Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies

Bilbao had the highest active companies of 112 municipalities in 2023, at 25,009. Ubide had the lowest, at 6. The median was 121 and the figure for Biscay province was 70,780. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,009Bilbao

Lowest6Ubide

Median121112 municipalities

Biscay province70,780History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Bilbao	25,009	-7.2%
2	Getxo	5,500	-6.5%
3	Barakaldo	4,687	-4.5%
4	Basauri	2,139	-6.1%
5	Leioa	2,002	-5.4%
6	Portugalete	1,978	-5.8%
7	Santurtzi	1,965	-6.9%
8	Erandio	1,695	-7.3%
9	Galdakao	1,678	-6.9%
10	Durango	1,552	-4.6%
11	Mungia	1,331	-3.4%
12	Amorebieta-Etxano	1,243	-6.1%
13	Sestao	1,028	-4.8%
14	Gernika-Lumo	1,013	-4.5%
15	Valle de Trápaga-Trapagaran	867	-3.6%
16	Bermeo	827	-7.5%
17	Sopela	819	-4.4%
18	Arrigorriaga	685	-6.3%
19	Ermua	651	-7.4%
20	Etxebarri	641	-6%
21	Derio	637	-4.4%
22	Zamudio	595	-3.4%
23	Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena	546	-4.9%
24	Zalla	490	-7.2%
25	Ortuella	451	-3.4%
26	Sondika	441	-6%
27	Abadiño	433	-5.7%
28	Berango	419	-4.1%
29	Balmaseda	404	-10%
30	Güeñes	369	-7.1%
31	Ondarroa	366	-9.6%
32	Gorliz	354	-3.3%
33	Elorrio	350	-1.7%
33	Lekeitio	350	-2.8%
35	Muskiz	332	-10.8%
36	Loiu	325	-6.9%
37	Berriz	293	-0.3%
38	Plentzia	287	-9.2%
38	Urduliz	287	-2.4%
40	Iurreta	273	-1.1%
41	Markina-Xemein	259	-9.8%
42	Igorre	232	-8.3%
43	Lemoa	229	-8%
44	Ugao-Miraballes	202	-3.3%
45	Bakio	192	-2.5%
46	Urduña/Orduña	191	-5.9%
47	Alonsotegi	186	-4.1%
48	Zaldibar	180	-7.7%
49	Lezama	172	-8.5%
50	Zaratamo	157	-7.1%
51	Larrabetzu	153	+2%
52	Karrantza Harana/Valle de Carranza	151	+1.3%
53	Mallabia	148	-1.3%
54	Sopuerta	144	-8.9%
55	Gordexola	136	-9.3%
56	Zierbena	121	-1.6%
57	Orozko	120	-6.3%
58	Gatika	118	-5.6%
59	Barrika	111	-0.9%
60	Mundaka	102	-1%
61	Bedia	90	-3.2%
62	Gamiz-Fika	88	-9.3%
63	Laukiz	87	-5.4%
64	Muxika	86	-9.5%
65	Arrankudiaga-Zollo	84	-7.7%
66	Atxondo	81	+6.6%
66	Dima	81	-16.5%
68	Busturia	79	-6%
69	Berriatua	73	-7.6%
70	Zeanuri	72	-8.9%
71	Lemoiz	70	0%
72	Zeberio	69	-5.5%
73	Artea	67	+8.1%
74	Areatza	65	+3.2%
75	Gautegiz Arteaga	61	+1.7%
76	Ea	55	0%
77	Maruri-Jatabe	52	-17.5%
78	Otxandio	48	-7.7%
79	Galdames	46	-2.1%
80	Etxebarria	45	-2.2%
81	Meñaka	41	+10.8%
82	Ispaster	36	-7.7%
83	Forua	35	-23.9%
84	Artzentales	34	-15%
84	Ibarrangelu	34	-27.7%
84	Mañaria	34	-15%
87	Fruiz	33	+3.1%
88	Izurtza	32	-3%
89	Ajangiz	31	+14.8%
89	Mendexa	31	-3.1%
91	Errigoiti	29	-9.4%
91	Garai	29	+3.6%
93	Arrieta	28	0%
93	Aulesti	28	+12%
95	Morga	27	+22.7%
96	Mendata	24	0%
96	Trucios-Turtzioz	24	-7.7%
98	Gizaburuaga	22	-4.3%
98	Kortezubi	22	-4.3%
100	Amoroto	20	+5.3%
101	Munitibar-Arbatzegi Gerrikaitz	19	+5.6%
102	Sukarrieta	18	-10%
103	Arratzu	17	+21.4%
104	Arakaldo	16	-5.9%
104	Lanestosa	16	+14.3%
106	Arantzazu	15	-11.8%
106	Ziortza-Bolibar	15	-16.7%
108	Murueta	13	+8.3%
108	Nabarniz	13	+8.3%
110	Elantxobe	12	-7.7%
111	Ereño	11	0%
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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/biscay-province-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Biscay province by active companies, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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 25,009 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Ubide, with 6 in 2023.

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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 2023 and are not ranked.