Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2018, at 28,472. Artenara had the lowest, at 21. The median was 528 and the figure for Canary Islands was 146,126. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest28,472Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest21Artenara

Median52888 municipalities

Canary Islands146,126History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,472	+2.9%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,176	+2%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,622	+3.2%
4	Arona	6,913	+4.6%
5	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,614	+2.7%
6	Telde	5,520	+1.8%
7	Adeje	5,038	+7.4%
8	Arrecife	4,258	+3.9%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,311	+3.9%
10	Puerto del Rosario	3,104	+5.2%
11	Granadilla de Abona	3,030	+6.8%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,625	+2.4%
13	La Orotava	2,475	+2.1%
14	Tías	2,239	+4.5%
15	La Oliva	2,203	+2%
16	Los Realejos	2,110	+1.4%
17	Mogán	1,975	+4.3%
18	Teguise	1,868	+3.3%
19	Agüimes	1,835	+4.2%
20	San Miguel de Abona	1,786	+10.2%
21	Arucas	1,688	+0.8%
22	Candelaria	1,579	+2.1%
23	Santa Brígida	1,498	+3%
24	El Rosario	1,497	+4.4%
25	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,474	+1.9%
26	Tacoronte	1,446	+3.1%
27	Ingenio	1,412	+1.3%
28	San Bartolomé	1,340	+3.6%
29	Yaiza	1,272	+6.5%
30	Icod de los Vinos	1,257	+2.8%
31	Pájara	1,167	+1.6%
32	Guía de Isora	1,093	+5.6%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,074	+0.9%
34	Gáldar	1,019	-3.5%
35	Güímar	981	+1.9%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	857	+1.5%
37	Tuineje	801	+4.4%
38	Antigua	780	+1.6%
39	Santiago del Teide	710	+4%
40	Tegueste	695	+1.2%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	671	+1.2%
42	Teror	668	+1.7%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	601	+2%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	530	+3.9%
45	El Sauzal	525	+0.4%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	512	+3.9%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	466	+4%
48	Arico	454	+5.1%
49	Breña Alta	436	+3.3%
50	El Paso	427	+2.2%
51	Vega de San Mateo	397	+0.5%
52	Moya	395	-2.9%
53	Tinajo	361	+5.6%
54	Arafo	357	+5.3%
55	Firgas	344	+0.9%
56	Breña Baja	338	-1.2%
57	Valle Gran Rey	328	+6.1%
58	Haría	280	+8.9%
59	Valverde	277	+3.7%
60	La Guancha	259	+7%
61	La Aldea de San Nicolás	235	+3.5%
62	Frontera	232	+6.4%
63	Los Silos	221	+6.8%
64	Villa de Mazo	215	-1.4%
65	Garachico	214	0%
66	San Juan de la Rambla	209	+0.5%
67	Agaete	199	+5.9%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	198	+1%
69	Buenavista del Norte	192	+3.2%
70	Valleseco	175	+3.6%
71	Tazacorte	170	+4.3%
72	Tijarafe	137	+4.6%
73	Vallehermoso	120	+4.3%
74	Vilaflor de Chasna	117	0%
75	El Tanque	113	+0.9%
76	Puntallana	102	+5.2%
77	Puntagorda	96	+3.2%
78	Fasnia	93	+4.5%
79	Hermigua	90	0%
80	Garafía	87	+11.5%
81	Alajeró	84	+6.3%
82	Barlovento	83	-2.4%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	78	+5.4%
84	Tejeda	64	+6.7%
85	El Pinar de El Hierro	62	+6.9%
86	Agulo	42	+2.4%
87	Betancuria	37	+5.7%
88	Artenara	21	+5%

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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 28,472 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 21 in 2018.

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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.