Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2014, at 11,210. Pesquera had the lowest, at 4. The median was 113 and the figure for Cantabria was 36,698. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,210Santander

Lowest4Pesquera

Median11399 municipalities

Cantabria36,698History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Santander	11,210	-2.6%
2	Torrelavega	3,030	-1.9%
3	Camargo	2,095	-0.4%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,001	-0.9%
5	Piélagos	1,457	+2.3%
6	El Astillero	957	+0.8%
7	Laredo	935	-2.9%
8	Santa Cruz de Bezana	863	-2.8%
9	Santoña	666	+0.2%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	613	-0.2%
11	Los Corrales de Buelna	574	-2%
12	Reinosa	572	-3.4%
13	Medio Cudeyo	571	-4.7%
14	Suances	535	+1.3%
15	Reocín	470	-1.9%
16	Colindres	457	-2.1%
17	Santa María de Cayón	443	+2.5%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	357	-0.6%
19	Marina de Cudeyo	351	-2%
20	Cartes	343	-1.2%
21	San Vicente de la Barquera	335	-3.7%
22	Noja	313	-0.9%
23	Bárcena de Cicero	297	0%
24	Entrambasaguas	287	+7.5%
24	Polanco	287	+0.3%
26	Santillana del Mar	283	+5.6%
27	Miengo	274	-1.1%
28	Ampuero	273	+4.6%
29	Val de San Vicente	262	-4.7%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	228	-2.1%
31	Comillas	211	-1.9%
32	Campoo de Enmedio	197	+4.2%
33	Arnuero	189	-5.5%
34	Potes	187	+4.5%
34	Villaescusa	187	+0.5%
36	Liérganes	164	-4.7%
37	Selaya	158	-3.7%
38	Bareyo	154	+2%
39	Guriezo	153	-3.8%
40	Meruelo	151	-9%
41	Voto	147	+4.3%
42	Ribamontán al Monte	143	-1.4%
43	Corvera de Toranzo	142	+1.4%
44	Alfoz de Lloredo	139	-6.7%
45	Puente Viesgo	136	+1.5%
46	Castañeda	128	+8.5%
47	Argoños	125	-8.8%
48	Valdáliga	124	-1.6%
49	Limpias	120	-7%
50	Hazas de Cesto	113	-5.8%
50	San Felices de Buelna	113	+2.7%
52	Villacarriedo	112	-1.8%
53	Cillorigo de Liébana	111	-0.9%
53	Mazcuerras	111	+2.8%
55	Liendo	100	+2%
56	Riotuerto	96	+10.3%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	94	0%
58	Penagos	87	0%
59	Arenas de Iguña	82	+9.3%
60	Camaleño	73	+4.3%
61	Molledo	68	-6.8%
62	Rionansa	64	+6.7%
63	Ruiloba	61	-6.2%
64	Cabuérniga	58	-9.4%
65	Ruente	55	+12.2%
66	Rasines	54	+12.5%
66	Santiurde de Toranzo	54	+3.8%
68	Valdeolea	53	+3.9%
69	Valderredible	52	-5.5%
70	Villafufre	51	+8.5%
71	Solórzano	50	+8.7%
72	Soba	49	+6.5%
73	Escalante	47	+11.9%
74	Ruesga	45	-6.3%
74	Udías	45	-11.8%
76	Cabezón de Liébana	42	-17.6%
76	Vega de Pas	42	-2.3%
78	Arredondo	40	0%
78	Campoo de Yuso	40	-4.8%
80	Vega de Liébana	35	-5.4%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	32	+6.7%
82	Los Tojos	28	-6.7%
83	Herrerías	27	+3.8%
84	Luena	25	-7.4%
85	San Pedro del Romeral	20	0%
85	Saro	20	+5.3%
87	Valle de Villaverde	19	+5.6%
88	Pesaguero	17	0%
89	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	16	+23.1%
89	San Roque de Riomiera	16	+14.3%
91	Miera	13	-7.1%
91	Peñarrubia	13	-7.1%
93	Cieza	11	-8.3%
93	Polaciones	11	0%
95	Santiurde de Reinosa	9	0%
95	Valdeprado del Río	9	+28.6%
97	Tudanca	6	+20%
98	Anievas	5	+25%
99	Pesquera	4	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. 3 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities?period=2014 (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 Cantabria by active companies, 2014}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Santander, with 11,210 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 4 in 2014.

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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. 3 municipalities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.