Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 764 municipalities in 2018, at 49,707. Velefique had the lowest, at 4. The median was 126 and the figure for Andalusia was 509,137. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest49,707Sevilla

Lowest4Velefique

Median126764 municipalities

Andalusia509,137History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Sevilla	49,707	+1.5%
2	Málaga	41,022	+2.3%
3	Córdoba	21,507	+0.4%
4	Granada	19,113	+0.9%
5	Marbella	18,301	+4.7%
6	Almería	12,313	+1.4%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,025	+0.9%
8	Huelva	7,573	+1.7%
9	Jaén	7,233	+0.5%
10	Dos Hermanas	7,080	+1.4%
11	Fuengirola	6,465	+3.4%
12	Mijas	6,387	+6.1%
13	Cádiz	6,117	+1.9%
14	Algeciras	5,635	-0.4%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,593	+2.4%
16	Estepona	5,501	+2.8%
17	Benalmádena	5,356	+5.7%
18	Vélez-Málaga	5,323	+1.5%
19	El Puerto de Santa María	5,096	+0.3%
20	Torremolinos	5,089	+1.7%
21	El Ejido	4,974	+2.2%
22	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,742	-0.3%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,497	+0.7%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,511	+2.6%
25	San Fernando	3,337	+1%
26	Motril	3,300	+0.4%
27	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,165	+0.7%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	3,004	+3.9%
29	Lucena	2,875	+1.4%
30	Linares	2,689	+0.9%
31	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,650	+2.6%
32	La Línea de la Concepción	2,522	-0.3%
33	Utrera	2,503	+2%
34	Antequera	2,379	-0.5%
35	Écija	2,350	-0.7%
36	Úbeda	2,348	+1.1%
37	Ronda	2,257	+1.6%
38	Andújar	2,167	+1.4%
39	La Rinconada	2,159	-1.5%
40	San Roque	2,024	+2.4%
41	Almuñécar	1,945	+1%
42	Tomares	1,838	+1.8%
43	Nerja	1,791	+2.1%
44	Puente Genil	1,765	-0.1%
45	Alhaurín el Grande	1,746	+3.4%
46	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,706	+0.4%
47	Carmona	1,640	+1.6%
48	Albolote	1,635	+3.5%
49	Armilla	1,624	+5.7%
50	Puerto Real	1,607	0%
51	Lebrija	1,582	+0.1%
52	Baza	1,561	-0.6%
53	Conil de la Frontera	1,554	+0.8%
54	Montilla	1,516	-0.8%
55	Bormujos	1,504	+4.1%
56	Coín	1,503	+2.2%
57	Coria del Río	1,491	+1.6%
58	Camas	1,486	+1.9%
59	Rota	1,446	-0.3%
60	Huércal de Almería	1,418	+1%
61	Priego de Córdoba	1,376	+0.4%
62	Alcalá la Real	1,362	+1%
62	Níjar	1,362	+0.8%
64	Cártama	1,341	+5.6%
65	Maracena	1,326	-0.3%
66	Mairena del Alcor	1,315	-0.3%
67	Arcos de la Frontera	1,297	+1.6%
68	Lepe	1,289	+1.4%
69	Los Barrios	1,280	+0.2%
70	Atarfe	1,277	+4.6%
71	Adra	1,272	+1.7%
72	La Zubia	1,249	+3.9%
73	Loja	1,243	-1.6%
74	Guadix	1,235	+0.4%
75	Morón de la Frontera	1,231	-2.6%
76	Las Gabias	1,227	+6.3%
77	El Viso del Alcor	1,205	-0.7%
78	Martos	1,192	-1.7%
79	Vera	1,191	+4.5%
80	Vícar	1,184	-0.2%
81	Pozoblanco	1,181	+0.9%
82	Baena	1,174	+1%
83	Almonte	1,136	-0.3%
84	Huércal-Overa	1,132	-0.6%
85	Cabra	1,122	+0.2%
86	Tarifa	1,103	+4.5%
87	Ogíjares	1,098	+0.9%
88	Ayamonte	1,087	+0.4%
89	Espartinas	1,069	+6.4%
90	Palma del Río	1,066	+1.9%
91	Bailén	1,063	+2.7%
92	Torrox	1,061	+1.3%
93	Manilva	1,049	+7.9%
94	Aljaraque	1,042	-0.9%
95	Marchena	1,039	-1.3%
96	Peligros	1,017	-1.9%
97	Barbate	1,016	+1.1%
98	Baeza	1,006	+0.2%
99	Ubrique	993	-0.3%
100	Churriana de la Vega	972	+2.2%
101	Gines	952	+3.6%
102	Santa Fe	937	+0.1%
103	Arahal	925	+2.1%
104	Albox	914	+0.2%
105	Chipiona	905	+1.5%
106	Cuevas del Almanzora	900	+0.3%
107	Lora del Río	889	0%
108	Moguer	873	+3.2%
109	Sanlúcar la Mayor	871	+3.6%
110	Bollullos de la Mitación	853	+3.5%
111	La Carlota	852	+2.4%
112	Cartaya	849	+1.3%
113	San Juan de Aznalfarache	847	-0.1%
114	Osuna	838	-1.5%
115	Isla Cristina	837	+0.7%
116	Huétor Vega	808	+1.4%
117	Castilleja de la Cuesta	804	+1.8%
118	Torredelcampo	791	-0.5%
119	Pilas	784	+3.8%
120	Las Cabezas de San Juan	774	+0.8%
121	Torredonjimeno	765	-3.2%
122	Estepa	760	-1.7%
123	Punta Umbría	753	-0.5%
124	La Algaba	732	-0.1%
125	La Carolina	722	+2%
126	Gelves	714	+7.4%
127	Vejer de la Frontera	712	+7.2%
128	Benahavís	710	+9.6%
129	Valverde del Camino	700	+2.8%
130	Valencina de la Concepción	698	+2.2%
131	Bollullos Par del Condado	695	-3.7%
132	Guillena	682	-0.1%
133	Mojácar	664	+1.4%
134	Berja	662	-1%
135	Fuente Palmera	660	+1.1%
136	Salobreña	653	+2%
137	Mancha Real	642	-1.1%
138	Aguilar de la Frontera	634	-2.6%
139	Álora	631	+1.8%
140	Pulpí	600	+4%
141	Aracena	593	0%
142	Villamartín	589	-1.5%
143	Rute	586	-0.3%
144	Brenes	585	+1.9%
145	Viator	575	+4.2%
146	Mengíbar	569	0%
147	Garrucha	568	+2.9%
147	Monachil	568	+4.6%
149	Padul	567	+3.3%
150	Fernán-Núñez	565	+0.7%
151	El Cuervo de Sevilla	560	+4.3%
152	Villanueva de Córdoba	556	+1.3%
153	Campillos	551	-4.5%
154	La Rambla	550	+1.1%
155	Palomares del Río	546	+8.8%
156	Alhendín	543	+2.6%
157	La Puebla de Cazalla	536	+2.9%
158	Alcaudete	534	+0.4%
159	Vegas del Genil	533	+2.1%
160	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	523	-6.6%
161	Cenes de la Vega	520	+1.2%
162	Alcalá del Río	518	+4.2%
162	Palos de la Frontera	518	+2.2%
164	Huétor Tájar	515	+2.4%
164	Pizarra	515	+2.8%
166	Huéscar	505	+2.2%
167	Villacarrillo	499	+2.5%
168	La Palma del Condado	497	+1.2%
169	Medina Sidonia	496	+3.8%
169	Villa de Otura	496	-0.4%
171	Pinos Puente	494	-1.8%
172	Olula del Río	492	+1.2%
173	Cazorla	485	+2.1%
174	Carboneras	483	+0.6%
174	La Puebla del Río	483	+2.1%
176	Salteras	478	+2.1%
177	Gibraleón	476	-1%
178	Cantillana	474	+1.5%
179	Cúllar Vega	473	+1.7%
180	Íllora	472	+1.1%
180	Montoro	472	0%
182	Olivares	467	+1.7%
183	Dúrcal	464	-0.2%
184	Jimena de la Frontera	463	+4.8%
185	Archidona	460	-4.2%
185	Vélez-Rubio	460	-0.6%
187	Hinojosa del Duque	455	-2.2%
188	Macael	444	+0.9%
189	Santiponce	442	-2.6%
190	Tocina	439	+1.6%
191	Castro del Río	435	+1.9%
192	San Juan del Puerto	434	+4.1%
193	La Mojonera	430	+2.4%
194	Villa del Río	427	+1.7%
195	Herrera	424	-1.6%
196	Olvera	422	-2.1%
197	Umbrete	417	+4.3%
198	Antas	400	-1.2%
199	Jódar	389	-2.5%
199	Villanueva del Arzobispo	389	-1.3%
201	Villaverde del Río	375	+2.5%
202	Posadas	374	-1.1%
203	Torreperogil	373	-0.3%
204	Casares	369	+4.2%
205	Chauchina	363	+2%
205	Fuentes de Andalucía	363	+1.1%
207	Trigueros	357	+2.3%
208	Gerena	353	-1.1%
209	Paradas	348	-1.7%
210	Gójar	344	-4.2%
211	Pulianas	343	+3.3%
212	Órgiva	342	+5.2%
213	Alhama de Granada	340	-1.2%
214	Peal de Becerro	339	+0.3%
215	Alfacar	338	-2%
216	Villanueva del Ariscal	334	+1.2%
217	Benalup-Casas Viejas	333	-0.9%
218	Bujalance	328	-0.6%
219	Algarrobo	327	+1.9%
220	Prado del Rey	325	-2.4%
221	Marmolejo	320	0%
222	Pedrera	319	-2.4%
223	Porcuna	312	-1.6%
224	Benacazón	307	-5.2%
224	Montalbán de Córdoba	307	+3.4%
226	Cájar	300	-2.9%
227	La Guardia de Jaén	299	+12.8%
228	Montellano	298	-3.2%
229	Constantina	297	-1.7%
230	Villanueva del Trabuco	296	+1%
231	Tíjola	293	-0.3%
232	Almodóvar del Río	292	-2%
232	Trebujena	292	+5%
234	Arjona	290	-3.7%
235	Benamejí	279	-1.1%
236	Quesada	278	+6.5%
236	Rociana del Condado	278	+1.1%
238	Cazalla de la Sierra	277	-0.4%
239	Mollina	276	-5.2%
240	Casariche	274	+1.5%
240	Pozo Alcón	274	-6.2%
242	Bonares	271	-2.2%
243	Bornos	270	+1.5%
244	Santaella	269	-2.2%
245	Almensilla	267	+6.4%
245	Burguillos	267	-6%
247	Alameda	266	+3.1%
248	Huelma	264	+2.3%
249	Benahadux	262	+3.6%
249	Isla Mayor	262	+2.7%

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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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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