Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2022, at 17,960. Pesoz had the lowest, at 5. The median was 205 and the figure for Asturias province was 68,068. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,960Gijón

Lowest5Pesoz

Median20577 municipalities

Asturias province68,068History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Gijón	17,960	+0.6%
2	Oviedo	16,047	+0.8%
3	Siero	4,095	+1.5%
4	Avilés	4,020	-0.3%
5	Langreo	1,940	+0.5%
6	Mieres	1,676	+0.1%
7	Llanera	1,586	+2.7%
8	Llanes	1,414	+2.9%
9	Castrillón	1,307	+1.7%
10	Villaviciosa	1,243	+0.2%
11	Valdés	819	-3.1%
12	Cangas del Narcea	798	-2.6%
13	Carreño	722	+0.3%
14	Cangas de Onís	711	+3.2%
15	Laviana	685	-0.4%
16	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	676	+0.3%
17	Gozón	659	+2.3%
18	Corvera de Asturias	655	+1.1%
19	Grado	650	-0.2%
20	Navia	638	+1.9%
21	Lena	584	-2%
22	Tineo	575	+1.1%
23	Piloña	568	+1.1%
24	Ribadesella	551	+0.5%
25	Pravia	541	-0.7%
26	Aller	463	-0.2%
27	Parres	447	-0.4%
28	Nava	402	+1.3%
29	Noreña	397	+1.8%
30	Cudillero	380	+4.7%
31	Salas	353	+1.1%
32	Vegadeo	308	-2.5%
33	Tapia de Casariego	284	-2.4%
34	El Franco	259	+1.2%
35	Colunga	249	+2%
36	Castropol	235	+0.9%
37	Cabrales	210	+1.4%
38	Coaña	209	+2%
39	Soto del Barco	205	0%
40	Ribadedeva	184	-0.5%
41	Morcín	170	+3%
42	Peñamellera Baja	116	-0.9%
43	Bimenes	115	+0.9%
44	Las Regueras	108	+2.9%
45	Muros de Nalón	106	-0.9%
46	Sariego	105	+5%
47	Allande	103	-2.8%
47	Boal	103	-1%
47	Candamo	103	+4%
50	Teverga	88	-1.1%
51	Ribera de Arriba	86	-7.5%
52	Belmonte de Miranda	85	+1.2%
53	Cabranes	79	+2.6%
54	Onís	72	-4%
55	Somiedo	69	+1.5%
56	Taramundi	62	+5.1%
57	Illas	60	+1.7%
58	Caso	59	+7.3%
58	Quirós	59	+15.7%
60	Grandas de Salime	56	+9.8%
61	Caravia	51	+8.5%
62	Riosa	50	0%
63	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	48	+4.3%
63	Villayón	48	-5.9%
65	Ibias	47	+4.4%
66	Proaza	41	+17.1%
67	Sobrescobio	40	-2.4%
68	San Tirso de Abres	39	+8.3%
69	Peñamellera Alta	38	+8.6%
70	Amieva	35	+6.1%
71	Degaña	26	-10.3%
71	Ponga	26	+8.3%
73	Villanueva de Oscos	22	-8.3%
74	San Martín de Oscos	18	-5.3%
75	Santo Adriano	17	+13.3%
76	Illano	8	-11.1%
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 province by active companies, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-province-municipalities?period=2022 (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 province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 17,960 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Pesoz, with 5 in 2022.

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.