Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2023, at 25,337. Artenara had the lowest, at 22. The median was 546 and the figure for Canary Islands was 139,245. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,337Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest22Artenara

Median54688 municipalities

Canary Islands139,245History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,337	-12.1%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	14,781	-10.6%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,158	-9.2%
4	Arona	6,421	-9.9%
5	Telde	5,432	-6.4%
6	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	4,911	-11.9%
7	Adeje	4,900	-7.4%
8	Arrecife	3,772	-13.3%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,348	-5.5%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,192	-4.9%
11	Puerto del Rosario	2,767	-13.3%
12	La Oliva	2,616	-1.7%
13	La Orotava	2,457	-5.2%
14	Puerto de la Cruz	2,377	-10.8%
15	Los Realejos	2,116	-5.1%
16	Teguise	1,961	-0.3%
17	Tías	1,921	-9.3%
18	Agüimes	1,839	-3.8%
19	San Miguel de Abona	1,795	-10.6%
20	Arucas	1,788	-3.6%
21	Mogán	1,657	-11.1%
22	Candelaria	1,517	-7.4%
23	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,511	-7.2%
24	El Rosario	1,426	-6.5%
25	Tacoronte	1,408	-6.2%
26	Ingenio	1,399	-5.8%
27	Santa Brígida	1,351	-8%
28	Icod de los Vinos	1,296	-5.1%
29	San Bartolomé	1,295	-6%
30	Yaiza	1,244	-2.9%
31	Guía de Isora	1,146	-3%
32	Pájara	1,078	-8%
33	Santa Úrsula	1,058	-6.9%
34	Güímar	1,054	-2.3%
35	Gáldar	1,001	-4.2%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	824	-7.5%
37	Antigua	820	-6.3%
38	Tuineje	766	-8.9%
39	Santiago del Teide	758	-2.2%
40	Tegueste	701	-3.8%
41	Teror	682	-0.4%
42	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	659	-4.2%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	607	-5.2%
44	El Sauzal	552	+2.4%
45	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	540	-5.1%
46	El Paso	532	+2.7%
47	La Matanza de Acentejo	508	-3.1%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	463	-8.5%
49	Breña Alta	444	-3.3%
50	Arico	436	+3.6%
51	Moya	415	-1.7%
52	Tinajo	411	+0.5%
53	Vega de San Mateo	408	-6.4%
54	Arafo	389	+2.6%
55	Firgas	388	-1.3%
56	Valle Gran Rey	374	+2.2%
57	Breña Baja	349	+0.3%
58	Haría	312	-1.3%
59	Valverde	286	-3.7%
60	La Guancha	273	-5.5%
61	Frontera	266	+0.8%
62	Villa de Mazo	265	+3.5%
63	Agaete	240	+1.7%
63	La Aldea de San Nicolás	240	-1.6%
65	Garachico	239	-0.8%
66	Los Silos	223	-2.6%
67	Buenavista del Norte	216	-1.8%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	204	-4.7%
69	Tijarafe	196	+8.3%
70	San Juan de la Rambla	193	-11.5%
71	Tazacorte	187	-7%
72	Valleseco	153	+1.3%
73	Puntagorda	138	+3.8%
73	Puntallana	138	+7%
75	Vallehermoso	124	-3.1%
76	Fasnia	115	+2.7%
77	El Tanque	108	-10.7%
78	Vilaflor de Chasna	105	-5.4%
79	Garafía	89	-11.9%
80	Hermigua	88	-12.9%
81	El Pinar de El Hierro	86	+11.7%
82	Alajeró	84	-2.3%
82	Fuencaliente de la Palma	84	+13.5%
84	Barlovento	83	-14.4%
85	Tejeda	65	-5.8%
86	Agulo	34	-20.9%
87	Betancuria	33	-17.5%
88	Artenara	22	0%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
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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=2023. 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 25,337 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 22 in 2023.

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