Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies

Gijón had the highest active companies of 76 municipalities in 2024, at 17,107. Illano had the lowest, at 11. The median was 199 and the figure for Asturias province was 64,463. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest17,107Gijón

Lowest11Illano

Median19976 municipalities

Asturias province64,463History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Gijón	17,107	-0.1%
2	Oviedo	15,018	+0.5%
3	Siero	3,898	-1.6%
4	Avilés	3,748	-1.3%
5	Langreo	1,753	-1.8%
6	Mieres	1,549	-2.1%
7	Llanera	1,509	-0.9%
8	Llanes	1,371	+1.7%
9	Villaviciosa	1,242	+1.1%
10	Castrillón	1,209	-2.5%
11	Valdés	794	+1.3%
12	Carreño	729	+0.7%
13	Cangas de Onís	725	+3.7%
14	Cangas del Narcea	715	-1.1%
15	Gozón	661	-0.2%
16	Laviana	653	-1.4%
17	Corvera de Asturias	632	-0.6%
18	San Martín del Rey Aurelio	607	-4.7%
19	Grado	598	-2.1%
20	Navia	592	-2.3%
21	Piloña	551	+0.7%
22	Ribadesella	533	+1.5%
23	Lena	531	-4.3%
24	Tineo	517	-3.9%
25	Pravia	474	-3.5%
26	Parres	448	+0.9%
27	Aller	424	-0.9%
28	Nava	384	-0.3%
29	Noreña	362	-2.2%
30	Salas	356	+4.1%
31	Cudillero	346	-2.8%
32	Vegadeo	301	+1.7%
33	Tapia de Casariego	285	+1.1%
34	Colunga	266	+5.1%
35	El Franco	239	-3.6%
36	Coaña	219	+4.3%
37	Castropol	217	+2.8%
38	Cabrales	199	+5.9%
38	Soto del Barco	199	+3.1%
40	Ribadedeva	192	+3.2%
41	Morcín	153	-1.9%
42	Muros de Nalón	123	+12.8%
43	Bimenes	116	+4.5%
44	Peñamellera Baja	111	-7.5%
45	Las Regueras	105	-1.9%
46	Sariego	102	-4.7%
47	Candamo	97	-3%
48	Belmonte de Miranda	93	0%
48	Boal	93	-1.1%
50	Allande	92	+1.1%
51	Cabranes	89	+9.9%
52	Teverga	83	+7.8%
53	Onís	80	+11.1%
54	Ribera de Arriba	76	-2.6%
55	Caso	69	0%
56	Taramundi	68	+11.5%
57	Quirós	64	+16.4%
57	Somiedo	64	-1.5%
59	Illas	55	0%
60	Grandas de Salime	50	0%
61	Riosa	48	0%
62	Sobrescobio	46	+2.2%
62	Villayón	46	-2.1%
64	Caravia	44	-8.3%
65	Santa Eulalia de Oscos	43	-10.4%
66	Ibias	41	-6.8%
67	Proaza	39	0%
68	Peñamellera Alta	38	+5.6%
69	San Tirso de Abres	35	0%
70	Amieva	30	+3.4%
71	Ponga	26	+8.3%
72	Degaña	23	-8%
73	Santo Adriano	21	0%
74	San Martín de Oscos	16	0%
74	Villanueva de Oscos	16	-5.9%
76	Illano	11	+37.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/asturias-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_asturias_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Asturias province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 17,107 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Illano, with 11 in 2024.

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.