Municipalities in Basque Country by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 251 municipalities in 2024, at 25,329. Kripan had the lowest, at 4. The median was 88 and the figure for Basque Country was 135,658. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,329Bilbao

Lowest4Kripan

Median88251 municipalities

Basque Country135,658History

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	Bilbao	25,329	+1.3%
2	Donostia/San Sebastián	15,350	+1.2%
3	Vitoria-Gasteiz	13,101	+0.5%
4	Getxo	5,542	+0.8%
5	Barakaldo	4,690	+0.1%
6	Irun	4,340	-0.2%
7	Basauri	2,142	+0.1%
8	Leioa	2,004	+0.1%
9	Santurtzi	1,970	+0.3%
10	Portugalete	1,957	-1.1%
11	Errenteria	1,854	-1.2%
12	Erandio	1,675	-1.2%
13	Galdakao	1,662	-1%
14	Zarautz	1,582	+3.5%
15	Durango	1,527	-1.6%
16	Eibar	1,435	-0.3%
17	Mungia	1,329	-0.2%
18	Hernani	1,315	-0.6%
19	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,233	-0.8%
20	Hondarribia	1,183	+2.2%
21	Tolosa	1,095	-0.5%
22	Sestao	1,056	+2.7%
23	Gernika-Lumo	1,011	-0.2%
24	Arrasate/Mondragón	997	+0.5%
25	Azpeitia	992	+0.3%
26	Lasarte-Oria	975	+1.9%
27	Oiartzun	929	-1.1%
28	Sopela	855	+4.4%
29	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	852	-1.7%
30	Bermeo	829	+0.2%
31	Pasaia	825	+0.7%
32	Bergara	761	+0.9%
33	Beasain	756	+1.1%
33	Laudio/Llodio	756	-1.7%
35	Andoain	747	-3.1%
36	Astigarraga	720	+1.7%
37	Arrigorriaga	687	+0.3%
38	Elgoibar	649	-1.2%
39	Etxebarri	646	+0.8%
40	Ermua	645	-0.9%
41	Derio	641	+0.6%
42	Ordizia	608	+3.2%
43	Zamudio	602	+1.2%
44	Azkoitia	597	+3.8%
45	Amurrio	575	0%
46	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	546	0%
47	Zumaia	526	-0.6%
48	Zalla	498	+1.6%
49	Oñati	496	-1%
50	Sondika	452	+2.5%
51	Abadiño	447	+3.2%
52	Usurbil	440	-1.1%
53	Ortuella	437	-3.1%
54	Lezo	430	-0.9%
55	Urnieta	422	-5.6%
56	Zumarraga	415	-0.5%
57	Balmaseda	408	+1%
57	Urretxu	408	+1.5%
59	Berango	407	-2.9%
60	Legazpi	389	-6.3%
61	Orio	382	0%
62	Deba	375	-2.1%
63	Güeñes	372	+0.8%
64	Gorliz	362	+2.3%
65	Ondarroa	359	-1.9%
66	Lekeitio	355	+1.4%
67	Elorrio	349	-0.3%
68	Muskiz	330	-0.6%
69	Loiu	324	-0.3%
70	Urduliz	303	+5.6%
71	Aretxabaleta	302	+2%
72	Lazkao	292	+3.5%
73	Berriz	281	-4.1%
74	Iurreta	278	+1.8%
75	Plentzia	275	-4.2%
76	Markina-Xemein	247	-4.6%
77	Mutriku	244	+2.5%
78	Villabona	242	+7.1%
79	Zestoa	241	0%
80	Oyón-Oion	236	+3.1%
81	Igorre	230	-0.9%
82	Laguardia	228	-2.1%
83	Lemoa	226	-1.3%
84	Agurain/Salvatierra	225	+1.8%
85	Ibarra	224	+2.8%
86	Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca	212	+3.4%
87	Ugao-Miraballes	206	+2%
88	Legutio	203	+3%
88	Urduña/Orduña	203	+6.3%
90	Getaria	197	+3.7%
91	Bakio	194	+1%
92	Alonsotegi	188	+1.1%
93	Zaldibar	178	-1.1%
94	Eskoriatza	177	+2.9%
95	Lezama	176	+2.3%
96	Ayala/Aiara	173	+6.1%
97	Aia	169	0%
98	Zaratamo	158	+0.6%
99	Irura	155	-2.5%
100	Mallabia	153	+3.4%
101	Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas	151	-3.2%
102	Sopuerta	149	+3.5%
103	Alegría-Dulantzi	148	-1.3%
104	Asteasu	147	-1.3%
104	Larrabetzu	147	-3.9%
106	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	146	-3.3%
107	Zuia	140	-3.4%
108	Gordexola	138	+1.5%
108	Idiazabal	138	+7.8%
110	Zizurkil	135	-2.9%
111	Zigoitia	133	+6.4%
112	Orozko	129	+7.5%
113	Zierbena	126	+4.1%
114	Anoeta	115	+1.8%
115	Gatika	114	-3.4%
116	Barrika	113	+1.8%
117	Mendaro	111	+2.8%
118	Mundaka	110	+7.8%
119	Labastida/Bastida	107	-0.9%
120	Antzuola	101	-1%
121	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	100	+19%
122	Alegia	98	-2%
123	Gamiz-Fika	96	+9.1%
124	Bedia	92	+2.2%
125	Laukiz	89	+2.3%
126	Zaldibia	88	-1.1%
127	Olaberria	87	-4.4%
128	Artziniega	86	-5.5%
129	Aduna	83	+5.1%
129	Busturia	83	+5.1%
129	Muxika	83	-3.5%
129	Zegama	83	0%
133	Dima	81	0%
134	Atxondo	79	-2.5%
135	Lanciego/Lantziego	78	+4%
136	Lemoiz	77	+10%
137	Berriatua	76	+4.1%
138	Zeanuri	75	+4.2%
139	Elgeta	74	-1.3%
140	Asparrena	73	+1.4%
140	Legorreta	73	+2.8%
140	Ormaiztegi	73	+7.4%
143	Ataun	72	+7.5%
143	Urkabustaiz	72	-4%
145	Artea	70	+4.5%
145	Lapuebla de Labarca	70	+16.7%
147	Areatza	67	+3.1%
147	Valdegovía/Gaubea	67	+13.6%
147	Zeberio	67	-2.9%
150	Okondo	66	-8.3%
151	Elciego	65	-1.5%
152	Barrundia	64	-3%
153	Campezo/Kanpezu	62	+10.7%
153	Ribera Baja/Erriberabeitia	62	-4.6%
155	Ezkio-Itsaso	61	-1.6%
155	Lantarón	61	+13%
155	Maruri-Jatabe	61	+17.3%
158	Gautegiz Arteaga	60	-1.6%
159	Arratzua-Ubarrundia	56	-5.1%
159	Belauntza	56	+5.7%
161	Erriberagoitia/Ribera Alta	54	0%
162	Ea	53	-3.6%
163	Segura	51	-10.5%
164	Amezketa	50	+8.7%
165	Aizarnazabal	49	+2.1%
166	Etxebarria	48	+6.7%
167	Berastegi	47	-14.5%
168	Otxandio	46	-4.2%
169	Gabiria	45	+12.5%
169	Galdames	45	-2.2%
171	Arraia-Maeztu	44	+12.8%
172	Aramaio	43	+10.3%
172	Lizartza	43	0%
174	Artzentales	41	+20.6%
174	Berantevilla	41	+7.9%
176	Meñaka	40	-2.4%
176	Villabuena de Álava/Eskuernaga	40	-4.8%
178	Elburgo/Burgelu	38	+8.6%
178	Errezil	38	+11.8%
178	Leaburu	38	+18.8%
181	Iruraiz-Gauna	37	0%
181	San Millán/Donemiliaga	37	0%
183	Mañaria	36	+5.9%
184	Forua	35	0%
184	Ibarrangelu	35	+2.9%
184	Ispaster	35	-2.8%
187	Mendexa	34	+9.7%
188	Bernedo	33	+6.5%
188	Bidania-Goiatz	33	+10%
190	Ajangiz	32	+3.2%
191	Izurtza	31	-3.1%
192	Altzo	30	0%
192	Baños de Ebro/Mañueta	30	0%
192	Errigoiti	30	+3.4%
195	Arrieta	29	+3.6%
196	Fruiz	27	-18.2%
196	Ikaztegieta	27	+3.8%
196	Itsasondo	27	+3.8%
199	Alkiza	26	+18.2%
199	Morga	26	-3.7%
201	Garai	25	-13.8%
202	Aulesti	24	-14.3%
203	Berrobi	23	-8%
204	Elvillar/Bilar	22	-4.3%
204	Gizaburuaga	22	0%
204	Mendata	22	-8.3%
204	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	22	+15.8%
204	Trucios-Turtzioz	22	-8.3%
209	Kortezubi	21	-4.5%
209	Samaniego	21	-16%
211	Albiztur	20	0%
212	Arratzu	19	+11.8%
212	Kuartango	19	0%
212	Larraul	19	+11.8%
215	Arama	18	-14.3%
215	Sukarrieta	18	0%
215	Zambrana	18	-18.2%
218	Amoroto	17	-15%
218	Arantzazu	17	+13.3%
218	Hernialde	17	0%
218	Navaridas	17	-10.5%
218	Peñacerrada-Urizaharra	17	+13.3%
223	Abaltzisketa	16	-15.8%
223	Zerain	16	-11.1%
225	Harana/Valle de Arana	15	+7.1%
225	Lanestosa	15	-6.3%
225	Yécora/Iekora	15	+7.1%
228	Arakaldo	14	-12.5%
228	Baliarrain	14	+7.7%
228	Beizama	14	-17.6%
228	Lagrán	14	+40%
228	Ziortza-Bolibar	14	-6.7%
233	Elantxobe	13	+8.3%
233	Ereño	13	+18.2%
233	Mutiloa	13	-7.1%
233	Orendain	13	-13.3%
237	Añana	12	-20%
237	Elduain	12	0%
237	Leza	12	+33.3%
237	Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba	12	-7.7%
237	Nabarniz	12	-7.7%
242	Murueta	11	-15.4%
242	Zalduondo	11	+10%
244	Armiñón	10	-23.1%
244	Orexa	10	+11.1%
246	Leintz-Gatzaga	9	-18.2%
247	Altzaga	8	0%
248	Gaztelu	7	0%
249	Ubide	6	0%
250	Gaintza	4	0%

Showing the top 250 of 251. The Excel download has every row.

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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 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_basque_country_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Basque Country 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/basque-country-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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Bilbao, with 25,329 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Kripan, with 4 in 2024.

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