera	1,264	+3.3%
71	Loja	1,263	+2.5%
72	Adra	1,251	+0.2%
73	Guadix	1,230	+0.2%
74	Atarfe	1,221	+3.7%
75	El Viso del Alcor	1,214	+3.8%
76	Martos	1,212	+1.3%
77	La Zubia	1,202	+4.6%
78	Vícar	1,186	+2%
79	Pozoblanco	1,171	+3.4%
80	Baena	1,162	+0.7%
81	Las Gabias	1,154	+7.1%
82	Vera	1,140	+3.7%
83	Almonte	1,139	+7.3%
83	Huércal-Overa	1,139	+0.9%
85	Cabra	1,120	+2.6%
86	Ogíjares	1,088	+6.4%
87	Ayamonte	1,083	+2.8%
88	Tarifa	1,056	+6.6%
89	Marchena	1,053	+5.2%
90	Aljaraque	1,051	+6.1%
91	Torrox	1,047	+5.9%
92	Palma del Río	1,046	+3%
93	Peligros	1,037	+0.3%
94	Bailén	1,035	-0.5%
95	Barbate	1,005	+5.6%
95	Espartinas	1,005	+6.5%
97	Baeza	1,004	+3.9%
98	Ubrique	996	+1.3%
99	Manilva	972	+5%
100	Churriana de la Vega	951	+4.2%
101	Santa Fe	936	-0.5%
102	Gines	919	+3.8%
103	Albox	912	+2.9%
104	Arahal	906	+2.1%
105	Cuevas del Almanzora	897	+3.2%
106	Chipiona	892	+0.9%
107	Lora del Río	889	+4.1%
108	Osuna	851	+4.4%
109	San Juan de Aznalfarache	848	+4.4%
110	Moguer	846	+0.6%
111	Sanlúcar la Mayor	841	+3.6%
112	Cartaya	838	+0.2%
113	La Carlota	832	+1.1%
114	Isla Cristina	831	+3.7%
115	Bollullos de la Mitación	824	+1%
116	Huétor Vega	797	+1%
117	Torredelcampo	795	+2.1%
118	Castilleja de la Cuesta	790	+0.3%
118	Torredonjimeno	790	+0.3%
120	Estepa	773	+2.2%
121	Las Cabezas de San Juan	768	+4.8%
122	Punta Umbría	757	+4.6%
123	Pilas	755	+1.9%
124	La Algaba	733	+2.2%
125	Bollullos Par del Condado	722	+4.5%
126	La Carolina	708	+2.6%
127	Guillena	683	+7.6%
127	Valencina de la Concepción	683	+3.8%
129	Valverde del Camino	681	+0.9%
130	Berja	669	-9.7%
131	Gelves	665	+5.7%
132	Vejer de la Frontera	664	+1.4%
133	Mojácar	655	+10.5%
134	Fuente Palmera	653	+2.2%
135	Aguilar de la Frontera	651	+1.9%
136	Mancha Real	649	+3.8%
137	Benahavís	648	+10.2%
138	Salobreña	640	+1.6%
139	Álora	620	+5.4%
140	Villamartín	598	+2.7%
141	Aracena	593	+3.1%
142	Rute	588	+3.2%
143	Campillos	577	+3%
143	Pulpí	577	+0.5%
145	Brenes	574	+3.2%
146	Mengíbar	569	+5.4%
147	Fernán-Núñez	561	0%
148	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	560	-1.1%
149	Garrucha	552	+5.3%
149	Viator	552	-0.4%
151	Padul	549	+5.4%
151	Villanueva de Córdoba	549	+1.3%
153	La Rambla	544	+1.1%
154	Monachil	543	+4.6%
155	El Cuervo de Sevilla	537	+1.9%
156	Alcaudete	532	-0.6%
157	Alhendín	529	+7.3%
158	Vegas del Genil	522	+5.2%
159	La Puebla de Cazalla	521	+5%
160	Cenes de la Vega	514	+2%
161	Palos de la Frontera	507	+7%
162	Huétor Tájar	503	-2.1%
162	Pinos Puente	503	+2.4%
164	Palomares del Río	502	+5.5%
165	Pizarra	501	+3.3%
166	Villa de Otura	498	+6.4%
167	Alcalá del Río	497	+4.9%
168	Huéscar	494	-0.4%
169	La Palma del Condado	491	+3.8%
170	Villacarrillo	487	+3%
171	Olula del Río	486	+0.8%
172	Gibraleón	481	-2%
173	Archidona	480	+4.1%
173	Carboneras	480	-0.8%
175	Medina Sidonia	478	+0.8%
176	Cazorla	475	+3.9%
177	La Puebla del Río	473	+2.2%
178	Montoro	472	+3.3%
179	Salteras	468	+2.2%
180	Cantillana	467	-1.9%
180	Íllora	467	+3.3%
182	Cúllar Vega	465	+4%
182	Dúrcal	465	+1.3%
182	Hinojosa del Duque	465	-1.3%
185	Vélez-Rubio	463	+2.7%
186	Olivares	459	+10.6%
187	Santiponce	454	+6.1%
188	Jimena de la Frontera	442	+2.1%
189	Macael	440	+2.3%
190	Tocina	432	+0.2%
191	Herrera	431	+3.6%
191	Olvera	431	+0.7%
193	Castro del Río	427	-0.2%
194	La Mojonera	420	+1.4%
194	Villa del Río	420	+1.7%
196	San Juan del Puerto	417	+6.1%
197	Antas	405	+4.1%
198	Umbrete	400	-3.4%
199	Jódar	399	+3.4%
200	Villanueva del Arzobispo	394	+5.9%
201	Posadas	378	+2.2%
202	Torreperogil	374	-1.8%
203	Villaverde del Río	366	-1.1%
204	Fuentes de Andalucía	359	+1.4%
204	Gójar	359	+2.6%
206	Gerena	357	+3.2%
207	Chauchina	356	+5.6%
208	Casares	354	+8.6%
208	Paradas	354	+6%
210	Trigueros	349	+4.5%
211	Alfacar	345	+1.8%
212	Alhama de Granada	344	+2.1%
213	Peal de Becerro	338	+4.6%
214	Benalup-Casas Viejas	336	+5%
215	Prado del Rey	333	+0.3%
216	Pulianas	332	-1.5%
217	Bujalance	330	+0.6%
217	Villanueva del Ariscal	330	+2.2%
219	Pedrera	327	+1.2%
220	Órgiva	325	+2.2%
221	Benacazón	324	0%
222	Algarrobo	321	-0.3%
223	Marmolejo	320	+0.6%
224	Porcuna	317	+4.6%
225	Cájar	309	+6.2%
226	Montellano	308	+6.9%
227	Constantina	302	-4.7%
228	Arjona	301	+2.4%
229	Almodóvar del Río	298	0%
230	Montalbán de Córdoba	297	-2.9%
231	Tíjola	294	+2.4%
232	Villanueva del Trabuco	293	-0.3%
233	Pozo Alcón	292	+2.5%
234	Mollina	291	0%
235	Burguillos	284	+3.3%
236	Benamejí	282	+6.8%
237	Cazalla de la Sierra	278	+7.3%
237	Trebujena	278	-0.7%
239	Bonares	277	+4.5%
240	Rociana del Condado	275	+1.9%
240	Santaella	275	+3.4%
242	Casariche	270	+4.2%
243	La Roda de Andalucía	267	0%
244	Bornos	266	0%
245	La Guardia de Jaén	265	-2.6%
246	Quesada	261	+0.4%
247	Alameda	258	+1.6%
247	Huelma	258	+2.8%
249	Villafranca de Córdoba	256	-1.2%
250	Isla Mayor	255	+0.8%

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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. 14 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017}},
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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/andalusia-municipalities?period=2017. 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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