Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 161 municipalities in 2018, at 10,396. Risco had the lowest, at 5. The median was 65 and the figure for Badajoz province was 41,490. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,396Badajoz

Lowest5Risco

Median65161 municipalities

Badajoz province41,490History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Badajoz	10,396	+2.5%
2	Mérida	4,337	+2.7%
3	Almendralejo	2,498	+2.8%
4	Don Benito	2,453	+1.1%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,535	+0.8%
6	Zafra	1,179	+1.6%
7	Montijo	886	+1.6%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	727	+0.1%
9	Jerez de los Caballeros	660	+0.5%
10	Olivenza	650	+0.9%
11	Azuaga	496	+2.9%
12	Castuera	458	-0.7%
13	Llerena	439	+4.5%
14	Los Santos de Maimona	437	-3.3%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	430	+2.4%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	404	+0.5%
17	Fuente del Maestre	388	+1.8%
18	Talavera la Real	359	+2%
19	Guareña	358	-2.2%
20	Aceuchal	353	-0.3%
21	Puebla de la Calzada	337	+1.5%
22	Monesterio	326	+5.5%
23	Quintana de la Serena	325	+3.5%
24	Fuente de Cantos	318	-2.2%
25	Oliva de la Frontera	314	-1.6%
26	Calamonte	308	+5.1%
27	Alburquerque	280	+6.1%
28	Campanario	272	-0.4%
29	Cabeza del Buey	268	+3.1%
30	Santa Marta	263	+0.4%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	248	-0.4%
32	Zalamea de la Serena	231	+1.3%
33	La Zarza	230	+5.5%
34	Santa Amalia	224	0%
35	Arroyo de San Serván	223	+2.8%
36	Ribera del Fresno	219	+3.8%
37	Barcarrota	218	+1.4%
37	Valverde de Leganés	218	+1.4%
39	Herrera del Duque	217	+6.9%
40	Talarrubias	210	+6.1%
41	Hornachos	184	+3.4%
42	Orellana la Vieja	171	+1.2%
43	Burguillos del Cerro	160	-2.4%
44	Torremejía	148	+12.1%
45	Villanueva del Fresno	147	-11.4%
46	Higuera la Real	143	+10%
47	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	141	-3.4%
48	Berlanga	139	0%
49	Guadiana	136	+4.6%
50	Fuentes de León	135	-4.9%
51	Valdelacalzada	133	+4.7%
52	Zahínos	132	+2.3%
53	Solana de los Barros	128	+3.2%
54	Granja de Torrehermosa	124	+9.7%
55	Lobón	115	+2.7%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	109	-0.9%
57	Monterrubio de la Serena	104	+3%
58	Siruela	102	-5.6%
59	La Albuera	101	-2.9%
59	Villar del Rey	101	+2%
61	Medellín	100	-1%
62	Bienvenida	99	+1%
63	Alange	98	+8.9%
63	La Garrovilla	98	+1%
65	La Codosera	89	+1.1%
66	Segura de León	88	+2.3%
67	Trujillanos	85	+6.3%
67	Valencia del Ventoso	85	0%
69	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	83	+10.7%
70	Valdecaballeros	81	-1.2%
71	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	74	+4.2%
72	Salvaleón	73	-3.9%
73	Alconchel	72	0%
73	Cabeza la Vaca	72	+5.9%
73	Villalba de los Barros	72	+5.9%
76	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	71	-2.7%
77	Usagre	70	-6.7%
78	La Roca de la Sierra	69	+13.1%
79	Almendral	67	+4.7%
79	Casas de Don Pedro	67	-6.9%
81	La Haba	65	+6.6%
81	Puebla de Alcocer	65	+1.6%
83	Campillo de Llerena	64	-11.1%
83	La Parra	64	+8.5%
85	Bodonal de la Sierra	61	0%
86	La Coronada	60	-1.6%
87	Feria	59	+3.5%
88	Calera de León	58	-6.5%
89	Villar de Rena	54	+1.9%
90	Higuera de Vargas	52	-10.3%
90	Montemolín	52	-1.9%
90	Peñalsordo	52	+6.1%
93	Puebla de Obando	51	-3.8%
94	Castilblanco	50	-7.4%
95	Medina de las Torres	48	0%
95	Villagonzalo	48	+9.1%
97	Villagarcía de la Torre	46	-2.1%
98	Esparragalejo	44	+15.8%
99	Maguilla	43	0%
100	Corte de Peleas	42	+10.5%
100	Oliva de Mérida	42	-10.6%
100	Valdetorres	42	0%
103	Cordobilla de Lácara	41	-10.9%
103	Higuera de la Serena	41	+17.1%
103	Valle de la Serena	41	0%
106	Don Álvaro	39	+8.3%
107	Cheles	38	+15.2%
107	Valle de Santa Ana	38	-7.3%
109	Mirandilla	37	+2.8%
110	Esparragosa de la Serena	36	-2.7%
110	Esparragosa de Lares	36	+9.1%
110	Táliga	36	-2.7%
113	Llera	35	0%
114	Ahillones	33	+3.1%
115	Acedera	31	-3.1%
115	Malpartida de la Serena	31	+3.3%
115	Nogales	31	-6.1%
115	Puebla del Prior	31	+3.3%
119	Benquerencia de la Serena	29	-6.5%
119	La Nava de Santiago	29	+7.4%
121	Calzadilla de los Barros	28	+27.3%
121	Magacela	28	+40%
121	San Pedro de Mérida	28	+16.7%
121	Valverde de Mérida	28	+12%
125	La Morera	27	-6.9%
125	Retamal de Llerena	27	+12.5%
127	Alconera	26	+4%
127	Valencia del Mombuey	26	-16.1%
129	Hinojosa del Valle	25	0%
129	Puebla de la Reina	25	-7.4%
129	Valverde de Llerena	25	-10.7%
129	Zarza-Capilla	25	-3.8%
133	Helechosa de los Montes	24	-7.7%
134	Palomas	23	+15%
134	Valencia de las Torres	23	0%
136	Fuente del Arco	22	-8.3%
137	Garbayuela	20	0%
137	Puebla del Maestre	20	-13%
137	Torremayor	20	-9.1%
140	Garlitos	19	-5%
140	Manchita	19	-9.5%
142	Cristina	17	-15%
142	Entrín Bajo	17	0%
142	Mengabril	17	-5.6%
145	Rena	16	-15.8%
146	Aljucén	15	0%
147	Peraleda del Zaucejo	14	-12.5%
147	Trasierra	14	0%
149	Carmonita	13	-7.1%
150	Casas de Reina	12	-7.7%
151	Higuera de Llerena	10	0%
151	Villarta de los Montes	10	-23.1%
153	La Lapa	9	0%
153	Valverde de Burguillos	9	0%
155	Capilla	8	-11.1%
155	Malcocinado	8	-20%
157	Orellana de la Sierra	7	0%
157	Valle de Matamoros	7	-12.5%
159	Atalaya	5	-16.7%
159	Baterno	5	-16.7%
159	Risco	5	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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 10,396 in 2018, 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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.