Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2022, at 10,289. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 4. The median was 66 and the figure for Badajoz province was 41,845. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,289Badajoz

Lowest4Sancti-Spíritus

Median66162 municipalities

Badajoz province41,845History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Badajoz	10,289	+1.8%
2	Mérida	4,206	+3.1%
3	Don Benito	2,544	+2.3%
4	Almendralejo	2,537	+2.3%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,522	+0.5%
6	Zafra	1,207	+1.7%
7	Montijo	908	+5.1%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	762	+3.3%
9	Olivenza	679	+2.1%
10	Jerez de los Caballeros	665	+0.9%
11	Azuaga	495	+0.8%
12	Los Santos de Maimona	476	-0.4%
13	Castuera	474	-1.9%
14	Llerena	463	-0.6%
15	Fregenal de la Sierra	409	+1.7%
16	Fuente del Maestre	395	+2.9%
16	San Vicente de Alcántara	395	-0.5%
18	Talavera la Real	366	+3.1%
19	Aceuchal	364	+0.3%
20	Guareña	353	-1.1%
21	Monesterio	344	+1.8%
22	Fuente de Cantos	343	+7.5%
23	Puebla de la Calzada	342	+1.8%
24	Oliva de la Frontera	326	+4.5%
25	Quintana de la Serena	315	+1%
26	Calamonte	311	+1%
27	Alburquerque	279	-2.1%
28	Campanario	273	0%
29	Santa Marta	267	+1.1%
30	Arroyo de San Serván	263	+7.3%
31	Navalvillar de Pela	258	-3.4%
32	Cabeza del Buey	253	-2.3%
33	Santa Amalia	250	+1.2%
34	Zalamea de la Serena	237	+0.4%
35	Valverde de Leganés	235	+3.5%
36	Ribera del Fresno	231	+2.7%
37	La Zarza	227	+2.7%
38	Barcarrota	225	+4.2%
39	Herrera del Duque	203	-2.4%
40	Talarrubias	201	0%
41	Hornachos	194	+2.6%
42	Orellana la Vieja	178	+2.3%
43	Villanueva del Fresno	158	-0.6%
44	Burguillos del Cerro	155	0%
45	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	150	+4.2%
46	Berlanga	148	-2.6%
46	Higuera la Real	148	-2%
46	Zahínos	148	+3.5%
49	Fuentes de León	141	+5.2%
50	Guadiana	140	+0.7%
50	Torremejía	140	0%
52	Valdelacalzada	139	+6.1%
53	Granja de Torrehermosa	122	+4.3%
54	La Garrovilla	118	+9.3%
55	Solana de los Barros	117	+1.7%
56	Salvatierra de los Barros	113	0%
57	Lobón	112	-2.6%
58	Monterrubio de la Serena	105	-1.9%
58	Segura de León	105	+5%
60	Alange	104	+4%
60	La Albuera	104	0%
60	Siruela	104	0%
60	Villar del Rey	104	+9.5%
64	Bienvenida	98	-1%
65	Valencia del Ventoso	96	+4.3%
66	Medellín	95	-1%
67	La Codosera	88	+7.3%
67	Trujillanos	88	-3.3%
69	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	81	+9.5%
70	Usagre	79	+6.8%
71	La Roca de la Sierra	76	-10.6%
72	Alconchel	73	+2.8%
72	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	73	0%
74	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	72	+1.4%
75	Cabeza la Vaca	70	+1.4%
76	Puebla de Alcocer	69	+1.5%
77	Casas de Don Pedro	68	0%
78	Bodonal de la Sierra	67	+4.7%
78	Calera de León	67	+1.5%
78	Salvaleón	67	-1.5%
78	Valdecaballeros	67	-1.5%
82	Almendral	64	-5.9%
82	Villalba de los Barros	64	+1.6%
84	Higuera de Vargas	62	-4.6%
84	La Parra	62	-3.1%
86	Campillo de Llerena	61	+3.4%
86	Feria	61	-1.6%
88	Castilblanco	59	+5.4%
88	La Coronada	59	+5.4%
88	La Haba	59	-6.3%
91	Oliva de Mérida	58	+3.6%
92	Puebla de Obando	54	-1.8%
93	Villar de Rena	52	-3.7%
94	Montemolín	51	+2%
95	Esparragalejo	49	+4.3%
95	Medina de las Torres	49	-3.9%
95	Villagonzalo	49	+11.4%
98	Don Álvaro	48	+9.1%
99	Villagarcía de la Torre	45	0%
100	Peñalsordo	44	-8.3%
101	Valdetorres	43	+4.9%
101	Valle de Santa Ana	43	+4.9%
103	Táliga	42	+7.7%
104	Mirandilla	41	+2.5%
105	Esparragosa de Lares	40	+11.1%
105	Maguilla	40	-7%
105	Valle de la Serena	40	+2.6%
108	Esparragosa de la Serena	38	-2.6%
109	Higuera de la Serena	37	-7.5%
110	Llera	36	+9.1%
111	Corte de Peleas	35	+2.9%
112	Magacela	34	+3%
112	Nogales	34	-2.9%
114	Benquerencia de la Serena	33	+3.1%
114	La Morera	33	+6.5%
116	Ahillones	32	-13.5%
116	Cordobilla de Lácara	32	-15.8%
116	Valverde de Mérida	32	+3.2%
119	Cheles	31	-6.1%
120	Helechosa de los Montes	30	+7.1%
121	Acedera	29	+11.5%
121	La Nava de Santiago	29	+11.5%
121	Malpartida de la Serena	29	-6.5%
121	Puebla del Prior	29	+3.6%
125	Alconera	27	+8%
125	San Pedro de Mérida	27	-3.6%
127	Calzadilla de los Barros	26	-13.3%
127	Hinojosa del Valle	26	+18.2%
127	Puebla de la Reina	26	-3.7%
127	Valencia del Mombuey	26	+13%
131	Torremayor	24	+20%
132	Manchita	23	+4.5%
133	Fuente del Arco	22	-12%
133	Puebla del Maestre	22	-4.3%
135	Entrín Bajo	20	+25%
135	Rena	20	+17.6%
135	Retamal de Llerena	20	+5.3%
135	Valverde de Llerena	20	+5.3%
139	Garbayuela	19	-13.6%
139	Zarza-Capilla	19	-9.5%
141	Cristina	18	0%
141	Valencia de las Torres	18	+12.5%
143	Garlitos	17	-5.6%
144	Palomas	16	-5.9%
145	Mengabril	15	+25%
145	Peraleda del Zaucejo	15	+7.1%
145	Trasierra	15	+7.1%
148	Orellana de la Sierra	14	+7.7%
149	Higuera de Llerena	13	-13.3%
150	Valle de Matamoros	12	+33.3%
150	Villarta de los Montes	12	-14.3%
152	Aljucén	10	-9.1%
152	Casas de Reina	10	0%
152	Malcocinado	10	+42.9%
155	La Lapa	9	0%
155	Valverde de Burguillos	9	-10%
157	Carmonita	8	0%
158	Atalaya	6	0%
158	Capilla	6	-25%
160	Baterno	5	-28.6%
161	Reina	4	-20%
161	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 2022 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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 10,289 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 4 in 2022.

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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 2022 and are not ranked.