Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 774 municipalities in 2021, at 50,973. Santa Cruz de Marchena had the lowest, at 4. The median was 131 and the figure for Andalusia was 531,160. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest50,973Sevilla

Lowest4Santa Cruz de Marchena

Median131774 municipalities

Andalusia531,160History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Sevilla	50,973	-0.3%
2	Málaga	42,061	-0.9%
3	Córdoba	21,984	-0.1%
4	Granada	19,374	-1.8%
5	Marbella	19,063	-0.5%
6	Almería	12,614	+0.3%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,372	+0.9%
8	Huelva	7,632	-1.3%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,496	+0.4%
10	Mijas	7,224	+0.2%
11	Jaén	7,188	-1.1%
12	Fuengirola	6,807	-3.7%
13	Cádiz	6,205	0%
14	Benalmádena	6,041	-0.3%
15	Estepona	5,995	-0.1%
16	Roquetas de Mar	5,970	-0.7%
17	Vélez-Málaga	5,812	+0.4%
18	Algeciras	5,738	-0.2%
19	Torremolinos	5,388	-2.6%
20	El Puerto de Santa María	5,174	-0.2%
21	El Ejido	5,145	+1.8%
22	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,979	+2.1%
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,897	+0.9%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,494	-0.7%
25	San Fernando	3,477	+0.8%
26	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,464	+0.8%
27	Motril	3,283	-0.6%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	3,177	-2.1%
29	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,877	-0.7%
30	Lucena	2,868	-2%
31	Linares	2,716	-0.7%
32	Utrera	2,660	0%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,612	-0.2%
34	Écija	2,473	+0.8%
35	Antequera	2,393	+0.6%
36	Ronda	2,365	-0.7%
37	Úbeda	2,350	-1.1%
38	La Rinconada	2,236	+0.7%
39	San Roque	2,233	+1%
40	Andújar	2,201	+0.5%
41	Almuñécar	2,039	+0.5%
42	Alhaurín el Grande	1,936	+0.4%
43	Tomares	1,935	-0.8%
44	Nerja	1,861	-2.4%
45	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,825	-1.1%
46	Puente Genil	1,761	-1.2%
47	Carmona	1,726	+0.4%
48	Armilla	1,718	-3%
49	Conil de la Frontera	1,714	+2.8%
50	Coín	1,708	+3.7%
51	Puerto Real	1,698	-1.1%
52	Coria del Río	1,661	+2.7%
53	Albolote	1,651	+0.1%
53	Lebrija	1,651	+0.2%
55	Bormujos	1,607	+1.1%
56	Montilla	1,562	0%
57	Camas	1,535	-0.8%
58	Baza	1,529	-0.4%
59	Rota	1,511	+1.4%
60	Níjar	1,488	+2%
61	Cártama	1,450	-0.1%
62	Lepe	1,431	+1.5%
62	Priego de Córdoba	1,431	-1.3%
64	Mairena del Alcor	1,379	+1.7%
65	Alcalá la Real	1,362	-1.4%
66	Maracena	1,350	-1.3%
67	Arcos de la Frontera	1,347	0%
68	La Zubia	1,346	+0.7%
69	Adra	1,337	+2.8%
70	Morón de la Frontera	1,336	+2.2%
71	Los Barrios	1,330	-0.7%
72	Atarfe	1,307	+0.5%
73	El Viso del Alcor	1,298	+1.7%
74	Las Gabias	1,295	+2.3%
75	Vera	1,282	+0.4%
76	Huércal de Almería	1,269	-2.5%
77	Almonte	1,256	-0.6%
78	Martos	1,254	+3.2%
79	Loja	1,248	+0.8%
80	Tarifa	1,235	+1.3%
81	Manilva	1,212	+0.3%
82	Guadix	1,208	-1%
83	Ayamonte	1,201	+0.3%
84	Vícar	1,194	+0.3%
85	Torrox	1,190	-1%
86	Pozoblanco	1,187	-1.2%
87	Baena	1,181	-1.4%
88	Cabra	1,157	+1%
89	Espartinas	1,147	+0.3%
90	Huércal-Overa	1,129	-0.2%
91	Barbate	1,110	+2.6%
92	Aljaraque	1,093	-1.5%
93	Palma del Río	1,089	-1.3%
94	Ogíjares	1,081	-2.4%
95	Marchena	1,079	+1.4%
96	Bailén	1,076	+1.3%
97	Chipiona	1,062	+2.7%
98	Peligros	1,050	+1.9%
99	Baeza	1,046	+0.7%
100	Ubrique	1,036	-1.7%
101	Churriana de la Vega	1,022	+0.1%
102	Arahal	975	+2%
103	Gines	964	-2.5%
104	Santa Fe	950	+0.4%
105	Albox	945	+2.1%
106	Bollullos de la Mitación	943	+0.3%
107	Cuevas del Almanzora	939	+1.7%
108	Moguer	926	+0.1%
109	Lora del Río	923	-1.2%
110	San Juan de Aznalfarache	914	+0.9%
111	Sanlúcar la Mayor	902	+2.7%
112	La Carlota	897	+0.4%
113	Cartaya	876	-0.5%
114	Isla Cristina	875	+0.9%
115	Punta Umbría	872	+2.6%
116	Castilleja de la Cuesta	870	+1.8%
117	Huétor Vega	866	0%
118	Benahavís	854	+1.5%
119	Osuna	848	-1.1%
120	Pilas	833	+1.2%
121	Las Cabezas de San Juan	821	+1%
122	Vejer de la Frontera	813	+4.5%
123	Torredelcampo	811	-0.9%
124	Torredonjimeno	780	-0.5%
125	Estepa	763	+1.5%
126	Gelves	754	+1.9%
127	Mojácar	745	+3.6%
128	La Algaba	742	-0.8%
129	La Carolina	737	-0.8%
130	Guillena	732	-2.7%
131	Berja	715	+1%
132	Álora	709	+2.2%
133	Valverde del Camino	704	+0.7%
134	Bollullos Par del Condado	684	-0.7%
135	Valencina de la Concepción	677	-2.4%
136	Salobreña	675	-2.9%
137	Aguilar de la Frontera	657	-1.6%
138	Mancha Real	645	-2.6%
138	Mengíbar	645	+2.1%
140	Aracena	640	+1.3%
141	Fuente Palmera	637	+1.3%
142	Villamartín	626	+0.3%
143	Brenes	624	+2.6%
144	Monachil	623	-2.4%
145	El Cuervo de Sevilla	607	+0.7%
146	Alhendín	606	+4.3%
147	Pulpí	592	-0.2%
148	Padul	590	-2%
149	Alcalá del Río	584	+3.9%
149	Vegas del Genil	584	0%
151	Garrucha	580	-0.9%
152	Palomares del Río	574	+1.6%
153	La Rambla	570	+0.7%
154	La Puebla de Cazalla	569	+2.5%
155	Villanueva de Córdoba	567	+0.5%
156	Villa de Otura	565	+2.2%
157	Viator	562	+4.1%
158	Fernán-Núñez	557	-1.6%
159	Rute	555	-2.3%
160	Campillos	554	-1.8%
161	Alcaudete	552	-0.2%
161	Pizarra	552	-3.8%
163	Cenes de la Vega	550	+0.2%
163	Palos de la Frontera	550	-1.6%
165	Huétor Tájar	543	+1.1%
166	Salteras	542	+8.6%
167	La Puebla del Río	535	+4.5%
168	Medina Sidonia	529	+5%
169	Huéscar	520	+1.2%
170	La Palma del Condado	519	+3.4%
170	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	519	-1%
172	Gibraleón	515	+5.1%
173	Cantillana	511	+0.4%
174	Carboneras	509	+2.2%
175	Villacarrillo	503	-2.1%
176	Cúllar Vega	496	-1.8%
177	Archidona	490	-1.8%
178	Tocina	483	+3.6%
179	Olivares	481	+0.2%
180	Íllora	479	-0.8%
180	Montoro	479	+0.2%
180	Pinos Puente	479	-2%
183	Dúrcal	476	+1.1%
184	Olula del Río	474	-4%
184	Umbrete	474	+6.8%
186	Olvera	466	+1.5%
187	San Juan del Puerto	462	0%
187	Vélez-Rubio	462	-1.3%
189	Santiponce	460	-1.5%
190	Casares	456	+2.2%
191	Herrera	455	+2.7%
191	Hinojosa del Duque	455	-0.9%
193	Cazorla	454	-4%
194	Castro del Río	453	+0.4%
195	Villa del Río	442	-0.9%
196	Macael	431	-0.9%
197	Órgiva	430	+7.2%
198	Villanueva del Arzobispo	423	-1.9%
199	La Mojonera	416	-0.2%
200	Villaverde del Río	405	-1%
201	Jódar	399	+0.8%
202	Gójar	395	-2.2%
203	Trigueros	380	+1.9%
204	Alhama de Granada	378	+4.1%
205	Posadas	377	-0.5%
206	Antas	376	-0.3%
207	Chauchina	374	+1.6%
208	Torreperogil	369	-0.8%
209	Fuentes de Andalucía	368	+3.1%
209	Villanueva del Ariscal	368	+3.1%
211	Jimena de la Frontera	366	-1.3%
212	Paradas	363	+0.3%
212	Pulianas	363	+3.1%
214	Alfacar	362	+1.1%
215	Gerena	357	-4%
216	Benalup-Casas Viejas	354	+2.3%
217	Peal de Becerro	351	+2.6%
218	Prado del Rey	347	0%
219	Algarrobo	346	-2.8%
220	Benacazón	343	+3.6%
221	Porcuna	338	+4.3%
222	Villanueva del Trabuco	335	-1.8%
223	Cájar	333	+0.3%
224	Marmolejo	332	-2.6%
225	Almodóvar del Río	324	+4.9%
226	Pedrera	322	-1.8%
227	La Guardia de Jaén	317	+0.3%
228	Montellano	315	+3.6%
229	Almensilla	312	+7.2%
230	Rociana del Condado	310	+3.3%
231	Montalbán de Córdoba	307	-3.2%
232	Bujalance	304	-1.6%
233	Casariche	301	+4.2%
234	Benamejí	300	+4.5%
235	Arjona	297	+3.1%
235	Trebujena	297	-0.7%
237	Quesada	294	+0.7%
238	Burguillos	293	+4.3%
238	Cómpeta	293	+7.3%
240	Bonares	291	+0.7%
241	Constantina	290	0%
242	Frigiliana	289	+0.7%
243	La Luisiana	287	+3.6%
244	Beas de Segura	286	-2.7%
244	Tíjola	286	-1.4%
244	Villafranca de Córdoba	286	+1.4%
247	Pozo Alcón	285	+4%
248	Bornos	282	+2.2%
248	Mollina	282	-4.4%
250	Alhama de Almería	280	+4.5%

Showing the top 250 of 774. The Excel download has every row.

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  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=2021. 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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Sevilla, with 50,973 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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