Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2016, at 10,044. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 5. The median was 66 and the figure for Badajoz province was 40,494. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,044Badajoz

Lowest5Sancti-Spíritus

Median66162 municipalities

Badajoz province40,494History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Badajoz	10,044	+3.2%
2	Mérida	4,177	+3.1%
3	Almendralejo	2,432	+2.4%
4	Don Benito	2,410	+2.6%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,515	+3.1%
6	Zafra	1,143	-1.6%
7	Montijo	833	+1.3%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	725	+2.7%
9	Jerez de los Caballeros	664	+4.4%
10	Olivenza	652	+2.4%
11	Azuaga	497	-0.4%
12	Castuera	463	-1.5%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	459	+1.1%
14	San Vicente de Alcántara	413	+1.5%
15	Llerena	409	-3.3%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	401	+0.5%
17	Fuente del Maestre	382	-0.5%
18	Aceuchal	356	+6.9%
19	Talavera la Real	355	+1.7%
20	Guareña	345	+2.7%
21	Quintana de la Serena	335	+2.4%
22	Puebla de la Calzada	327	+8.3%
23	Fuente de Cantos	315	+2.3%
24	Monesterio	311	+4.7%
25	Oliva de la Frontera	309	+2%
26	Calamonte	280	+3.7%
27	Campanario	274	+3%
28	Alburquerque	264	-1.1%
28	Santa Marta	264	+1.1%
30	Cabeza del Buey	254	-2.7%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	249	-1.6%
32	Zalamea de la Serena	229	+3.6%
33	Santa Amalia	219	0%
34	Ribera del Fresno	217	+2.8%
35	Valverde de Leganés	214	0%
36	La Zarza	212	+4.4%
37	Arroyo de San Serván	209	+4.5%
38	Barcarrota	205	+1%
39	Talarrubias	201	-0.5%
40	Herrera del Duque	187	-4.6%
41	Hornachos	186	+7.5%
42	Orellana la Vieja	165	+1.9%
43	Burguillos del Cerro	151	+7.1%
43	Villanueva del Fresno	151	+10.2%
45	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	149	+9.6%
46	Valdelacalzada	140	-4.1%
47	Higuera la Real	138	-4.2%
48	Torremejía	137	+2.2%
49	Fuentes de León	136	-2.9%
49	Guadiana	136	+7.9%
51	Berlanga	135	-1.5%
52	Zahínos	124	-1.6%
53	Solana de los Barros	120	-0.8%
54	Granja de Torrehermosa	115	-1.7%
55	Medellín	114	+11.8%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	111	+3.7%
57	Lobón	109	-4.4%
58	Siruela	104	-1%
59	Villar del Rey	101	0%
60	Alange	99	+7.6%
61	Monterrubio de la Serena	96	-6.8%
62	La Albuera	95	+1.1%
62	La Garrovilla	95	-3.1%
64	Bienvenida	90	+1.1%
65	La Codosera	88	+3.5%
66	Segura de León	85	0%
67	Valencia del Ventoso	84	-3.4%
68	Valdecaballeros	79	+9.7%
69	Trujillanos	77	-1.3%
70	Usagre	75	+1.4%
71	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	74	+7.2%
72	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	73	+1.4%
73	Alconchel	72	+2.9%
73	Salvaleón	72	+1.4%
75	Casas de Don Pedro	71	-2.7%
75	Villalba de los Barros	71	+6%
77	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	69	-1.4%
78	Cabeza la Vaca	68	+1.5%
78	La Haba	68	0%
78	La Roca de la Sierra	68	-2.9%
81	Campillo de Llerena	67	-2.9%
82	La Coronada	64	0%
82	Puebla de Alcocer	64	+4.9%
84	Almendral	63	+1.6%
84	La Parra	63	-1.6%
86	Calera de León	61	+17.3%
87	Montemolín	60	+5.3%
88	Higuera de Vargas	58	-3.3%
89	Bodonal de la Sierra	57	-5%
90	Feria	55	-8.3%
90	Puebla de Obando	55	0%
92	Castilblanco	53	0%
93	Villar de Rena	52	-7.1%
94	Medina de las Torres	51	-5.6%
95	Peñalsordo	48	+6.7%
95	Valle de la Serena	48	+14.3%
97	Oliva de Mérida	46	-4.2%
98	Villagonzalo	45	+7.1%
99	Villagarcía de la Torre	42	+2.4%
100	Esparragalejo	41	-6.8%
101	Cordobilla de Lácara	40	-2.4%
101	Corte de Peleas	40	0%
101	Valdetorres	40	+2.6%
101	Valle de Santa Ana	40	+8.1%
105	Higuera de la Serena	39	-7.1%
105	Llera	39	+2.6%
105	Maguilla	39	+11.4%
108	Táliga	37	+2.8%
109	Don Álvaro	36	-2.7%
109	Mirandilla	36	-5.3%
111	Cheles	35	+6.1%
111	Esparragosa de Lares	35	+16.7%
113	Esparragosa de la Serena	34	-5.6%
114	Acedera	32	+10.3%
114	Ahillones	32	-5.9%
114	La Morera	32	-8.6%
117	Malpartida de la Serena	31	-11.4%
118	Benquerencia de la Serena	30	+3.4%
119	Nogales	29	0%
119	Puebla de la Reina	29	+16%
119	Valverde de Llerena	29	+11.5%
122	Zarza-Capilla	28	+3.7%
123	Alconera	27	+22.7%
123	Puebla del Prior	27	-3.6%
123	Valencia del Mombuey	27	+80%
123	Valverde de Mérida	27	+3.8%
127	La Nava de Santiago	26	-3.7%
127	Valencia de las Torres	26	0%
129	Helechosa de los Montes	25	+4.2%
129	Retamal de Llerena	25	+4.2%
131	Hinojosa del Valle	24	-17.2%
132	Puebla del Maestre	23	-8%
132	Torremayor	23	-14.8%
134	Fuente del Arco	22	-12%
134	San Pedro de Mérida	22	-26.7%
136	Calzadilla de los Barros	21	-4.5%
136	Mengabril	21	+31.3%
138	Aljucén	20	+25%
138	Cristina	20	+17.6%
138	Manchita	20	-16.7%
138	Palomas	20	-9.1%
142	Garbayuela	19	+5.6%
142	Garlitos	19	-5%
144	Rena	18	0%
145	Entrín Bajo	17	-5.6%
145	Magacela	17	-5.6%
147	Peraleda del Zaucejo	14	-17.6%
147	Trasierra	14	+16.7%
147	Villarta de los Montes	14	+7.7%
150	Carmonita	13	-18.8%
151	Casas de Reina	10	+11.1%
151	La Lapa	10	+25%
151	Valle de Matamoros	10	0%
154	Higuera de Llerena	9	+12.5%
154	Malcocinado	9	-10%
156	Atalaya	8	+14.3%
156	Orellana de la Sierra	8	+33.3%
156	Valverde de Burguillos	8	-27.3%
159	Baterno	7	0%
159	Capilla	7	+40%
159	Tamurejo	7	+16.7%
162	Sancti-Spíritus	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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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?

Badajoz, with 10,044 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 5 in 2016.

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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. 3 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.