Municipalities in Cantabria province by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 99 municipalities in 2017, at 11,742. Pesquera had the lowest, at 5. The median was 122 and the figure for Cantabria province was 38,459. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,742Santander

Lowest5Pesquera

Median12299 municipalities

Cantabria province38,459History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Santander	11,742	+1.5%
2	Torrelavega	3,113	+0.6%
3	Camargo	2,141	+0.8%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,070	+1.5%
5	Piélagos	1,674	+6.2%
6	El Astillero	1,049	+1.3%
7	Santa Cruz de Bezana	978	+4.8%
8	Laredo	940	+1.5%
9	Santoña	681	+4%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	609	-1.8%
11	Los Corrales de Buelna	587	+2.3%
12	Medio Cudeyo	569	+2.3%
13	Reinosa	568	+1.8%
14	Suances	563	+3.5%
15	Colindres	514	+7.5%
16	Santa María de Cayón	488	+1%
17	Reocín	470	+4.2%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	393	+2.1%
19	Cartes	351	-0.3%
20	San Vicente de la Barquera	344	-0.9%
21	Marina de Cudeyo	341	-1.4%
22	Polanco	334	+5.7%
23	Entrambasaguas	326	+8.7%
24	Noja	312	+1.3%
25	Miengo	309	0%
26	Santillana del Mar	305	+4.5%
27	Bárcena de Cicero	303	-0.3%
28	Val de San Vicente	290	+5.8%
29	Ampuero	274	+5.8%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	233	+3.6%
31	Comillas	211	-0.5%
32	Villaescusa	209	+3%
33	Arnuero	194	+3.2%
34	Campoo de Enmedio	191	-2.6%
35	Potes	184	-1.6%
36	Meruelo	175	+6.7%
37	Ribamontán al Monte	172	-3.4%
38	Liérganes	168	+3.1%
39	Corvera de Toranzo	161	+8.1%
40	Bareyo	160	+1.3%
41	Guriezo	155	+5.4%
41	Voto	155	+3.3%
43	Selaya	153	-3.8%
44	Castañeda	150	+4.9%
45	Puente Viesgo	149	+10.4%
46	Alfoz de Lloredo	148	+10.4%
47	Argoños	137	+3%
48	Valdáliga	127	+3.3%
49	Cillorigo de Liébana	123	+5.1%
50	Mazcuerras	122	+0.8%
51	San Felices de Buelna	115	+7.5%
52	Hazas de Cesto	113	+9.7%
52	Limpias	113	-5.8%
54	Villacarriedo	112	-1.8%
55	Penagos	106	+5%
56	Riotuerto	104	+4%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	98	+5.4%
58	Liendo	94	+5.6%
59	Camaleño	79	+5.3%
60	Arenas de Iguña	76	+4.1%
61	Santiurde de Toranzo	69	+6.2%
62	Ruiloba	68	+1.5%
63	Molledo	67	-6.9%
64	Rionansa	66	-5.7%
65	Cabuérniga	61	+7%
66	Udías	59	+11.3%
67	Soba	56	+1.8%
68	Cabezón de Liébana	53	+12.8%
68	Escalante	53	+8.2%
70	Ruente	51	-5.6%
70	Solórzano	51	-3.8%
70	Villafufre	51	+13.3%
73	Valdeolea	48	+2.1%
74	Valderredible	47	-7.8%
75	Ruesga	44	0%
76	Campoo de Yuso	42	-6.7%
76	Vega de Pas	42	-4.5%
78	Rasines	41	-10.9%
79	Arredondo	39	+11.4%
80	Vega de Liébana	38	+11.8%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	32	0%
82	Luena	27	-3.6%
83	Los Tojos	22	-12%
84	Saro	21	-4.5%
85	Herrerías	18	-25%
85	San Pedro del Romeral	18	-14.3%
87	Pesaguero	17	+13.3%
88	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	15	+15.4%
89	Cieza	14	+16.7%
90	Miera	13	+8.3%
90	Polaciones	13	+18.2%
90	Valle de Villaverde	13	-23.5%
93	San Roque de Riomiera	12	-7.7%
94	Santiurde de Reinosa	10	0%
94	Valdeprado del Río	10	-9.1%
96	Tudanca	9	0%
97	Peñarrubia	8	-27.3%
98	Anievas	5	0%
98	Pesquera	5	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 2017 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 province by active companies, 2017) [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 province by active companies, 2017. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-province-municipalities?period=2017. 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 province by active companies, 2017. 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-province-municipalities?period=2017.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Cantabria province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-province-municipalities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_cantabria_province_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cantabria province by active companies, 2017}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-province-municipalities?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Santander, with 11,742 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 5 in 2017.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.