Municipalities in Burgos province by active companies

Burgos had the highest active companies of 244 municipalities in 2017, at 12,964. Zael had the lowest, at 4. The median was 13 and the figure for Burgos province was 25,811. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,964Burgos

Lowest4Zael

Median13244 municipalities

Burgos province25,811History

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	Burgos	12,964	+1.1%
2	Aranda de Duero	2,242	+0.2%
3	Miranda de Ebro	2,042	-0.8%
4	Medina de Pomar	627	-0.2%
5	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	470	+2.8%
6	Briviesca	468	+3.3%
7	Valle de Mena	331	-4.3%
8	Lerma	262	+0.4%
9	Salas de los Infantes	217	+3.3%
10	Villagonzalo Pedernales	204	+1%
11	Belorado	167	-0.6%
12	Espinosa de los Monteros	162	-1.2%
13	Roa	158	-0.6%
14	Villalbilla de Burgos	157	+8.3%
15	Melgar de Fernamental	130	+5.7%
16	Quintanar de la Sierra	118	0%
16	Villadiego	118	+7.3%
18	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	115	+16.2%
18	Cardeñadijo	115	+0.9%
20	Ibeas de Juarros	114	+11.8%
21	Merindad de Río Ubierna	109	+10.1%
21	Villariezo	109	-2.7%
23	Pradoluengo	105	-3.7%
24	Trespaderne	86	+4.9%
25	Arcos	84	-1.2%
26	Castrojeriz	82	+2.5%
27	Cardeñajimeno	81	+5.2%
28	Condado de Treviño	78	-3.7%
28	Sasamón	78	0%
30	Quintanilla Vivar	66	0%
30	Valle de Tobalina	66	-8.3%
32	Castrillo del Val	64	+3.2%
33	Covarrubias	63	+1.6%
33	Huerta de Rey	63	+3.3%
35	Valle de Valdebezana	59	-1.7%
36	Palacios de la Sierra	58	+5.5%
37	Merindad de Montija	57	+1.8%
37	Oña	57	-1.7%
39	Gumiel de Izán	52	+4%
39	Tardajos	52	+8.3%
41	Fuentespina	49	+2.1%
41	Villalmanzo	49	+6.5%
43	Vilviestre del Pinar	48	-5.9%
44	Merindad de Valdeporres	46	-9.8%
45	Hontoria del Pinar	43	0%
45	Merindad de Valdivielso	43	+19.4%
45	Villalba de Duero	43	+2.4%
48	Frías	42	-2.3%
48	Revillarruz	42	+10.5%
48	Valle de Losa	42	-17.6%
51	Modúbar de la Emparedada	41	-18%
52	Fresnillo de las Dueñas	39	-2.5%
52	Milagros	39	+5.4%
52	Santa María del Campo	39	+5.4%
52	Valle de Sedano	39	+5.4%
56	Sotillo de la Ribera	38	+8.6%
57	Cogollos	37	+8.8%
57	La Puebla de Arganzón	37	+2.8%
59	Merindad de Sotoscueva	35	+9.4%
59	Peñaranda de Duero	35	-10.3%
61	Buniel	34	+9.7%
62	Valdorros	33	-5.7%
63	Canicosa de la Sierra	32	+18.5%
63	Castrillo de la Vega	32	-11.1%
63	Cerezo de Río Tirón	32	+3.2%
63	Pancorbo	32	-5.9%
67	Caleruega	31	+19.2%
67	Regumiel de la Sierra	31	-3.1%
69	Arauzo de Miel	30	+7.1%
69	Estépar	30	+3.4%
69	Sarracín	30	+7.1%
72	Carcedo de Burgos	29	+7.4%
72	Madrigalejo del Monte	29	+11.5%
74	Pedrosa de Duero	27	0%
74	Santo Domingo de Silos	27	+3.8%
76	Tórtoles de Esgueva	26	0%
76	Vadocondes	26	+13%
76	Valle de Santibáñez	26	-3.7%
79	Los Balbases	25	+8.7%
79	Sotragero	25	+13.6%
81	Basconcillos del Tozo	23	+9.5%
82	Merindad de Cuesta-Urria	22	+4.8%
82	Quintanilla del Agua y Tordueles	22	0%
82	Torresandino	22	-15.4%
85	La Horra	21	-8.7%
85	Las Quintanillas	21	-8.7%
85	Los Altos	21	+5%
85	Rubena	21	+5%
85	San Mamés de Burgos	21	0%
90	Albillos	20	+11.1%
90	Arlanzón	20	-4.8%
90	Cavia	20	0%
93	Atapuerca	18	-18.2%
93	Gumiel de Mercado	18	+5.9%
93	Poza de la Sal	18	+5.9%
93	Quintana del Pidio	18	-5.3%
93	Rabé de las Calzadas	18	+5.9%
93	Tordómar	18	+12.5%
93	Valle de las Navas	18	0%
93	Valle de Valdelucio	18	-10%
101	Baños de Valdearados	17	0%
101	La Vid y Barrios	17	-10.5%
101	Pampliega	17	+13.3%
101	Quintanaortuño	17	+6.3%
101	Sotresgudo	17	-19%
106	Montorio	16	+14.3%
106	Pedrosa de Río Úrbel	16	+6.7%
106	Pedrosa del Príncipe	16	-5.9%
106	Villanueva de Gumiel	16	-20%
110	Arija	15	0%
110	Fuentelcésped	15	+25%
110	Isar	15	-16.7%
110	Santa Gadea del Cid	15	+15.4%
110	Tubilla del Lago	15	-6.3%
115	Fuentecén	14	+7.7%
115	Saldaña de Burgos	14	-6.7%
117	Anguix	13	0%
117	Olmedillo de Roa	13	-13.3%
117	Villahoz	13	-7.1%
117	Villaquirán de los Infantes	13	-23.5%
117	Villasandino	13	-7.1%
117	Zazuar	13	0%
123	Adrada de Haza	12	0%
123	Ameyugo	12	+9.1%
123	Fresno de Río Tirón	12	-14.3%
123	Hacinas	12	0%
123	Hontoria de Valdearados	12	+9.1%
123	Nava de Roa	12	+20%
123	Revilla Vallejera	12	+33.3%
123	Tubilla del Agua	12	+33.3%
123	Villafruela	12	+9.1%
132	Monasterio de Rodilla	11	-8.3%
132	Moradillo de Roa	11	+22.2%
132	Orbaneja Riopico	11	+10%
132	Villayerno Morquillas	11	0%
136	Barbadillo del Mercado	10	-23.1%
136	Bugedo	10	+25%
136	Campillo de Aranda	10	0%
136	Castrillo de la Reina	10	0%
136	Cayuela	10	-9.1%
136	Salas de Bureba	10	+25%
136	Valle de Valdelaguna	10	-9.1%
136	Villanueva de Argaño	10	0%
136	Villasur de Herreros	10	-9.1%
145	Arenillas de Riopisuerga	9	-18.2%
145	Busto de Bureba	9	0%
145	Cabañes de Esgueva	9	-18.2%
145	Fresneña	9	0%
145	Huérmeces	9	0%
145	Pineda de la Sierra	9	-18.2%
145	Valle de Zamanzas	9	+12.5%
145	Villamayor de los Montes	9	0%
153	Cilleruelo de Abajo	8	0%
153	Hontoria de la Cantera	8	+14.3%
153	Huerta de Arriba	8	+14.3%
153	Los Barrios de Bureba	8	0%
153	Mecerreyes	8	0%
153	Peral de Arlanza	8	-11.1%
153	Pinilla de los Barruecos	8	0%
153	San Adrián de Juarros	8	+14.3%
161	Bahabón de Esgueva	7	0%
161	Berlangas de Roa	7	-22.2%
161	Carazo	7	0%
161	Hortigüela	7	-12.5%
161	Junta de Villalba de Losa	7	0%
161	La Revilla y Ahedo	7	-12.5%
161	Neila	7	0%
161	Pardilla	7	-22.2%
161	Pineda Trasmonte	7	+40%
161	Quemada	7	+16.7%
161	Royuela de Río Franco	7	+40%
161	Valle de Manzanedo	7	-12.5%
161	Villangómez	7	+40%
174	Alfoz de Bricia	6	+20%
174	Alfoz de Santa Gadea	6	-25%
174	Castildelgado	6	0%
174	Ciruelos de Cervera	6	0%
174	Cubo de Bureba	6	0%
174	Hontanas	6	+20%
174	Humada	6	+20%
174	Junta de Traslaloma	6	+50%
174	Jurisdicción de San Zadornil	6	+50%
174	Puentedura	6	0%
174	San Juan del Monte	6	+50%
174	Santa Cecilia	6	+50%
174	Sargentes de la Lora	6	0%
174	Torrecilla del Monte	6	+20%
174	Torregalindo	6	+20%
174	Villaescusa de Roa	6	0%
174	Villafranca Montes de Oca	6	-14.3%
191	Arandilla	5	-44.4%
191	Barbadillo de Herreros	5	0%
191	Celada del Camino	5	0%
191	Coruña del Conde	5	-16.7%
191	Fuentelisendo	5	0%
191	Fuentemolinos	5	0%
191	Fuentenebro	5	-28.6%
191	Hoyales de Roa	5	0%
191	Hurones	5	0%
191	Iglesias	5	0%
191	La Cueva de Roa	5	+25%
191	Madrigal del Monte	5	0%
191	Mambrillas de Lara	5	0%
191	Oquillas	5	0%
191	Padilla de Arriba	5	+25%
191	Palazuelos de la Sierra	5	0%
191	Quintanapalla	5	+25%
191	Quintanilla de la Mata	5	+25%
191	Rabanera del Pinar	5	0%
191	Redecilla del Camino	5	+25%
191	Revilla del Campo	5	+25%
191	San Martín de Rubiales	5	-16.7%
191	Santa Cruz del Valle Urbión	5	n/a
191	Santa María del Mercadillo	5	0%
191	Solarana	5	+25%
191	Valdeande	5	0%
191	Valle de Oca	5	-16.7%
191	Villagalijo	5	0%
191	Villaldemiro	5	0%
220	Berberana	4	-20%
220	Campolara	4	n/a
220	Cardeñuela Riopico	4	n/a
220	Espinosa de Cervera	4	0%
220	Espinosa del Camino	4	0%
220	Fontioso	4	0%
220	Frandovínez	4	0%
220	Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón	4	0%
220	Los Ausines	4	-20%
220	Mambrilla de Castrejón	4	-20%
220	Monasterio de la Sierra	4	0%
220	Quintanavides	4	n/a
220	Rebolledo de la Torre	4	-20%
220	Redecilla del Campo	4	0%
220	Rojas	4	0%
220	Rucandio	4	0%
220	San Millán de Lara	4	0%
220	Santa Cruz de la Salceda	4	-42.9%
220	Úrbel del Castillo	4	-20%
220	Valdezate	4	-20%
220	Villaespasa	4	0%
220	Villambistia	4	n/a
220	Villazopeque	4	0%
220	Viloria de Rioja	4	0%
220	Zael	4	n/a

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. 44 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.

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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 Burgos 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 Burgos 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/burgos-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 Burgos 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/burgos-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 Burgos 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/burgos-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_burgos_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Burgos 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/burgos-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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