Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2019, at 29,119. Artenara had the lowest, at 17. The median was 554 and the figure for Canary Islands was 151,661. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest29,119Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest17Artenara

Median55488 municipalities

Canary Islands151,661History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	29,119	+2.3%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,627	+2.8%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,999	+3.9%
4	Arona	7,238	+4.7%
5	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,793	+3.2%
6	Telde	5,658	+2.5%
7	Adeje	5,206	+3.3%
8	Arrecife	4,451	+4.5%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,438	+3.8%
10	Puerto del Rosario	3,303	+6.4%
11	Granadilla de Abona	3,240	+6.9%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,694	+2.6%
13	La Orotava	2,612	+5.5%
14	La Oliva	2,382	+8.1%
15	Tías	2,259	+0.9%
16	Los Realejos	2,224	+5.4%
17	Mogán	2,040	+3.3%
18	Teguise	1,971	+5.5%
19	San Miguel de Abona	1,892	+5.9%
20	Agüimes	1,876	+2.2%
21	Arucas	1,788	+5.9%
22	Candelaria	1,655	+4.8%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,582	+7.3%
24	El Rosario	1,570	+4.9%
25	Santa Brígida	1,515	+1.1%
26	Tacoronte	1,487	+2.8%
27	Ingenio	1,469	+4%
28	San Bartolomé	1,421	+6%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,340	+6.6%
30	Yaiza	1,309	+2.9%
31	Pájara	1,195	+2.4%
32	Guía de Isora	1,166	+6.7%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,118	+4.1%
34	Gáldar	1,060	+4%
35	Güímar	1,041	+6.1%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	879	+2.6%
37	Antigua	845	+8.3%
38	Tuineje	843	+5.2%
39	Santiago del Teide	745	+4.9%
40	Tegueste	739	+6.3%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	694	+3.4%
42	Teror	681	+1.9%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	634	+5.5%
44	El Sauzal	556	+5.9%
45	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	552	+4.2%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	533	+4.1%
47	La Victoria de Acentejo	476	+2.1%
48	El Paso	463	+8.4%
49	Breña Alta	446	+2.3%
50	Vega de San Mateo	421	+6%
51	Moya	405	+2.5%
52	Tinajo	398	+10.2%
53	Arico	392	-13.7%
54	Arafo	378	+5.9%
55	Firgas	353	+2.6%
56	Valle Gran Rey	351	+7%
57	Breña Baja	344	+1.8%
58	Haría	305	+8.9%
59	Valverde	293	+5.8%
60	La Guancha	273	+5.4%
61	La Aldea de San Nicolás	262	+11.5%
62	Frontera	251	+8.2%
63	Villa de Mazo	243	+13%
64	Los Silos	229	+3.6%
65	Garachico	222	+3.7%
66	Agaete	219	+10.1%
67	Buenavista del Norte	216	+12.5%
68	San Juan de la Rambla	207	-1%
69	San Andrés y Sauces	203	+2.5%
70	Tazacorte	183	+7.6%
71	Valleseco	167	-4.6%
72	Tijarafe	143	+4.4%
73	Vilaflor de Chasna	128	+9.4%
74	Vallehermoso	123	+2.5%
75	El Tanque	121	+7.1%
76	Puntallana	115	+12.7%
77	Puntagorda	106	+10.4%
78	Fasnia	103	+10.8%
79	Barlovento	94	+13.3%
79	Garafía	94	+8%
79	Hermigua	94	+4.4%
82	Alajeró	84	0%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	82	+5.1%
84	El Pinar de El Hierro	73	+17.7%
85	Tejeda	64	0%
86	Agulo	44	+4.8%
87	Betancuria	37	0%
88	Artenara	17	-19%

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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 29,119 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 17 in 2019.

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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.