Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2018, at 26,672. Ubide had the lowest, at 6. The median was 127 and the figure for Biscay province was 75,628. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,672Bilbao

Lowest6Ubide

Median127112 municipalities

Biscay province75,628History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Bilbao	26,672	+2.3%
2	Getxo	5,818	+3.9%
3	Barakaldo	4,855	+5.5%
4	Basauri	2,355	+3%
5	Portugalete	2,173	-0.2%
6	Santurtzi	2,078	+2.6%
7	Leioa	2,053	+1.5%
8	Galdakao	1,881	+4.2%
9	Erandio	1,834	+3.7%
10	Durango	1,590	+3%
11	Mungia	1,330	+0.5%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,326	+4.6%
13	Sestao	1,124	+2.6%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,084	+2.8%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	924	-1%
16	Bermeo	898	+4.3%
17	Sopela	843	+6.8%
18	Ermua	782	+2.9%
19	Arrigorriaga	773	+4.7%
20	Derio	690	+1.9%
21	Zamudio	675	+2.4%
22	Etxebarri	671	+4.4%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	606	-1.3%
24	Zalla	550	+3.8%
25	Ortuella	525	+3.6%
26	Sondika	494	+2.7%
27	Abadiño	479	-0.2%
28	Ondarroa	443	-3.5%
29	Balmaseda	426	+1.9%
30	Berango	394	-1.3%
31	Güeñes	393	+5.9%
32	Muskiz	384	+1.9%
33	Loiu	383	+3%
34	Lekeitio	374	+0.5%
35	Elorrio	370	+2.2%
36	Gorliz	353	+10.3%
37	Berriz	327	+0.3%
38	Markina-Xemein	305	+3%
39	Plentzia	294	+7.3%
40	Urduliz	289	+9.1%
41	Igorre	285	+1.8%
42	Iurreta	273	+1.5%
43	Lemoa	246	-1.6%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	242	+3.9%
45	Urduña/Orduña	209	+1%
46	Lezama	194	+8.4%
47	Zaldibar	193	+5.5%
48	Alonsotegi	181	-0.5%
49	Bakio	173	+7.5%
50	Mallabia	166	+1.2%
51	Zaratamo	165	+1.9%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	158	+2.6%
52	Sopuerta	158	+12.9%
54	Orozko	145	+6.6%
55	Gordexola	140	+3.7%
56	Larrabetzu	129	+3.2%
57	Zierbena	125	+10.6%
58	Gatika	117	+17%
59	Barrika	115	+9.5%
60	Mundaka	112	+3.7%
61	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	102	-7.3%
62	Bedia	99	+3.1%
63	Laukiz	96	+5.5%
64	Gamiz-Fika	95	+6.7%
65	Muxika	94	+3.3%
66	Berriatua	84	+3.7%
67	Atxondo	83	-3.5%
68	Busturia	82	+3.8%
69	Dima	80	+3.9%
70	Zeberio	72	+10.8%
71	Zeanuri	69	+7.8%
72	Areatza	68	+6.3%
73	Lemoiz	65	+6.6%
74	Maruri-Jatabe	62	+14.8%
75	Artea	61	+7%
76	Gautegiz Arteaga	60	+7.1%
77	Ea	55	+3.8%
77	Forua	55	+7.8%
77	Otxandio	55	-8.3%
80	Etxebarria	54	+5.9%
81	Artzentales	50	+25%
82	Galdames	48	0%
83	Mañaria	45	+21.6%
84	Mendexa	40	+48.1%
85	Meñaka	38	+8.6%
86	Fruiz	34	+17.2%
87	Arrieta	33	+3.1%
88	Errigoiti	32	+6.7%
88	Ibarrangelu	32	+39.1%
90	Izurtza	31	-3.1%
91	Ispaster	30	+25%
92	Aulesti	28	-3.4%
92	Gizaburuaga	28	-3.4%
92	Trucios-Turtzioz	28	-12.5%
95	Garai	25	+19%
96	Arantzazu	23	+9.5%
96	Kortezubi	23	0%
98	Arratzu	22	+4.8%
99	Ajangiz	21	0%
100	Morga	20	-9.1%
100	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	20	0%
100	Sukarrieta	20	+5.3%
103	Arakaldo	17	+6.3%
104	Amoroto	15	-11.8%
104	Murueta	15	-11.8%
106	Ziortza-Bolibar	14	+16.7%
107	Mendata	13	-18.8%
108	Ereño	12	+20%
109	Nabarniz	11	0%
110	Elantxobe	10	+42.9%
111	Lanestosa	9	-18.2%
112	Ubide	6	-14.3%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Bilbao, with 26,672 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 6 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.