Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies

Sevilla had the highest active companies of 774 municipalities in 2024, at 48,586. Lobras had the lowest, at 4. The median was 127 and the figure for Andalusia was 529,087. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48,586Sevilla

Lowest4Lobras

Median127774 municipalities

Andalusia529,087History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Sevilla	48,586	+1.8%
2	Málaga	42,375	+3.3%
3	Córdoba	21,008	+0.3%
4	Marbella	20,062	+4.2%
5	Granada	18,498	+1.1%
6	Almería	12,056	+1.3%
7	Jerez de la Frontera	11,337	+1.3%
8	Mijas	8,081	+4.6%
9	Dos Hermanas	7,632	+2.2%
10	Huelva	7,238	-0.3%
11	Fuengirola	7,096	+5.3%
12	Jaén	6,833	+0.4%
13	Benalmádena	6,647	+4.4%
14	Estepona	6,602	+5.5%
15	Roquetas de Mar	5,981	+1.5%
16	Vélez-Málaga	5,952	+1.3%
17	Cádiz	5,844	+0.8%
18	Torremolinos	5,615	+2.7%
19	Algeciras	5,454	+0.5%
20	Chiclana de la Frontera	5,102	+2.1%
21	El Puerto de Santa María	5,078	+1.5%
22	El Ejido	4,984	+1.3%
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	4,884	+0.3%
24	Mairena del Aljarafe	3,624	+1.5%
25	Rincón de la Victoria	3,543	+3.4%
26	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	3,495	+1%
27	San Fernando	3,425	+2.7%
28	Alhaurín de la Torre	3,215	+3%
29	Motril	3,203	+1.9%
30	Lucena	2,879	+0.8%
31	Utrera	2,645	+4.2%
32	Linares	2,567	-1.2%
33	La Línea de la Concepción	2,522	+0.4%
34	San Roque	2,373	+3.7%
35	Antequera	2,358	+0.2%
36	Écija	2,347	-0%
37	Ronda	2,329	-0.8%
38	Úbeda	2,257	-0.8%
39	La Rinconada	2,212	+1.1%
40	Almuñécar	2,151	+2.5%
41	Alhaurín el Grande	2,087	+3.8%
42	Andújar	2,085	-1.4%
43	Los Palacios y Villafranca	1,936	+2.9%
44	Tomares	1,891	-0.4%
45	Conil de la Frontera	1,861	+4.2%
46	Nerja	1,853	+0.8%
47	Coín	1,791	+3.7%
48	Carmona	1,732	-0.3%
49	Puente Genil	1,715	+0.6%
50	Puerto Real	1,692	-1.7%
51	Armilla	1,675	+2.1%
52	Albolote	1,665	+1%
53	Lebrija	1,655	0%
54	Coria del Río	1,592	+1.3%
55	Bormujos	1,587	+1.5%
56	Cártama	1,551	+2%
57	Camas	1,524	-0.1%
58	Rota	1,504	-0.7%
59	Montilla	1,470	-0.9%
60	Níjar	1,454	+1.2%
61	Baza	1,438	+0.1%
62	Lepe	1,427	-0.8%
63	Mairena del Alcor	1,400	+0.5%
64	Arcos de la Frontera	1,393	+0.2%
65	Priego de Córdoba	1,387	+0.9%
66	Tarifa	1,376	+4.1%
67	Morón de la Frontera	1,365	+0.4%
68	Vera	1,347	+2.5%
69	Maracena	1,343	-1.1%
70	Manilva	1,342	+2.1%
71	La Zubia	1,336	+0.2%
71	Los Barrios	1,336	+3.8%
73	Almonte	1,335	+4.1%
74	Torrox	1,315	+4.2%
75	Alcalá la Real	1,313	-2.2%
76	Atarfe	1,294	+1%
77	Las Gabias	1,289	-1.7%
78	El Viso del Alcor	1,286	+0.8%
79	Ayamonte	1,232	+2.5%
80	Martos	1,222	-0.1%
81	Huércal de Almería	1,216	-0.8%
82	Adra	1,212	-1.2%
83	Loja	1,200	-1.5%
84	Vícar	1,180	+0.3%
85	Pozoblanco	1,177	-1.1%
86	Guadix	1,162	+0.6%
87	Chipiona	1,156	+4.7%
88	Aljaraque	1,145	+0.4%
89	Cabra	1,133	-0.1%
90	Espartinas	1,132	-0.4%
91	Baena	1,106	-1.2%
91	Benahavís	1,106	+10.8%
93	Ogíjares	1,104	+2.1%
94	Huércal-Overa	1,102	+2%
95	Barbate	1,090	-1.8%
96	Bailén	1,071	+3.1%
97	Palma del Río	1,044	-0.8%
98	Marchena	1,037	-0.3%
99	Peligros	1,030	-1.9%
100	Ubrique	1,014	-2.2%
101	Baeza	1,010	-1.8%
102	Churriana de la Vega	996	+2.5%
103	Arahal	957	+0.2%
104	Bollullos de la Mitación	930	+1.1%
105	San Juan de Aznalfarache	923	+0.4%
106	Santa Fe	920	+2.9%
107	Gines	916	+2.5%
108	Cartaya	905	-0.4%
109	Cuevas del Almanzora	903	+0.3%
110	Sanlúcar la Mayor	897	+1.8%
111	Vejer de la Frontera	895	+0.3%
112	Moguer	894	+1.5%
113	Albox	892	+1.7%
114	Punta Umbría	889	+0.3%
115	Isla Cristina	880	+0.8%
116	Lora del Río	871	+1.6%
117	Pilas	851	+2%
118	La Carlota	850	-2%
119	Huétor Vega	847	-0.8%
120	Osuna	832	-1%
121	Torredelcampo	821	-1.6%
122	Las Cabezas de San Juan	808	+1.4%
123	Castilleja de la Cuesta	800	-2%
124	Mojácar	792	+0.9%
125	Álora	777	+4.6%
126	Guillena	761	+1.5%
127	Gelves	759	+2.6%
128	Estepa	746	+0.5%
129	Torredonjimeno	727	-3.2%
130	La Algaba	714	+0.4%
131	Valverde del Camino	707	+2%
132	Valencina de la Concepción	704	+3.4%
133	Bollullos Par del Condado	684	-0.4%
134	Monachil	681	+1.2%
135	Salobreña	677	-1%
136	La Carolina	658	-1.6%
137	Aracena	652	+1.2%
137	Berja	652	-0.9%
139	Aguilar de la Frontera	651	+0.9%
140	El Cuervo de Sevilla	633	+4.8%
141	Mancha Real	630	-3.4%
142	Fuente Palmera	627	+1.3%
143	Vegas del Genil	623	+2.5%
144	Alhendín	616	-0.8%
145	Pulpí	603	+0.7%
146	Villamartín	601	-3.2%
147	Mengíbar	594	+0.2%
147	Padul	594	0%
149	Pizarra	593	+5.9%
150	Brenes	578	+0.9%
151	Rute	576	+4.7%
152	Casares	574	+2.7%
153	Palomares del Río	573	-0.2%
153	Villa de Otura	573	+2.7%
155	Campillos	570	+6.1%
156	Garrucha	564	+0.5%
156	La Rambla	564	-0.7%
158	Palos de la Frontera	558	-0.5%
159	La Puebla de Cazalla	556	+5.5%
159	Viator	556	+1.3%
161	Salteras	551	+5%
162	Cenes de la Vega	549	0%
162	Huétor Tájar	549	-0.7%
164	Alcalá del Río	547	-2.5%
164	La Puebla del Río	547	+4.8%
166	Medina Sidonia	536	0%
167	Alcaudete	531	-0.6%
168	Fernán-Núñez	529	+0.8%
168	Villacarrillo	529	+2.7%
170	Cantillana	527	+0.4%
171	Gibraleón	524	+0.4%
172	La Palma del Condado	519	-0.6%
173	Villanueva de Córdoba	518	-1.7%
174	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	514	+2%
175	Carboneras	507	+0.6%
176	Cúllar Vega	498	+0.6%
176	Olivares	498	+2.5%
178	Dúrcal	491	+2.7%
179	Umbrete	487	+3.4%
180	Montoro	476	-3.8%
181	Olula del Río	471	+4%
182	Huéscar	468	-1.1%
182	Tocina	468	+0.4%
184	Archidona	467	+2.2%
185	Vélez-Rubio	463	+4.3%
186	Herrera	461	+1.3%
187	Cazorla	459	+2.5%
188	Pinos Puente	457	-3.4%
189	San Juan del Puerto	455	+5.6%
190	Villa del Río	450	+2.3%
191	Hinojosa del Duque	445	-1.5%
192	Santiponce	443	-2.9%
193	Íllora	440	-2.9%
194	Castro del Río	437	-0.2%
195	Olvera	428	-0.7%
196	Villaverde del Río	404	-4.9%
197	Villanueva del Arzobispo	403	-1%
198	Órgiva	402	-1%
199	Gójar	400	+0.8%
200	Gerena	395	+4.8%
201	La Mojonera	391	+0.8%
202	Jódar	389	-0.8%
203	Paradas	388	+2.1%
204	Torreperogil	386	-0.3%
205	Macael	385	-5.6%
206	Antas	383	+5.2%
207	Chauchina	377	+0.8%
208	Jimena de la Frontera	375	-0.3%
209	Fuentes de Andalucía	371	-0.5%
210	Algarrobo	369	+1.1%
211	Cájar	368	+2.8%
212	Posadas	366	-2.1%
213	Benalup-Casas Viejas	362	+0.8%
213	Pulianas	362	-2.4%
215	Peal de Becerro	360	+0.6%
216	Prado del Rey	358	-2.7%
217	Villanueva del Trabuco	355	+5.7%
218	Villanueva del Ariscal	353	+0.9%
219	Ojén	352	+7%
220	Alfacar	351	+1.2%
221	Montellano	342	+2.1%
222	Alhama de Granada	340	-3.7%
223	Trigueros	338	-0.9%
224	Marmolejo	337	-0.6%
225	La Guardia de Jaén	334	+2.8%
226	Benacazón	322	+2.2%
227	Porcuna	320	-5.3%
228	Casabermeja	319	+7%
229	Almensilla	316	-6%
230	Frigiliana	310	+1%
230	Rociana del Condado	310	+6.2%
232	Benamejí	308	+5.1%
233	Pedrera	307	-1.9%
234	Casariche	304	+1.3%
234	Trebujena	304	+3.8%
236	Almodóvar del Río	303	-1%
237	Cómpeta	302	+3.4%
238	Alameda	295	+5.4%
239	Constantina	294	-1.7%
239	Montalbán de Córdoba	294	-1%
241	Pozo Alcón	292	+3.9%
242	Burguillos	289	+4.3%
243	Bujalance	288	+2.5%
244	Bornos	286	+5.1%
244	Castilblanco de los Arroyos	286	+1.8%
246	Mollina	285	+0.7%
247	Cazalla de la Sierra	283	+0.7%
248	Arjona	280	+2.6%
249	Alhama de Almería	279	-1.1%
250	La Luisiana	277	+2.2%

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).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_andalusia_by_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Andalusia by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 48,586 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Lobras, with 4 in 2024.

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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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.