Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2017, at 27,658. Artenara had the lowest, at 20. The median was 517 and the figure for Canary Islands was 141,595. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest27,658Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest20Artenara

Median51788 municipalities

Canary Islands141,595History

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	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	27,658	+3.3%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,858	+2.8%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,327	+3.7%
4	Arona	6,607	+6.6%
5	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,468	+4.9%
6	Telde	5,420	+4.3%
7	Adeje	4,689	+7.8%
8	Arrecife	4,099	+4.2%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,188	+5.4%
10	Puerto del Rosario	2,950	+4.4%
11	Granadilla de Abona	2,837	+7.6%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,564	+0.5%
13	La Orotava	2,423	+1.4%
14	La Oliva	2,160	+8.5%
15	Tías	2,143	+3.8%
16	Los Realejos	2,080	+2.1%
17	Mogán	1,893	+7%
18	Teguise	1,808	+4.2%
19	Agüimes	1,761	+4.1%
20	Arucas	1,675	+1.5%
21	San Miguel de Abona	1,620	+9.6%
22	Candelaria	1,546	+6.6%
23	Santa Brígida	1,454	+6.1%
24	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,446	+3.1%
25	El Rosario	1,434	+4%
26	Tacoronte	1,402	+4.4%
27	Ingenio	1,394	+6.3%
28	San Bartolomé	1,294	+4.2%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,223	+0.1%
30	Yaiza	1,194	+5.9%
31	Pájara	1,149	+6%
32	Santa Úrsula	1,064	+5.7%
33	Gáldar	1,056	+4.7%
34	Guía de Isora	1,035	+4.8%
35	Güímar	963	+3.3%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	844	+3.4%
37	Antigua	768	+6.7%
38	Tuineje	767	+7.3%
39	Tegueste	687	+6.7%
40	Santiago del Teide	683	+9.3%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	663	+3.4%
42	Teror	657	+2.8%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	589	+3.3%
44	El Sauzal	523	+3.4%
45	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	510	+2.4%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	493	+5.8%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	448	+2.3%
48	Arico	432	+3.1%
49	Breña Alta	422	-1.2%
50	El Paso	418	+8.9%
51	Moya	407	+8%
52	Vega de San Mateo	395	+3.9%
53	Breña Baja	342	+5.9%
53	Tinajo	342	+0.9%
55	Firgas	341	+2.1%
56	Arafo	339	+3%
57	Valle Gran Rey	309	+2.7%
58	Valverde	267	+4.7%
59	Haría	257	+0.8%
60	La Guancha	242	-3.2%
61	La Aldea de San Nicolás	227	+3.7%
62	Frontera	218	+10.7%
62	Villa de Mazo	218	+5.8%
64	Garachico	214	+8.1%
65	San Juan de la Rambla	208	-0.5%
66	Los Silos	207	+1.5%
67	San Andrés y Sauces	196	+0.5%
68	Agaete	188	-2.1%
69	Buenavista del Norte	186	+0.5%
70	Valleseco	169	-1.2%
71	Tazacorte	163	+3.2%
72	Tijarafe	131	+10.1%
73	Vilaflor de Chasna	117	+0.9%
74	Vallehermoso	115	+0.9%
75	El Tanque	112	+0.9%
76	Puntallana	97	+1%
77	Puntagorda	93	+12%
78	Hermigua	90	+1.1%
79	Fasnia	89	-4.3%
80	Barlovento	85	+6.3%
81	Alajeró	79	+8.2%
82	Garafía	78	+4%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	74	+5.7%
84	Tejeda	60	+11.1%
85	El Pinar de El Hierro	58	+18.4%
86	Agulo	41	+13.9%
87	Betancuria	35	-7.9%
88	Artenara	20	-4.8%

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, 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 Canary Islands 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/canary-islands-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 Canary Islands 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/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2017.

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BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands 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/canary-islands-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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 27,658 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 20 in 2017.

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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.