Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 161 municipalities in 2024, at 9,533. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 5. The median was 65 and the figure for Badajoz province was 39,649. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,533Badajoz

Lowest5Sancti-Spíritus

Median65161 municipalities

Badajoz province39,649History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Badajoz	9,533	+2.1%
2	Mérida	3,971	+2.1%
3	Almendralejo	2,497	+2.2%
4	Don Benito	2,415	+0.9%
5	Villanueva de la Serena	1,449	+1.8%
6	Zafra	1,144	+0.8%
7	Montijo	840	-2.1%
8	Villafranca de los Barros	694	-5.4%
9	Jerez de los Caballeros	628	-0.5%
10	Olivenza	614	-1.6%
11	Azuaga	470	-1.5%
12	Llerena	465	+5%
13	Los Santos de Maimona	464	+1.8%
14	Castuera	448	-3.2%
15	San Vicente de Alcántara	369	+0.8%
16	Fregenal de la Sierra	366	-1.1%
17	Fuente del Maestre	357	-3.5%
18	Aceuchal	354	+3.2%
19	Monesterio	348	+0.9%
20	Puebla de la Calzada	346	+1.5%
21	Talavera la Real	345	+0.3%
22	Fuente de Cantos	341	+1.5%
23	Guareña	328	-3.2%
24	Quintana de la Serena	301	+1.7%
25	Alburquerque	296	+2.8%
26	Oliva de la Frontera	294	-2.3%
27	Calamonte	291	-0.7%
28	Santa Marta	269	+2.3%
29	Cabeza del Buey	253	+1.6%
29	Santa Amalia	253	+4.1%
31	Campanario	251	-1.2%
32	Arroyo de San Serván	241	-2%
33	Navalvillar de Pela	238	+2.1%
34	Valverde de Leganés	237	0%
35	Zalamea de la Serena	233	+3.1%
36	Ribera del Fresno	229	+3.6%
37	La Zarza	228	+4.1%
38	Barcarrota	212	+3.4%
39	Herrera del Duque	211	+3.9%
40	Talarrubias	200	-2%
41	Hornachos	194	-0.5%
42	Orellana la Vieja	163	-9.4%
43	Burguillos del Cerro	148	+0.7%
44	Villanueva del Fresno	147	-2%
45	Zahínos	146	+0.7%
46	Higuera la Real	145	+5.1%
47	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	141	-0.7%
47	Valdelacalzada	141	+3.7%
49	Berlanga	138	-2.1%
50	Guadiana	133	+3.1%
51	Torremejía	131	-3%
52	Fuentes de León	127	-8%
53	Granja de Torrehermosa	120	+8.1%
54	Solana de los Barros	112	-0.9%
55	Monterrubio de la Serena	110	+3.8%
56	Medellín	109	+7.9%
57	Salvatierra de los Barros	106	-7.8%
58	La Garrovilla	105	-1.9%
59	Lobón	103	-2.8%
60	Siruela	102	+4.1%
61	Valencia del Ventoso	99	+11.2%
62	La Albuera	98	+1%
63	Alange	97	0%
64	Segura de León	95	-3.1%
65	Villar del Rey	91	0%
66	Bienvenida	89	0%
67	La Codosera	84	0%
68	Cabeza la Vaca	77	+11.6%
69	Trujillanos	74	-5.1%
70	Casas de Don Pedro	73	+15.9%
71	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	71	+2.9%
72	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	70	+9.4%
72	Usagre	70	+4.5%
74	Calera de León	69	0%
74	La Roca de la Sierra	69	+3%
74	Valdecaballeros	69	+7.8%
74	Villalba de los Barros	69	+3%
78	Alconchel	68	+3%
79	Almendral	66	+8.2%
79	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	66	-1.5%
81	Puebla de Alcocer	65	-3%
82	Salvaleón	61	+7%
83	Bodonal de la Sierra	60	-14.3%
84	La Parra	59	+3.5%
85	Campillo de Llerena	58	+3.6%
85	Feria	58	-1.7%
87	La Coronada	55	-1.8%
87	Puebla de Obando	55	-1.8%
89	Medina de las Torres	54	+3.8%
89	Oliva de Mérida	54	0%
91	La Haba	53	-5.4%
92	Higuera de Vargas	52	+4%
93	Esparragalejo	50	-2%
93	Montemolín	50	+6.4%
95	Villagonzalo	49	-2%
96	Villar de Rena	48	-4%
97	Don Álvaro	47	+9.3%
97	Villagarcía de la Torre	47	+11.9%
99	Valle de Santa Ana	46	+9.5%
100	Castilblanco	44	-8.3%
101	Esparragosa de la Serena	41	+2.5%
102	Esparragosa de Lares	40	-2.4%
102	Peñalsordo	40	0%
104	Valle de la Serena	39	0%
105	Valdetorres	38	-2.6%
106	Mirandilla	37	-11.9%
107	Higuera de la Serena	36	-7.7%
107	Maguilla	36	-10%
109	Nogales	34	-8.1%
109	Valverde de Mérida	34	-8.1%
111	Cordobilla de Lácara	33	-2.9%
111	Corte de Peleas	33	+6.5%
111	Táliga	33	-10.8%
114	Ahillones	32	+3.2%
114	Puebla del Prior	32	-3%
116	Cheles	30	-6.3%
117	Calzadilla de los Barros	29	+26.1%
117	Valencia del Mombuey	29	+20.8%
119	Fuente del Arco	28	+21.7%
119	La Morera	28	+3.7%
119	Magacela	28	+3.7%
122	Helechosa de los Montes	27	-3.6%
122	Llera	27	-20.6%
122	Malpartida de la Serena	27	-10%
125	La Nava de Santiago	26	+4%
125	Puebla de la Reina	26	-13.3%
127	Acedera	25	-13.8%
127	Hinojosa del Valle	25	-3.8%
129	Alconera	24	0%
130	Manchita	23	-4.2%
131	Benquerencia de la Serena	21	-19.2%
131	San Pedro de Mérida	21	-4.5%
131	Torremayor	21	-8.7%
134	Cristina	20	0%
134	Puebla del Maestre	20	+5.3%
136	Garbayuela	19	+18.8%
136	Mengabril	19	-5%
136	Rena	19	-9.5%
139	Retamal de Llerena	18	+12.5%
139	Trasierra	18	-10%
141	Entrín Bajo	16	-5.9%
141	Valencia de las Torres	16	-11.1%
141	Zarza-Capilla	16	-5.9%
144	Villarta de los Montes	15	+36.4%
145	Aljucén	13	-18.8%
145	La Lapa	13	+44.4%
145	Palomas	13	-7.1%
145	Valverde de Llerena	13	-23.5%
149	Garlitos	12	0%
149	Higuera de Llerena	12	+9.1%
151	Carmonita	11	+22.2%
151	Casas de Reina	11	+10%
151	Peraleda del Zaucejo	11	-15.4%
151	Valle de Matamoros	11	-8.3%
155	Orellana de la Sierra	10	-16.7%
156	Valverde de Burguillos	9	-10%
157	Malcocinado	8	+14.3%
158	Atalaya	6	+20%
158	Capilla	6	-14.3%
160	Baterno	5	0%
160	Sancti-Spíritus	5	-16.7%

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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/badajoz-province-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_badajoz_province_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Badajoz province by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 9,533 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.