Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2017, at 26,069. Ubide had the lowest, at 7. The median was 119 and the figure for Biscay province was 73,488. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,069Bilbao

Lowest7Ubide

Median119112 municipalities

Biscay province73,488History

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	Getxo	5,602	-7.7%
3	Barakaldo	4,602	-10.2%
4	Basauri	2,287	-10.1%
5	Portugalete	2,177	-6.8%
6	Santurtzi	2,025	-8%
7	Leioa	2,022	-6.5%
8	Galdakao	1,805	-6.9%
9	Erandio	1,769	-6.7%
10	Durango	1,544	-8.9%
11	Mungia	1,324	-6.2%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,268	-6.7%
13	Sestao	1,096	-9.2%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,054	-6.1%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	933	-9.6%
16	Bermeo	861	-7.2%
17	Sopela	789	-6.6%
18	Ermua	760	-9.3%
19	Arrigorriaga	738	-7.1%
20	Derio	677	-1.6%
21	Zamudio	659	-3.5%
22	Etxebarri	643	-6.4%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	614	-7.1%
24	Zalla	530	-9.1%
25	Ortuella	507	-9%
26	Sondika	481	-9.1%
27	Abadiño	480	-6.6%
28	Ondarroa	459	-9.6%
29	Balmaseda	418	-7.7%
30	Berango	399	-8.5%
31	Muskiz	377	-8.7%
32	Lekeitio	372	-4.1%
32	Loiu	372	-2.6%
34	Güeñes	371	-8.8%
35	Elorrio	362	-3.7%
36	Berriz	326	-3.8%
37	Gorliz	320	-4.8%
38	Markina-Xemein	296	-4.2%
39	Igorre	280	-3.1%
40	Plentzia	274	-5.2%
41	Iurreta	269	0%
42	Urduliz	265	0%
43	Lemoa	250	-5.7%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	233	-6.4%
45	Urduña/Orduña	207	-8%
46	Zaldibar	183	-5.2%
47	Alonsotegi	182	-9.9%
48	Lezama	179	+4.7%
49	Mallabia	164	-3%
50	Zaratamo	162	-11%
51	Bakio	161	-4.2%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	154	0%
53	Sopuerta	140	-6%
54	Orozko	136	-8.1%
55	Gordexola	135	-0.7%
56	Larrabetzu	125	-7.4%
57	Zierbena	113	-5.8%
58	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	110	+0.9%
59	Mundaka	108	-2.7%
60	Barrika	105	-16%
61	Gatika	100	-12.3%
62	Bedia	96	-4%
63	Laukiz	91	+1.1%
63	Muxika	91	+5.8%
65	Gamiz-Fika	89	+6%
66	Atxondo	86	-11.3%
67	Berriatua	81	-19%
68	Busturia	79	-15.1%
69	Dima	77	-9.4%
70	Zeberio	65	+12.1%
71	Areatza	64	-7.2%
71	Zeanuri	64	0%
73	Lemoiz	61	-15.3%
74	Otxandio	60	-10.4%
75	Artea	57	-8.1%
76	Gautegiz Arteaga	56	-9.7%
77	Maruri-Jatabe	54	+8%
78	Ea	53	+6%
79	Etxebarria	51	-17.7%
79	Forua	51	-1.9%
81	Galdames	48	-7.7%
82	Artzentales	40	0%
83	Mañaria	37	-2.6%
84	Meñaka	35	-7.9%
85	Arrieta	32	+10.3%
85	Izurtza	32	-3%
85	Trucios-Turtzioz	32	-5.9%
88	Errigoiti	30	+25%
89	Aulesti	29	-9.4%
89	Fruiz	29	-6.5%
89	Gizaburuaga	29	-12.1%
92	Mendexa	27	-15.6%
93	Ispaster	24	-20%
94	Ibarrangelu	23	-32.4%
94	Kortezubi	23	-4.2%
96	Morga	22	-8.3%
97	Ajangiz	21	+5%
97	Arantzazu	21	+61.5%
97	Arratzu	21	-16%
97	Garai	21	-12.5%
101	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	20	-4.8%
102	Sukarrieta	19	-13.6%
103	Amoroto	17	-10.5%
103	Murueta	17	+21.4%
105	Arakaldo	16	+6.7%
105	Mendata	16	+6.7%
107	Ziortza-Bolibar	12	-14.3%
108	Lanestosa	11	-26.7%
108	Nabarniz	11	0%
110	Ereño	10	-16.7%
111	Elantxobe	7	0%
111	Ubide	7	+16.7%

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 2017 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, 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 Biscay province 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/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province 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/biscay-province-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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Bilbao, with 26,069 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 7 in 2017.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.