Municipalities in Basque Country by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 251 municipalities in 2022, at 26,944. Gaintza had the lowest, at 4. The median was 95 and the figure for Basque Country was 142,904. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,944Bilbao

Lowest4Gaintza

Median95251 municipalities

Basque Country142,904History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Bilbao	26,944	+3.2%
2	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,999	+2.3%
3	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,846	+0.6%
4	Getxo	5,881	+3.4%
5	Barakaldo	4,910	+1.3%
6	Irun	4,537	+2.9%
7	Basauri	2,278	+0.6%
8	Leioa	2,116	+5%
9	Santurtzi	2,111	+3.2%
10	Portugalete	2,099	+1.9%
11	Errenteria	1,976	-0.4%
12	Erandio	1,828	+4.9%
13	Galdakao	1,803	+1.6%
14	Zarautz	1,637	+1.1%
15	Durango	1,626	+0.8%
16	Eibar	1,514	+0.5%
17	Mungia	1,378	+4.6%
18	Hernani	1,363	+2.8%
19	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,324	+2.9%
20	Hondarribia	1,205	+2.9%
21	Tolosa	1,156	+1.4%
22	Sestao	1,080	+0.9%
23	Gernika-Lumo	1,061	+0.2%
24	Azpeitia	1,036	+2.2%
25	Arrasate/Mondragón	1,024	+4.4%
26	Lasarte-Oria	1,017	+1.8%
27	Oiartzun	992	+1.6%
28	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	899	+1.1%
29	Bermeo	894	+2.4%
30	Sopela	857	-0.9%
31	Pasaia	850	+2%
32	Laudio/Llodio	823	-0.4%
33	Andoain	806	-0.1%
34	Bergara	803	+4.4%
35	Beasain	795	+2.4%
36	Arrigorriaga	731	+1.1%
37	Astigarraga	723	+4.5%
38	Ermua	703	-1.4%
39	Elgoibar	684	+3.3%
40	Etxebarri	682	+0.6%
41	Derio	666	+4.6%
42	Ordizia	624	+1.3%
43	Zamudio	616	+5.1%
44	Azkoitia	607	+5%
45	Amurrio	601	+0.8%
46	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	574	-1%
47	Zumaia	544	+2.8%
48	Oñati	540	+5.9%
49	Zalla	528	-0.6%
50	Sondika	469	+3.1%
51	Ortuella	467	+0.6%
52	Urnieta	464	+3.1%
53	Usurbil	462	-2.5%
54	Abadiño	459	+1.1%
55	Balmaseda	449	+6.4%
56	Lezo	443	-0.7%
56	Zumarraga	443	+4%
58	Berango	437	+3.1%
59	Urretxu	418	+3.2%
60	Deba	410	+3.8%
61	Ondarroa	405	-2.9%
62	Legazpi	398	+0.8%
63	Güeñes	397	+1.3%
64	Orio	379	+7.4%
65	Muskiz	372	-1.3%
66	Gorliz	366	+3.1%
67	Lekeitio	360	-0.3%
68	Elorrio	356	-1.9%
69	Loiu	349	-1.1%
70	Plentzia	316	+4.6%
71	Aretxabaleta	305	+0.3%
72	Berriz	294	+3.2%
72	Urduliz	294	+2.1%
74	Markina-Xemein	287	0%
75	Lazkao	282	+2.2%
76	Iurreta	276	+1.8%
77	Oyón-Oion	267	+6.8%
78	Laguardia	259	+2.4%
79	Mutriku	255	+9.4%
80	Igorre	253	0%
81	Lemoa	249	+7.8%
82	Villabona	248	0%
82	Zestoa	248	+5.1%
84	Ibarra	228	+1.3%
85	Agurain/Salvatierra	227	+2.3%
86	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	220	+5.3%
87	Legutio	214	+1.4%
88	Ugao-Miraballes	209	-4.6%
89	Urduña/Orduña	203	+1%
90	Bakio	197	+2.6%
91	Getaria	196	+3.2%
92	Zaldibar	195	+2.6%
93	Alonsotegi	194	+4.3%
94	Lezama	188	+0.5%
95	Eskoriatza	179	+10.5%
96	Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas	173	+3.6%
97	Aia	171	+4.3%
98	Zaratamo	169	+6.3%
99	Ayala/Aiara	163	+0.6%
100	Irura	161	-1.2%
100	Zuia	161	+5.9%
102	Asteasu	159	+0.6%
103	Sopuerta	158	+3.9%
104	Zizurkil	155	+5.4%
105	Alegría-Dulantzi	154	-8.9%
106	Gordexola	150	+4.9%
106	Larrabetzu	150	+3.4%
106	Mallabia	150	+7.9%
109	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	149	-0.7%
110	Idiazabal	138	-0.7%
111	Zigoitia	134	+3.9%
112	Orozko	128	-3.8%
113	Gatika	125	+5.9%
114	Zierbena	123	+1.7%
115	Anoeta	118	+4.4%
116	Mendaro	113	+5.6%
117	Barrika	112	+8.7%
118	Labastida/Bastida	109	-1.8%
119	Alegia	107	+12.6%
120	Artziniega	105	-1.9%
121	Mundaka	103	+5.1%
122	Antzuola	99	+7.6%
123	Dima	97	+6.6%
123	Gamiz-Fika	97	-4.9%
125	Muxika	95	+6.7%
125	Zaldibia	95	+5.6%
127	Bedia	93	+2.2%
128	Laukiz	92	0%
129	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	91	+3.4%
130	Olaberria	89	+12.7%
131	Urkabustaiz	88	+11.4%
132	Aduna	87	+8.8%
133	Busturia	84	+6.3%
134	Zegama	80	-3.6%
135	Berriatua	79	+5.3%
135	Zeanuri	79	+2.6%
137	Elgeta	78	+2.6%
137	Okondo	78	+5.4%
137	Ormaiztegi	78	+6.8%
140	Asparrena	77	-9.4%
141	Atxondo	76	-5%
142	Elciego	74	+12.1%
142	Lanciego/Lantziego	74	+4.2%
144	Lapuebla de Labarca	73	-1.4%
144	Zeberio	73	-1.4%
146	Legorreta	72	+5.9%
147	Lemoiz	70	+1.4%
148	Ataun	69	-6.8%
149	Valdegovía/Gaubea	68	+3%
150	Barrundia	67	+1.5%
150	Ezkio-Itsaso	67	0%
152	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	65	+4.8%
153	Lantarón	64	-3%
154	Areatza	63	-4.5%
154	Maruri-Jatabe	63	+3.3%
156	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	62	-3.1%
156	Artea	62	-3.1%
158	Campezo/Kanpezu	60	-1.6%
158	Gautegiz Arteaga	60	+1.7%
158	Segura	60	0%
161	Berastegi	57	+3.6%
162	Belauntza	55	+5.8%
162	Ea	55	+1.9%
162	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	55	-8.3%
165	Otxandio	52	-8.8%
166	Aizarnazabal	51	+6.3%
167	Amezketa	47	+9.3%
167	Galdames	47	+2.2%
167	Ibarrangelu	47	+11.9%
170	Arraia-Maeztu	46	+2.2%
170	Etxebarria	46	0%
170	Forua	46	-8%
173	Aramaio	43	-6.5%
173	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	43	-4.4%
175	Berantevilla	42	0%
176	Gabiria	41	+5.1%
176	Lizartza	41	+5.1%
178	Artzentales	40	-4.8%
178	Mañaria	40	-2.4%
180	Ispaster	39	+11.4%
181	Elburgo/Burgelu	38	+2.7%
181	Iruraiz-Gauna	38	+11.8%
183	Altzo	37	+23.3%
183	Meñaka	37	+8.8%
185	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	35	-2.8%
185	Errezil	35	+9.4%
187	Ikaztegieta	33	+13.8%
187	Izurtza	33	+6.5%
189	Bernedo	32	+18.5%
189	Errigoiti	32	-8.6%
189	Fruiz	32	-3%
189	Leaburu	32	-5.9%
189	Mendexa	32	+3.2%
194	Bidania-Goiatz	31	0%
195	San Millán/Donemiliaga	30	+11.1%
196	Arrieta	28	-17.6%
196	Garai	28	+16.7%
196	Itsasondo	28	-6.7%
199	Ajangiz	27	-10%
200	Trucios-Turtzioz	26	0%
201	Aulesti	25	0%
201	Samaniego	25	0%
203	Albiztur	24	0%
203	Mendata	24	+14.3%
205	Gizaburuaga	23	-4.2%
205	Kortezubi	23	+9.5%
205	Zambrana	23	0%
208	Berrobi	22	0%
208	Elvillar/Bilar	22	-4.3%
208	Larraul	22	+4.8%
208	Morga	22	-4.3%
208	Navaridas	22	+15.8%
213	Alkiza	21	+5%
214	Arama	20	0%
214	Sukarrieta	20	+5.3%
216	Abaltzisketa	19	-13.6%
216	Amoroto	19	+11.8%
218	Kuartango	18	0%
218	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	18	-10%
218	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	18	0%
218	Zerain	18	0%
218	Ziortza-Bolibar	18	+12.5%
223	Arakaldo	17	+6.3%
223	Arantzazu	17	-19%
225	Añana	16	+14.3%
225	Beizama	16	+6.7%
225	Hernialde	16	+6.7%
228	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	15	-6.3%
229	Arratzu	14	0%
229	Lanestosa	14	+7.7%
229	Mutiloa	14	-6.7%
232	Elantxobe	13	0%
232	Elduain	13	+30%
232	Orendain	13	+18.2%
232	Yécora/Iekora	13	-7.1%
236	Altzaga	12	-7.7%
236	Armiñón	12	0%
236	Lagrán	12	+20%
236	Murueta	12	-14.3%
236	Nabarniz	12	-7.7%
236	Zalduondo	12	0%
242	Baliarrain	11	0%
242	Ereño	11	+10%
242	Harana/Valle de Arana	11	-8.3%
242	Leza	11	-8.3%
246	Leintz-Gatzaga	10	-28.6%
246	Orexa	10	0%
248	Kripan	6	+20%
248	Ubide	6	0%
250	Gaztelu	5	+25%

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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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_basque_country_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Basque Country by active companies, 2022}},
  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=2022. 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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Bilbao, with 26,944 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Gaintza, with 4 in 2022.

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