Municipalities in Basque Country by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 250 municipalities in 2017, at 26,069. Orexa had the lowest, at 4. The median was 91 and the figure for Basque Country was 140,290. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,069Bilbao

Lowest4Orexa

Median91250 municipalities

Basque Country140,290History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Bilbao	26,069	-6.9%
2	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,809	-6%
3	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,657	-8.3%
4	Getxo	5,602	-7.7%
5	Barakaldo	4,602	-10.2%
6	Irun	4,421	-9.6%
7	Basauri	2,287	-10.1%
8	Portugalete	2,177	-6.8%
9	Santurtzi	2,025	-8%
10	Leioa	2,022	-6.5%
11	Errenteria	2,011	-7.7%
12	Galdakao	1,805	-6.9%
13	Erandio	1,769	-6.7%
14	Zarautz	1,640	-8.4%
15	Durango	1,544	-8.9%
16	Eibar	1,492	-8.6%
17	Hernani	1,337	-8.8%
18	Mungia	1,324	-6.2%
19	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,268	-6.7%
20	Tolosa	1,185	-7.5%
21	Hondarribia	1,129	-4.9%
22	Sestao	1,096	-9.2%
23	Gernika-Lumo	1,054	-6.1%
24	Oiartzun	1,032	-4.6%
25	Azpeitia	1,012	-7.2%
26	Arrasate/Mondragón	1,003	-10.1%
27	Lasarte-Oria	979	-9.9%
28	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	933	-9.6%
29	Bermeo	861	-7.2%
30	Laudio/Llodio	857	-5.5%
31	Pasaia	848	-4.6%
32	Andoain	842	-8.5%
33	Bergara	831	-6%
34	Beasain	791	-10.3%
35	Sopela	789	-6.6%
36	Ermua	760	-9.3%
37	Arrigorriaga	738	-7.1%
38	Elgoibar	729	-8.5%
39	Astigarraga	677	-3.7%
39	Derio	677	-1.6%
41	Zamudio	659	-3.5%
42	Etxebarri	643	-6.4%
43	Azkoitia	619	-7.5%
44	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	614	-7.1%
45	Amurrio	603	-2.1%
46	Ordizia	556	-8.1%
47	Zumaia	543	-9.7%
48	Zalla	530	-9.1%
49	Oñati	528	-6%
50	Ortuella	507	-9%
51	Usurbil	491	-3%
52	Lezo	490	-3.9%
53	Sondika	481	-9.1%
54	Abadiño	480	-6.6%
55	Ondarroa	459	-9.6%
55	Urnieta	459	-3.6%
57	Zumarraga	449	-6.8%
58	Urretxu	428	-7.4%
59	Balmaseda	418	-7.7%
60	Legazpi	411	-12%
61	Berango	399	-8.5%
62	Deba	382	-8.6%
63	Muskiz	377	-8.7%
64	Lekeitio	372	-4.1%
64	Loiu	372	-2.6%
66	Güeñes	371	-8.8%
67	Elorrio	362	-3.7%
68	Orio	353	-5.1%
69	Berriz	326	-3.8%
70	Gorliz	320	-4.8%
71	Aretxabaleta	308	-9.4%
72	Markina-Xemein	296	-4.2%
73	Igorre	280	-3.1%
74	Villabona	279	-5.4%
75	Plentzia	274	-5.2%
76	Lazkao	270	-7.2%
77	Iurreta	269	0%
78	Oyón-Oion	265	-2.2%
78	Urduliz	265	0%
80	Laguardia	259	-6.2%
81	Zestoa	251	-3.5%
82	Lemoa	250	-5.7%
83	Mutriku	241	-5.1%
84	Ibarra	238	-13.1%
85	Legutio	235	-9.6%
86	Ugao-Miraballes	233	-6.4%
87	Agurain/Salvatierra	232	-10.1%
88	Urduña/Orduña	207	-8%
89	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	189	-3.6%
90	Getaria	188	-4.1%
91	Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas	186	-5.6%
92	Zaldibar	183	-5.2%
93	Alonsotegi	182	-9.9%
94	Lezama	179	+4.7%
95	Aia	173	-1.7%
96	Eskoriatza	170	-11.9%
97	Mallabia	164	-3%
98	Zaratamo	162	-11%
99	Bakio	161	-4.2%
100	Alegría-Dulantzi	160	-4.8%
100	Ayala/Aiara	160	-3.6%
102	Asteasu	156	-4.9%
103	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	154	0%
104	Zizurkil	148	-14%
105	Irura	144	-5.3%
105	Zuia	144	-7.7%
107	Sopuerta	140	-6%
108	Orozko	136	-8.1%
109	Gordexola	135	-0.7%
110	Idiazabal	134	-3.6%
111	Mendaro	128	-1.5%
112	Larrabetzu	125	-7.4%
113	Anoeta	117	-0.8%
114	Zierbena	113	-5.8%
115	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	110	+0.9%
116	Mundaka	108	-2.7%
117	Labastida/Bastida	107	-14.4%
118	Zigoitia	106	-4.5%
119	Barrika	105	-16%
120	Gatika	100	-12.3%
121	Alegia	99	-16.8%
122	Artziniega	98	-10.1%
123	Bedia	96	-4%
124	Laukiz	91	+1.1%
124	Muxika	91	+5.8%
124	Zaldibia	91	-8.1%
127	Antzuola	90	-12.6%
128	Gamiz-Fika	89	+6%
129	Aduna	87	-7.4%
130	Atxondo	86	-11.3%
131	Olaberria	82	-10.9%
132	Berriatua	81	-19%
133	Busturia	79	-15.1%
133	Lapuebla de Labarca	79	+1.3%
133	Zegama	79	-6%
136	Dima	77	-9.4%
136	Ormaiztegi	77	-7.2%
138	Elgeta	76	-16.5%
139	Asparrena	75	-2.6%
139	Elciego	75	-6.3%
139	Lanciego/Lantziego	75	+5.6%
142	Ataun	73	-14.1%
143	Okondo	72	-5.3%
144	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	70	-9.1%
145	Legorreta	69	-5.5%
146	Berastegi	67	+3.1%
146	Urkabustaiz	67	-2.9%
148	Campezo/Kanpezu	66	-1.5%
148	Ezkio-Itsaso	66	-1.5%
150	Zeberio	65	+12.1%
151	Areatza	64	-7.2%
151	Zeanuri	64	0%
153	Barrundia	63	-4.5%
154	Lemoiz	61	-15.3%
155	Otxandio	60	-10.4%
155	Valdegovía/Gaubea	60	-13%
157	Amezketa	58	-7.9%
158	Artea	57	-8.1%
158	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	57	-3.4%
160	Gautegiz Arteaga	56	-9.7%
161	Lantarón	55	-9.8%
162	Maruri-Jatabe	54	+8%
163	Ea	53	+6%
163	Segura	53	-11.7%
165	Belauntza	52	-1.9%
166	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	51	-1.9%
166	Etxebarria	51	-17.7%
166	Forua	51	-1.9%
169	Galdames	48	-7.7%
169	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	48	-4%
171	Aizarnazabal	47	-14.5%
172	Aramaio	42	-16%
172	Arraia-Maeztu	42	0%
174	Artzentales	40	0%
174	Berantevilla	40	+2.6%
176	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	37	-5.1%
176	Elburgo/Burgelu	37	-21.3%
176	Mañaria	37	-2.6%
179	Altzo	35	-5.4%
179	Gabiria	35	-5.4%
179	Meñaka	35	-7.9%
182	Errezil	34	-22.7%
182	Lizartza	34	-10.5%
182	San Millán/Donemiliaga	34	0%
185	Leaburu	33	-15.4%
186	Arrieta	32	+10.3%
186	Izurtza	32	-3%
186	Trucios-Turtzioz	32	-5.9%
189	Itsasondo	31	-3.1%
190	Errigoiti	30	+25%
191	Aulesti	29	-9.4%
191	Fruiz	29	-6.5%
191	Gizaburuaga	29	-12.1%
194	Bernedo	28	-15.2%
194	Bidania-Goiatz	28	-24.3%
194	Elvillar/Bilar	28	-15.2%
194	Samaniego	28	+7.7%
198	Ikaztegieta	27	-22.9%
198	Mendexa	27	-15.6%
200	Iruraiz-Gauna	26	0%
201	Ispaster	24	-20%
202	Alkiza	23	+9.5%
202	Ibarrangelu	23	-32.4%
202	Kortezubi	23	-4.2%
202	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	23	0%
206	Abaltzisketa	22	+4.8%
206	Morga	22	-8.3%
206	Zambrana	22	+22.2%
209	Ajangiz	21	+5%
209	Arantzazu	21	+61.5%
209	Arratzu	21	-16%
209	Garai	21	-12.5%
213	Larraul	20	-13%
213	Leza	20	-4.8%
213	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	20	-4.8%
216	Albiztur	19	-13.6%
216	Hernialde	19	+5.6%
216	Navaridas	19	-9.5%
216	Sukarrieta	19	-13.6%
220	Arama	18	+12.5%
221	Amoroto	17	-10.5%
221	Berrobi	17	-22.7%
221	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	17	+6.3%
221	Murueta	17	+21.4%
225	Arakaldo	16	+6.7%
225	Beizama	16	0%
225	Mendata	16	+6.7%
225	Zerain	16	+6.7%
229	Armiñón	14	-12.5%
229	Kuartango	14	-17.6%
231	Altzaga	13	+18.2%
231	Elduain	13	-13.3%
231	Harana/Valle de Arana	13	-13.3%
231	Lagrán	13	0%
231	Yécora/Iekora	13	-18.8%
236	Leintz-Gatzaga	12	+9.1%
236	Ziortza-Bolibar	12	-14.3%
238	Lanestosa	11	-26.7%
238	Mutiloa	11	-21.4%
238	Nabarniz	11	0%
238	Zalduondo	11	-8.3%
242	Ereño	10	-16.7%
242	Orendain	10	+11.1%
244	Añana	9	-25%
244	Gaztelu	9	+28.6%
246	Baliarrain	7	+16.7%
246	Elantxobe	7	0%
246	Ubide	7	+16.7%
249	Gaintza	4	-20%
249	Orexa	4	-20%

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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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Basque Country by active companies, 2017) [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 Basque Country by active companies, 2017. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/basque-country-municipalities?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_basque_country_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Basque Country by active companies, 2017}},
  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/basque-country-municipalities?period=2017. 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.},
}

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