Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2015, at 27,403. Ubide had the lowest, at 6. The median was 128 and the figure for Biscay province was 77,718. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest27,403Bilbao

Lowest6Ubide

Median128112 municipalities

Biscay province77,718History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Bilbao	27,403	-0.4%
2	Getxo	5,968	-0.9%
3	Barakaldo	5,036	+1.5%
4	Basauri	2,497	-0.4%
5	Portugalete	2,291	-0.8%
6	Santurtzi	2,176	+2.7%
7	Leioa	2,138	+2%
8	Galdakao	1,912	-0.6%
9	Erandio	1,869	-0.6%
10	Durango	1,669	+2%
11	Mungia	1,391	+1.8%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,340	-0.7%
13	Sestao	1,195	+1.8%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,105	+0.8%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	1,008	-2.3%
16	Bermeo	912	-2.5%
17	Sopela	825	+5.4%
18	Ermua	815	-1.8%
19	Arrigorriaga	775	-0.5%
20	Etxebarri	680	+5.9%
21	Zamudio	671	+0.1%
22	Derio	670	-0.6%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	643	+1.3%
24	Zalla	570	+2.7%
25	Ortuella	551	-0.9%
26	Sondika	520	-1.9%
27	Abadiño	504	-1.9%
27	Ondarroa	504	+1.4%
29	Balmaseda	442	+2.8%
30	Berango	429	+5.1%
31	Muskiz	408	+2.3%
32	Güeñes	399	+1.8%
33	Lekeitio	384	+2.1%
34	Elorrio	370	-0.8%
34	Loiu	370	+1.1%
36	Berriz	336	+1.5%
37	Gorliz	334	+3.4%
38	Markina-Xemein	302	+2.4%
39	Plentzia	286	-2.1%
40	Igorre	283	-2.7%
41	Iurreta	270	+0.4%
42	Lemoa	264	+0.8%
42	Urduliz	264	+3.1%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	243	-5.4%
45	Urduña/Orduña	224	+5.2%
46	Alonsotegi	198	-2.5%
47	Zaldibar	190	+1.6%
48	Zaratamo	182	-3.7%
49	Lezama	166	-2.9%
50	Bakio	162	+0.6%
50	Mallabia	162	-2.4%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	153	-3.8%
53	Orozko	149	+4.9%
54	Sopuerta	147	+5.8%
55	Gordexola	136	+3.8%
56	Larrabetzu	130	+4.8%
57	Barrika	125	+9.6%
58	Gatika	113	+1.8%
59	Mundaka	110	-3.5%
60	Zierbena	109	+2.8%
61	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	108	-0.9%
62	Bedia	101	-2.9%
63	Berriatua	98	+2.1%
64	Atxondo	95	+8%
65	Busturia	91	+2.2%
66	Laukiz	86	+1.2%
66	Muxika	86	-8.5%
68	Gamiz-Fika	82	+2.5%
69	Dima	81	+15.7%
70	Areatza	69	+9.5%
71	Lemoiz	68	0%
72	Otxandio	66	+11.9%
73	Gautegiz Arteaga	62	-7.5%
74	Zeanuri	60	-6.3%
75	Artea	59	-14.5%
76	Etxebarria	57	-13.6%
77	Zeberio	55	-6.8%
78	Forua	52	-1.9%
79	Ea	50	0%
80	Galdames	49	-3.9%
80	Maruri-Jatabe	49	-3.9%
82	Artzentales	40	-9.1%
83	Mañaria	36	+2.9%
83	Meñaka	36	+12.5%
85	Trucios-Turtzioz	34	-2.9%
86	Aulesti	33	+10%
86	Izurtza	33	0%
86	Mendexa	33	0%
89	Ibarrangelu	32	-3%
90	Fruiz	31	+29.2%
91	Gizaburuaga	30	+7.1%
92	Ispaster	29	+16%
93	Arrieta	28	+7.7%
94	Arratzu	25	+4.2%
95	Errigoiti	24	-11.1%
95	Kortezubi	24	+4.3%
95	Morga	24	+33.3%
98	Garai	23	+27.8%
99	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	21	+23.5%
99	Sukarrieta	21	-4.5%
101	Ajangiz	19	-5%
101	Amoroto	19	+5.6%
103	Arakaldo	15	0%
103	Lanestosa	15	+15.4%
103	Mendata	15	+7.1%
106	Arantzazu	14	-6.7%
107	Murueta	13	+62.5%
107	Ziortza-Bolibar	13	+44.4%
109	Ereño	12	-7.7%
110	Nabarniz	11	-8.3%
111	Elantxobe	7	-22.2%
112	Ubide	6	+20%

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 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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 27,403 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 6 in 2015.

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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 2015 and are not ranked.