Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2019, at 10,422. Risco had the lowest, at 4. The median was 65 and the figure for Badajoz province was 41,949. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,422Badajoz

Lowest4Risco

Median65162 municipalities

Badajoz province41,949History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Badajoz	10,422	+0.3%
2	Mérida	4,297	-0.9%
3	Almendralejo	2,590	+3.7%
4	Don Benito	2,459	+0.2%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,503	-2.1%
6	Zafra	1,227	+4.1%
7	Montijo	914	+3.2%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	751	+3.3%
9	Olivenza	675	+3.8%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	658	-0.3%
11	Azuaga	485	-2.2%
12	Castuera	474	+3.5%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	458	+4.8%
14	Llerena	440	+0.2%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	430	0%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	415	+2.7%
17	Fuente del Maestre	397	+2.3%
18	Talavera la Real	364	+1.4%
19	Aceuchal	360	+2%
20	Guareña	354	-1.1%
21	Puebla de la Calzada	352	+4.5%
22	Quintana de la Serena	338	+4%
23	Monesterio	329	+0.9%
24	Fuente de Cantos	325	+2.2%
25	Oliva de la Frontera	324	+3.2%
26	Calamonte	312	+1.3%
27	Alburquerque	286	+2.1%
28	Campanario	276	+1.5%
29	Santa Marta	272	+3.4%
30	Cabeza del Buey	269	+0.4%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	252	+1.6%
32	Arroyo de San Serván	247	+10.8%
33	Zalamea de la Serena	238	+3%
34	Ribera del Fresno	236	+7.8%
35	La Zarza	229	-0.4%
36	Santa Amalia	222	-0.9%
36	Valverde de Leganés	222	+1.8%
38	Barcarrota	219	+0.5%
38	Herrera del Duque	219	+0.9%
40	Talarrubias	203	-3.3%
41	Hornachos	179	-2.7%
42	Orellana la Vieja	176	+2.9%
43	Burguillos del Cerro	160	0%
44	Villanueva del Fresno	156	+6.1%
45	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	153	+8.5%
46	Higuera la Real	147	+2.8%
47	Berlanga	146	+5%
48	Torremejía	145	-2%
49	Guadiana	143	+5.1%
50	Fuentes de León	137	+1.5%
50	Valdelacalzada	137	+3%
52	Zahínos	135	+2.3%
53	Solana de los Barros	126	-1.6%
54	Granja de Torrehermosa	121	-2.4%
55	Lobón	118	+2.6%
56	Monterrubio de la Serena	117	+12.5%
57	Salvatierra de los Barros	111	+1.8%
58	Villar del Rey	106	+5%
59	Medellín	102	+2%
60	Siruela	101	-1%
61	Bienvenida	100	+1%
62	La Garrovilla	99	+1%
63	Alange	97	-1%
63	La Albuera	97	-4%
65	Segura de León	92	+4.5%
66	Valencia del Ventoso	91	+7.1%
67	La Codosera	90	+1.1%
68	Valdecaballeros	83	+2.5%
69	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	82	-1.2%
69	Trujillanos	82	-3.5%
71	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	81	+14.1%
72	Alconchel	80	+11.1%
73	La Roca de la Sierra	74	+7.2%
74	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	73	-1.4%
75	Casas de Don Pedro	72	+7.5%
75	Villalba de los Barros	72	0%
77	Cabeza la Vaca	71	-1.4%
78	Usagre	69	-1.4%
79	Almendral	68	+1.5%
80	Bodonal de la Sierra	66	+8.2%
81	La Haba	65	0%
82	La Parra	64	0%
83	Campillo de Llerena	63	-1.6%
83	Feria	63	+6.8%
83	Puebla de Alcocer	63	-3.1%
86	Calera de León	61	+5.2%
86	Salvaleón	61	-16.4%
88	La Coronada	60	0%
89	Higuera de Vargas	58	+11.5%
90	Castilblanco	54	+8%
90	Puebla de Obando	54	+5.9%
92	Villar de Rena	53	-1.9%
93	Oliva de Mérida	51	+21.4%
93	Peñalsordo	51	-1.9%
95	Medina de las Torres	49	+2.1%
95	Montemolín	49	-5.8%
97	Villagarcía de la Torre	47	+2.2%
98	Esparragalejo	45	+2.3%
99	Corte de Peleas	44	+4.8%
99	Don Álvaro	44	+12.8%
101	Cordobilla de Lácara	43	+4.9%
101	Villagonzalo	43	-10.4%
103	Maguilla	42	-2.3%
104	Higuera de la Serena	41	0%
105	Esparragosa de la Serena	39	+8.3%
105	Mirandilla	39	+5.4%
105	Táliga	39	+8.3%
105	Valle de la Serena	39	-4.9%
109	Cheles	38	0%
109	Valdetorres	38	-9.5%
111	Valle de Santa Ana	37	-2.6%
112	Malpartida de la Serena	36	+16.1%
113	Esparragosa de Lares	35	-2.8%
114	Ahillones	34	+3%
115	Llera	32	-8.6%
115	Nogales	32	+3.2%
117	Calzadilla de los Barros	31	+10.7%
118	Benquerencia de la Serena	30	+3.4%
118	La Nava de Santiago	30	+3.4%
118	Valverde de Mérida	30	+7.1%
121	San Pedro de Mérida	29	+3.6%
122	Acedera	28	-9.7%
123	Puebla del Prior	27	-12.9%
124	Alconera	26	0%
124	La Morera	26	-3.7%
124	Magacela	26	-7.1%
124	Puebla de la Reina	26	+4%
128	Helechosa de los Montes	25	+4.2%
129	Torremayor	24	+20%
129	Valencia del Mombuey	24	-7.7%
131	Valverde de Llerena	23	-8%
131	Zarza-Capilla	23	-8%
133	Fuente del Arco	22	0%
133	Garbayuela	22	+10%
133	Hinojosa del Valle	22	-12%
133	Retamal de Llerena	22	-18.5%
133	Valencia de las Torres	22	-4.3%
138	Garlitos	21	+10.5%
138	Puebla del Maestre	21	+5%
140	Palomas	20	-13%
141	Cristina	19	+11.8%
142	Manchita	18	-5.3%
142	Rena	18	+12.5%
144	Mengabril	15	-11.8%
145	Aljucén	14	-6.7%
145	Entrín Bajo	14	-17.6%
145	Trasierra	14	0%
148	Higuera de Llerena	12	+20%
148	Peraleda del Zaucejo	12	-14.3%
148	Villarta de los Montes	12	+20%
151	Carmonita	11	-15.4%
152	Valverde de Burguillos	10	+11.1%
153	Casas de Reina	9	-25%
153	La Lapa	9	0%
153	Malcocinado	9	+12.5%
153	Valle de Matamoros	9	+28.6%
157	Orellana de la Sierra	8	+14.3%
158	Capilla	7	-12.5%
159	Atalaya	5	0%
159	Baterno	5	0%
159	Reina	5	n/a
162	Risco	4	-20%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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.},
}

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