Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies

Palma had the highest active companies of 67 municipalities in 2016, at 34,073. Escorca had the lowest, at 10. The median was 403 and the figure for Balearic Islands province was 89,341. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest34,073Palma

Lowest10Escorca

Median40367 municipalities

Balearic Islands province89,341History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Palma	34,073	+1.6%
2	Eivissa	5,006	+3.9%
3	Calvià	4,644	+3.4%
4	Manacor	3,226	+2.5%
5	Santa Eulària des Riu	2,908	+7.6%
6	Marratxí	2,622	+2.3%
7	Llucmajor	2,605	+1.1%
8	Maó	2,306	-1%
9	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,292	+0.1%
10	Inca	1,990	+1.2%
11	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	1,750	+6.8%
12	Sant Antoni de Portmany	1,577	+3.7%
13	Felanitx	1,503	+3.1%
14	Pollença	1,467	+4.5%
15	Alcúdia	1,280	+1.1%
16	Santanyí	1,188	+5%
17	Andratx	1,177	+5.8%
18	Sóller	1,068	+0.8%
19	Capdepera	925	+3.4%
20	Campos	868	+1.6%
21	Sa Pobla	823	+2.9%
22	Formentera	785	+5.9%
23	Santa Margalida	708	+4.9%
24	Son Servera	703	+2%
25	Artà	702	+5.9%
26	Alaior	686	+3.2%
27	Sant Llorenç des Cardassar	613	+5.5%
28	Binissalem	593	+5.5%
29	Santa María del Camí	520	+7.4%
30	Muro	512	+1.2%
31	Sant Lluís	510	+4.5%
32	Bunyola	503	+6.1%
33	Es Castell	457	-1.1%
34	Ses Salines	403	+4.4%
35	Esporles	396	+0.5%
36	Sant Joan de Labritja	388	+2.1%
37	Algaida	387	+3.8%
37	Porreres	387	+1.3%
39	Alaró	384	+7%
40	Ferreries	348	+2.7%
41	Lloseta	341	+1.8%
42	Es Mercadal	340	+1.5%
43	Sineu	285	+1.8%
44	Selva	276	+5.7%
45	Consell	259	+0.8%
46	Sencelles	238	+9.2%
47	Vilafranca de Bonany	215	+1.9%
48	Petra	202	-1.9%
49	Campanet	176	+8%
49	Montuïri	176	-1.1%
51	Valldemossa	171	-1.7%
52	Sant Joan	153	+3.4%
53	Llubí	145	+2.8%
54	Maria de la Salut	141	0%
55	Puigpunyent	137	-4.9%
56	Es Migjorn Gran	118	0%
57	Santa Eugènia	110	+3.8%
58	Mancor de la Vall	105	+10.5%
59	Costitx	86	+11.7%
60	Lloret de Vistalegre	80	+6.7%
61	Deià	70	+6.1%
62	Búger	66	+17.9%
63	Ariany	48	-12.7%
64	Fornalutx	44	0%
65	Banyalbufar	43	+7.5%
66	Estellencs	23	-14.8%
67	Escorca	10	0%

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. 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 Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2016) [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 Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/balearic-islands-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/balearic-islands-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/balearic-islands-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_balearic_islands_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2016}},
  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/balearic-islands-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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?

Palma, with 34,073 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Escorca, with 10 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.