Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2021, at 26,110. Ubide had the lowest, at 6. The median was 127 and the figure for Biscay province was 73,615. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,110Bilbao

Lowest6Ubide

Median127112 municipalities

Biscay province73,615History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Bilbao	26,110	-2.8%
2	Getxo	5,690	-2.2%
3	Barakaldo	4,848	-1.7%
4	Basauri	2,265	-0.7%
5	Portugalete	2,059	-5.6%
6	Santurtzi	2,045	-1%
7	Leioa	2,015	-5.2%
8	Galdakao	1,775	-3.2%
9	Erandio	1,743	-2.4%
10	Durango	1,613	-0.9%
11	Mungia	1,317	-2.5%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,287	-0.5%
13	Sestao	1,070	-3.4%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,059	-0.1%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	889	-1.8%
16	Bermeo	873	0%
17	Sopela	865	+0.1%
18	Arrigorriaga	723	-2.6%
19	Ermua	713	-3.4%
20	Etxebarri	678	-0.6%
21	Derio	637	-5.5%
22	Zamudio	586	-5%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	580	-3.3%
24	Zalla	531	+0.4%
25	Ortuella	464	-3.5%
26	Sondika	455	-1.5%
27	Abadiño	454	-0.2%
28	Berango	424	0%
29	Balmaseda	422	-0.5%
30	Ondarroa	417	-4.4%
31	Güeñes	392	+0.5%
32	Muskiz	377	+1.3%
33	Elorrio	363	+0.8%
34	Lekeitio	361	+1.1%
35	Gorliz	355	-3.5%
36	Loiu	353	-0.8%
37	Plentzia	302	-0.3%
38	Urduliz	288	-4.3%
39	Markina-Xemein	287	+0.3%
40	Berriz	285	-3.7%
41	Iurreta	271	+3.8%
42	Igorre	253	-1.9%
43	Lemoa	231	-2.5%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	219	-4.8%
45	Urduña/Orduña	201	+1%
46	Bakio	192	-4%
47	Zaldibar	190	+2.7%
48	Lezama	187	+1.6%
49	Alonsotegi	186	+0.5%
50	Zaratamo	159	+1.3%
51	Sopuerta	152	-4.4%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	150	-4.5%
53	Larrabetzu	145	+0.7%
54	Gordexola	143	+1.4%
55	Mallabia	139	-9.2%
56	Orozko	133	-0.7%
57	Zierbena	121	+5.2%
58	Gatika	118	-7.8%
59	Barrika	103	-10.4%
60	Gamiz-Fika	102	-1.9%
61	Mundaka	98	-3%
62	Laukiz	92	-5.2%
63	Bedia	91	-9.9%
63	Dima	91	+2.2%
65	Muxika	89	-8.2%
66	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	88	-12%
67	Atxondo	80	-2.4%
68	Busturia	79	-4.8%
69	Zeanuri	77	+1.3%
70	Berriatua	75	-9.6%
71	Zeberio	74	-6.3%
72	Lemoiz	69	+6.2%
73	Areatza	66	-2.9%
74	Artea	64	-1.5%
75	Maruri-Jatabe	61	+1.7%
76	Gautegiz Arteaga	59	+7.3%
77	Otxandio	57	0%
78	Ea	54	-3.6%
79	Forua	50	-10.7%
80	Etxebarria	46	-11.5%
80	Galdames	46	-11.5%
82	Artzentales	42	-8.7%
82	Ibarrangelu	42	-4.5%
84	Mañaria	41	-6.8%
85	Errigoiti	35	+2.9%
85	Ispaster	35	+12.9%
87	Arrieta	34	+3%
87	Meñaka	34	-10.5%
89	Fruiz	33	-2.9%
90	Izurtza	31	+3.3%
90	Mendexa	31	-3.1%
92	Ajangiz	30	+11.1%
93	Trucios-Turtzioz	26	+8.3%
94	Aulesti	25	-10.7%
95	Garai	24	+9.1%
95	Gizaburuaga	24	-14.3%
97	Morga	23	0%
98	Arantzazu	21	-4.5%
98	Kortezubi	21	-4.5%
98	Mendata	21	+16.7%
101	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	20	+5.3%
102	Sukarrieta	19	0%
103	Amoroto	17	+6.3%
104	Arakaldo	16	-5.9%
104	Ziortza-Bolibar	16	+14.3%
106	Arratzu	14	0%
106	Murueta	14	-6.7%
108	Elantxobe	13	+18.2%
108	Lanestosa	13	0%
108	Nabarniz	13	+18.2%
111	Ereño	10	-9.1%
112	Ubide	6	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 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_biscay_province_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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 26,110 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 6 in 2021.

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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 2021 and are not ranked.