Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2015, at 17,293. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 194 and the figure for Asturias was 67,451. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,293Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median19477 municipalities

Asturias67,451History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Gijón	17,293	+2.2%
2	Oviedo	15,920	+2%
3	Avilés	4,253	+0.9%
4	Siero	4,014	+1.5%
5	Langreo	2,054	+1.2%
6	Mieres	1,787	+0.1%
7	Llanera	1,562	+3.3%
8	Llanes	1,304	+1.2%
9	Castrillón	1,260	+0.2%
10	Villaviciosa	1,181	+3.2%
11	Valdés	865	+1.3%
12	Cangas del Narcea	805	+3.6%
13	Carreño	744	+2.9%
14	Corvera de Asturias	721	+6.2%
15	Laviana	711	+1.6%
16	Grado	682	-2.7%
16	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	682	+6.2%
18	Navia	659	+1.9%
19	Cangas de Onís	642	+0.3%
20	Gozón	635	+4.3%
21	Tineo	592	0%
22	Lena	587	+2.6%
23	Pravia	553	+2.2%
24	Piloña	552	-1.1%
25	Ribadesella	527	-6.9%
26	Aller	507	-1%
27	Parres	438	+3.8%
28	Nava	388	-1.5%
29	Noreña	366	+4.3%
30	Salas	354	+1.1%
31	Cudillero	352	+2.6%
32	Vegadeo	339	0%
33	Tapia de Casariego	314	+4%
34	Colunga	263	-5.7%
35	El Franco	249	-7.4%
36	Castropol	243	-2.4%
37	Coaña	213	-1.4%
38	Soto del Barco	198	+8.8%
39	Cabrales	194	-1.5%
40	Morcín	178	+1.7%
41	Ribadedeva	151	0%
42	Peñamellera Baja	115	+8.5%
43	Bimenes	111	+2.8%
44	Boal	110	-5.2%
45	Muros de Nalón	107	+3.9%
46	Candamo	102	-5.6%
46	Sariego	102	0%
48	Allande	98	+1%
49	Belmonte de Miranda	92	0%
50	Las Regueras	88	+2.3%
51	Teverga	87	+7.4%
52	Ribera de Arriba	74	-3.9%
53	Cabranes	67	+3.1%
53	Onís	67	+4.7%
55	Villayón	60	+5.3%
56	Caso	59	+1.7%
56	Grandas de Salime	59	-3.3%
56	Riosa	59	+3.5%
56	Somiedo	59	-1.7%
60	Taramundi	57	-6.6%
61	Illas	56	-1.8%
62	Ibias	53	+8.2%
63	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	47	-6%
64	Quirós	45	+9.8%
65	Peñamellera Alta	41	-4.7%
66	Caravia	39	+14.7%
67	Sobrescobio	38	-9.5%
68	Proaza	35	-5.4%
68	San Tirso de Abres	35	+2.9%
70	Amieva	31	+6.9%
71	Degaña	29	+7.4%
72	Ponga	24	+4.3%
73	San Martín de Oscos	20	+11.1%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	20	-4.8%
75	Illano	14	+16.7%
76	Santo Adriano	13	0%
77	Pesoz	5	+25%

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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2015 (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, 2015}},
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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=2015. 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 17,293 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.