Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2025

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2025, at 26,003. Artenara had the lowest, at 21. The median was 567 and the figure for Canary Islands was 146,001. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,003Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest21Artenara

Median56788 municipalities

Canary Islands146,001History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,003	+1.6%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,440	+2.9%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,394	+0.8%
4	Arona	6,771	+2.9%
5	Telde	5,640	+3.4%
6	Adeje	5,342	+2.9%
7	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,203	+2.8%
8	Arrecife	4,153	+3.9%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,594	+3.5%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,437	+4.1%
11	Puerto del Rosario	3,027	+3.8%
12	La Oliva	2,904	+5%
13	La Orotava	2,538	+0.7%
14	Puerto de la Cruz	2,478	+2.4%
15	Los Realejos	2,193	+1.1%
16	Teguise	2,026	+3.1%
17	Tías	2,009	+2.5%
18	San Miguel de Abona	1,956	+3.5%
19	Agüimes	1,911	+1.8%
20	Arucas	1,813	-0.3%
21	Mogán	1,740	+3.1%
22	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,601	+2.2%
23	Candelaria	1,557	+3.1%
24	El Rosario	1,450	+1.3%
25	Ingenio	1,443	+0.2%
26	Tacoronte	1,389	-0.8%
27	Icod de los Vinos	1,374	+2.6%
27	Santa Brígida	1,374	+2.8%
29	Yaiza	1,366	+6.8%
30	San Bartolomé	1,340	+4%
31	Guía de Isora	1,236	+4.9%
32	Güímar	1,147	+2.9%
33	Pájara	1,133	+2.9%
34	Santa Úrsula	1,109	+1%
35	Gáldar	1,054	+5.8%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	863	+1.2%
37	Antigua	853	0%
38	Santiago del Teide	845	+3.4%
38	Tuineje	845	+8.2%
40	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	699	+1.3%
41	Tegueste	685	+1.5%
41	Teror	685	-0.4%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	601	-0.5%
44	El Paso	567	+0.7%
44	El Sauzal	567	+5%
46	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	556	+6.9%
47	La Matanza de Acentejo	536	+2.5%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	491	+3.4%
49	Arico	490	+4.9%
50	Breña Alta	485	+3.6%
51	Tinajo	455	+5.3%
52	Moya	422	+1.2%
53	Vega de San Mateo	416	-0.5%
54	Arafo	412	+2.2%
55	Firgas	392	+0.5%
56	Valle Gran Rey	388	+0.5%
57	Breña Baja	385	+9.1%
58	Haría	335	+3.7%
59	Valverde	312	+4%
60	La Guancha	288	+2.5%
61	Frontera	277	+1.8%
62	Villa de Mazo	276	+4.2%
63	Agaete	251	+1.6%
64	Garachico	249	+5.5%
65	La Aldea de San Nicolás	243	-1.6%
66	Los Silos	231	+2.2%
67	Tijarafe	224	+16.7%
68	Buenavista del Norte	212	-3.2%
69	Tazacorte	206	+5.1%
70	San Andrés y Sauces	196	-1.5%
71	San Juan de la Rambla	189	-1.6%
72	Valleseco	166	0%
73	Puntagorda	151	-0.7%
74	Puntallana	149	+4.2%
75	Fasnia	134	+7.2%
76	El Tanque	129	+1.6%
77	Vallehermoso	127	+5%
78	Vilaflor de Chasna	121	+12%
79	Fuencaliente de la Palma	109	+18.5%
80	Hermigua	107	+7%
81	El Pinar de El Hierro	103	+5.1%
82	Garafía	99	+4.2%
83	Barlovento	91	-2.2%
84	Alajeró	86	+2.4%
85	Tejeda	61	+3.4%
86	Agulo	40	+14.3%
87	Betancuria	35	+6.1%
88	Artenara	21	+5%

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. 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 Canary Islands by active companies, 2025) [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 Canary Islands by active companies, 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities. 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 Canary Islands by active companies, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities (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 Canary Islands by active companies, 2025}},
  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/canary-islands-municipalities. 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?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 26,003 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 21 in 2025.

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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.