Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2020, at 29,351. Artenara had the lowest, at 19. The median was 568 and the figure for Canary Islands was 152,756. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest29,351Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest19Artenara

Median56888 municipalities

Canary Islands152,756History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	29,351	+0.8%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,577	-0.3%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	10,029	+0.3%
4	Arona	7,213	-0.3%
5	Telde	5,793	+2.4%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,691	-1.8%
7	Adeje	5,278	+1.4%
8	Arrecife	4,489	+0.9%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,534	+2.8%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,310	+2.2%
11	Puerto del Rosario	3,240	-1.9%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,700	+0.2%
13	La Orotava	2,585	-1%
14	La Oliva	2,439	+2.4%
15	Los Realejos	2,237	+0.6%
16	Tías	2,225	-1.5%
17	Teguise	1,989	+0.9%
18	Mogán	1,985	-2.7%
19	San Miguel de Abona	1,973	+4.3%
20	Agüimes	1,897	+1.1%
21	Arucas	1,822	+1.9%
22	Candelaria	1,718	+3.8%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,641	+3.7%
24	El Rosario	1,582	+0.8%
25	Santa Brígida	1,512	-0.2%
26	Tacoronte	1,481	-0.4%
27	Ingenio	1,475	+0.4%
28	San Bartolomé	1,404	-1.2%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,355	+1.1%
30	Yaiza	1,340	+2.4%
31	Pájara	1,194	-0.1%
32	Guía de Isora	1,175	+0.8%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,132	+1.3%
34	Güímar	1,079	+3.7%
35	Gáldar	1,073	+1.2%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	890	+1.3%
37	Tuineje	856	+1.5%
38	Antigua	854	+1.1%
39	Santiago del Teide	766	+2.8%
40	Tegueste	725	-1.9%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	688	-0.9%
42	Teror	670	-1.6%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	639	+0.8%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	573	+3.8%
45	El Sauzal	562	+1.1%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	530	-0.6%
47	El Paso	496	+7.1%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	487	+2.3%
49	Breña Alta	466	+4.5%
50	Vega de San Mateo	430	+2.1%
51	Tinajo	412	+3.5%
52	Arico	407	+3.8%
53	Moya	401	-1%
54	Arafo	375	-0.8%
55	Firgas	357	+1.1%
55	Valle Gran Rey	357	+1.7%
57	Breña Baja	354	+2.9%
58	Haría	326	+6.9%
59	Valverde	301	+2.7%
60	La Guancha	289	+5.9%
61	Frontera	257	+2.4%
62	La Aldea de San Nicolás	256	-2.3%
63	Villa de Mazo	252	+3.7%
64	Garachico	235	+5.9%
65	Buenavista del Norte	228	+5.6%
66	Agaete	225	+2.7%
67	Los Silos	222	-3.1%
68	San Juan de la Rambla	217	+4.8%
69	San Andrés y Sauces	200	-1.5%
70	Tazacorte	197	+7.7%
71	Valleseco	163	-2.4%
72	Tijarafe	160	+11.9%
73	El Tanque	123	+1.7%
73	Vallehermoso	123	0%
75	Vilaflor de Chasna	120	-6.3%
76	Puntagorda	119	+12.3%
77	Puntallana	111	-3.5%
78	Garafía	107	+13.8%
79	Fasnia	106	+2.9%
80	Hermigua	99	+5.3%
81	Barlovento	93	-1.1%
82	Alajeró	87	+3.6%
83	El Pinar de El Hierro	84	+15.1%
84	Fuencaliente de la Palma	80	-2.4%
85	Tejeda	67	+4.7%
86	Agulo	41	-6.8%
87	Betancuria	36	-2.7%
88	Artenara	19	+11.8%

Other periods

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

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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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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 29,351 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 19 in 2020.

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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.