Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 775 municipalities in 2022, at 51,883. Santa Cruz de Marchena had the lowest, at 4. The median was 130 and the figure for Andalusia was 545,502. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest51,883Sevilla

Lowest4Santa Cruz de Marchena

Median130775 municipalities

Andalusia545,502History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Sevilla	51,883	+1.8%
2	Málaga	43,211	+2.7%
3	Córdoba	22,374	+1.8%
4	Marbella	20,313	+6.6%
5	Granada	19,783	+2.1%
6	Almería	12,787	+1.4%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,650	+2.4%
8	Huelva	7,752	+1.6%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,715	+2.9%
10	Mijas	7,621	+5.5%
11	Jaén	7,272	+1.2%
12	Fuengirola	7,059	+3.7%
13	Estepona	6,371	+6.3%
14	Benalmádena	6,351	+5.1%
15	Cádiz	6,217	+0.2%
16	Roquetas de Mar	6,172	+3.4%
17	Vélez-Málaga	5,978	+2.9%
18	Algeciras	5,829	+1.6%
19	Torremolinos	5,635	+4.6%
20	El Puerto de Santa María	5,318	+2.8%
21	El Ejido	5,287	+2.8%
22	Chiclana de la Frontera	5,108	+2.6%
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	5,012	+2.3%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,633	+4%
25	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,583	+3.4%
26	San Fernando	3,540	+1.8%
27	Motril	3,373	+2.7%
28	Rincón de la Victoria	3,339	+5.1%
29	Alhaurín de la Torre	2,989	+3.9%
30	Lucena	2,911	+1.5%
31	Utrera	2,755	+3.6%
32	Linares	2,750	+1.3%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,703	+3.5%
34	Écija	2,500	+1.1%
35	Antequera	2,469	+3.2%
36	Ronda	2,450	+3.6%
37	Úbeda	2,371	+0.9%
38	San Roque	2,368	+6%
39	La Rinconada	2,276	+1.8%
40	Andújar	2,246	+2%
41	Almuñécar	2,130	+4.5%
42	Alhaurín el Grande	2,017	+4.2%
43	Tomares	1,990	+2.8%
44	Nerja	1,920	+3.2%
45	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,899	+4.1%
46	Puente Genil	1,803	+2.4%
47	Coín	1,799	+5.3%
48	Conil de la Frontera	1,768	+3.2%
49	Carmona	1,752	+1.5%
49	Puerto Real	1,752	+3.2%
51	Lebrija	1,716	+3.9%
52	Albolote	1,705	+3.3%
53	Armilla	1,702	-0.9%
54	Coria del Río	1,696	+2.1%
55	Bormujos	1,648	+2.6%
56	Montilla	1,585	+1.5%
57	Camas	1,572	+2.4%
58	Rota	1,543	+2.1%
59	Níjar	1,534	+3.1%
60	Baza	1,517	-0.8%
61	Cártama	1,516	+4.6%
62	Lepe	1,494	+4.4%
63	Priego de Córdoba	1,439	+0.6%
64	Arcos de la Frontera	1,419	+5.3%
65	Mairena del Alcor	1,403	+1.7%
66	Maracena	1,397	+3.5%
67	Alcalá la Real	1,395	+2.4%
68	Los Barrios	1,392	+4.7%
69	Morón de la Frontera	1,383	+3.5%
70	La Zubia	1,371	+1.9%
71	Atarfe	1,342	+2.7%
71	El Viso del Alcor	1,342	+3.4%
71	Las Gabias	1,342	+3.6%
74	Adra	1,341	+0.3%
75	Vera	1,332	+3.9%
76	Tarifa	1,323	+7.1%
77	Almonte	1,307	+4.1%
78	Huércal de Almería	1,303	+2.7%
79	Manilva	1,299	+7.2%
80	Loja	1,277	+2.3%
80	Martos	1,277	+1.8%
82	Vícar	1,230	+3%
83	Torrox	1,227	+3.1%
84	Ayamonte	1,218	+1.4%
85	Guadix	1,214	+0.5%
86	Pozoblanco	1,210	+1.9%
87	Baena	1,191	+0.8%
88	Espartinas	1,180	+2.9%
89	Cabra	1,177	+1.7%
90	Barbate	1,146	+3.2%
91	Huércal-Overa	1,129	0%
92	Aljaraque	1,113	+1.8%
93	Marchena	1,112	+3.1%
94	Chipiona	1,110	+4.5%
95	Palma del Río	1,107	+1.7%
96	Ogíjares	1,101	+1.9%
97	Peligros	1,092	+4%
98	Ubrique	1,091	+5.3%
99	Bailén	1,087	+1%
100	Baeza	1,066	+1.9%
101	Churriana de la Vega	1,042	+2%
102	Arahal	1,007	+3.3%
103	Gines	979	+1.6%
104	Santa Fe	975	+2.6%
105	Benahavís	967	+13.2%
106	Albox	965	+2.1%
107	Bollullos de la Mitación	964	+2.2%
108	Cuevas del Almanzora	961	+2.3%
109	Moguer	944	+1.9%
109	San Juan de Aznalfarache	944	+3.3%
111	Lora del Río	929	+0.7%
112	La Carlota	927	+3.3%
113	Cartaya	916	+4.6%
114	Isla Cristina	910	+4%
115	Punta Umbría	909	+4.2%
116	Sanlúcar la Mayor	903	+0.1%
117	Huétor Vega	885	+2.2%
118	Castilleja de la Cuesta	875	+0.6%
119	Osuna	872	+2.8%
120	Las Cabezas de San Juan	862	+5%
121	Pilas	859	+3.1%
122	Vejer de la Frontera	848	+4.3%
123	Torredelcampo	838	+3.3%
124	Mojácar	784	+5.2%
125	Torredonjimeno	778	-0.3%
126	Estepa	766	+0.4%
127	Gelves	763	+1.2%
128	Álora	758	+6.9%
129	La Algaba	757	+2%
130	Guillena	745	+1.8%
131	La Carolina	725	-1.6%
132	Berja	716	+0.1%
133	Bollullos Par del Condado	712	+4.1%
134	Valverde del Camino	710	+0.9%
135	Salobreña	702	+4%
136	Valencina de la Concepción	697	+3%
137	Aguilar de la Frontera	691	+5.2%
138	Monachil	676	+8.5%
139	Mancha Real	670	+3.9%
140	Aracena	660	+3.1%
141	Brenes	649	+4%
142	Villamartín	645	+3%
143	Mengíbar	644	-0.2%
144	Fuente Palmera	639	+0.3%
145	El Cuervo de Sevilla	628	+3.5%
146	Alhendín	627	+3.5%
147	Padul	625	+5.9%
148	Pulpí	608	+2.7%
149	Vegas del Genil	600	+2.7%
150	Alcalá del Río	594	+1.7%
151	La Rambla	588	+3.2%
152	Garrucha	575	-0.9%
153	La Puebla del Río	573	+7.1%
154	Huétor Tájar	572	+5.3%
155	La Puebla de Cazalla	570	+0.2%
156	Rute	569	+2.5%
157	Alcaudete	568	+2.9%
157	Palomares del Río	568	-1%
157	Palos de la Frontera	568	+3.3%
160	Pizarra	567	+2.7%
160	Villanueva de Córdoba	567	0%
162	Villa de Otura	566	+0.2%
163	Viator	560	-0.4%
164	Campillos	556	+0.4%
165	Fernán-Núñez	555	-0.4%
166	Cenes de la Vega	542	-1.5%
167	Cantillana	541	+5.9%
168	Gibraleón	538	+4.5%
169	La Palma del Condado	537	+3.5%
170	Salteras	532	-1.8%
171	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	531	+2.3%
172	Medina Sidonia	529	0%
173	Huéscar	521	+0.2%
174	Villacarrillo	520	+3.4%
175	Cúllar Vega	514	+3.6%
176	Carboneras	508	-0.2%
177	Pinos Puente	504	+5.2%
178	Montoro	500	+4.4%
179	Dúrcal	497	+4.4%
179	Olivares	497	+3.3%
181	Archidona	494	+0.8%
182	Umbrete	493	+4%
183	Casares	491	+7.7%
183	Santiponce	491	+6.7%
185	Olula del Río	489	+3.2%
186	Íllora	486	+1.5%
187	Tocina	477	-1.2%
188	Vélez-Rubio	470	+1.7%
189	Herrera	468	+2.9%
190	San Juan del Puerto	466	+0.9%
191	Olvera	461	-1.1%
191	Villa del Río	461	+4.3%
193	Castro del Río	458	+1.1%
194	Cazorla	457	+0.7%
194	Hinojosa del Duque	457	+0.4%
196	Villanueva del Arzobispo	442	+4.5%
197	Órgiva	427	-0.7%
198	Macael	426	-1.2%
199	Villaverde del Río	417	+3%
200	Gójar	408	+3.3%
200	La Mojonera	408	-1.9%
202	Jódar	405	+1.5%
203	Jimena de la Frontera	395	+7.9%
204	Chauchina	392	+4.8%
205	Pulianas	388	+6.9%
206	Posadas	385	+2.1%
207	Torreperogil	384	+4.1%
208	Antas	382	+1.6%
208	Paradas	382	+5.2%
210	Trigueros	378	-0.5%
211	Alfacar	377	+4.1%
212	Fuentes de Andalucía	373	+1.4%
213	Alhama de Granada	372	-1.6%
214	Benalup-Casas Viejas	370	+4.5%
215	Villanueva del Ariscal	368	0%
216	Gerena	363	+1.7%
217	Prado del Rey	358	+3.2%
218	Cájar	357	+7.2%
219	Algarrobo	353	+2%
220	Peal de Becerro	350	-0.3%
221	Porcuna	346	+2.4%
222	La Guardia de Jaén	344	+8.5%
223	Marmolejo	341	+2.7%
223	Villanueva del Trabuco	341	+1.8%
225	Montellano	339	+7.6%
226	Benacazón	338	-1.5%
227	Almodóvar del Río	336	+3.7%
228	Pedrera	333	+3.4%
229	Almensilla	323	+3.5%
230	Casariche	321	+6.6%
231	Rociana del Condado	316	+1.9%
232	Montalbán de Córdoba	312	+1.6%
233	Frigiliana	310	+7.3%
234	Ojén	308	+12%
234	Trebujena	308	+3.7%
236	Beas de Segura	307	+7.3%
237	Constantina	304	+4.8%
238	Burguillos	298	+1.7%
238	Mollina	298	+5.7%
240	Bujalance	297	-2.3%
240	Pozo Alcón	297	+4.2%
240	Quesada	297	+1%
243	Alameda	294	+6.1%
244	Benamejí	293	-2.3%
245	La Luisiana	290	+1%
246	Arjona	289	-2.7%
247	Alhama de Almería	288	+2.9%
248	Bonares	287	-1.4%
248	Bornos	287	+1.8%
248	Tíjola	287	+0.3%

Showing the top 250 of 775. 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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/andalusia-municipalities?period=2022.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_andalusia_by_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 51,883 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Santa Cruz de Marchena, with 4 in 2022.

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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. 3 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.