Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2016, at 26,782. Artenara had the lowest, at 21. The median was 502 and the figure for Canary Islands was 135,909. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest26,782Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest21Artenara

Median50288 municipalities

Canary Islands135,909History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	26,782	+0.9%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,432	+1.8%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	8,994	+2.3%
4	Arona	6,197	+4.6%
5	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,212	+5.2%
6	Telde	5,196	+1.7%
7	Adeje	4,349	+3.2%
8	Arrecife	3,932	+1.8%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,025	+4.6%
10	Puerto del Rosario	2,827	+1.4%
11	Granadilla de Abona	2,636	+6.8%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,552	+0.4%
13	La Orotava	2,389	+1%
14	Tías	2,065	+2%
15	Los Realejos	2,037	+2.3%
16	La Oliva	1,990	+7.3%
17	Mogán	1,769	-0.2%
18	Teguise	1,735	+2.7%
19	Agüimes	1,691	+3.7%
20	Arucas	1,651	+2.7%
21	San Miguel de Abona	1,478	+9.6%
22	Candelaria	1,450	+1.4%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,402	+2.9%
24	El Rosario	1,379	+2%
25	Santa Brígida	1,371	+1.1%
26	Tacoronte	1,343	-0.3%
27	Ingenio	1,311	+1.6%
28	San Bartolomé	1,242	+0.8%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,222	+0.7%
30	Yaiza	1,128	+6.4%
31	Pájara	1,084	+3.8%
32	Gáldar	1,009	+0.3%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,007	-1.7%
34	Guía de Isora	988	+3.7%
35	Güímar	932	+4.5%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	816	+3.2%
37	Antigua	720	+5.6%
38	Tuineje	715	+5.8%
39	Tegueste	644	-1.1%
40	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	641	+1.4%
41	Teror	639	+4.6%
42	Santiago del Teide	625	+6.5%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	570	+0.5%
44	El Sauzal	506	+2.6%
45	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	498	-2.2%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	466	+3.6%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	438	-1.1%
48	Breña Alta	427	+4.9%
49	Arico	419	+4.8%
50	El Paso	384	+4.9%
51	Vega de San Mateo	380	-1%
52	Moya	377	-2.3%
53	Tinajo	339	+8.3%
54	Firgas	334	-0.6%
55	Arafo	329	+0.3%
56	Breña Baja	323	+0.3%
57	Valle Gran Rey	301	+6.4%
58	Haría	255	+1.6%
58	Valverde	255	+1.6%
60	La Guancha	250	+2.5%
61	La Aldea de San Nicolás	219	+1.4%
62	San Juan de la Rambla	209	+1.5%
63	Villa de Mazo	206	-4.6%
64	Los Silos	204	+12.1%
65	Garachico	198	+4.2%
66	Frontera	197	+1.5%
67	San Andrés y Sauces	195	+4.3%
68	Agaete	192	-1%
69	Buenavista del Norte	185	-6.1%
70	Valleseco	171	+7.5%
71	Tazacorte	158	+4.6%
72	Tijarafe	119	-1.7%
73	Vilaflor de Chasna	116	+0.9%
74	Vallehermoso	114	-0.9%
75	El Tanque	111	-3.5%
76	Puntallana	96	0%
77	Fasnia	93	+17.7%
78	Hermigua	89	-1.1%
79	Puntagorda	83	+13.7%
80	Barlovento	80	+2.6%
81	Garafía	75	+7.1%
82	Alajeró	73	+7.4%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	70	-2.8%
84	Tejeda	54	-8.5%
85	El Pinar de El Hierro	49	+14%
86	Betancuria	38	+5.6%
87	Agulo	36	-18.2%
88	Artenara	21	+23.5%

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.

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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 Canary Islands by active companies, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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 26,782 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 21 in 2016.

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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.