Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2018, at 11,715. Pesquera had the lowest, at 4. The median was 118 and the figure for Cantabria was 38,522. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,715Santander

Lowest4Pesquera

Median11899 municipalities

Cantabria38,522History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Santander	11,715	-0.2%
2	Torrelavega	3,113	0%
3	Camargo	2,138	-0.1%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,092	+1.1%
5	Piélagos	1,699	+1.5%
6	El Astillero	1,025	-2.3%
7	Santa Cruz de Bezana	1,001	+2.4%
8	Laredo	900	-4.3%
9	Santoña	663	-2.6%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	617	+1.3%
11	Suances	601	+6.7%
12	Los Corrales de Buelna	582	-0.9%
13	Reinosa	574	+1.1%
14	Medio Cudeyo	573	+0.7%
15	Colindres	499	-2.9%
16	Reocín	489	+4%
17	Santa María de Cayón	483	-1%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	394	+0.3%
19	Cartes	356	+1.4%
20	Polanco	346	+3.6%
21	Entrambasaguas	341	+4.6%
22	Marina de Cudeyo	338	-0.9%
23	San Vicente de la Barquera	333	-3.2%
24	Miengo	310	+0.3%
25	Noja	307	-1.6%
26	Santillana del Mar	303	-0.7%
27	Bárcena de Cicero	299	-1.3%
28	Val de San Vicente	287	-1%
29	Ampuero	265	-3.3%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	246	+5.6%
31	Villaescusa	222	+6.2%
32	Comillas	209	-0.9%
33	Arnuero	204	+5.2%
34	Potes	197	+7.1%
35	Campoo de Enmedio	190	-0.5%
36	Meruelo	183	+4.6%
37	Liérganes	170	+1.2%
38	Ribamontán al Monte	169	-1.7%
39	Castañeda	165	+10%
40	Corvera de Toranzo	159	-1.2%
41	Selaya	158	+3.3%
41	Voto	158	+1.9%
43	Alfoz de Lloredo	156	+5.4%
44	Bareyo	154	-3.8%
45	Puente Viesgo	153	+2.7%
46	Guriezo	148	-4.5%
47	Argoños	135	-1.5%
48	Valdáliga	134	+5.5%
49	Cillorigo de Liébana	128	+4.1%
50	Mazcuerras	118	-3.3%
51	Penagos	117	+10.4%
52	Hazas de Cesto	114	+0.9%
53	Limpias	110	-2.7%
54	San Felices de Buelna	109	-5.2%
55	Riotuerto	108	+3.8%
56	Villacarriedo	102	-8.9%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	93	-5.1%
58	Liendo	87	-7.4%
59	Camaleño	84	+6.3%
60	Arenas de Iguña	73	-3.9%
60	Ruiloba	73	+7.4%
62	Santiurde de Toranzo	70	+1.4%
63	Molledo	68	+1.5%
64	Rionansa	66	0%
65	Cabuérniga	59	-3.3%
65	Udías	59	0%
67	Soba	53	-5.4%
68	Cabezón de Liébana	52	-1.9%
69	Escalante	51	-3.8%
69	Villafufre	51	0%
71	Ruente	50	-2%
71	Solórzano	50	-2%
73	Campoo de Yuso	46	+9.5%
73	Valderredible	46	-2.1%
75	Valdeolea	45	-6.3%
76	Rasines	42	+2.4%
77	Ruesga	41	-6.8%
77	Vega de Pas	41	-2.4%
79	Arredondo	39	0%
80	Vega de Liébana	38	0%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	33	+3.1%
82	Luena	23	-14.8%
83	Saro	21	0%
84	Herrerías	19	+5.6%
85	Los Tojos	18	-18.2%
85	Pesaguero	18	+5.9%
87	San Pedro del Romeral	17	-5.6%
88	Miera	16	+23.1%
89	Cieza	14	0%
89	Polaciones	14	+7.7%
91	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	13	-13.3%
91	San Roque de Riomiera	13	+8.3%
93	Valle de Villaverde	12	-7.7%
94	Peñarrubia	11	+37.5%
94	Santiurde de Reinosa	11	+10%
94	Valdeprado del Río	11	+10%
97	Tudanca	8	-11.1%
98	Anievas	5	0%
99	Pesquera	4	-20%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santander, with 11,715 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 4 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.