Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2016, at 17,399. Pesoz had the lowest, at 6. The median was 193 and the figure for Asturias was 67,675. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,399Gijón

Lowest6Pesoz

Median19377 municipalities

Asturias67,675History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Gijón	17,399	+0.6%
2	Oviedo	15,975	+0.3%
3	Avilés	4,256	+0.1%
4	Siero	4,035	+0.5%
5	Langreo	2,057	+0.1%
6	Mieres	1,766	-1.2%
7	Llanera	1,588	+1.7%
8	Llanes	1,298	-0.5%
9	Castrillón	1,272	+1%
10	Villaviciosa	1,181	0%
11	Valdés	872	+0.8%
12	Cangas del Narcea	820	+1.9%
13	Carreño	737	-0.9%
14	Corvera de Asturias	714	-1%
14	Laviana	714	+0.4%
16	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	681	-0.1%
17	Grado	675	-1%
18	Navia	659	0%
19	Cangas de Onís	656	+2.2%
20	Gozón	623	-1.9%
21	Tineo	619	+4.6%
22	Lena	607	+3.4%
23	Pravia	554	+0.2%
24	Piloña	543	-1.6%
25	Ribadesella	523	-0.8%
26	Aller	501	-1.2%
27	Parres	445	+1.6%
28	Nava	375	-3.4%
29	Salas	366	+3.4%
30	Noreña	364	-0.5%
31	Cudillero	356	+1.1%
32	Vegadeo	338	-0.3%
33	Tapia de Casariego	305	-2.9%
34	El Franco	261	+4.8%
35	Colunga	252	-4.2%
36	Castropol	240	-1.2%
37	Coaña	212	-0.5%
38	Soto del Barco	209	+5.6%
39	Cabrales	193	-0.5%
40	Morcín	170	-4.5%
41	Ribadedeva	152	+0.7%
42	Peñamellera Baja	113	-1.7%
43	Candamo	111	+8.8%
44	Bimenes	110	-0.9%
44	Boal	110	0%
46	Muros de Nalón	107	0%
47	Allande	99	+1%
48	Sariego	95	-6.9%
49	Las Regueras	88	0%
49	Teverga	88	+1.1%
51	Belmonte de Miranda	87	-5.4%
52	Cabranes	71	+6%
53	Ribera de Arriba	70	-5.4%
54	Onís	67	0%
55	Caso	63	+6.8%
56	Taramundi	61	+7%
57	Grandas de Salime	59	0%
58	Riosa	58	-1.7%
58	Somiedo	58	-1.7%
58	Villayón	58	-3.3%
61	Illas	56	0%
62	Ibias	47	-11.3%
63	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	46	-2.1%
64	Quirós	43	-4.4%
65	Peñamellera Alta	40	-2.4%
66	Caravia	39	0%
67	Sobrescobio	38	0%
68	San Tirso de Abres	35	0%
69	Amieva	34	+9.7%
69	Proaza	34	-2.9%
71	Degaña	32	+10.3%
72	Ponga	24	0%
73	San Martín de Oscos	18	-10%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	18	-10%
75	Illano	16	+14.3%
76	Santo Adriano	12	-7.7%
77	Pesoz	6	+20%

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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2016 (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, 2016}},
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  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=2016. 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 17,399 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 6 in 2016.

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.