Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2017, at 17,750. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 189 and the figure for Asturias was 68,368. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,750Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median18977 municipalities

Asturias68,368History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Gijón	17,750	+2%
2	Oviedo	16,048	+0.5%
3	Avilés	4,225	-0.7%
4	Siero	4,149	+2.8%
5	Langreo	2,034	-1.1%
6	Mieres	1,787	+1.2%
7	Llanera	1,600	+0.8%
8	Llanes	1,301	+0.2%
9	Castrillón	1,297	+2%
10	Villaviciosa	1,226	+3.8%
11	Valdés	852	-2.3%
12	Cangas del Narcea	815	-0.6%
13	Laviana	737	+3.2%
14	Carreño	736	-0.1%
15	Corvera de Asturias	709	-0.7%
16	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	687	+0.9%
17	Grado	685	+1.5%
18	Cangas de Onís	682	+4%
19	Navia	649	-1.5%
20	Gozón	637	+2.2%
21	Tineo	635	+2.6%
22	Lena	599	-1.3%
23	Piloña	541	-0.4%
24	Ribadesella	539	+3.1%
25	Pravia	532	-4%
26	Aller	479	-4.4%
27	Parres	450	+1.1%
28	Nava	403	+7.5%
29	Noreña	391	+7.4%
30	Salas	367	+0.3%
31	Cudillero	350	-1.7%
32	Vegadeo	324	-4.1%
33	Tapia de Casariego	298	-2.3%
34	Colunga	266	+5.6%
35	El Franco	264	+1.1%
36	Castropol	239	-0.4%
37	Coaña	211	-0.5%
38	Soto del Barco	207	-1%
39	Cabrales	189	-2.1%
40	Morcín	177	+4.1%
41	Ribadedeva	166	+9.2%
42	Peñamellera Baja	112	-0.9%
43	Boal	111	+0.9%
44	Candamo	110	-0.9%
45	Sariego	108	+13.7%
46	Bimenes	107	-2.7%
46	Muros de Nalón	107	0%
48	Allande	106	+7.1%
49	Las Regueras	95	+8%
50	Belmonte de Miranda	86	-1.1%
51	Teverga	82	-6.8%
52	Ribera de Arriba	77	+10%
53	Onís	76	+13.4%
54	Cabranes	73	+2.8%
55	Caso	63	0%
56	Taramundi	60	-1.6%
57	Illas	59	+5.4%
58	Somiedo	58	0%
59	Villayón	56	-3.4%
60	Grandas de Salime	55	-6.8%
60	Riosa	55	-5.2%
62	Ibias	48	+2.1%
62	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	48	+4.3%
64	Quirós	44	+2.3%
65	Peñamellera Alta	38	-5%
65	Sobrescobio	38	0%
67	Proaza	36	+5.9%
68	Caravia	35	-10.3%
69	Degaña	34	+6.3%
69	San Tirso de Abres	34	-2.9%
71	Amieva	33	-2.9%
72	Ponga	22	-8.3%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	19	+5.6%
74	San Martín de Oscos	16	-11.1%
75	Santo Adriano	14	+16.7%
76	Illano	13	-18.8%
77	Pesoz	5	-16.7%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2017 (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, 2017}},
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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=2017. 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 17,750 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2017.

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.