Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 773 municipalities in 2023, at 47,750. Gobernador had the lowest, at 4. The median was 127 and the figure for Andalusia was 520,870. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest47,750Sevilla

Lowest4Gobernador

Median127773 municipalities

Andalusia520,870History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Sevilla	47,750	-8%
2	Málaga	41,040	-5%
3	Córdoba	20,947	-6.4%
4	Marbella	19,246	-5.3%
5	Granada	18,289	-7.6%
6	Almería	11,902	-6.9%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,193	-3.9%
8	Mijas	7,726	+1.4%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,471	-3.2%
10	Huelva	7,263	-6.3%
11	Jaén	6,805	-6.4%
12	Fuengirola	6,738	-4.5%
13	Benalmádena	6,369	+0.3%
14	Estepona	6,258	-1.8%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,891	-4.6%
16	Vélez-Málaga	5,877	-1.7%
17	Cádiz	5,798	-6.7%
18	Torremolinos	5,467	-3%
19	Algeciras	5,425	-6.9%
20	El Puerto de Santa María	5,002	-5.9%
21	Chiclana de la Frontera	4,995	-2.2%
22	El Ejido	4,919	-7%
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,869	-2.9%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,571	-1.7%
25	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,462	-3.4%
26	Rincón de la Victoria	3,428	+2.7%
27	San Fernando	3,334	-5.8%
28	Motril	3,144	-6.8%
29	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,121	+4.4%
30	Lucena	2,855	-1.9%
31	Linares	2,597	-5.6%
32	Utrera	2,539	-7.8%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,513	-7%
34	Antequera	2,354	-4.7%
35	Écija	2,348	-6.1%
35	Ronda	2,348	-4.2%
37	San Roque	2,289	-3.3%
38	Úbeda	2,276	-4%
39	La Rinconada	2,189	-3.8%
40	Andújar	2,115	-5.8%
41	Almuñécar	2,099	-1.5%
42	Alhaurín el Grande	2,011	-0.3%
43	Tomares	1,899	-4.6%
44	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,881	-0.9%
45	Nerja	1,838	-4.3%
46	Conil de la Frontera	1,786	+1%
47	Carmona	1,737	-0.9%
48	Coín	1,727	-4%
49	Puerto Real	1,721	-1.8%
50	Puente Genil	1,704	-5.5%
51	Lebrija	1,655	-3.6%
52	Albolote	1,648	-3.3%
53	Armilla	1,640	-3.6%
54	Coria del Río	1,572	-7.3%
55	Bormujos	1,564	-5.1%
56	Camas	1,525	-3%
57	Cártama	1,521	+0.3%
58	Rota	1,514	-1.9%
59	Montilla	1,484	-6.4%
60	Lepe	1,439	-3.7%
61	Níjar	1,437	-6.3%
62	Baza	1,436	-5.3%
63	Mairena del Alcor	1,393	-0.7%
64	Arcos de la Frontera	1,390	-2%
65	Priego de Córdoba	1,375	-4.4%
66	Morón de la Frontera	1,360	-1.7%
67	Maracena	1,358	-2.8%
68	Alcalá la Real	1,342	-3.8%
69	La Zubia	1,333	-2.8%
70	Tarifa	1,322	-0.1%
71	Manilva	1,314	+1.2%
71	Vera	1,314	-1.4%
73	Las Gabias	1,311	-2.3%
74	Los Barrios	1,287	-7.5%
75	Almonte	1,282	-1.9%
76	Atarfe	1,281	-4.5%
77	El Viso del Alcor	1,276	-4.9%
78	Torrox	1,262	+2.9%
79	Adra	1,227	-8.5%
80	Huércal de Almería	1,226	-5.9%
81	Martos	1,223	-4.2%
82	Loja	1,218	-4.6%
83	Ayamonte	1,202	-1.3%
84	Pozoblanco	1,190	-1.7%
85	Vícar	1,176	-4.4%
86	Guadix	1,155	-4.9%
87	Aljaraque	1,140	+2.4%
88	Espartinas	1,136	-3.7%
89	Cabra	1,134	-3.7%
90	Baena	1,119	-6%
91	Barbate	1,110	-3.1%
92	Chipiona	1,104	-0.5%
93	Ogíjares	1,081	-1.8%
94	Huércal-Overa	1,080	-4.3%
95	Palma del Río	1,052	-5%
96	Peligros	1,050	-3.8%
97	Marchena	1,040	-6.5%
98	Bailén	1,039	-4.4%
99	Ubrique	1,037	-4.9%
100	Baeza	1,028	-3.6%
101	Benahavís	998	+3.2%
102	Churriana de la Vega	972	-6.7%
103	Arahal	955	-5.2%
104	Bollullos de la Mitación	920	-4.6%
105	San Juan de Aznalfarache	919	-2.6%
106	Cartaya	909	-0.8%
107	Cuevas del Almanzora	900	-6.3%
108	Gines	894	-8.7%
108	Santa Fe	894	-8.3%
110	Vejer de la Frontera	892	+5.2%
111	Punta Umbría	886	-2.5%
112	Moguer	881	-6.7%
112	Sanlúcar la Mayor	881	-2.4%
114	Albox	877	-9.1%
115	Isla Cristina	873	-4.1%
116	La Carlota	867	-6.5%
117	Lora del Río	857	-7.8%
118	Huétor Vega	854	-3.5%
119	Osuna	840	-3.7%
120	Pilas	834	-2.9%
120	Torredelcampo	834	-0.5%
122	Castilleja de la Cuesta	816	-6.7%
123	Las Cabezas de San Juan	797	-7.5%
124	Mojácar	785	+0.1%
125	Torredonjimeno	751	-3.5%
126	Guillena	750	+0.7%
127	Álora	743	-2%
128	Estepa	742	-3.1%
129	Gelves	740	-3%
130	La Algaba	711	-6.1%
131	Valverde del Camino	693	-2.4%
132	Bollullos Par del Condado	687	-3.5%
133	Salobreña	684	-2.6%
134	Valencina de la Concepción	681	-2.3%
135	Monachil	673	-0.4%
136	La Carolina	669	-7.7%
137	Berja	658	-8.1%
138	Mancha Real	652	-2.7%
139	Aguilar de la Frontera	645	-6.7%
140	Aracena	644	-2.4%
141	Alhendín	621	-1%
141	Villamartín	621	-3.7%
143	Fuente Palmera	619	-3.1%
144	Vegas del Genil	608	+1.3%
145	El Cuervo de Sevilla	604	-3.8%
146	Pulpí	599	-1.5%
147	Padul	594	-5%
148	Mengíbar	593	-7.9%
149	Palomares del Río	574	+1.1%
150	Brenes	573	-11.7%
151	La Rambla	568	-3.4%
152	Alcalá del Río	561	-5.6%
152	Garrucha	561	-2.4%
152	Palos de la Frontera	561	-1.2%
155	Pizarra	560	-1.2%
156	Casares	559	+13.8%
157	Villa de Otura	558	-1.4%
158	Huétor Tájar	553	-3.3%
159	Rute	550	-3.3%
160	Cenes de la Vega	549	+1.3%
160	Viator	549	-2%
162	Campillos	537	-3.4%
163	Medina Sidonia	536	+1.3%
164	Alcaudete	534	-6%
165	La Puebla de Cazalla	527	-7.5%
165	Villanueva de Córdoba	527	-7.1%
167	Cantillana	525	-3%
167	Fernán-Núñez	525	-5.4%
167	Salteras	525	-1.3%
170	Gibraleón	522	-3%
170	La Palma del Condado	522	-2.8%
170	La Puebla del Río	522	-8.9%
173	Villacarrillo	515	-1%
174	Carboneras	504	-0.8%
174	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	504	-5.1%
176	Cúllar Vega	495	-3.7%
176	Montoro	495	-1%
178	Olivares	486	-2.2%
179	Dúrcal	478	-3.8%
180	Huéscar	473	-9.2%
180	Pinos Puente	473	-6.2%
182	Umbrete	471	-4.5%
183	Tocina	466	-2.3%
184	Archidona	457	-7.5%
185	Santiponce	456	-7.1%
186	Herrera	455	-2.8%
187	Íllora	453	-6.8%
187	Olula del Río	453	-7.4%
189	Hinojosa del Duque	452	-1.1%
190	Cazorla	448	-2%
191	Vélez-Rubio	444	-5.5%
192	Villa del Río	440	-4.6%
193	Castro del Río	438	-4.4%
194	Olvera	431	-6.5%
194	San Juan del Puerto	431	-7.5%
196	Villaverde del Río	425	+1.9%
197	Macael	408	-4.2%
198	Villanueva del Arzobispo	407	-7.9%
199	Órgiva	406	-4.9%
200	Gójar	397	-2.7%
201	Jódar	392	-3.2%
202	La Mojonera	388	-4.9%
203	Torreperogil	387	+0.8%
204	Paradas	380	-0.5%
205	Gerena	377	+3.9%
206	Jimena de la Frontera	376	-4.8%
207	Chauchina	374	-4.6%
207	Posadas	374	-2.9%
209	Fuentes de Andalucía	373	0%
210	Pulianas	371	-4.4%
211	Prado del Rey	368	+2.8%
212	Algarrobo	365	+3.4%
213	Antas	364	-4.7%
214	Benalup-Casas Viejas	359	-3%
215	Cájar	358	+0.3%
215	Peal de Becerro	358	+2.3%
217	Alhama de Granada	353	-5.1%
218	Villanueva del Ariscal	350	-4.9%
219	Alfacar	347	-8%
220	Trigueros	341	-9.8%
221	Marmolejo	339	-0.6%
222	Porcuna	338	-2.3%
223	Almensilla	336	+4%
223	Villanueva del Trabuco	336	-1.5%
225	Montellano	335	-1.2%
226	Ojén	329	+6.8%
227	La Guardia de Jaén	325	-5.5%
228	Benacazón	315	-6.8%
229	Pedrera	313	-6%
230	Frigiliana	307	-1%
231	Almodóvar del Río	306	-8.9%
232	Casariche	300	-6.5%
233	Constantina	299	-1.6%
234	Casabermeja	298	+9.6%
235	Montalbán de Córdoba	297	-4.8%
236	Benamejí	293	0%
236	Trebujena	293	-4.9%
238	Cómpeta	292	+3.2%
238	Rociana del Condado	292	-7.6%
240	Mollina	283	-5%
241	Alhama de Almería	282	-2.1%
242	Bujalance	281	-5.4%
242	Castilblanco de los Arroyos	281	-1.4%
242	Cazalla de la Sierra	281	+1.8%
242	Pozo Alcón	281	-5.4%
246	Alameda	280	-4.8%
247	Bonares	278	-3.1%
248	Burguillos	277	-7%
249	Arjona	273	-5.5%
250	Bornos	272	-5.2%

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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 47,750 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Gobernador, with 4 in 2023.

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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 2023 and are not ranked.