Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2016, at 11,563. Pesquera had the lowest, at 5. The median was 120 and the figure for Cantabria was 37,696. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,563Santander

Lowest5Pesquera

Median12099 municipalities

Cantabria37,696History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Santander	11,563	+1.5%
2	Torrelavega	3,093	+0.6%
3	Camargo	2,125	+0.3%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,039	-0.7%
5	Piélagos	1,577	+2.8%
6	El Astillero	1,036	+4.2%
7	Santa Cruz de Bezana	933	+4.2%
8	Laredo	926	-1.1%
9	Santoña	655	-2.4%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	620	+0.3%
11	Los Corrales de Buelna	574	-2.5%
12	Reinosa	558	-2.8%
13	Medio Cudeyo	556	-2.6%
14	Suances	544	+0.9%
15	Santa María de Cayón	483	+3.6%
16	Colindres	478	+0.4%
17	Reocín	451	-2.8%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	385	+4.6%
19	Cartes	352	+5.1%
20	San Vicente de la Barquera	347	+2.1%
21	Marina de Cudeyo	346	+0.3%
22	Polanco	316	-0.6%
23	Miengo	309	+6.2%
24	Noja	308	-4.3%
25	Bárcena de Cicero	304	+5.6%
26	Entrambasaguas	300	-1.3%
27	Santillana del Mar	292	0%
28	Val de San Vicente	274	+4.6%
29	Ampuero	259	-0.4%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	225	-3.4%
31	Comillas	212	+1.4%
32	Villaescusa	203	+8%
33	Campoo de Enmedio	196	0%
34	Arnuero	188	0%
35	Potes	187	+2.7%
36	Ribamontán al Monte	178	+10.6%
37	Meruelo	164	0%
38	Liérganes	163	-3.6%
39	Selaya	159	0%
40	Bareyo	158	-1.9%
41	Voto	150	+2%
42	Corvera de Toranzo	149	+1.4%
43	Guriezo	147	-2%
44	Castañeda	143	+1.4%
45	Puente Viesgo	135	+4.7%
46	Alfoz de Lloredo	134	-3.6%
47	Argoños	133	+4.7%
48	Valdáliga	123	+3.4%
49	Mazcuerras	121	+5.2%
50	Limpias	120	+3.4%
51	Cillorigo de Liébana	117	+4.5%
52	Villacarriedo	114	+2.7%
53	San Felices de Buelna	107	-8.5%
54	Hazas de Cesto	103	-8.8%
55	Penagos	101	+13.5%
56	Riotuerto	100	+2%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	93	0%
58	Liendo	89	-9.2%
59	Camaleño	75	0%
60	Arenas de Iguña	73	-5.2%
61	Molledo	72	-2.7%
62	Rionansa	70	0%
63	Ruiloba	67	+8.1%
64	Santiurde de Toranzo	65	+6.6%
65	Cabuérniga	57	-1.7%
66	Soba	55	0%
67	Ruente	54	+1.9%
68	Solórzano	53	+3.9%
68	Udías	53	+1.9%
70	Valderredible	51	+10.9%
71	Escalante	49	+2.1%
72	Cabezón de Liébana	47	+11.9%
72	Valdeolea	47	-6%
74	Rasines	46	-4.2%
75	Campoo de Yuso	45	+9.8%
75	Villafufre	45	-4.3%
77	Ruesga	44	+2.3%
77	Vega de Pas	44	+4.8%
79	Arredondo	35	-10.3%
80	Vega de Liébana	34	-2.9%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	32	+10.3%
82	Luena	28	+7.7%
83	Los Tojos	25	0%
84	Herrerías	24	-11.1%
85	Saro	22	+4.8%
86	San Pedro del Romeral	21	0%
87	Valle de Villaverde	17	+6.3%
88	Pesaguero	15	0%
89	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	13	-7.1%
89	San Roque de Riomiera	13	-7.1%
91	Cieza	12	0%
91	Miera	12	-14.3%
93	Peñarrubia	11	-8.3%
93	Polaciones	11	-8.3%
93	Valdeprado del Río	11	+37.5%
96	Santiurde de Reinosa	10	0%
97	Tudanca	9	+12.5%
98	Anievas	5	-16.7%
98	Pesquera	5	0%

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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 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santander, with 11,563 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 5 in 2016.

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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 2016 and are not ranked.