Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 162 municipalities in 2023, at 9,338. Reina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 62 and the figure for Badajoz province was 39,274. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,338Badajoz

Lowest4Reina

Median62162 municipalities

Badajoz province39,274History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Badajoz	9,338	-9.2%
2	Mérida	3,890	-7.5%
3	Almendralejo	2,444	-3.7%
4	Don Benito	2,394	-5.9%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,423	-6.5%
6	Zafra	1,135	-6%
7	Montijo	858	-5.5%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	734	-3.7%
9	Jerez de los Caballeros	631	-5.1%
10	Olivenza	624	-8.1%
11	Azuaga	477	-3.6%
12	Castuera	463	-2.3%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	456	-4.2%
14	Llerena	443	-4.3%
15	Fregenal de la Sierra	370	-9.5%
15	Fuente del Maestre	370	-6.3%
17	San Vicente de Alcántara	366	-7.3%
18	Monesterio	345	+0.3%
19	Talavera la Real	344	-6%
20	Aceuchal	343	-5.8%
21	Puebla de la Calzada	341	-0.3%
22	Guareña	339	-4%
23	Fuente de Cantos	336	-2%
24	Oliva de la Frontera	301	-7.7%
25	Quintana de la Serena	296	-6%
26	Calamonte	293	-5.8%
27	Alburquerque	288	+3.2%
28	Santa Marta	263	-1.5%
29	Campanario	254	-7%
30	Cabeza del Buey	249	-1.6%
31	Arroyo de San Serván	246	-6.5%
32	Santa Amalia	243	-2.8%
33	Valverde de Leganés	237	+0.9%
34	Navalvillar de Pela	233	-9.7%
35	Zalamea de la Serena	226	-4.6%
36	Ribera del Fresno	221	-4.3%
37	La Zarza	219	-3.5%
38	Barcarrota	205	-8.9%
39	Talarrubias	204	+1.5%
40	Herrera del Duque	203	0%
41	Hornachos	195	+0.5%
42	Orellana la Vieja	180	+1.1%
43	Villanueva del Fresno	150	-5.1%
44	Burguillos del Cerro	147	-5.2%
45	Zahínos	145	-2%
46	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	142	-5.3%
47	Berlanga	141	-4.7%
48	Fuentes de León	138	-2.1%
48	Higuera la Real	138	-6.8%
50	Valdelacalzada	136	-2.2%
51	Torremejía	135	-3.6%
52	Guadiana	129	-7.9%
53	Salvatierra de los Barros	115	+1.8%
54	Solana de los Barros	113	-3.4%
55	Granja de Torrehermosa	111	-9%
56	La Garrovilla	107	-9.3%
57	Lobón	106	-5.4%
57	Monterrubio de la Serena	106	+1%
59	Medellín	101	+6.3%
60	Segura de León	98	-6.7%
60	Siruela	98	-5.8%
62	Alange	97	-6.7%
62	La Albuera	97	-6.7%
64	Villar del Rey	91	-12.5%
65	Bienvenida	89	-9.2%
65	Valencia del Ventoso	89	-7.3%
67	La Codosera	84	-4.5%
68	Trujillanos	78	-11.4%
69	Bodonal de la Sierra	70	+4.5%
70	Cabeza la Vaca	69	-1.4%
70	Calera de León	69	+3%
70	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	69	-5.5%
73	La Roca de la Sierra	67	-11.8%
73	Puebla de Alcocer	67	-2.9%
73	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	67	-17.3%
73	Usagre	67	-15.2%
73	Villalba de los Barros	67	+4.7%
78	Alconchel	66	-9.6%
79	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	64	-11.1%
79	Valdecaballeros	64	-4.5%
81	Casas de Don Pedro	63	-7.4%
82	Almendral	61	-4.7%
83	Feria	59	-3.3%
84	La Parra	57	-8.1%
84	Salvaleón	57	-14.9%
86	Campillo de Llerena	56	-8.2%
86	La Coronada	56	-5.1%
86	La Haba	56	-5.1%
86	Puebla de Obando	56	+3.7%
90	Oliva de Mérida	54	-6.9%
91	Medina de las Torres	52	+6.1%
92	Esparragalejo	51	+4.1%
93	Higuera de Vargas	50	-19.4%
93	Villagonzalo	50	+2%
93	Villar de Rena	50	-3.8%
96	Castilblanco	48	-18.6%
97	Montemolín	47	-7.8%
98	Don Álvaro	43	-10.4%
99	Mirandilla	42	+2.4%
99	Valle de Santa Ana	42	-2.3%
99	Villagarcía de la Torre	42	-6.7%
102	Esparragosa de Lares	41	+2.5%
103	Esparragosa de la Serena	40	+5.3%
103	Maguilla	40	0%
103	Peñalsordo	40	-9.1%
106	Higuera de la Serena	39	+5.4%
106	Valdetorres	39	-9.3%
106	Valle de la Serena	39	-2.5%
109	Nogales	37	+8.8%
109	Táliga	37	-11.9%
109	Valverde de Mérida	37	+15.6%
112	Cordobilla de Lácara	34	+6.3%
112	Llera	34	-5.6%
114	Puebla del Prior	33	+13.8%
115	Cheles	32	+3.2%
116	Ahillones	31	-3.1%
116	Corte de Peleas	31	-11.4%
118	Malpartida de la Serena	30	+3.4%
118	Puebla de la Reina	30	+15.4%
120	Acedera	29	0%
121	Helechosa de los Montes	28	-6.7%
122	La Morera	27	-18.2%
122	Magacela	27	-20.6%
124	Benquerencia de la Serena	26	-21.2%
124	Hinojosa del Valle	26	0%
126	La Nava de Santiago	25	-13.8%
127	Alconera	24	-11.1%
127	Manchita	24	+4.3%
127	Valencia del Mombuey	24	-7.7%
130	Calzadilla de los Barros	23	-11.5%
130	Fuente del Arco	23	+4.5%
130	Torremayor	23	-4.2%
133	San Pedro de Mérida	22	-18.5%
134	Rena	21	+5%
135	Cristina	20	+11.1%
135	Mengabril	20	+33.3%
135	Trasierra	20	+33.3%
138	Puebla del Maestre	19	-13.6%
139	Valencia de las Torres	18	0%
140	Entrín Bajo	17	-15%
140	Valverde de Llerena	17	-15%
140	Zarza-Capilla	17	-10.5%
143	Aljucén	16	+60%
143	Garbayuela	16	-15.8%
143	Retamal de Llerena	16	-20%
146	Palomas	14	-12.5%
147	Peraleda del Zaucejo	13	-13.3%
148	Garlitos	12	-29.4%
148	Orellana de la Sierra	12	-14.3%
148	Valle de Matamoros	12	0%
151	Higuera de Llerena	11	-15.4%
151	Villarta de los Montes	11	-8.3%
153	Casas de Reina	10	0%
153	Valverde de Burguillos	10	+11.1%
155	Carmonita	9	+12.5%
155	La Lapa	9	0%
157	Capilla	7	+16.7%
157	Malcocinado	7	-30%
159	Sancti-Spíritus	6	+50%
160	Atalaya	5	-16.7%
160	Baterno	5	0%
162	Reina	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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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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