Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2014, at 27,508. Ubide had the lowest, at 5. The median was 119 and the figure for Biscay province was 77,551. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest27,508Bilbao

Lowest5Ubide

Median119112 municipalities

Biscay province77,551History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Bilbao	27,508	-3.6%
2	Getxo	6,025	-3.1%
3	Barakaldo	4,963	-1.2%
4	Basauri	2,508	-2.8%
5	Portugalete	2,310	-2%
6	Santurtzi	2,118	-1.7%
7	Leioa	2,097	-2.7%
8	Galdakao	1,923	-4.5%
9	Erandio	1,880	-0.7%
10	Durango	1,637	-2.6%
11	Mungia	1,367	-2%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,350	-2.5%
13	Sestao	1,174	-2.7%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,096	-6.6%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	1,032	-4.2%
16	Bermeo	935	-5.7%
17	Ermua	830	-4.4%
18	Sopela	783	-4.2%
19	Arrigorriaga	779	-3.9%
20	Derio	674	-2.2%
21	Zamudio	670	-2.5%
22	Etxebarri	642	-1.2%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	635	-1.2%
24	Ortuella	556	-4.1%
25	Zalla	555	-2.8%
26	Sondika	530	-1.9%
27	Abadiño	514	-8.9%
28	Ondarroa	497	-5.9%
29	Balmaseda	430	-4%
30	Berango	408	-4.2%
31	Muskiz	399	-4.1%
32	Güeñes	392	-1.5%
33	Lekeitio	376	-4.3%
34	Elorrio	373	-2.1%
35	Loiu	366	-2.4%
36	Berriz	331	-3.8%
37	Gorliz	323	+1.3%
38	Markina-Xemein	295	+2.1%
39	Plentzia	292	-2%
40	Igorre	291	-4.9%
41	Iurreta	269	-5.9%
42	Lemoa	262	+0.4%
43	Ugao-Miraballes	257	-2.7%
44	Urduliz	256	+3.2%
45	Urduña/Orduña	213	-4.9%
46	Alonsotegi	203	0%
47	Zaratamo	189	-0.5%
48	Zaldibar	187	-6%
49	Lezama	171	0%
50	Mallabia	166	-2.4%
51	Bakio	161	+2.5%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	159	+1.9%
53	Orozko	142	-10.1%
54	Sopuerta	139	-2.1%
55	Gordexola	131	-0.8%
56	Larrabetzu	124	-8.1%
57	Barrika	114	+12.9%
57	Mundaka	114	0%
59	Gatika	111	+4.7%
60	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	109	-4.4%
61	Zierbena	106	+9.3%
62	Bedia	104	0%
63	Berriatua	96	0%
64	Muxika	94	-4.1%
65	Busturia	89	-4.3%
66	Atxondo	88	-4.3%
67	Laukiz	85	-4.5%
68	Gamiz-Fika	80	+5.3%
69	Dima	70	-11.4%
70	Artea	69	+9.5%
71	Lemoiz	68	+1.5%
72	Gautegiz Arteaga	67	-6.9%
73	Etxebarria	66	0%
74	Zeanuri	64	+1.6%
75	Areatza	63	0%
76	Otxandio	59	-3.3%
76	Zeberio	59	-1.7%
78	Forua	53	+3.9%
79	Galdames	51	+8.5%
79	Maruri-Jatabe	51	+6.3%
81	Ea	50	-5.7%
82	Artzentales	44	-10.2%
83	Mañaria	35	-10.3%
83	Trucios-Turtzioz	35	0%
85	Ibarrangelu	33	-2.9%
85	Izurtza	33	-13.2%
85	Mendexa	33	+6.5%
88	Meñaka	32	-5.9%
89	Aulesti	30	+3.4%
90	Gizaburuaga	28	-3.4%
91	Errigoiti	27	-18.2%
92	Arrieta	26	-7.1%
93	Ispaster	25	-7.4%
94	Arratzu	24	-11.1%
94	Fruiz	24	+9.1%
96	Kortezubi	23	+15%
97	Sukarrieta	22	+4.8%
98	Ajangiz	20	0%
99	Amoroto	18	-10%
99	Garai	18	+38.5%
99	Morga	18	+20%
102	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	17	-5.6%
103	Arakaldo	15	+7.1%
103	Arantzazu	15	+25%
105	Mendata	14	-12.5%
106	Ereño	13	-7.1%
106	Lanestosa	13	0%
108	Nabarniz	12	+33.3%
109	Elantxobe	9	-25%
109	Ziortza-Bolibar	9	+12.5%
111	Murueta	8	-33.3%
112	Ubide	5	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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 Biscay province by active companies, 2014) [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 Biscay province by active companies, 2014. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2014.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2014,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2014}},
  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/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2014. 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 27,508 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 5 in 2014.

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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 2014 and are not ranked.