Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2018, at 17,866. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 197 and the figure for Asturias province was 68,688. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,866Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median19777 municipalities

Asturias province68,688History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Gijón	17,866	+0.7%
2	Oviedo	16,196	+0.9%
3	Avilés	4,225	0%
4	Siero	4,123	-0.6%
5	Langreo	2,044	+0.5%
6	Mieres	1,778	-0.5%
7	Llanera	1,625	+1.6%
8	Llanes	1,344	+3.3%
9	Castrillón	1,295	-0.2%
10	Villaviciosa	1,219	-0.6%
11	Valdés	841	-1.3%
12	Cangas del Narcea	793	-2.7%
13	Laviana	725	-1.6%
14	Carreño	707	-3.9%
15	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	699	+1.7%
16	Grado	693	+1.2%
17	Corvera de Asturias	688	-3%
18	Cangas de Onís	682	0%
19	Navia	651	+0.3%
20	Gozón	635	-0.3%
21	Tineo	629	-0.9%
22	Lena	604	+0.8%
23	Piloña	557	+3%
24	Ribadesella	536	-0.6%
25	Pravia	535	+0.6%
26	Aller	481	+0.4%
27	Parres	455	+1.1%
28	Nava	397	-1.5%
29	Noreña	387	-1%
30	Salas	367	0%
31	Cudillero	357	+2%
32	Vegadeo	330	+1.9%
33	Tapia de Casariego	301	+1%
34	El Franco	266	+0.8%
35	Colunga	263	-1.1%
36	Castropol	245	+2.5%
37	Soto del Barco	224	+8.2%
38	Coaña	210	-0.5%
39	Cabrales	197	+4.2%
40	Morcín	176	-0.6%
41	Ribadedeva	169	+1.8%
42	Bimenes	120	+12.1%
43	Peñamellera Baja	115	+2.7%
44	Boal	112	+0.9%
45	Allande	109	+2.8%
46	Candamo	107	-2.7%
47	Sariego	105	-2.8%
48	Muros de Nalón	104	-2.8%
49	Las Regueras	101	+6.3%
50	Ribera de Arriba	89	+15.6%
51	Teverga	87	+6.1%
52	Belmonte de Miranda	86	0%
53	Onís	75	-1.3%
54	Cabranes	74	+1.4%
55	Illas	65	+10.2%
56	Somiedo	64	+10.3%
57	Taramundi	60	0%
58	Caso	57	-9.5%
59	Riosa	53	-3.6%
60	Grandas de Salime	52	-5.5%
60	Ibias	52	+8.3%
60	Villayón	52	-7.1%
63	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	47	-2.1%
64	Quirós	45	+2.3%
65	Peñamellera Alta	39	+2.6%
66	Proaza	38	+5.6%
66	Sobrescobio	38	0%
68	Caravia	35	0%
69	Amieva	34	+3%
70	San Tirso de Abres	32	-5.9%
71	Degaña	30	-11.8%
72	Ponga	23	+4.5%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	21	+10.5%
74	San Martín de Oscos	16	0%
75	Santo Adriano	15	+7.1%
76	Illano	14	+7.7%
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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2018) [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 province by active companies, 2018. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-province-municipalities?period=2018. 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 province by active companies, 2018. 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-province-municipalities?period=2018.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_asturias_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2018}},
  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-province-municipalities?period=2018. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Gijón, with 17,866 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2018.

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.