Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies, 2025

Santander had the highest active companies of 102 municipalities in 2025, at 11,655. Tresviso had the lowest, at 5. The median was 127 and the figure for Cantabria was 38,340. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,655Santander

Lowest5Tresviso

Median127102 municipalities

Cantabria38,340History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Santander	11,655	+1.6%
2	Torrelavega	2,841	+0.2%
3	Camargo	2,112	-0.3%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,069	+0.2%
5	Piélagos	1,711	-0.6%
6	Santa Cruz de Bezana	1,064	+0.3%
7	El Astillero	1,013	+1.3%
8	Laredo	806	-0.4%
9	Suances	653	+4.1%
10	Santoña	627	-1.7%
11	Cabezón de la Sal	595	-0.8%
12	Medio Cudeyo	518	+0.4%
13	Los Corrales de Buelna	514	+3.2%
14	Colindres	505	-1%
15	Reinosa	489	-0.8%
16	Reocín	487	+3%
17	Santa María de Cayón	478	+1.9%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	399	+1.5%
19	Polanco	377	+0.8%
20	Entrambasaguas	365	+2.5%
21	Miengo	354	+4.4%
22	Marina de Cudeyo	350	-0.3%
23	Bárcena de Cicero	338	-0.3%
24	Cartes	322	-8%
25	Noja	321	+2.2%
26	San Vicente de la Barquera	313	-1.6%
27	Santillana del Mar	306	-1%
28	Val de San Vicente	287	+2.5%
29	Ampuero	240	-5.9%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	235	+3.1%
31	Comillas	225	+4.2%
31	Villaescusa	225	+1.4%
33	Arnuero	214	+2.9%
34	Meruelo	207	+4%
35	Ribamontán al Monte	197	-2%
36	Castañeda	193	+0.5%
37	Campoo de Enmedio	188	+6.8%
38	Alfoz de Lloredo	181	-4.2%
39	Potes	174	+3.6%
40	Bareyo	170	+4.9%
41	Voto	168	0%
42	Liérganes	166	+1.2%
43	Puente Viesgo	165	-3.5%
44	Corvera de Toranzo	161	+7.3%
45	Guriezo	152	+5.6%
46	Valdáliga	151	+4.1%
47	Selaya	146	-3.9%
48	Mazcuerras	137	+1.5%
49	Argoños	136	+3%
50	Hazas de Cesto	132	0%
51	Cillorigo de Liébana	127	+1.6%
51	Villacarriedo	127	0%
53	Limpias	120	+4.3%
53	Penagos	120	-1.6%
55	Riotuerto	110	+5.8%
56	San Felices de Buelna	109	+5.8%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	98	+1%
58	Camaleño	97	+4.3%
58	Santiurde de Toranzo	97	-4%
60	Liendo	88	-2.2%
61	Ruiloba	81	-4.7%
62	Arenas de Iguña	77	-3.8%
63	Udías	68	+7.9%
64	Cabuérniga	67	-5.6%
64	Solórzano	67	+6.3%
66	Escalante	64	+8.5%
66	Molledo	64	+1.6%
68	Valderredible	62	+6.9%
69	Villafufre	60	+3.4%
70	Ruente	59	+5.4%
71	Rionansa	57	+9.6%
72	Cabezón de Liébana	52	-7.1%
72	Soba	52	+2%
74	Rasines	48	-2%
75	Valdeolea	44	+2.3%
75	Vega de Pas	44	+4.8%
77	Vega de Liébana	41	0%
78	Ruesga	40	0%
79	Campoo de Yuso	37	-15.9%
80	Saro	28	+7.7%
81	Arredondo	27	+3.8%
82	Luena	23	+15%
83	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	22	-4.3%
84	Herrerías	20	0%
85	Pesaguero	19	-5%
85	San Roque de Riomiera	19	+11.8%
87	Miera	18	+20%
87	Peñarrubia	18	0%
89	San Pedro del Romeral	17	-15%
90	Valle de Villaverde	16	-5.9%
91	Los Tojos	15	+7.1%
92	Cieza	13	+8.3%
93	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	12	+9.1%
93	Polaciones	12	+33.3%
95	Santiurde de Reinosa	9	-10%
96	Anievas	8	+33.3%
97	Tudanca	7	+16.7%
97	Valdeprado del Río	7	0%
99	San Miguel de Aguayo	6	0%
100	Lamasón	5	+25%
100	Pesquera	5	n/a
100	Tresviso	5	+25%

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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 Cantabria by active companies, 2025) [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 Cantabria by active companies, 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities. 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 Cantabria by active companies, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies, 2025}},
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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/cantabria-municipalities. 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?

Santander, with 11,655 in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Tresviso, with 5 in 2025.

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