Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2019, at 18,035. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 201 and the figure for Asturias was 68,661. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest18,035Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median20177 municipalities

Asturias68,661History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Gijón	18,035	+0.9%
2	Oviedo	16,102	-0.6%
3	Avilés	4,163	-1.5%
4	Siero	4,115	-0.2%
5	Langreo	2,024	-1%
6	Mieres	1,754	-1.3%
7	Llanera	1,602	-1.4%
8	Llanes	1,371	+2%
9	Castrillón	1,312	+1.3%
10	Villaviciosa	1,246	+2.2%
11	Valdés	859	+2.1%
12	Cangas del Narcea	798	+0.6%
13	Carreño	740	+4.7%
14	Laviana	720	-0.7%
15	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	697	-0.3%
16	Cangas de Onís	696	+2.1%
17	Grado	680	-1.9%
18	Corvera de Asturias	658	-4.4%
19	Navia	640	-1.7%
20	Gozón	631	-0.6%
21	Lena	617	+2.2%
22	Tineo	613	-2.5%
23	Piloña	562	+0.9%
24	Ribadesella	548	+2.2%
25	Pravia	527	-1.5%
26	Aller	463	-3.7%
27	Parres	448	-1.5%
28	Nava	404	+1.8%
29	Noreña	395	+2.1%
30	Cudillero	358	+0.3%
31	Salas	357	-2.7%
32	Vegadeo	333	+0.9%
33	Tapia de Casariego	298	-1%
34	El Franco	259	-2.6%
35	Colunga	249	-5.3%
36	Castropol	240	-2%
37	Soto del Barco	220	-1.8%
38	Coaña	206	-1.9%
39	Cabrales	201	+2%
40	Morcín	180	+2.3%
41	Ribadedeva	177	+4.7%
42	Bimenes	118	-1.7%
42	Peñamellera Baja	118	+2.6%
44	Candamo	112	+4.7%
45	Boal	109	-2.7%
46	Las Regueras	107	+5.9%
47	Allande	104	-4.6%
48	Muros de Nalón	102	-1.9%
48	Sariego	102	-2.9%
50	Ribera de Arriba	91	+2.2%
51	Teverga	87	0%
52	Belmonte de Miranda	78	-9.3%
53	Onís	73	-2.7%
54	Cabranes	71	-4.1%
55	Somiedo	63	-1.6%
56	Taramundi	61	+1.7%
57	Riosa	59	+11.3%
58	Grandas de Salime	56	+7.7%
59	Caso	55	-3.5%
59	Illas	55	-15.4%
61	Villayón	50	-3.8%
62	Ibias	47	-9.6%
62	Quirós	47	+4.4%
64	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	45	-4.3%
65	Proaza	41	+7.9%
66	Caravia	39	+11.4%
67	Sobrescobio	38	0%
68	Peñamellera Alta	35	-10.3%
69	Amieva	34	0%
70	Degaña	33	+10%
71	San Tirso de Abres	32	0%
72	Ponga	25	+8.7%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	21	0%
74	San Martín de Oscos	18	+12.5%
75	Santo Adriano	17	+13.3%
76	Illano	13	-7.1%
77	Pesoz	5	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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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, 2019}},
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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=2019. 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 18,035 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2019.

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.