Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2021, at 10,111. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 4. The median was 66 and the figure for Badajoz province was 41,122. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,111Badajoz

Lowest4Sancti-Spíritus

Median66162 municipalities

Badajoz province41,122History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Badajoz	10,111	-1.9%
2	Mérida	4,078	-2.8%
3	Don Benito	2,486	-0.9%
4	Almendralejo	2,481	-1.9%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,515	-1.5%
6	Zafra	1,187	-1.7%
7	Montijo	864	-1.9%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	738	-2.3%
9	Olivenza	665	+0.5%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	659	+1.1%
11	Azuaga	491	+0.4%
12	Castuera	483	+0.8%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	478	-1.6%
14	Llerena	466	+1.3%
15	Fregenal de la Sierra	402	-1%
16	San Vicente de Alcántara	397	-3.6%
17	Fuente del Maestre	384	-1.8%
18	Aceuchal	363	+2%
19	Guareña	357	-0.3%
20	Talavera la Real	355	+1.4%
21	Monesterio	338	-1.7%
22	Puebla de la Calzada	336	-2%
23	Fuente de Cantos	319	+0.3%
24	Oliva de la Frontera	312	-2.2%
24	Quintana de la Serena	312	-1%
26	Calamonte	308	+1.7%
27	Alburquerque	285	-4%
28	Campanario	273	+0.4%
29	Navalvillar de Pela	267	+4.3%
30	Santa Marta	264	-1.5%
31	Cabeza del Buey	259	-1.9%
32	Santa Amalia	247	+2.9%
33	Arroyo de San Serván	245	-1.6%
34	Zalamea de la Serena	236	-2.9%
35	Valverde de Leganés	227	+2.3%
36	Ribera del Fresno	225	-0.4%
37	La Zarza	221	-0.5%
38	Barcarrota	216	-3.1%
39	Herrera del Duque	208	-3.3%
40	Talarrubias	201	0%
41	Hornachos	189	+3.8%
42	Orellana la Vieja	174	0%
43	Villanueva del Fresno	159	+2.6%
44	Burguillos del Cerro	155	-1.9%
45	Berlanga	152	+3.4%
46	Higuera la Real	151	-1.9%
47	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	144	0%
48	Zahínos	143	-1.4%
49	Torremejía	140	+2.2%
50	Guadiana	139	0%
51	Fuentes de León	134	-6.9%
52	Valdelacalzada	131	+4%
53	Granja de Torrehermosa	117	-0.8%
54	Lobón	115	-3.4%
54	Solana de los Barros	115	-5%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	113	-0.9%
57	La Garrovilla	108	+1.9%
58	Monterrubio de la Serena	107	-2.7%
59	La Albuera	104	+4%
59	Siruela	104	+5.1%
61	Alange	100	+5.3%
61	Segura de León	100	+8.7%
63	Bienvenida	99	+2.1%
64	Medellín	96	-7.7%
65	Villar del Rey	95	-3.1%
66	Valencia del Ventoso	92	+1.1%
67	Trujillanos	91	+7.1%
68	La Roca de la Sierra	85	+3.7%
69	La Codosera	82	+1.2%
70	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	74	-5.1%
70	Usagre	74	+1.4%
72	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	73	-1.4%
73	Alconchel	71	-4.1%
73	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	71	-2.7%
75	Cabeza la Vaca	69	-5.5%
76	Almendral	68	+6.3%
76	Casas de Don Pedro	68	-8.1%
76	Puebla de Alcocer	68	+6.3%
76	Salvaleón	68	+4.6%
76	Valdecaballeros	68	-10.5%
81	Calera de León	66	+3.1%
82	Higuera de Vargas	65	+3.2%
83	Bodonal de la Sierra	64	-8.6%
83	La Parra	64	-1.5%
85	La Haba	63	-1.6%
85	Villalba de los Barros	63	-4.5%
87	Feria	62	+5.1%
88	Campillo de Llerena	59	-7.8%
89	Castilblanco	56	-5.1%
89	La Coronada	56	-3.4%
89	Oliva de Mérida	56	+14.3%
92	Puebla de Obando	55	-6.8%
93	Villar de Rena	54	0%
94	Medina de las Torres	51	-3.8%
95	Montemolín	50	-2%
96	Peñalsordo	48	0%
97	Esparragalejo	47	0%
98	Villagarcía de la Torre	45	-2.2%
99	Don Álvaro	44	-2.2%
99	Villagonzalo	44	-2.2%
101	Maguilla	43	-4.4%
102	Valdetorres	41	+5.1%
102	Valle de Santa Ana	41	+5.1%
104	Higuera de la Serena	40	-14.9%
104	Mirandilla	40	0%
106	Esparragosa de la Serena	39	-2.5%
106	Táliga	39	0%
106	Valle de la Serena	39	+5.4%
109	Cordobilla de Lácara	38	-2.6%
110	Ahillones	37	-5.1%
111	Esparragosa de Lares	36	+2.9%
112	Nogales	35	+12.9%
113	Corte de Peleas	34	-8.1%
114	Cheles	33	-8.3%
114	Llera	33	-2.9%
114	Magacela	33	+10%
117	Benquerencia de la Serena	32	0%
118	La Morera	31	+10.7%
118	Malpartida de la Serena	31	-11.4%
118	Valverde de Mérida	31	-3.1%
121	Calzadilla de los Barros	30	+11.1%
122	Helechosa de los Montes	28	+7.7%
122	Puebla del Prior	28	-6.7%
122	San Pedro de Mérida	28	-3.4%
125	Puebla de la Reina	27	-10%
126	Acedera	26	-10.3%
126	La Nava de Santiago	26	-13.3%
128	Alconera	25	+8.7%
128	Fuente del Arco	25	+4.2%
130	Puebla del Maestre	23	0%
130	Valencia del Mombuey	23	0%
132	Garbayuela	22	+4.8%
132	Hinojosa del Valle	22	-8.3%
132	Manchita	22	+4.8%
135	Zarza-Capilla	21	-4.5%
136	Torremayor	20	0%
137	Retamal de Llerena	19	-9.5%
137	Valverde de Llerena	19	-9.5%
139	Cristina	18	0%
139	Garlitos	18	0%
141	Palomas	17	+6.3%
141	Rena	17	-5.6%
143	Entrín Bajo	16	0%
143	Valencia de las Torres	16	-15.8%
145	Higuera de Llerena	15	+7.1%
146	Peraleda del Zaucejo	14	0%
146	Trasierra	14	+16.7%
146	Villarta de los Montes	14	+7.7%
149	Orellana de la Sierra	13	+8.3%
150	Mengabril	12	-20%
151	Aljucén	11	0%
152	Casas de Reina	10	+11.1%
152	Valverde de Burguillos	10	0%
154	La Lapa	9	-10%
154	Valle de Matamoros	9	+12.5%
156	Capilla	8	+14.3%
156	Carmonita	8	-20%
158	Baterno	7	0%
158	Malcocinado	7	+16.7%
160	Atalaya	6	0%
161	Reina	5	0%
162	Sancti-Spíritus	4	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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 10,111 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 4 in 2021.

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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 2021 and are not ranked.