Municipalities in Cantabria by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 100 municipalities in 2022, at 11,976. Tresviso had the lowest, at 4. The median was 123 and the figure for Cantabria was 38,960. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,976Santander

Lowest4Tresviso

Median123100 municipalities

Cantabria38,960History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Santander	11,976	+1.1%
2	Torrelavega	2,980	-0.9%
3	Camargo	2,191	0%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,137	+0.2%
5	Piélagos	1,730	+2.2%
6	Santa Cruz de Bezana	1,032	+1.7%
7	El Astillero	1,024	-0.7%
8	Laredo	889	+1.6%
9	Santoña	655	-1.9%
10	Suances	630	+1.1%
11	Cabezón de la Sal	611	+1.5%
12	Los Corrales de Buelna	538	-1.3%
13	Medio Cudeyo	537	-3.1%
14	Reinosa	524	-2.6%
15	Colindres	513	+0.4%
16	Reocín	496	+3.1%
17	Santa María de Cayón	491	+2.9%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	422	+2.4%
19	Marina de Cudeyo	350	0%
20	Cartes	349	+0.9%
21	Entrambasaguas	344	+0.9%
22	Polanco	339	+1.5%
23	Miengo	333	-0.6%
24	Bárcena de Cicero	327	+5.1%
25	San Vicente de la Barquera	325	+2.2%
26	Noja	312	+3.7%
27	Santillana del Mar	304	+3.1%
28	Val de San Vicente	297	+3.8%
29	Ampuero	248	+2.1%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	242	0%
31	Comillas	212	+1%
32	Arnuero	204	+2.5%
33	Villaescusa	201	-1%
34	Ribamontán al Monte	189	+6.8%
35	Meruelo	187	+5.1%
36	Campoo de Enmedio	183	0%
37	Potes	182	-1.6%
38	Alfoz de Lloredo	178	-1.7%
39	Castañeda	176	-2.2%
40	Puente Viesgo	171	+4.9%
41	Liérganes	168	+1.2%
42	Bareyo	167	+1.2%
42	Voto	167	+7.1%
44	Selaya	155	+1.3%
45	Corvera de Toranzo	154	-1.9%
46	Argoños	141	+3.7%
46	Guriezo	141	+0.7%
48	Valdáliga	139	-1.4%
49	Mazcuerras	128	+5.8%
50	Penagos	124	+0.8%
51	Cillorigo de Liébana	122	0%
52	Villacarriedo	120	+6.2%
53	Hazas de Cesto	118	0%
54	San Felices de Buelna	117	-4.1%
55	Limpias	116	+0.9%
56	Riotuerto	110	+8.9%
57	Liendo	94	+3.3%
58	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	93	-5.1%
59	Camaleño	87	+3.6%
60	Santiurde de Toranzo	82	+3.8%
61	Ruiloba	77	+1.3%
62	Arenas de Iguña	67	-1.5%
62	Molledo	67	0%
64	Udías	62	-6.1%
65	Cabezón de Liébana	59	+1.7%
65	Villafufre	59	0%
67	Cabuérniga	58	-7.9%
67	Rionansa	58	+1.8%
67	Solórzano	58	+3.6%
70	Valderredible	56	+12%
71	Escalante	55	+12.2%
72	Soba	53	-1.9%
73	Ruesga	51	+6.3%
74	Rasines	49	-2%
74	Vega de Liébana	49	+8.9%
76	Ruente	48	+4.3%
77	Vega de Pas	47	0%
78	Campoo de Yuso	45	+4.7%
78	Valdeolea	45	-6.3%
80	Arredondo	39	+8.3%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	26	-3.7%
82	Saro	24	-4%
83	Herrerías	21	-4.5%
84	Pesaguero	20	0%
85	San Pedro del Romeral	19	0%
86	Los Tojos	17	-5.6%
86	Luena	17	-10.5%
86	Miera	17	+21.4%
86	Valle de Villaverde	17	+6.3%
90	San Roque de Riomiera	15	0%
91	Cieza	14	0%
92	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	12	-7.7%
92	Peñarrubia	12	0%
94	Santiurde de Reinosa	11	0%
95	Tudanca	10	+11.1%
96	Valdeprado del Río	8	0%
97	Polaciones	7	-30%
98	Anievas	6	+20%
99	Lamasón	4	0%
99	Tresviso	4	n/a

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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-municipalities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
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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 11,976 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Tresviso, with 4 in 2022.

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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. 2 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.