Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2017, at 10,145. Reina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 63 and the figure for Badajoz province was 40,773. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,145Badajoz

Lowest4Reina

Median63162 municipalities

Badajoz province40,773History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Badajoz	10,145	+1%
2	Mérida	4,221	+1.1%
3	Almendralejo	2,430	-0.1%
4	Don Benito	2,426	+0.7%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,523	+0.5%
6	Zafra	1,161	+1.6%
7	Montijo	872	+4.7%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	726	+0.1%
9	Jerez de los Caballeros	657	-1.1%
10	Olivenza	644	-1.2%
11	Azuaga	482	-3%
12	Castuera	461	-0.4%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	452	-1.5%
14	Llerena	420	+2.7%
14	San Vicente de Alcántara	420	+1.7%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	402	+0.2%
17	Fuente del Maestre	381	-0.3%
18	Guareña	366	+6.1%
19	Aceuchal	354	-0.6%
20	Talavera la Real	352	-0.8%
21	Puebla de la Calzada	332	+1.5%
22	Fuente de Cantos	325	+3.2%
23	Oliva de la Frontera	319	+3.2%
24	Quintana de la Serena	314	-6.3%
25	Monesterio	309	-0.6%
26	Calamonte	293	+4.6%
27	Campanario	273	-0.4%
28	Alburquerque	264	0%
29	Santa Marta	262	-0.8%
30	Cabeza del Buey	260	+2.4%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	249	0%
32	Zalamea de la Serena	228	-0.4%
33	Santa Amalia	224	+2.3%
34	La Zarza	218	+2.8%
35	Arroyo de San Serván	217	+3.8%
36	Barcarrota	215	+4.9%
36	Valverde de Leganés	215	+0.5%
38	Ribera del Fresno	211	-2.8%
39	Herrera del Duque	203	+8.6%
40	Talarrubias	198	-1.5%
41	Hornachos	178	-4.3%
42	Orellana la Vieja	169	+2.4%
43	Villanueva del Fresno	166	+9.9%
44	Burguillos del Cerro	164	+8.6%
45	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	146	-2%
46	Fuentes de León	142	+4.4%
47	Berlanga	139	+3%
48	Torremejía	132	-3.6%
49	Guadiana	130	-4.4%
49	Higuera la Real	130	-5.8%
51	Zahínos	129	+4%
52	Valdelacalzada	127	-9.3%
53	Solana de los Barros	124	+3.3%
54	Granja de Torrehermosa	113	-1.7%
55	Lobón	112	+2.8%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	110	-0.9%
57	Siruela	108	+3.8%
58	La Albuera	104	+9.5%
59	Medellín	101	-11.4%
59	Monterrubio de la Serena	101	+5.2%
61	Villar del Rey	99	-2%
62	Bienvenida	98	+8.9%
63	La Garrovilla	97	+2.1%
64	Alange	90	-9.1%
65	La Codosera	88	0%
66	Segura de León	86	+1.2%
67	Valencia del Ventoso	85	+1.2%
68	Valdecaballeros	82	+3.8%
69	Trujillanos	80	+3.9%
70	Salvaleón	76	+5.6%
71	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	75	+1.4%
71	Usagre	75	0%
73	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	73	0%
74	Alconchel	72	0%
74	Campillo de Llerena	72	+7.5%
74	Casas de Don Pedro	72	+1.4%
77	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	71	+2.9%
78	Cabeza la Vaca	68	0%
78	Villalba de los Barros	68	-4.2%
80	Almendral	64	+1.6%
80	Puebla de Alcocer	64	0%
82	Calera de León	62	+1.6%
83	Bodonal de la Sierra	61	+7%
83	La Coronada	61	-4.7%
83	La Haba	61	-10.3%
83	La Roca de la Sierra	61	-10.3%
87	La Parra	59	-6.3%
88	Higuera de Vargas	58	0%
89	Feria	57	+3.6%
90	Castilblanco	54	+1.9%
91	Montemolín	53	-11.7%
91	Puebla de Obando	53	-3.6%
91	Villar de Rena	53	+1.9%
94	Peñalsordo	49	+2.1%
95	Medina de las Torres	48	-5.9%
96	Oliva de Mérida	47	+2.2%
96	Villagarcía de la Torre	47	+11.9%
98	Cordobilla de Lácara	46	+15%
99	Villagonzalo	44	-2.2%
100	Maguilla	43	+10.3%
101	Valdetorres	42	+5%
102	Valle de la Serena	41	-14.6%
102	Valle de Santa Ana	41	+2.5%
104	Corte de Peleas	38	-5%
104	Esparragalejo	38	-7.3%
106	Esparragosa de la Serena	37	+8.8%
106	Táliga	37	0%
108	Don Álvaro	36	0%
108	Mirandilla	36	0%
110	Higuera de la Serena	35	-10.3%
110	Llera	35	-10.3%
112	Cheles	33	-5.7%
112	Esparragosa de Lares	33	-5.7%
112	Nogales	33	+13.8%
115	Acedera	32	0%
115	Ahillones	32	0%
117	Benquerencia de la Serena	31	+3.3%
117	Valencia del Mombuey	31	+14.8%
119	Malpartida de la Serena	30	-3.2%
119	Puebla del Prior	30	+11.1%
121	La Morera	29	-9.4%
122	Valverde de Llerena	28	-3.4%
123	La Nava de Santiago	27	+3.8%
123	Puebla de la Reina	27	-6.9%
125	Helechosa de los Montes	26	+4%
125	Zarza-Capilla	26	-7.1%
127	Alconera	25	-7.4%
127	Hinojosa del Valle	25	+4.2%
127	Valverde de Mérida	25	-7.4%
130	Fuente del Arco	24	+9.1%
130	Retamal de Llerena	24	-4%
130	San Pedro de Mérida	24	+9.1%
133	Puebla del Maestre	23	0%
133	Valencia de las Torres	23	-11.5%
135	Calzadilla de los Barros	22	+4.8%
135	Torremayor	22	-4.3%
137	Manchita	21	+5%
138	Cristina	20	0%
138	Garbayuela	20	+5.3%
138	Garlitos	20	+5.3%
138	Magacela	20	+17.6%
138	Palomas	20	0%
143	Rena	19	+5.6%
144	Mengabril	18	-14.3%
145	Entrín Bajo	17	0%
146	Peraleda del Zaucejo	16	+14.3%
147	Aljucén	15	-25%
148	Carmonita	14	+7.7%
148	Trasierra	14	0%
150	Casas de Reina	13	+30%
150	Villarta de los Montes	13	-7.1%
152	Higuera de Llerena	10	+11.1%
152	Malcocinado	10	+11.1%
154	Capilla	9	+28.6%
154	La Lapa	9	-10%
154	Valverde de Burguillos	9	+12.5%
157	Valle de Matamoros	8	-20%
158	Orellana de la Sierra	7	-12.5%
159	Atalaya	6	-25%
159	Baterno	6	-14.3%
161	Tamurejo	5	-28.6%
162	Reina	4	n/a

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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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Badajoz, with 10,145 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.