Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had the highest active companies of 88 municipalities in 2024, at 25,583. Artenara had the lowest, at 20. The median was 552 and the figure for Canary Islands was 142,398. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest25,583Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Lowest20Artenara

Median55288 municipalities

Canary Islands142,398History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	25,583	+1%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	15,006	+1.5%
3	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	9,320	+1.8%
4	Arona	6,577	+2.4%
5	Telde	5,457	+0.5%
6	Adeje	5,189	+5.9%
7	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	5,061	+3.1%
8	Arrecife	3,998	+6%
9	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	3,472	+3.7%
10	Granadilla de Abona	3,302	+3.4%
11	Puerto del Rosario	2,915	+5.3%
12	La Oliva	2,765	+5.7%
13	La Orotava	2,520	+2.6%
14	Puerto de la Cruz	2,421	+1.9%
15	Los Realejos	2,170	+2.6%
16	Teguise	1,966	+0.3%
17	Tías	1,960	+2%
18	San Miguel de Abona	1,890	+5.3%
19	Agüimes	1,878	+2.1%
20	Arucas	1,818	+1.7%
21	Mogán	1,688	+1.9%
22	Los Llanos de Aridane	1,567	+3.7%
23	Candelaria	1,510	-0.5%
24	Ingenio	1,440	+2.9%
25	El Rosario	1,431	+0.4%
26	Tacoronte	1,400	-0.6%
27	Icod de los Vinos	1,339	+3.3%
28	Santa Brígida	1,337	-1%
29	San Bartolomé	1,289	-0.5%
30	Yaiza	1,279	+2.8%
31	Guía de Isora	1,178	+2.8%
32	Güímar	1,115	+5.8%
33	Pájara	1,101	+2.1%
34	Santa Úrsula	1,098	+3.8%
35	Gáldar	996	-0.5%
36	Antigua	853	+4%
36	Santa Cruz de la Palma	853	+3.5%
38	Santiago del Teide	817	+7.8%
39	Tuineje	781	+2%
40	Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria	690	+4.7%
41	Teror	688	+0.9%
42	Tegueste	675	-3.7%
43	San Sebastián de la Gomera	604	-0.5%
44	El Paso	563	+5.8%
45	El Sauzal	540	-2.2%
46	La Matanza de Acentejo	523	+3%
47	Valsequillo de Gran Canaria	520	-3.7%
48	La Victoria de Acentejo	475	+2.6%
49	Breña Alta	468	+5.4%
50	Arico	467	+7.1%
51	Tinajo	432	+5.1%
52	Vega de San Mateo	418	+2.5%
53	Moya	417	+0.5%
54	Arafo	403	+3.6%
55	Firgas	390	+0.5%
56	Valle Gran Rey	386	+3.2%
57	Breña Baja	353	+1.1%
58	Haría	323	+3.5%
59	Valverde	300	+4.9%
60	La Guancha	281	+2.9%
61	Frontera	272	+2.3%
62	Villa de Mazo	265	0%
63	Agaete	247	+2.9%
63	La Aldea de San Nicolás	247	+2.9%
65	Garachico	236	-1.3%
66	Los Silos	226	+1.3%
67	Buenavista del Norte	219	+1.4%
68	San Andrés y Sauces	199	-2.5%
69	Tazacorte	196	+4.8%
70	San Juan de la Rambla	192	-0.5%
70	Tijarafe	192	-2%
72	Valleseco	166	+8.5%
73	Puntagorda	152	+10.1%
74	Puntallana	143	+3.6%
75	El Tanque	127	+17.6%
76	Fasnia	125	+8.7%
77	Vallehermoso	121	-2.4%
78	Vilaflor de Chasna	108	+2.9%
79	Hermigua	100	+13.6%
80	El Pinar de El Hierro	98	+14%
81	Garafía	95	+6.7%
82	Barlovento	93	+12%
83	Fuencaliente de la Palma	92	+9.5%
84	Alajeró	84	0%
85	Tejeda	59	-9.2%
86	Agulo	35	+2.9%
87	Betancuria	33	0%
88	Artenara	20	-9.1%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/canary-islands-municipalities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_canary_islands_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Canary Islands by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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 25,583 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Artenara, with 20 in 2024.

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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.