Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2015, at 11,394. Pesquera had the lowest, at 5. The median was 116 and the figure for Cantabria was 37,332. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,394Santander

Lowest5Pesquera

Median11699 municipalities

Cantabria37,332History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Santander	11,394	+1.6%
2	Torrelavega	3,075	+1.5%
3	Camargo	2,118	+1.1%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,053	+2.6%
5	Piélagos	1,534	+5.3%
6	El Astillero	994	+3.9%
7	Laredo	936	+0.1%
8	Santa Cruz de Bezana	895	+3.7%
9	Santoña	671	+0.8%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	618	+0.8%
11	Los Corrales de Buelna	589	+2.6%
12	Reinosa	574	+0.3%
13	Medio Cudeyo	571	0%
14	Suances	539	+0.7%
15	Colindres	476	+4.2%
16	Santa María de Cayón	466	+5.2%
17	Reocín	464	-1.3%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	368	+3.1%
19	Marina de Cudeyo	345	-1.7%
20	San Vicente de la Barquera	340	+1.5%
21	Cartes	335	-2.3%
22	Noja	322	+2.9%
23	Polanco	318	+10.8%
24	Entrambasaguas	304	+5.9%
25	Santillana del Mar	292	+3.2%
26	Miengo	291	+6.2%
27	Bárcena de Cicero	288	-3%
28	Val de San Vicente	262	0%
29	Ampuero	260	-4.8%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	233	+2.2%
31	Comillas	209	-0.9%
32	Campoo de Enmedio	196	-0.5%
33	Arnuero	188	-0.5%
33	Villaescusa	188	+0.5%
35	Potes	182	-2.7%
36	Liérganes	169	+3%
37	Meruelo	164	+8.6%
38	Bareyo	161	+4.5%
38	Ribamontán al Monte	161	+12.6%
40	Selaya	159	+0.6%
41	Guriezo	150	-2%
42	Corvera de Toranzo	147	+3.5%
42	Voto	147	0%
44	Castañeda	141	+10.2%
45	Alfoz de Lloredo	139	0%
46	Puente Viesgo	129	-5.1%
47	Argoños	127	+1.6%
48	Valdáliga	119	-4%
49	San Felices de Buelna	117	+3.5%
50	Limpias	116	-3.3%
51	Mazcuerras	115	+3.6%
52	Hazas de Cesto	113	0%
53	Cillorigo de Liébana	112	+0.9%
54	Villacarriedo	111	-0.9%
55	Liendo	98	-2%
55	Riotuerto	98	+2.1%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	93	-1.1%
58	Penagos	89	+2.3%
59	Arenas de Iguña	77	-6.1%
60	Camaleño	75	+2.7%
61	Molledo	74	+8.8%
62	Rionansa	70	+9.4%
63	Ruiloba	62	+1.6%
64	Santiurde de Toranzo	61	+13%
65	Cabuérniga	58	0%
66	Soba	55	+12.2%
67	Ruente	53	-3.6%
68	Udías	52	+15.6%
69	Solórzano	51	+2%
70	Valdeolea	50	-5.7%
71	Escalante	48	+2.1%
71	Rasines	48	-11.1%
73	Villafufre	47	-7.8%
74	Valderredible	46	-11.5%
75	Ruesga	43	-4.4%
76	Cabezón de Liébana	42	0%
76	Vega de Pas	42	0%
78	Campoo de Yuso	41	+2.5%
79	Arredondo	39	-2.5%
80	Vega de Liébana	35	0%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	29	-9.4%
82	Herrerías	27	0%
83	Luena	26	+4%
84	Los Tojos	25	-10.7%
85	San Pedro del Romeral	21	+5%
85	Saro	21	+5%
87	Valle de Villaverde	16	-15.8%
88	Pesaguero	15	-11.8%
89	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	14	-12.5%
89	Miera	14	+7.7%
89	San Roque de Riomiera	14	-12.5%
92	Cieza	12	+9.1%
92	Peñarrubia	12	-7.7%
92	Polaciones	12	+9.1%
95	Santiurde de Reinosa	10	+11.1%
96	Tudanca	8	+33.3%
96	Valdeprado del Río	8	-11.1%
98	Anievas	6	+20%
99	Pesquera	5	+25%

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 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies, 2015}},
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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santander, with 11,394 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 5 in 2015.

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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 2015 and are not ranked.