Municipalities in Asturias by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2023, at 17,128. Pesoz had the lowest, at 4. The median was 188 and the figure for Asturias was 64,611. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,128Gijón

Lowest4Pesoz

Median18877 municipalities

Asturias64,611History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Gijón	17,128	-4.6%
2	Oviedo	14,941	-6.9%
3	Siero	3,960	-3.3%
4	Avilés	3,796	-5.6%
5	Langreo	1,786	-7.9%
6	Mieres	1,582	-5.6%
7	Llanera	1,523	-4%
8	Llanes	1,348	-4.7%
9	Castrillón	1,240	-5.1%
10	Villaviciosa	1,229	-1.1%
11	Valdés	784	-4.3%
12	Carreño	724	+0.3%
13	Cangas del Narcea	723	-9.4%
14	Cangas de Onís	699	-1.7%
15	Gozón	662	+0.5%
15	Laviana	662	-3.4%
17	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	637	-5.8%
18	Corvera de Asturias	636	-2.9%
19	Grado	611	-6%
20	Navia	606	-5%
21	Lena	555	-5%
22	Piloña	547	-3.7%
23	Tineo	538	-6.4%
24	Ribadesella	525	-4.7%
25	Pravia	491	-9.2%
26	Parres	444	-0.7%
27	Aller	428	-7.6%
28	Nava	385	-4.2%
29	Noreña	370	-6.8%
30	Cudillero	356	-6.3%
31	Salas	342	-3.1%
32	Vegadeo	296	-3.9%
33	Tapia de Casariego	282	-0.7%
34	Colunga	253	+1.6%
35	El Franco	248	-4.2%
36	Castropol	211	-10.2%
37	Coaña	210	+0.5%
38	Soto del Barco	193	-5.9%
39	Cabrales	188	-10.5%
40	Ribadedeva	186	+1.1%
41	Morcín	156	-8.2%
42	Peñamellera Baja	120	+3.4%
43	Bimenes	111	-3.5%
44	Muros de Nalón	109	+2.8%
45	Las Regueras	107	-0.9%
45	Sariego	107	+1.9%
47	Candamo	100	-2.9%
48	Boal	94	-8.7%
49	Belmonte de Miranda	93	+9.4%
50	Allande	91	-11.7%
51	Cabranes	81	+2.5%
52	Ribera de Arriba	78	-9.3%
53	Teverga	77	-12.5%
54	Onís	72	0%
55	Caso	69	+16.9%
56	Somiedo	65	-5.8%
57	Taramundi	61	-1.6%
58	Illas	55	-8.3%
58	Quirós	55	-6.8%
60	Grandas de Salime	50	-10.7%
61	Caravia	48	-5.9%
61	Riosa	48	-4%
61	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	48	0%
64	Villayón	47	-2.1%
65	Sobrescobio	45	+12.5%
66	Ibias	44	-6.4%
67	Proaza	39	-4.9%
68	Peñamellera Alta	36	-5.3%
69	San Tirso de Abres	35	-10.3%
70	Amieva	29	-17.1%
71	Degaña	25	-3.8%
72	Ponga	24	-7.7%
73	Santo Adriano	21	+23.5%
74	Villanueva de Oscos	17	-22.7%
75	San Martín de Oscos	16	-11.1%
76	Illano	8	0%
77	Pesoz	4	-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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-municipalities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
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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=2023. 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 17,128 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 4 in 2023.

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.