Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2021, at 28,522. Artenara had the lowest, at 24. The median was 550 and the figure for Canary Islands was 147,999. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest28,522Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest24Artenara

Median55088 municipalities

Canary Islands147,999History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,522	-2.8%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,157	-2.5%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,827	-2%
4	Arona	6,847	-5.1%
5	Telde	5,691	-1.8%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,385	-5.4%
7	Adeje	5,014	-5%
8	Arrecife	4,280	-4.7%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,462	-2%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,204	-3.2%
11	Puerto del Rosario	3,113	-3.9%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,577	-4.6%
13	La Orotava	2,538	-1.8%
14	La Oliva	2,432	-0.3%
15	Los Realejos	2,166	-3.2%
16	Tías	2,072	-6.9%
17	San Miguel de Abona	1,913	-3%
18	Teguise	1,907	-4.1%
19	Agüimes	1,868	-1.5%
20	Mogán	1,830	-7.8%
21	Arucas	1,791	-1.7%
22	Candelaria	1,661	-3.3%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,587	-3.3%
24	El Rosario	1,498	-5.3%
25	Tacoronte	1,467	-0.9%
26	Santa Brígida	1,454	-3.8%
27	Ingenio	1,449	-1.8%
28	San Bartolomé	1,356	-3.4%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,332	-1.7%
30	Yaiza	1,239	-7.5%
31	Guía de Isora	1,122	-4.5%
32	Santa Úrsula	1,119	-1.1%
33	Pájara	1,117	-6.4%
34	Güímar	1,050	-2.7%
35	Gáldar	1,042	-2.9%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	870	-2.2%
37	Antigua	843	-1.3%
38	Tuineje	799	-6.7%
39	Santiago del Teide	756	-1.3%
40	Tegueste	698	-3.7%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	694	+0.9%
42	Teror	648	-3.3%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	623	-2.5%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	566	-1.2%
45	El Sauzal	533	-5.2%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	518	-2.3%
47	El Paso	501	+1%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	475	-2.5%
49	Breña Alta	455	-2.4%
50	Vega de San Mateo	429	-0.2%
51	Arico	417	+2.5%
52	Moya	398	-0.7%
53	Tinajo	391	-5.1%
54	Firgas	375	+5%
55	Arafo	370	-1.3%
56	Valle Gran Rey	352	-1.4%
57	Breña Baja	345	-2.5%
58	Haría	307	-5.8%
59	La Guancha	284	-1.7%
59	Valverde	284	-5.6%
61	Frontera	256	-0.4%
62	La Aldea de San Nicolás	241	-5.9%
62	Villa de Mazo	241	-4.4%
64	Garachico	232	-1.3%
65	San Juan de la Rambla	223	+2.8%
66	Agaete	222	-1.3%
67	Buenavista del Norte	221	-3.1%
68	Los Silos	217	-2.3%
69	San Andrés y Sauces	204	+2%
70	Tazacorte	184	-6.6%
71	Tijarafe	174	+8.8%
72	Valleseco	155	-4.9%
73	El Tanque	124	+0.8%
74	Puntallana	120	+8.1%
75	Vallehermoso	118	-4.1%
76	Puntagorda	117	-1.7%
77	Fasnia	114	+7.5%
78	Vilaflor de Chasna	108	-10%
79	Garafía	102	-4.7%
80	Barlovento	97	+4.3%
80	Hermigua	97	-2%
82	Alajeró	88	+1.1%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	78	-2.5%
84	El Pinar de El Hierro	76	-9.5%
85	Tejeda	65	-3%
86	Agulo	44	+7.3%
87	Betancuria	37	+2.8%
88	Artenara	24	+26.3%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2021}},
  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=2021. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 28,522 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 24 in 2021.

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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.