Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2015, at 9,734. Capilla had the lowest, at 5. The median was 66 and the figure for Badajoz province was 39,640. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,734Badajoz

Lowest5Capilla

Median66162 municipalities

Badajoz province39,640History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Badajoz	9,734	+3.3%
2	Mérida	4,052	+4.9%
3	Almendralejo	2,376	+0.6%
4	Don Benito	2,348	+3.1%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,470	+3.1%
6	Zafra	1,162	+3.5%
7	Montijo	822	+3.5%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	706	-1.1%
9	Olivenza	637	+5.6%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	636	+4.4%
11	Azuaga	499	+3.1%
12	Castuera	470	+2.2%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	454	+3.7%
14	Llerena	423	+6.3%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	407	+4.1%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	399	+6.4%
17	Fuente del Maestre	384	+4.6%
18	Talavera la Real	349	+4.8%
19	Guareña	336	-3.4%
20	Aceuchal	333	+4.7%
21	Quintana de la Serena	327	+0.6%
22	Fuente de Cantos	308	-3.8%
23	Oliva de la Frontera	303	-0.7%
24	Puebla de la Calzada	302	-2.6%
25	Monesterio	297	+5.7%
26	Calamonte	270	+4.2%
27	Alburquerque	267	+1.9%
28	Campanario	266	-0.7%
29	Cabeza del Buey	261	-1.1%
29	Santa Marta	261	-0.8%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	253	+9.1%
32	Zalamea de la Serena	221	+6.3%
33	Santa Amalia	219	+2.8%
34	Valverde de Leganés	214	-0.9%
35	Ribera del Fresno	211	+6%
36	Barcarrota	203	+1%
36	La Zarza	203	+1.5%
38	Talarrubias	202	-1%
39	Arroyo de San Serván	200	-0.5%
40	Herrera del Duque	196	+5.9%
41	Hornachos	173	+0.6%
42	Orellana la Vieja	162	0%
43	Valdelacalzada	146	+7.4%
44	Higuera la Real	144	-7.1%
45	Burguillos del Cerro	141	-0.7%
46	Fuentes de León	140	+11.1%
47	Berlanga	137	+2.2%
47	Villanueva del Fresno	137	-0.7%
49	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	136	-4.2%
50	Torremejía	134	+8.1%
51	Guadiana	126	+2.4%
51	Zahínos	126	-1.6%
53	Solana de los Barros	121	+11%
54	Granja de Torrehermosa	117	-0.8%
55	Lobón	114	+7.5%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	107	-7%
57	Siruela	105	-0.9%
58	Monterrubio de la Serena	103	-1.9%
59	Medellín	102	-5.6%
60	Villar del Rey	101	+6.3%
61	La Garrovilla	98	+4.3%
62	La Albuera	94	-2.1%
63	Alange	92	+5.7%
64	Bienvenida	89	+7.2%
65	Valencia del Ventoso	87	+2.4%
66	La Codosera	85	-4.5%
66	Segura de León	85	-4.5%
68	Trujillanos	78	-3.7%
69	Usagre	74	0%
70	Casas de Don Pedro	73	+4.3%
71	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	72	-1.4%
71	Valdecaballeros	72	+2.9%
73	Salvaleón	71	-4.1%
74	Alconchel	70	0%
74	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	70	+4.5%
74	La Roca de la Sierra	70	-4.1%
77	Campillo de Llerena	69	+15%
77	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	69	-1.4%
79	La Haba	68	+3%
80	Cabeza la Vaca	67	0%
80	Villalba de los Barros	67	-5.6%
82	La Coronada	64	+6.7%
82	La Parra	64	-7.2%
84	Almendral	62	-3.1%
85	Puebla de Alcocer	61	-4.7%
86	Bodonal de la Sierra	60	+5.3%
86	Feria	60	-1.6%
86	Higuera de Vargas	60	+9.1%
89	Montemolín	57	+1.8%
90	Villar de Rena	56	+9.8%
91	Puebla de Obando	55	+1.9%
92	Medina de las Torres	54	-3.6%
93	Castilblanco	53	-3.6%
94	Calera de León	52	-1.9%
95	Oliva de Mérida	48	-9.4%
96	Peñalsordo	45	0%
97	Esparragalejo	44	-2.2%
98	Higuera de la Serena	42	0%
98	Valle de la Serena	42	-2.3%
98	Villagonzalo	42	+2.4%
101	Cordobilla de Lácara	41	+5.1%
101	Villagarcía de la Torre	41	-8.9%
103	Corte de Peleas	40	+2.6%
104	Valdetorres	39	-4.9%
105	Llera	38	+11.8%
105	Mirandilla	38	-5%
107	Don Álvaro	37	+19.4%
107	Valle de Santa Ana	37	+5.7%
109	Esparragosa de la Serena	36	+5.9%
109	Táliga	36	0%
111	La Morera	35	-2.8%
111	Maguilla	35	-2.8%
111	Malpartida de la Serena	35	+6.1%
114	Ahillones	34	0%
115	Cheles	33	0%
116	Esparragosa de Lares	30	-6.3%
116	San Pedro de Mérida	30	+3.4%
118	Acedera	29	+20.8%
118	Benquerencia de la Serena	29	+20.8%
118	Hinojosa del Valle	29	+16%
118	Nogales	29	-12.1%
122	Puebla del Prior	28	+7.7%
123	La Nava de Santiago	27	-6.9%
123	Torremayor	27	+17.4%
123	Zarza-Capilla	27	0%
126	Valencia de las Torres	26	-7.1%
126	Valverde de Llerena	26	-7.1%
126	Valverde de Mérida	26	+4%
129	Fuente del Arco	25	0%
129	Puebla de la Reina	25	0%
129	Puebla del Maestre	25	+4.2%
132	Helechosa de los Montes	24	+9.1%
132	Manchita	24	+26.3%
132	Retamal de Llerena	24	-11.1%
135	Alconera	22	+4.8%
135	Calzadilla de los Barros	22	0%
135	Palomas	22	0%
138	Garlitos	20	-9.1%
139	Entrín Bajo	18	0%
139	Garbayuela	18	+5.9%
139	Magacela	18	0%
139	Rena	18	+28.6%
143	Cristina	17	-5.6%
143	Peraleda del Zaucejo	17	+21.4%
145	Aljucén	16	+14.3%
145	Carmonita	16	+14.3%
145	Mengabril	16	-20%
148	Valencia del Mombuey	15	-11.8%
149	Villarta de los Montes	13	-27.8%
150	Trasierra	12	-7.7%
151	Valverde de Burguillos	11	-8.3%
152	Malcocinado	10	-9.1%
152	Valle de Matamoros	10	-16.7%
154	Casas de Reina	9	-10%
155	Higuera de Llerena	8	-27.3%
155	La Lapa	8	0%
157	Atalaya	7	0%
157	Baterno	7	-12.5%
159	Orellana de la Sierra	6	-14.3%
159	Sancti-Spíritus	6	+20%
159	Tamurejo	6	+50%
162	Capilla	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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 Badajoz province by active companies, 2015) [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 Badajoz province by active companies, 2015. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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 Badajoz province by active companies, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2015.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2015}},
  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/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2015. 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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