Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2014, at 16,916. Pesoz had the lowest, at 4. The median was 182 and the figure for Asturias was 66,342. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest16,916Gijón

Lowest4Pesoz

Median18277 municipalities

Asturias66,342History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Gijón	16,916	-0.8%
2	Oviedo	15,615	-0.8%
3	Avilés	4,216	+0.7%
4	Siero	3,955	-0.6%
5	Langreo	2,029	-0.2%
6	Mieres	1,785	-1.8%
7	Llanera	1,512	+0.3%
8	Llanes	1,288	+0.2%
9	Castrillón	1,257	-2%
10	Villaviciosa	1,144	-1.5%
11	Valdés	854	+0.9%
12	Cangas del Narcea	777	+1.2%
13	Carreño	723	+3.1%
14	Grado	701	-1.8%
15	Laviana	700	-0.3%
16	Corvera de Asturias	679	-0.6%
17	Navia	647	+2.1%
18	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	642	-4.2%
19	Cangas de Onís	640	-2.7%
20	Gozón	609	+0.8%
21	Tineo	592	-2.3%
22	Lena	572	-2.4%
23	Ribadesella	566	-1.2%
24	Piloña	558	-0.2%
25	Pravia	541	0%
26	Aller	512	+1.6%
27	Parres	422	-6.4%
28	Nava	394	-2.2%
29	Noreña	351	-2.5%
30	Salas	350	-3.8%
31	Cudillero	343	-0.3%
32	Vegadeo	339	-4.8%
33	Tapia de Casariego	302	-3.8%
34	Colunga	279	-0.4%
35	El Franco	269	-3.9%
36	Castropol	249	-5%
37	Coaña	216	-1.8%
38	Cabrales	197	-1.5%
39	Soto del Barco	182	+1.1%
40	Morcín	175	+8.7%
41	Ribadedeva	151	-3.2%
42	Boal	116	-7.2%
43	Bimenes	108	+5.9%
43	Candamo	108	-5.3%
45	Peñamellera Baja	106	-2.8%
46	Muros de Nalón	103	+1%
47	Sariego	102	0%
48	Allande	97	-2%
49	Belmonte de Miranda	92	-4.2%
50	Las Regueras	86	-5.5%
51	Teverga	81	0%
52	Ribera de Arriba	77	-4.9%
53	Cabranes	65	-3%
54	Onís	64	-11.1%
55	Grandas de Salime	61	0%
55	Taramundi	61	-4.7%
57	Somiedo	60	-7.7%
58	Caso	58	-3.3%
59	Illas	57	+3.6%
59	Riosa	57	+3.6%
59	Villayón	57	+5.6%
62	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	50	+4.2%
63	Ibias	49	+6.5%
64	Peñamellera Alta	43	-6.5%
65	Sobrescobio	42	-2.3%
66	Quirós	41	-6.8%
67	Proaza	37	0%
68	Caravia	34	-5.6%
68	San Tirso de Abres	34	-5.6%
70	Amieva	29	-6.5%
71	Degaña	27	0%
72	Ponga	23	-14.8%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	21	0%
74	San Martín de Oscos	18	-10%
75	Santo Adriano	13	+8.3%
76	Illano	12	-7.7%
77	Pesoz	4	0%

Other periods

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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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Asturias by active companies, 2014) [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 Asturias by active companies, 2014. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2014. 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 Asturias by active companies, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2014.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Asturias by active companies, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Asturias by active companies, 2014}},
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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/asturias-municipalities?period=2014. 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?

Gijón, with 16,916 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 4 in 2014.

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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.