Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2020, at 11,901. Lamasón had the lowest, at 4. The median was 124 and the figure for Cantabria was 38,880. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,901Santander

Lowest4Lamasón

Median12499 municipalities

Cantabria38,880History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Santander	11,901	+0.7%
2	Torrelavega	3,093	-0.6%
3	Camargo	2,162	+0.1%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,138	+1.4%
5	Piélagos	1,699	+0.5%
6	El Astillero	1,053	+3.1%
7	Santa Cruz de Bezana	1,030	+1.1%
8	Laredo	886	+1.7%
9	Santoña	660	-0.5%
10	Suances	619	+2.7%
11	Cabezón de la Sal	605	-0.7%
12	Reinosa	571	-1.7%
13	Medio Cudeyo	568	-0.5%
14	Los Corrales de Buelna	548	-2.3%
15	Colindres	512	+0.2%
16	Reocín	482	+0.4%
17	Santa María de Cayón	475	-2.1%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	414	+1.5%
19	Cartes	351	-0.6%
20	Entrambasaguas	347	-3.3%
21	Polanco	339	-1.5%
22	Marina de Cudeyo	337	-0.9%
23	Miengo	333	+3.4%
24	San Vicente de la Barquera	324	+0.3%
25	Bárcena de Cicero	319	+2.9%
26	Noja	303	-0.3%
27	Santillana del Mar	291	-1.4%
28	Val de San Vicente	286	-3.4%
29	Ampuero	258	-0.8%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	242	+1.3%
31	Villaescusa	210	-3.2%
32	Comillas	207	+1%
33	Arnuero	203	0%
34	Meruelo	187	+3.3%
34	Ribamontán al Monte	187	+11.3%
36	Potes	186	-1.6%
37	Castañeda	182	+2.2%
38	Campoo de Enmedio	179	-7.7%
39	Alfoz de Lloredo	175	-0.6%
40	Bareyo	164	+5.8%
41	Corvera de Toranzo	163	+0.6%
42	Liérganes	162	-0.6%
42	Puente Viesgo	162	-0.6%
44	Selaya	158	0%
45	Voto	155	+4.7%
46	Guriezo	150	+2.7%
47	Valdáliga	136	-7.5%
48	Argoños	127	-7.3%
48	Cillorigo de Liébana	127	+1.6%
50	Penagos	124	+6.9%
51	Mazcuerras	119	-2.5%
52	San Felices de Buelna	117	+5.4%
53	Hazas de Cesto	116	-1.7%
54	Limpias	113	-0.9%
55	Villacarriedo	109	+4.8%
56	Riotuerto	103	-7.2%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	96	+1.1%
58	Liendo	90	+2.3%
59	Camaleño	86	+1.2%
60	Santiurde de Toranzo	80	+5.3%
61	Ruiloba	71	0%
62	Molledo	70	+6.1%
63	Arenas de Iguña	64	-4.5%
63	Cabuérniga	64	+14.3%
65	Udías	62	0%
66	Rionansa	59	-4.8%
67	Villafufre	57	+11.8%
68	Solórzano	56	+12%
69	Cabezón de Liébana	54	-1.8%
69	Soba	54	+5.9%
71	Ruente	50	+6.4%
72	Escalante	49	-10.9%
72	Rasines	49	+6.5%
72	Valdeolea	49	+11.4%
75	Vega de Pas	47	+4.4%
76	Valderredible	46	+4.5%
77	Campoo de Yuso	45	+9.8%
78	Ruesga	44	+4.8%
79	Vega de Liébana	43	+10.3%
80	Arredondo	35	-16.7%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	30	-3.2%
82	Herrerías	26	+13%
83	Luena	23	-4.2%
83	Saro	23	+9.5%
85	Pesaguero	20	+25%
86	San Pedro del Romeral	19	0%
87	Los Tojos	18	-5.3%
88	Miera	14	-6.7%
88	San Roque de Riomiera	14	-6.7%
90	Cieza	13	-13.3%
90	Valle de Villaverde	13	+8.3%
92	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	12	-14.3%
93	Peñarrubia	11	-8.3%
93	Valdeprado del Río	11	0%
95	Polaciones	10	-28.6%
95	Santiurde de Reinosa	10	0%
97	Tudanca	8	-11.1%
98	Anievas	6	0%
99	Lamasón	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 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santander, with 11,901 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Lamasón, with 4 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2020 and are not ranked.