Municipalities in Cantabria province by active companies

Santander had the highest active companies of 100 municipalities in 2019, at 11,816. Pesquera had the lowest, at 4. The median was 120 and the figure for Cantabria province was 38,702. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest11,816Santander

Lowest4Pesquera

Median120100 municipalities

Cantabria province38,702History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Santander	11,816	+0.9%
2	Torrelavega	3,113	0%
3	Camargo	2,159	+1%
4	Castro-Urdiales	2,109	+0.8%
5	Piélagos	1,690	-0.5%
6	El Astillero	1,021	-0.4%
7	Santa Cruz de Bezana	1,019	+1.8%
8	Laredo	871	-3.2%
9	Santoña	663	0%
10	Cabezón de la Sal	609	-1.3%
11	Suances	603	+0.3%
12	Reinosa	581	+1.2%
13	Medio Cudeyo	571	-0.3%
14	Los Corrales de Buelna	561	-3.6%
15	Colindres	511	+2.4%
16	Santa María de Cayón	485	+0.4%
17	Reocín	480	-1.8%
18	Ribamontán al Mar	408	+3.6%
19	Entrambasaguas	359	+5.3%
20	Cartes	353	-0.8%
21	Polanco	344	-0.6%
22	Marina de Cudeyo	340	+0.6%
23	San Vicente de la Barquera	323	-3%
24	Miengo	322	+3.9%
25	Bárcena de Cicero	310	+3.7%
26	Noja	304	-1%
27	Val de San Vicente	296	+3.1%
28	Santillana del Mar	295	-2.6%
29	Ampuero	260	-1.9%
30	Ramales de la Victoria	239	-2.8%
31	Villaescusa	217	-2.3%
32	Comillas	205	-1.9%
33	Arnuero	203	-0.5%
34	Campoo de Enmedio	194	+2.1%
35	Potes	189	-4.1%
36	Meruelo	181	-1.1%
37	Castañeda	178	+7.9%
38	Alfoz de Lloredo	176	+12.8%
39	Ribamontán al Monte	168	-0.6%
40	Liérganes	163	-4.1%
40	Puente Viesgo	163	+6.5%
42	Corvera de Toranzo	162	+1.9%
43	Selaya	158	0%
44	Bareyo	155	+0.6%
45	Voto	148	-6.3%
46	Valdáliga	147	+9.7%
47	Guriezo	146	-1.4%
48	Argoños	137	+1.5%
49	Cillorigo de Liébana	125	-2.3%
50	Mazcuerras	122	+3.4%
51	Hazas de Cesto	118	+3.5%
52	Penagos	116	-0.9%
53	Limpias	114	+3.6%
54	Riotuerto	111	+2.8%
54	San Felices de Buelna	111	+1.8%
56	Villacarriedo	104	+2%
57	Hermandad de Campoo de Suso	95	+2.2%
58	Liendo	88	+1.1%
59	Camaleño	85	+1.2%
60	Santiurde de Toranzo	76	+8.6%
61	Ruiloba	71	-2.7%
62	Arenas de Iguña	67	-8.2%
63	Molledo	66	-2.9%
64	Rionansa	62	-6.1%
64	Udías	62	+5.1%
66	Cabuérniga	56	-5.1%
67	Cabezón de Liébana	55	+5.8%
67	Escalante	55	+7.8%
69	Soba	51	-3.8%
69	Villafufre	51	0%
71	Solórzano	50	0%
72	Ruente	47	-6%
73	Rasines	46	+9.5%
74	Vega de Pas	45	+9.8%
75	Valdeolea	44	-2.2%
75	Valderredible	44	-4.3%
77	Arredondo	42	+7.7%
77	Ruesga	42	+2.4%
79	Campoo de Yuso	41	-10.9%
80	Vega de Liébana	39	+2.6%
81	Bárcena de Pie de Concha	31	-6.1%
82	Luena	24	+4.3%
83	Herrerías	23	+21.1%
84	Saro	21	0%
85	Los Tojos	19	+5.6%
85	San Pedro del Romeral	19	+11.8%
87	Pesaguero	16	-11.1%
88	Cieza	15	+7.1%
88	Miera	15	-6.3%
88	San Roque de Riomiera	15	+15.4%
91	Las Rozas de Valdearroyo	14	+7.7%
91	Polaciones	14	0%
93	Peñarrubia	12	+9.1%
93	Valle de Villaverde	12	0%
95	Valdeprado del Río	11	0%
96	Santiurde de Reinosa	10	-9.1%
97	Tudanca	9	+12.5%
98	Anievas	6	+20%
99	Lamasón	4	n/a
99	Pesquera	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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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 province by active companies, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cantabria-province-municipalities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_cantabria_province_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cantabria province by active companies, 2019}},
  year = {2026},
  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=2019. 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 11,816 in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pesquera, with 4 in 2019.

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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 2019 and are not ranked.