Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 163 municipalities in 2020, at 10,305. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 4. The median was 64 and the figure for Badajoz province was 41,661. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,305Badajoz

Lowest4Sancti-Spíritus

Median64163 municipalities

Badajoz province41,661History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Badajoz	10,305	-1.1%
2	Mérida	4,197	-2.3%
3	Almendralejo	2,530	-2.3%
4	Don Benito	2,509	+2%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,538	+2.3%
6	Zafra	1,207	-1.6%
7	Montijo	881	-3.6%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	755	+0.5%
9	Olivenza	662	-1.9%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	652	-0.9%
11	Azuaga	489	+0.8%
12	Los Santos de Maimona	486	+6.1%
13	Castuera	479	+1.1%
14	Llerena	460	+4.5%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	412	-4.2%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	406	-2.2%
17	Fuente del Maestre	391	-1.5%
18	Guareña	358	+1.1%
19	Aceuchal	356	-1.1%
20	Talavera la Real	350	-3.8%
21	Monesterio	344	+4.6%
22	Puebla de la Calzada	343	-2.6%
23	Oliva de la Frontera	319	-1.5%
24	Fuente de Cantos	318	-2.2%
25	Quintana de la Serena	315	-6.8%
26	Calamonte	303	-2.9%
27	Alburquerque	297	+3.8%
28	Campanario	272	-1.4%
29	Santa Marta	268	-1.5%
30	Cabeza del Buey	264	-1.9%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	256	+1.6%
32	Arroyo de San Serván	249	+0.8%
33	Zalamea de la Serena	243	+2.1%
34	Santa Amalia	240	+8.1%
35	Ribera del Fresno	226	-4.2%
36	Barcarrota	223	+1.8%
37	La Zarza	222	-3.1%
37	Valverde de Leganés	222	0%
39	Herrera del Duque	215	-1.8%
40	Talarrubias	201	-1%
41	Hornachos	182	+1.7%
42	Orellana la Vieja	174	-1.1%
43	Burguillos del Cerro	158	-1.3%
44	Villanueva del Fresno	155	-0.6%
45	Higuera la Real	154	+4.8%
46	Berlanga	147	+0.7%
47	Zahínos	145	+7.4%
48	Fuentes de León	144	+5.1%
48	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	144	-5.9%
50	Guadiana	139	-2.8%
51	Torremejía	137	-5.5%
52	Valdelacalzada	126	-8%
53	Solana de los Barros	121	-4%
54	Lobón	119	+0.8%
55	Granja de Torrehermosa	118	-2.5%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	114	+2.7%
57	Monterrubio de la Serena	110	-6%
58	La Garrovilla	106	+7.1%
59	Medellín	104	+2%
60	La Albuera	100	+3.1%
61	Siruela	99	-2%
62	Villar del Rey	98	-7.5%
63	Bienvenida	97	-3%
64	Alange	95	-2.1%
65	Segura de León	92	0%
66	Valencia del Ventoso	91	0%
67	Trujillanos	85	+3.7%
68	La Roca de la Sierra	82	+10.8%
69	La Codosera	81	-10%
70	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	78	-3.7%
71	Valdecaballeros	76	-8.4%
72	Alconchel	74	-7.5%
72	Casas de Don Pedro	74	+2.8%
72	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	74	-9.8%
75	Cabeza la Vaca	73	+2.8%
75	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	73	0%
75	Usagre	73	+5.8%
78	Bodonal de la Sierra	70	+6.1%
79	Villalba de los Barros	66	-8.3%
80	La Parra	65	+1.6%
80	Salvaleón	65	+6.6%
82	Almendral	64	-5.9%
82	Calera de León	64	+4.9%
82	Campillo de Llerena	64	+1.6%
82	La Haba	64	-1.5%
82	Puebla de Alcocer	64	+1.6%
87	Higuera de Vargas	63	+8.6%
88	Castilblanco	59	+9.3%
88	Feria	59	-6.3%
88	Puebla de Obando	59	+9.3%
91	La Coronada	58	-3.3%
92	Villar de Rena	54	+1.9%
93	Medina de las Torres	53	+8.2%
94	Montemolín	51	+4.1%
95	Oliva de Mérida	49	-3.9%
96	Peñalsordo	48	-5.9%
97	Esparragalejo	47	+4.4%
97	Higuera de la Serena	47	+14.6%
99	Villagarcía de la Torre	46	-2.1%
100	Don Álvaro	45	+2.3%
100	Maguilla	45	+7.1%
100	Villagonzalo	45	+4.7%
103	Esparragosa de la Serena	40	+2.6%
103	Mirandilla	40	+2.6%
105	Ahillones	39	+14.7%
105	Cordobilla de Lácara	39	-9.3%
105	Táliga	39	0%
105	Valdetorres	39	+2.6%
105	Valle de Santa Ana	39	+5.4%
110	Corte de Peleas	37	-15.9%
110	Valle de la Serena	37	-5.1%
112	Cheles	36	-5.3%
113	Esparragosa de Lares	35	0%
113	Malpartida de la Serena	35	-2.8%
115	Llera	34	+6.3%
116	Benquerencia de la Serena	32	+6.7%
116	Valverde de Mérida	32	+6.7%
118	Nogales	31	-3.1%
119	La Nava de Santiago	30	0%
119	Magacela	30	+15.4%
119	Puebla de la Reina	30	+15.4%
119	Puebla del Prior	30	+11.1%
123	Acedera	29	+3.6%
123	San Pedro de Mérida	29	0%
125	La Morera	28	+7.7%
126	Calzadilla de los Barros	27	-12.9%
127	Helechosa de los Montes	26	+4%
128	Fuente del Arco	24	+9.1%
128	Hinojosa del Valle	24	+9.1%
130	Alconera	23	-11.5%
130	Puebla del Maestre	23	+9.5%
130	Valencia del Mombuey	23	-4.2%
133	Zarza-Capilla	22	-4.3%
134	Garbayuela	21	-4.5%
134	Manchita	21	+16.7%
134	Retamal de Llerena	21	-4.5%
134	Valverde de Llerena	21	-8.7%
138	Torremayor	20	-16.7%
139	Valencia de las Torres	19	-13.6%
140	Cristina	18	-5.3%
140	Garlitos	18	-14.3%
140	Rena	18	0%
143	Entrín Bajo	16	+14.3%
143	Palomas	16	-20%
145	Mengabril	15	0%
146	Higuera de Llerena	14	+16.7%
146	Peraleda del Zaucejo	14	+16.7%
148	Villarta de los Montes	13	+8.3%
149	Orellana de la Sierra	12	+50%
149	Trasierra	12	-14.3%
151	Aljucén	11	-21.4%
152	Carmonita	10	-9.1%
152	La Lapa	10	+11.1%
152	Valverde de Burguillos	10	0%
155	Casas de Reina	9	0%
156	Valle de Matamoros	8	-11.1%
157	Baterno	7	+40%
157	Capilla	7	0%
159	Atalaya	6	+20%
159	Malcocinado	6	-33.3%
161	Reina	5	0%
162	Risco	4	0%
162	Sancti-Spíritus	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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 10,305 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 4 in 2020.

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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. 2 municipalities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.