Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2015, at 26,553. Artenara had the lowest, at 17. The median was 501 and the figure for Canary Islands was 132,857. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,553Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest17Artenara

Median50188 municipalities

Canary Islands132,857History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,553	+3.1%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,165	+3.2%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,789	+1.3%
4	Arona	5,924	+6%
5	Telde	5,111	+1.8%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,953	+6.3%
7	Adeje	4,215	+8%
8	Arrecife	3,861	+4.2%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	2,893	+5.2%
10	Puerto del Rosario	2,789	+3.8%
11	Puerto de la Cruz	2,542	+0.8%
12	Granadilla de Abona	2,469	+3.7%
13	La Orotava	2,365	+3.7%
14	Tías	2,024	+3.5%
15	Los Realejos	1,992	+4.3%
16	La Oliva	1,855	+11.9%
17	Mogán	1,773	+2.6%
18	Teguise	1,689	+6.9%
19	Agüimes	1,630	+2.8%
20	Arucas	1,608	+1.5%
21	Candelaria	1,430	+5.5%
22	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,363	+2.9%
23	Santa Brígida	1,356	+2%
24	El Rosario	1,352	+2.3%
25	San Miguel de Abona	1,349	+6.8%
26	Tacoronte	1,347	+2.1%
27	Ingenio	1,290	+4.1%
28	San Bartolomé	1,232	+6.5%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,213	+2.4%
30	Yaiza	1,060	+4.2%
31	Pájara	1,044	+1.1%
32	Santa Úrsula	1,024	+1.7%
33	Gáldar	1,006	+3.1%
34	Guía de Isora	953	+3.5%
35	Güímar	892	-0.3%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	791	+0.1%
37	Antigua	682	+4.1%
38	Tuineje	676	+2.9%
39	Tegueste	651	+1.1%
40	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	632	-1.7%
41	Teror	611	+2.9%
42	Santiago del Teide	587	-0.3%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	567	-1%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	509	+4.1%
45	El Sauzal	493	+1.9%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	450	+0.4%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	443	+6.2%
48	Breña Alta	407	-1.7%
49	Arico	400	+4.2%
50	Moya	386	+1.3%
51	Vega de San Mateo	384	+3.2%
52	El Paso	366	-3.9%
53	Firgas	336	+4%
54	Arafo	328	-0.9%
55	Breña Baja	322	+3.5%
56	Tinajo	313	+3.6%
57	Valle Gran Rey	283	-1.7%
58	Haría	251	+3.7%
58	Valverde	251	0%
60	La Guancha	244	+0.4%
61	La Aldea de San Nicolás	216	-2.7%
61	Villa de Mazo	216	-4%
63	San Juan de la Rambla	206	+4%
64	Buenavista del Norte	197	+2.6%
65	Agaete	194	+3.7%
65	Frontera	194	-9.3%
67	Garachico	190	+0.5%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	187	+0.5%
69	Los Silos	182	+5.8%
70	Valleseco	159	+4.6%
71	Tazacorte	151	+2%
72	Tijarafe	121	-2.4%
73	El Tanque	115	+6.5%
73	Vallehermoso	115	-2.5%
73	Vilaflor de Chasna	115	+8.5%
76	Puntallana	96	-3%
77	Hermigua	90	+4.7%
78	Fasnia	79	+12.9%
79	Barlovento	78	-6%
80	Puntagorda	73	+2.8%
81	Fuencaliente de la Palma	72	+10.8%
82	Garafía	70	+2.9%
83	Alajeró	68	+6.3%
84	Tejeda	59	-3.3%
85	Agulo	44	+15.8%
86	El Pinar de El Hierro	43	+13.2%
87	Betancuria	36	+20%
88	Artenara	17	+6.3%

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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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 26,553 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 17 in 2015.

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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.