Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2022, at 28,833. Artenara had the lowest, at 22. The median was 554 and the figure for Canary Islands was 151,846. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest28,833Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest22Artenara

Median55488 municipalities

Canary Islands151,846History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	28,833	+1.1%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	16,530	+2.3%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	10,085	+2.6%
4	Arona	7,123	+4%
5	Telde	5,806	+2%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,575	+3.5%
7	Adeje	5,292	+5.5%
8	Arrecife	4,351	+1.7%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,542	+2.3%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,356	+4.7%
11	Puerto del Rosario	3,191	+2.5%
12	Puerto de la Cruz	2,664	+3.4%
13	La Oliva	2,660	+9.4%
14	La Orotava	2,591	+2.1%
15	Los Realejos	2,229	+2.9%
16	Tías	2,117	+2.2%
17	San Miguel de Abona	2,007	+4.9%
18	Teguise	1,967	+3.1%
19	Agüimes	1,911	+2.3%
20	Mogán	1,864	+1.9%
21	Arucas	1,854	+3.5%
22	Candelaria	1,639	-1.3%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,629	+2.6%
24	El Rosario	1,525	+1.8%
25	Tacoronte	1,501	+2.3%
26	Ingenio	1,485	+2.5%
27	Santa Brígida	1,469	+1%
28	San Bartolomé	1,377	+1.5%
29	Icod de los Vinos	1,365	+2.5%
30	Yaiza	1,281	+3.4%
31	Guía de Isora	1,181	+5.3%
32	Pájara	1,172	+4.9%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,136	+1.5%
34	Güímar	1,079	+2.8%
35	Gáldar	1,045	+0.3%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	891	+2.4%
37	Antigua	875	+3.8%
38	Tuineje	841	+5.3%
39	Santiago del Teide	775	+2.5%
40	Tegueste	729	+4.4%
41	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	688	-0.9%
42	Teror	685	+5.7%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	640	+2.7%
44	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	569	+0.5%
45	El Sauzal	539	+1.1%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	524	+1.2%
47	El Paso	518	+3.4%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	506	+6.5%
49	Breña Alta	459	+0.9%
50	Vega de San Mateo	436	+1.6%
51	Moya	422	+6%
52	Arico	421	+1%
53	Tinajo	409	+4.6%
54	Firgas	393	+4.8%
55	Arafo	379	+2.4%
56	Valle Gran Rey	366	+4%
57	Breña Baja	348	+0.9%
58	Haría	316	+2.9%
59	Valverde	297	+4.6%
60	La Guancha	289	+1.8%
61	Frontera	264	+3.1%
62	Villa de Mazo	256	+6.2%
63	La Aldea de San Nicolás	244	+1.2%
64	Garachico	241	+3.9%
65	Agaete	236	+6.3%
66	Los Silos	229	+5.5%
67	Buenavista del Norte	220	-0.5%
68	San Juan de la Rambla	218	-2.2%
69	San Andrés y Sauces	214	+4.9%
70	Tazacorte	201	+9.2%
71	Tijarafe	181	+4%
72	Valleseco	151	-2.6%
73	Puntagorda	133	+13.7%
74	Puntallana	129	+7.5%
75	Vallehermoso	128	+8.5%
76	El Tanque	121	-2.4%
77	Fasnia	112	-1.8%
78	Vilaflor de Chasna	111	+2.8%
79	Garafía	101	-1%
79	Hermigua	101	+4.1%
81	Barlovento	97	0%
82	Alajeró	86	-2.3%
83	El Pinar de El Hierro	77	+1.3%
84	Fuencaliente de la Palma	74	-5.1%
85	Tejeda	69	+6.2%
86	Agulo	43	-2.3%
87	Betancuria	40	+8.1%
88	Artenara	22	-8.3%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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, 2022}},
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  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=2022. 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 28,833 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 22 in 2022.

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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.