Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2019, at 26,474. Ubide had the lowest, at 7. The median was 127 and the figure for Biscay province was 74,741. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,474Bilbao

Lowest7Ubide

Median127112 municipalities

Biscay province74,741History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Bilbao	26,474	-0.7%
2	Getxo	5,742	-1.3%
3	Barakaldo	4,872	+0.4%
4	Basauri	2,277	-3.3%
5	Portugalete	2,201	+1.3%
6	Santurtzi	2,057	-1%
7	Leioa	2,055	+0.1%
8	Galdakao	1,870	-0.6%
9	Erandio	1,770	-3.5%
10	Durango	1,600	+0.6%
11	Mungia	1,328	-0.2%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,276	-3.8%
13	Sestao	1,094	-2.7%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,063	-1.9%
15	Bermeo	905	+0.8%
16	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	898	-2.8%
17	Sopela	828	-1.8%
18	Ermua	764	-2.3%
19	Arrigorriaga	755	-2.3%
20	Derio	681	-1.3%
21	Etxebarri	663	-1.2%
22	Zamudio	635	-5.9%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	594	-2%
24	Zalla	533	-3.1%
25	Ortuella	505	-3.8%
26	Sondika	473	-4.3%
27	Abadiño	452	-5.6%
28	Balmaseda	429	+0.7%
29	Ondarroa	427	-3.6%
30	Berango	403	+2.3%
31	Muskiz	392	+2.1%
32	Güeñes	373	-5.1%
33	Gorliz	371	+5.1%
34	Loiu	363	-5.2%
35	Elorrio	359	-3%
36	Lekeitio	358	-4.3%
37	Plentzia	304	+3.4%
38	Urduliz	295	+2.1%
39	Berriz	294	-10.1%
40	Markina-Xemein	290	-4.9%
41	Igorre	274	-3.9%
42	Iurreta	266	-2.6%
43	Lemoa	239	-2.8%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	232	-4.1%
45	Urduña/Orduña	206	-1.4%
46	Bakio	184	+6.4%
47	Zaldibar	182	-5.7%
48	Lezama	180	-7.2%
49	Alonsotegi	175	-3.3%
50	Mallabia	161	-3%
51	Zaratamo	159	-3.6%
52	Sopuerta	155	-1.9%
53	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	151	-4.4%
54	Gordexola	146	+4.3%
55	Orozko	136	-6.2%
56	Larrabetzu	132	+2.3%
57	Barrika	121	+5.2%
58	Gatika	119	+1.7%
59	Mundaka	112	0%
59	Zierbena	112	-10.4%
61	Bedia	97	-2%
61	Muxika	97	+3.2%
63	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	96	-5.9%
63	Gamiz-Fika	96	+1.1%
65	Laukiz	95	-1%
66	Berriatua	83	-1.2%
67	Busturia	82	0%
67	Dima	82	+2.5%
69	Atxondo	80	-3.6%
70	Zeberio	77	+6.9%
71	Zeanuri	70	+1.4%
72	Gautegiz Arteaga	65	+8.3%
73	Areatza	64	-5.9%
74	Maruri-Jatabe	62	0%
75	Ea	61	+10.9%
76	Lemoiz	60	-7.7%
77	Artea	58	-4.9%
78	Forua	57	+3.6%
79	Otxandio	54	-1.8%
80	Galdames	50	+4.2%
81	Etxebarria	49	-9.3%
82	Artzentales	46	-8%
83	Mañaria	44	-2.2%
84	Ibarrangelu	42	+31.3%
84	Meñaka	42	+10.5%
86	Fruiz	35	+2.9%
86	Mendexa	35	-12.5%
88	Ispaster	32	+6.7%
89	Arrieta	30	-9.1%
90	Errigoiti	27	-15.6%
90	Gizaburuaga	27	-3.6%
90	Izurtza	27	-12.9%
93	Aulesti	26	-7.1%
94	Trucios-Turtzioz	25	-10.7%
95	Arantzazu	24	+4.3%
95	Garai	24	-4%
97	Ajangiz	23	+9.5%
97	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	23	+15%
99	Morga	22	+10%
100	Kortezubi	21	-8.7%
101	Sukarrieta	20	0%
102	Amoroto	16	+6.7%
102	Arakaldo	16	-5.9%
102	Arratzu	16	-27.3%
102	Murueta	16	+6.7%
106	Mendata	15	+15.4%
107	Ziortza-Bolibar	14	0%
108	Ereño	13	+8.3%
109	Nabarniz	12	+9.1%
110	Lanestosa	11	+22.2%
111	Elantxobe	10	0%
112	Ubide	7	+16.7%

Other periods

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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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 26,474 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 7 in 2019.

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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 2019 and are not ranked.