Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2014, at 25,761. Artenara had the lowest, at 16. The median was 487 and the figure for Canary Islands was 128,518. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,761Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest16Artenara

Median48788 municipalities

Canary Islands128,518History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,761	-1.8%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	14,701	-2.5%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,677	-1.4%
4	Arona	5,590	+0.6%
5	Telde	5,022	-0.3%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,660	-0.3%
7	Adeje	3,903	+3.4%
8	Arrecife	3,706	-0.7%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	2,751	-3.1%
10	Puerto del Rosario	2,686	-0.9%
11	Puerto de la Cruz	2,522	-0.6%
12	Granadilla de Abona	2,380	+0.3%
13	La Orotava	2,281	+0.9%
14	Tías	1,956	+1.5%
15	Los Realejos	1,910	-0.6%
16	Mogán	1,728	+4.5%
17	La Oliva	1,657	+3.8%
18	Agüimes	1,585	-3%
18	Arucas	1,585	-2.3%
20	Teguise	1,580	+2.6%
21	Candelaria	1,355	-3.2%
22	Santa Brígida	1,329	-0.7%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,324	-3.7%
24	El Rosario	1,321	+1.6%
25	Tacoronte	1,319	+0.7%
26	San Miguel de Abona	1,263	+0.9%
27	Ingenio	1,239	-3.7%
28	Icod de los Vinos	1,185	-1.4%
29	San Bartolomé	1,157	+1%
30	Pájara	1,033	+3.1%
31	Yaiza	1,017	+4.8%
32	Santa Úrsula	1,007	+0.5%
33	Gáldar	976	-3.2%
34	Guía de Isora	921	+1.3%
35	Güímar	895	+1.7%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	790	-0.9%
37	Tuineje	657	+2.3%
38	Antigua	655	+1.4%
39	Tegueste	644	+1.1%
40	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	643	+1.1%
41	Teror	594	-5.9%
42	Santiago del Teide	589	+2.3%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	573	-0.5%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	489	+1.7%
45	El Sauzal	484	+1%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	448	+2.3%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	417	+1.2%
48	Breña Alta	414	-0.5%
49	Arico	384	+0.3%
50	El Paso	381	-5.7%
50	Moya	381	-4%
52	Vega de San Mateo	372	-2.1%
53	Arafo	331	+2.5%
54	Firgas	323	-1.5%
55	Breña Baja	311	+1%
56	Tinajo	302	+1%
57	Valle Gran Rey	288	-5.3%
58	Valverde	251	-7.7%
59	La Guancha	243	+7%
60	Haría	242	-0.4%
61	Villa de Mazo	225	0%
62	La Aldea de San Nicolás	222	-0.9%
63	Frontera	214	-8.9%
64	San Juan de la Rambla	198	-4.3%
65	Buenavista del Norte	192	+1.1%
66	Garachico	189	+2.2%
67	Agaete	187	-4.6%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	186	-2.6%
69	Los Silos	172	-5%
70	Valleseco	152	+0.7%
71	Tazacorte	148	-9.8%
72	Tijarafe	124	-5.3%
73	Vallehermoso	118	+2.6%
74	El Tanque	108	+2.9%
75	Vilaflor de Chasna	106	0%
76	Puntallana	99	-9.2%
77	Hermigua	86	-1.1%
78	Barlovento	83	-8.8%
79	Puntagorda	71	-4.1%
80	Fasnia	70	-5.4%
81	Garafía	68	+7.9%
82	Fuencaliente de la Palma	65	-15.6%
83	Alajeró	64	-5.9%
84	Tejeda	61	-1.6%
85	Agulo	38	-24%
85	El Pinar de El Hierro	38	+22.6%
87	Betancuria	30	-14.3%
88	Artenara	16	-15.8%

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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2014,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2014}},
  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?period=2014. 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 25,761 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 16 in 2014.

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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.