Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies

Palma had the highest active companies of 67 municipalities in 2018, at 36,883. Escorca had the lowest, at 10. The median was 467 and the figure for Balearic Islands province was 96,638. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest36,883Palma

Lowest10Escorca

Median46767 municipalities

Balearic Islands province96,638History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Palma	36,883	+3.9%
2	Eivissa	5,575	+6.5%
3	Calvià	5,029	+3.2%
4	Manacor	3,423	+2.3%
5	Santa Eulària des Riu	3,216	+5.2%
6	Marratxí	2,796	+2.9%
7	Llucmajor	2,777	+1.5%
8	Maó	2,453	+2.6%
9	Ciutadella de Menorca	2,444	+2.6%
10	Inca	2,123	+6.3%
11	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	1,934	+5.5%
12	Sant Antoni de Portmany	1,766	+5.1%
13	Felanitx	1,607	+3.8%
14	Pollença	1,545	+2.7%
15	Alcúdia	1,395	+3%
16	Andratx	1,310	+4.4%
17	Santanyí	1,272	+3.2%
18	Sóller	1,136	+2.7%
19	Capdepera	984	+1%
20	Campos	932	+3.9%
21	Sa Pobla	902	+6.4%
22	Formentera	842	+1.7%
23	Artà	757	+6.3%
24	Santa Margalida	748	+4.6%
25	Son Servera	737	+1.8%
26	Alaior	726	+4%
27	Binissalem	658	+1.9%
28	Sant Llorenç des Cardassar	636	+1.4%
29	Santa María del Camí	572	+4.4%
30	Sant Lluís	570	+9.6%
31	Bunyola	564	+6.2%
32	Muro	535	-0.7%
33	Es Castell	489	+1.7%
34	Sant Joan de Labritja	467	+10.9%
35	Algaida	455	+8.6%
36	Esporles	431	+3.4%
37	Ses Salines	412	+2.5%
38	Alaró	410	+0.7%
39	Es Mercadal	391	+4%
40	Porreres	389	-2.8%
41	Lloseta	375	+5%
42	Ferreries	343	-0.3%
43	Selva	322	+9.9%
44	Sineu	321	+8.1%
45	Consell	286	+4.8%
46	Sencelles	243	+4.3%
47	Vilafranca de Bonany	238	+1.7%
48	Petra	219	+5.8%
49	Montuïri	188	+3.3%
50	Valldemossa	180	+6.5%
51	Campanet	176	+1.7%
52	Llubí	157	-1.3%
53	Puigpunyent	156	+5.4%
54	Sant Joan	155	+0.6%
55	Maria de la Salut	150	+2%
56	Es Migjorn Gran	115	-2.5%
56	Santa Eugènia	115	-0.9%
58	Costitx	106	+11.6%
59	Mancor de la Vall	98	-2%
60	Búger	80	+14.3%
61	Lloret de Vistalegre	79	-6%
62	Deià	72	-4%
63	Banyalbufar	48	+11.6%
64	Fornalutx	45	0%
65	Ariany	43	-2.3%
66	Estellencs	27	-3.6%
67	Escorca	10	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. 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 Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_balearic_islands_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Balearic Islands province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 36,883 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Escorca, with 10 in 2018.

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.