Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2021, at 17,847. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 205 and the figure for Asturias was 67,573. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,847Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median20577 municipalities

Asturias67,573History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Gijón	17,847	-1.4%
2	Oviedo	15,912	-1%
3	Avilés	4,033	-1.3%
3	Siero	4,033	-0.6%
5	Langreo	1,930	-2%
6	Mieres	1,674	-2.3%
7	Llanera	1,544	-2.3%
8	Llanes	1,374	+0.1%
9	Castrillón	1,285	-3.6%
10	Villaviciosa	1,241	-1.3%
11	Valdés	845	-0.9%
12	Cangas del Narcea	819	+1%
13	Carreño	720	-2.6%
14	Cangas de Onís	689	-1.3%
15	Laviana	688	-0.9%
16	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	674	-2.9%
17	Grado	651	-1.4%
18	Corvera de Asturias	648	-1.5%
19	Gozón	644	+0.3%
20	Navia	626	-2.3%
21	Lena	596	-0.2%
22	Tineo	569	-1.6%
23	Piloña	562	-0.7%
24	Ribadesella	548	-3.2%
25	Pravia	545	+3%
26	Aller	464	+0.2%
27	Parres	449	+0.9%
28	Nava	397	-3.4%
29	Noreña	390	-1.5%
30	Cudillero	363	+0.3%
31	Salas	349	-4.1%
32	Vegadeo	316	-3.4%
33	Tapia de Casariego	291	-3.6%
34	El Franco	256	0%
35	Colunga	244	+0.8%
36	Castropol	233	+2.2%
37	Cabrales	207	+0.5%
38	Coaña	205	-0.5%
38	Soto del Barco	205	-3.3%
40	Ribadedeva	185	+0.5%
41	Morcín	165	-3.5%
42	Peñamellera Baja	117	+2.6%
43	Bimenes	114	-5.8%
44	Muros de Nalón	107	+3.9%
45	Allande	106	-0.9%
46	Las Regueras	105	-3.7%
47	Boal	104	0%
48	Sariego	100	-6.5%
49	Candamo	99	-6.6%
50	Ribera de Arriba	93	+2.2%
51	Teverga	89	-3.3%
52	Belmonte de Miranda	84	+3.7%
53	Cabranes	77	+5.5%
54	Onís	75	0%
55	Somiedo	68	+11.5%
56	Illas	59	0%
56	Taramundi	59	0%
58	Caso	55	-1.8%
59	Grandas de Salime	51	+4.1%
59	Quirós	51	-1.9%
59	Villayón	51	+4.1%
62	Riosa	50	-16.7%
63	Caravia	47	+14.6%
64	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	46	-4.2%
65	Ibias	45	+9.8%
66	Sobrescobio	41	-6.8%
67	San Tirso de Abres	36	+9.1%
68	Peñamellera Alta	35	-2.8%
68	Proaza	35	-2.8%
70	Amieva	33	0%
71	Degaña	29	+3.6%
72	Ponga	24	-4%
72	Villanueva de Oscos	24	0%
74	San Martín de Oscos	19	+5.6%
75	Santo Adriano	15	-11.8%
76	Illano	9	-18.2%
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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2021 (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, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  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=2021. 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 17,847 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2021.

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.