Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 773 municipalities in 2020, at 51,104. Dehesas Viejas had the lowest, at 4. The median was 129 and the figure for Andalusia was 531,045. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest51,104Sevilla

Lowest4Dehesas Viejas

Median129773 municipalities

Andalusia531,045History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Sevilla	51,104	+1.9%
2	Málaga	42,448	+2.8%
3	Córdoba	22,002	+1.1%
4	Granada	19,722	+2.7%
5	Marbella	19,157	+3.4%
6	Almería	12,578	+1.1%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,276	+2%
8	Huelva	7,730	+0.7%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,469	+2%
10	Jaén	7,266	+1.1%
11	Mijas	7,212	+6.3%
12	Fuengirola	7,067	+4.8%
13	Cádiz	6,202	+2%
14	Benalmádena	6,057	+5.5%
15	Roquetas de Mar	6,014	+4.8%
16	Estepona	6,002	+4.5%
17	Vélez-Málaga	5,788	+3.9%
18	Algeciras	5,752	+1.7%
19	Torremolinos	5,533	+6.4%
20	El Puerto de Santa María	5,183	+2.1%
21	El Ejido	5,056	+1.8%
22	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,876	+3.9%
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,852	+1.1%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,517	-0.7%
25	San Fernando	3,451	-0.9%
26	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,438	+4.2%
27	Motril	3,304	+1.7%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	3,246	+3.7%
29	Lucena	2,926	+0.2%
30	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,897	+3.6%
31	Linares	2,736	+1%
32	Utrera	2,660	+2%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,617	+1.9%
34	Écija	2,453	+3.2%
35	Ronda	2,382	+2%
36	Antequera	2,379	+0.4%
37	Úbeda	2,376	+2.5%
38	La Rinconada	2,220	+1.2%
39	San Roque	2,210	+6.5%
40	Andújar	2,189	+0.6%
41	Almuñécar	2,028	-0.7%
42	Tomares	1,950	+2.6%
43	Alhaurín el Grande	1,928	+6.2%
44	Nerja	1,906	+0.8%
45	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,846	+3.5%
46	Puente Genil	1,782	-0.3%
47	Armilla	1,772	+4.6%
48	Carmona	1,719	+2.7%
49	Puerto Real	1,717	+5.5%
50	Conil de la Frontera	1,667	+4.6%
51	Albolote	1,649	+1.4%
52	Coín	1,647	+5.5%
52	Lebrija	1,647	+1.5%
54	Coria del Río	1,617	+3.8%
55	Bormujos	1,590	+2.6%
56	Montilla	1,562	+0.6%
57	Camas	1,547	+1.5%
58	Baza	1,535	-0.4%
59	Rota	1,490	+1.9%
60	Níjar	1,459	+3.2%
61	Cártama	1,451	+7.5%
62	Priego de Córdoba	1,450	+0.4%
63	Lepe	1,410	+4.8%
64	Alcalá la Real	1,382	+1.5%
65	Maracena	1,368	+0.9%
66	Mairena del Alcor	1,356	+2.3%
67	Arcos de la Frontera	1,347	+0.1%
68	Los Barrios	1,340	+3.1%
69	La Zubia	1,337	+3.6%
70	Morón de la Frontera	1,307	+1.5%
71	Huércal de Almería	1,302	-8%
72	Atarfe	1,301	-0.1%
73	Adra	1,300	+1.1%
74	Vera	1,277	+3.9%
75	El Viso del Alcor	1,276	+1.4%
76	Las Gabias	1,266	+0.7%
77	Almonte	1,263	+5.7%
78	Loja	1,238	+0.1%
79	Guadix	1,220	-0.2%
80	Tarifa	1,219	+3.9%
81	Martos	1,215	+4.2%
82	Manilva	1,208	+6.6%
83	Torrox	1,202	+4.6%
84	Pozoblanco	1,201	+0.4%
85	Baena	1,198	+2%
86	Ayamonte	1,197	+4.8%
87	Vícar	1,190	-0.5%
88	Cabra	1,146	+1%
89	Espartinas	1,143	+2%
90	Huércal-Overa	1,131	+1.3%
91	Aljaraque	1,110	+2.6%
92	Ogíjares	1,108	+0.2%
93	Palma del Río	1,103	+1.1%
94	Barbate	1,082	+4.3%
95	Marchena	1,064	-1.4%
96	Bailén	1,062	-0.4%
97	Ubrique	1,054	+2.7%
98	Baeza	1,039	+1.7%
99	Chipiona	1,034	+6.2%
100	Peligros	1,030	+1%
101	Churriana de la Vega	1,021	+4.4%
102	Gines	989	+0.1%
103	Arahal	956	+2.2%
104	Santa Fe	946	-3.7%
105	Bollullos de la Mitación	940	+5.9%
106	Lora del Río	934	+2.3%
107	Albox	926	+0.9%
108	Moguer	925	+3.8%
109	Cuevas del Almanzora	923	+0.9%
110	San Juan de Aznalfarache	906	+4.5%
111	La Carlota	893	+3.6%
112	Cartaya	880	+1.3%
113	Sanlúcar la Mayor	878	+0.8%
114	Isla Cristina	867	-2.1%
115	Huétor Vega	866	+2.5%
116	Osuna	857	+2.1%
117	Castilleja de la Cuesta	855	+5.9%
118	Punta Umbría	850	+6.8%
119	Benahavís	841	+9.8%
120	Pilas	823	+2.4%
121	Torredelcampo	818	+0.5%
122	Las Cabezas de San Juan	813	+3.4%
123	Torredonjimeno	784	-0.1%
124	Vejer de la Frontera	778	+4.1%
125	Estepa	752	-0.7%
125	Guillena	752	+4.3%
127	La Algaba	748	+3.3%
128	La Carolina	743	-0.8%
129	Gelves	740	0%
130	Mojácar	719	+1.4%
131	Berja	708	+1.9%
132	Valverde del Camino	699	-1%
133	Salobreña	695	+5.9%
134	Álora	694	+3.3%
134	Valencina de la Concepción	694	-1.1%
136	Bollullos Par del Condado	689	-1.6%
137	Aguilar de la Frontera	668	+0.9%
138	Mancha Real	662	+3%
139	Monachil	638	+4.2%
140	Aracena	632	+4.6%
140	Mengíbar	632	+4.8%
142	Fuente Palmera	629	-0.3%
143	Villamartín	624	+1.3%
144	Brenes	608	+3.9%
145	El Cuervo de Sevilla	603	+2.2%
146	Padul	602	+2.2%
147	Pulpí	593	-1.3%
148	Garrucha	585	+0.2%
149	Vegas del Genil	584	+6.8%
150	Alhendín	581	+5.6%
151	Pizarra	574	+5.9%
152	Rute	568	-1.6%
153	Fernán-Núñez	566	+1.4%
153	La Rambla	566	+0.9%
155	Palomares del Río	565	+2%
156	Campillos	564	-0.2%
156	Villanueva de Córdoba	564	-1.1%
158	Alcalá del Río	562	+3.5%
159	Palos de la Frontera	559	+5.7%
160	La Puebla de Cazalla	555	+2.2%
161	Alcaudete	553	+3%
161	Villa de Otura	553	+3.8%
163	Cenes de la Vega	549	+3.4%
164	Viator	540	-3.9%
165	Huétor Tájar	537	+1.3%
166	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	524	+2.3%
167	Huéscar	514	-1.2%
167	Villacarrillo	514	+3.4%
169	La Puebla del Río	512	+2.6%
170	Cantillana	509	+2.2%
171	Cúllar Vega	505	+3.9%
172	Medina Sidonia	504	+1.4%
173	La Palma del Condado	502	-1.8%
174	Archidona	499	+3.3%
174	Salteras	499	+2%
176	Carboneras	498	+3.1%
177	Olula del Río	494	+1.4%
178	Gibraleón	490	+1%
179	Pinos Puente	489	-1%
180	Íllora	483	+4.1%
181	Olivares	480	+5.7%
182	Montoro	478	-3.6%
183	Cazorla	473	-1.5%
184	Dúrcal	471	-0.8%
185	Vélez-Rubio	468	+0.4%
186	Santiponce	467	+0.4%
187	Tocina	466	+1.3%
188	San Juan del Puerto	462	+4.5%
189	Hinojosa del Duque	459	-1.5%
189	Olvera	459	+1.5%
191	Castro del Río	451	+3.4%
192	Casares	446	+6.7%
192	Villa del Río	446	+0.2%
194	Umbrete	444	+1.4%
195	Herrera	443	+0.9%
196	Macael	435	-0.2%
197	Villanueva del Arzobispo	431	+1.7%
198	La Mojonera	417	-2.1%
199	Villaverde del Río	409	+9.7%
200	Gójar	404	+5.8%
201	Órgiva	401	+8.4%
202	Jódar	396	-0.3%
203	Posadas	379	+0.3%
204	Antas	377	+1.6%
205	Trigueros	373	-2.1%
206	Gerena	372	+5.7%
206	Torreperogil	372	+0.3%
208	Jimena de la Frontera	371	+5.7%
209	Chauchina	368	-3.4%
210	Alhama de Granada	363	+5.5%
211	Paradas	362	+1.4%
212	Alfacar	358	+2.6%
213	Fuentes de Andalucía	357	-1.1%
213	Villanueva del Ariscal	357	+1.1%
215	Algarrobo	356	+7.2%
216	Pulianas	352	+2.6%
217	Prado del Rey	347	+1.8%
218	Benalup-Casas Viejas	346	+1.2%
219	Peal de Becerro	342	+1.5%
220	Marmolejo	341	+1.8%
220	Villanueva del Trabuco	341	+3.6%
222	Cájar	332	0%
223	Benacazón	331	+3.1%
224	Pedrera	328	-1.2%
225	Porcuna	324	+4.5%
226	Montalbán de Córdoba	317	+1%
227	La Guardia de Jaén	316	+3.6%
228	Almodóvar del Río	309	+4.4%
228	Bujalance	309	-5.2%
230	Montellano	304	-4.1%
231	Rociana del Condado	300	+1.7%
232	Trebujena	299	+3.1%
233	Mollina	295	+5.7%
234	Beas de Segura	294	+8.1%
235	Quesada	292	+2.1%
236	Almensilla	291	+0.7%
237	Constantina	290	-1.7%
237	Tíjola	290	-1%
239	Bonares	289	+4%
239	Casariche	289	+2.8%
241	Arjona	288	+0.7%
242	Benamejí	287	+0.7%
242	Frigiliana	287	+9.5%
244	Villafranca de Córdoba	282	+1.4%
245	Burguillos	281	-4.1%
246	Cazalla de la Sierra	279	+0.4%
247	Alameda	277	-2.1%
247	La Luisiana	277	+9.5%
249	Bornos	276	+3.8%
250	Alcalá de los Gazules	274	+7.9%

Showing the top 250 of 773. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 5 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020}},
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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=2020. 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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Sevilla, with 51,104 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Dehesas Viejas, with 4 in 2020.

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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. 5 municipalities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.