Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 770 municipalities in 2019, at 50,132. Lobras had the lowest, at 4. The median was 126 and the figure for Andalusia was 518,532. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest50,132Sevilla

Lowest4Lobras

Median126770 municipalities

Andalusia518,532History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Sevilla	50,132	+0.9%
2	Málaga	41,310	+0.7%
3	Córdoba	21,761	+1.2%
4	Granada	19,202	+0.5%
5	Marbella	18,522	+1.2%
6	Almería	12,443	+1.1%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,056	+0.3%
8	Huelva	7,676	+1.4%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,323	+3.4%
10	Jaén	7,188	-0.6%
11	Mijas	6,782	+6.2%
12	Fuengirola	6,742	+4.3%
13	Cádiz	6,083	-0.6%
14	Estepona	5,744	+4.4%
15	Benalmádena	5,739	+7.2%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,739	+2.6%
17	Algeciras	5,657	+0.4%
18	Vélez-Málaga	5,572	+4.7%
19	Torremolinos	5,202	+2.2%
20	El Puerto de Santa María	5,074	-0.4%
21	El Ejido	4,966	-0.2%
22	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,800	+1.2%
23	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,691	+4.3%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,541	+0.9%
25	San Fernando	3,483	+4.4%
26	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,299	+4.2%
27	Motril	3,248	-1.6%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	3,130	+4.2%
29	Lucena	2,921	+1.6%
30	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,796	+5.5%
31	Linares	2,709	+0.7%
32	Utrera	2,608	+4.2%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,567	+1.8%
34	Écija	2,377	+1.1%
35	Antequera	2,369	-0.4%
36	Ronda	2,335	+3.5%
37	Úbeda	2,317	-1.3%
38	La Rinconada	2,193	+1.6%
39	Andújar	2,176	+0.4%
40	San Roque	2,075	+2.5%
41	Almuñécar	2,043	+5%
42	Tomares	1,900	+3.4%
43	Nerja	1,891	+5.6%
44	Alhaurín el Grande	1,815	+4%
45	Puente Genil	1,787	+1.2%
46	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,783	+4.5%
47	Armilla	1,694	+4.3%
48	Carmona	1,674	+2.1%
49	Albolote	1,627	-0.5%
49	Puerto Real	1,627	+1.2%
51	Lebrija	1,623	+2.6%
52	Conil de la Frontera	1,593	+2.5%
53	Coín	1,561	+3.9%
54	Coria del Río	1,558	+4.5%
55	Montilla	1,553	+2.4%
56	Bormujos	1,550	+3.1%
57	Baza	1,541	-1.3%
58	Camas	1,524	+2.6%
59	Rota	1,462	+1.1%
60	Priego de Córdoba	1,444	+4.9%
61	Huércal de Almería	1,415	-0.2%
62	Níjar	1,414	+3.8%
63	Alcalá la Real	1,362	0%
64	Maracena	1,356	+2.3%
65	Cártama	1,350	+0.7%
66	Arcos de la Frontera	1,345	+3.7%
66	Lepe	1,345	+4.3%
68	Mairena del Alcor	1,325	+0.8%
69	Atarfe	1,302	+2%
70	Los Barrios	1,300	+1.6%
71	La Zubia	1,291	+3.4%
72	Morón de la Frontera	1,288	+4.6%
73	Adra	1,286	+1.1%
74	El Viso del Alcor	1,258	+4.4%
75	Las Gabias	1,257	+2.4%
76	Loja	1,237	-0.5%
77	Vera	1,229	+3.2%
78	Guadix	1,222	-1.1%
79	Pozoblanco	1,196	+1.3%
79	Vícar	1,196	+1%
81	Almonte	1,195	+5.2%
82	Baena	1,174	0%
83	Tarifa	1,173	+6.3%
84	Martos	1,166	-2.2%
85	Torrox	1,149	+8.3%
86	Ayamonte	1,142	+5.1%
87	Cabra	1,135	+1.2%
88	Manilva	1,133	+8%
89	Espartinas	1,121	+4.9%
90	Huércal-Overa	1,117	-1.3%
91	Ogíjares	1,106	+0.7%
92	Palma del Río	1,091	+2.3%
93	Aljaraque	1,082	+3.8%
94	Marchena	1,079	+3.8%
95	Bailén	1,066	+0.3%
96	Barbate	1,037	+2.1%
97	Ubrique	1,026	+3.3%
98	Baeza	1,022	+1.6%
99	Peligros	1,020	+0.3%
100	Gines	988	+3.8%
101	Santa Fe	982	+4.8%
102	Churriana de la Vega	978	+0.6%
103	Chipiona	974	+7.6%
104	Arahal	935	+1.1%
105	Albox	918	+0.4%
106	Cuevas del Almanzora	915	+1.7%
107	Lora del Río	913	+2.7%
108	Moguer	891	+2.1%
109	Bollullos de la Mitación	888	+4.1%
110	Isla Cristina	886	+5.9%
111	Sanlúcar la Mayor	871	0%
112	Cartaya	869	+2.4%
113	San Juan de Aznalfarache	867	+2.4%
114	La Carlota	862	+1.2%
115	Huétor Vega	845	+4.6%
116	Osuna	839	+0.1%
117	Torredelcampo	814	+2.9%
118	Castilleja de la Cuesta	807	+0.4%
119	Pilas	804	+2.6%
120	Punta Umbría	796	+5.7%
121	Las Cabezas de San Juan	786	+1.6%
122	Torredonjimeno	785	+2.6%
123	Benahavís	766	+7.9%
124	Estepa	757	-0.4%
125	La Carolina	749	+3.7%
126	Vejer de la Frontera	747	+4.9%
127	Gelves	740	+3.6%
128	La Algaba	724	-1.1%
129	Guillena	721	+5.7%
130	Mojácar	709	+6.8%
131	Valverde del Camino	706	+0.9%
132	Valencina de la Concepción	702	+0.6%
133	Bollullos Par del Condado	700	+0.7%
134	Berja	695	+5%
135	Álora	672	+6.5%
136	Aguilar de la Frontera	662	+4.4%
137	Salobreña	656	+0.5%
138	Mancha Real	643	+0.2%
139	Fuente Palmera	631	-4.4%
140	Villamartín	616	+4.6%
141	Monachil	612	+7.7%
142	Aracena	604	+1.9%
143	Mengíbar	603	+6%
144	Pulpí	601	+0.2%
145	El Cuervo de Sevilla	590	+5.4%
146	Padul	589	+3.9%
147	Brenes	585	0%
148	Garrucha	584	+2.8%
149	Rute	577	-1.5%
150	Villanueva de Córdoba	570	+2.5%
151	Campillos	565	+2.5%
152	Viator	562	-2.3%
153	La Rambla	561	+2%
154	Fernán-Núñez	558	-1.2%
155	Palomares del Río	554	+1.5%
156	Alhendín	550	+1.3%
157	Vegas del Genil	547	+2.6%
158	Alcalá del Río	543	+4.8%
158	La Puebla de Cazalla	543	+1.3%
160	Pizarra	542	+5.2%
161	Alcaudete	537	+0.6%
162	Villa de Otura	533	+7.5%
163	Cenes de la Vega	531	+2.1%
164	Huétor Tájar	530	+2.9%
165	Palos de la Frontera	529	+2.1%
166	Huéscar	520	+3%
167	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	512	-2.1%
168	La Palma del Condado	511	+2.8%
169	La Puebla del Río	499	+3.3%
170	Cantillana	498	+5.1%
171	Medina Sidonia	497	+0.2%
171	Villacarrillo	497	-0.4%
173	Montoro	496	+5.1%
174	Pinos Puente	494	0%
175	Salteras	489	+2.3%
176	Olula del Río	487	-1%
177	Cúllar Vega	486	+2.7%
178	Gibraleón	485	+1.9%
179	Archidona	483	+5%
179	Carboneras	483	0%
181	Cazorla	480	-1%
182	Dúrcal	475	+2.4%
183	Hinojosa del Duque	466	+2.4%
183	Vélez-Rubio	466	+1.3%
185	Santiponce	465	+5.2%
186	Íllora	464	-1.7%
187	Tocina	460	+4.8%
188	Olivares	454	-2.8%
189	Olvera	452	+7.1%
190	Villa del Río	445	+4.2%
191	San Juan del Puerto	442	+1.8%
192	Herrera	439	+3.5%
193	Umbrete	438	+5%
194	Castro del Río	436	+0.2%
194	Macael	436	-1.8%
196	La Mojonera	426	-0.9%
197	Villanueva del Arzobispo	424	+9%
198	Casares	418	+13.3%
199	Jódar	397	+2.1%
200	Gójar	382	+11%
201	Chauchina	381	+5%
201	Trigueros	381	+6.7%
203	Posadas	378	+1.1%
204	Villaverde del Río	373	-0.5%
205	Antas	371	-7.2%
205	Torreperogil	371	-0.5%
207	Órgiva	370	+8.2%
208	Fuentes de Andalucía	361	-0.6%
209	Paradas	357	+2.6%
210	Villanueva del Ariscal	353	+5.7%
211	Gerena	352	-0.3%
212	Jimena de la Frontera	351	-24.2%
213	Alfacar	349	+3.3%
214	Alhama de Granada	344	+1.2%
215	Pulianas	343	0%
216	Benalup-Casas Viejas	342	+2.7%
217	Prado del Rey	341	+4.9%
218	Peal de Becerro	337	-0.6%
219	Marmolejo	335	+4.7%
220	Algarrobo	332	+1.5%
220	Cájar	332	+10.7%
220	Pedrera	332	+4.1%
223	Villanueva del Trabuco	329	+11.1%
224	Bujalance	326	-0.6%
225	Benacazón	321	+4.6%
226	Montellano	317	+6.4%
227	Montalbán de Córdoba	314	+2.3%
228	Porcuna	310	-0.6%
229	La Guardia de Jaén	305	+2%
230	Almodóvar del Río	296	+1.4%
231	Constantina	295	-0.7%
231	Rociana del Condado	295	+6.1%
233	Burguillos	293	+9.7%
233	Tíjola	293	0%
235	Trebujena	290	-0.7%
236	Almensilla	289	+8.2%
237	Arjona	286	-1.4%
237	Quesada	286	+2.9%
239	Benamejí	285	+2.2%
240	Alameda	283	+6.4%
241	Casariche	281	+2.6%
242	Pozo Alcón	280	+2.2%
243	Mollina	279	+1.1%
244	Bonares	278	+2.6%
244	Cazalla de la Sierra	278	+0.4%
244	Villafranca de Córdoba	278	+8.6%
247	Beas de Segura	272	+6.3%
248	Benahadux	266	+1.5%
248	Bornos	266	-1.5%
250	Frigiliana	262	+6.1%

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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