Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies

Valladolid had the highest active companies of 1567 municipalities in 2015, at 19,506. Zael had the lowest, at 4. The median was 15 and the figure for Castile and León was 161,119. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,506Valladolid

Lowest4Zael

Median151567 municipalities

Castile and León161,119History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Valladolid	19,506	+1.6%
2	Burgos	12,639	+2.8%
3	Salamanca	10,173	+0.4%
4	León	9,600	+0.1%
5	Ponferrada	5,490	+1.4%
6	Palencia	5,244	-0.9%
7	Zamora	4,831	+0.2%
8	Ávila	3,645	+2.6%
9	Segovia	3,626	0%
10	Soria	2,832	+1.4%
11	Aranda de Duero	2,234	+1.3%
12	Miranda de Ebro	2,044	+0.2%
13	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,627	-0.4%
14	Benavente	1,440	-1.2%
15	Medina del Campo	1,327	+1.4%
16	Laguna de Duero	1,154	+1.4%
17	Arroyo de la Encomienda	1,057	+8.1%
18	Villaquilambre	1,053	+3.7%
19	Ciudad Rodrigo	1,034	+0.5%
20	Béjar	915	-1%
21	La Bañeza	905	+0.3%
22	Santa Marta de Tormes	901	+0.7%
23	Astorga	890	-1.2%
24	Villares de la Reina	867	-1.3%
25	Toro	783	+1%
26	Cuéllar	680	+2.6%
27	El Espinar	653	+4.3%
28	Cistérniga	628	-0.9%
29	Tordesillas	626	+1%
30	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	622	0%
31	Medina de Pomar	611	+1.7%
32	Guijuelo	567	+0.2%
33	Bembibre	564	+1.1%
34	Arévalo	563	-3.1%
35	Tudela de Duero	528	0%
36	Arenas de San Pedro	516	+6.2%
37	Aguilar de Campoo	512	-1.5%
38	Villamayor	491	-1.4%
39	Peñaranda de Bracamonte	481	+4.1%
40	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	466	+0.6%
41	Íscar	464	-0.6%
42	Villablino	463	+1.5%
43	Briviesca	461	+0.4%
44	Boecillo	455	+2%
45	Zaratán	440	+0.2%
46	Peñafiel	435	+2.1%
47	Simancas	426	+0.5%
48	Guardo	400	-5.7%
48	Santovenia de Pisuerga	400	+1.5%
50	Almazán	393	+2.6%
51	Las Navas del Marqués	389	+2.4%
52	Sariegos	388	+4.3%
53	Medina de Rioseco	379	-0.3%
54	Aldeamayor de San Martín	375	+7.8%
55	Alba de Tormes	373	-1.8%
56	Valverde de la Virgen	372	-0.8%
57	Valencia de Don Juan	371	+2.5%
58	Real Sitio de San Ildefonso	361	-3%
59	Cacabelos	355	-0.8%
60	Candeleda	352	+9%
61	Villamuriel de Cerrato	347	-3.6%
62	Valle de Mena	344	+3%
63	Camponaraya	338	+1.2%
64	Sotillo de la Adrada	334	+3.7%
65	Venta de Baños	315	-3.1%
66	Cabrerizos	311	+3.3%
67	La Lastrilla	304	+1%
68	Palazuelos de Eresma	302	+6.3%
68	Santa María del Páramo	302	+2.7%
70	Cantalejo	299	-3.5%
71	Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma	291	+2.5%
71	Saldaña	291	+0.7%
73	Lerma	267	+6%
74	Pedrajas de San Esteban	262	+2.3%
75	Valdefresno	259	+1.6%
76	Villafranca del Bierzo	251	+3.7%
77	El Barco de Ávila	244	-2.4%
78	Cigales	242	+3.9%
79	Renedo de Esgueva	240	+4.8%
80	Onzonilla	237	-0.8%
81	Sahagún	236	+2.6%
82	Cistierna	231	+0.4%
82	Vitigudino	231	-1.3%
84	Mojados	223	-0.9%
85	Carrión de los Condes	218	-0.9%
86	Salas de los Infantes	217	+2.8%
87	Olmedo	214	-1.8%
88	Fabero	212	0%
89	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	211	+0.5%
90	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	+2%
91	Carracedelo	203	-3.3%
91	El Tiemblo	203	-1%
93	Villagonzalo Pedernales	202	+2%
94	Ólvega	199	+4.2%
95	Golmayo	197	+4.8%
96	San Esteban de Gormaz	194	+5.4%
97	Carbonero el Mayor	193	+4.9%
98	Ágreda	192	+4.3%
99	Morales del Vino	191	-4%
100	Riaza	190	+2.2%
101	Cervera de Pisuerga	189	-1.6%
102	Nava de la Asunción	185	-0.5%
103	Carrizo	183	-2.7%
103	Castellanos de Moriscos	183	-2.1%
105	Piedrahíta	175	+5.4%
105	Toral de los Vados	175	+2.9%
107	San Cristóbal de Segovia	170	+4.9%
108	Belorado	168	+3.1%
109	Grijota	166	+1.2%
109	La Robla	166	-2.4%
109	Navaluenga	166	+2.5%
109	Piedralaves	166	-0.6%
113	Benavides	164	-3.5%
113	La Adrada	164	+1.2%
115	Cabezón de Pisuerga	163	0%
115	Cebreros	163	-1.8%
117	Roa	162	-0.6%
118	Portillo	159	+1.9%
119	Villalón de Campos	158	+7.5%
119	Villanubla	158	-1.3%
121	Espinosa de los Monteros	157	+0.6%
122	El Barraco	153	+6.3%
123	Herrera de Pisuerga	150	-2%
124	Villaturiel	149	-5.7%
125	Villalbilla de Burgos	141	+1.4%
126	Ledesma	140	+2.9%
126	Mansilla de las Mulas	140	-2.8%
128	Boñar	138	+0.7%
129	Dueñas	137	-2.8%
129	Mayorga	137	-0.7%
131	Ayllón	136	+4.6%
132	Puebla de Sanabria	135	-1.5%
133	Villalobón	134	+8.1%
134	Viana de Cega	132	+3.9%
135	La Pola de Gordón	131	+2.3%
136	Aldeatejada	130	+3.2%
136	Villaralbo	130	-3%
138	Chozas de Abajo	129	-4.4%
139	El Hoyo de Pinares	128	+1.6%
139	Nava del Rey	128	+3.2%
141	Vega de Espinareda	127	+10.4%
142	Melgar de Fernamental	125	-0.8%
142	Villalpando	125	+2.5%
144	Toreno	123	-0.8%
144	Valverde del Majano	123	-2.4%
146	Cabañas Raras	122	+6.1%
146	Terradillos	122	0%
148	Coreses	120	+8.1%
148	Villadiego	120	+6.2%
150	Lumbrales	119	-6.3%
151	San Leonardo de Yagüe	118	+0.9%
152	Fuentesaúco	117	+2.6%
153	Coca	116	+4.5%
154	Puente de Domingo Flórez	115	+2.7%
154	Villacastín	115	0%
156	Arcos de Jalón	114	+14%
157	Covaleda	112	-4.3%
158	Quintanar de la Sierra	111	-4.3%
158	Soto de la Vega	111	-2.6%
160	Torrecaballeros	110	+7.8%
161	Galende	109	+2.8%
161	San Justo de la Vega	109	+4.8%
163	Pradoluengo	107	+2.9%
163	Valderas	107	+4.9%
165	Cardeñadijo	105	+4%
165	Villariezo	105	+6.1%
167	Paredes de Nava	104	-1.9%
167	Sepúlveda	104	0%
169	Congosto	103	+3%
170	La Alberca	102	+12.1%
171	Fuensaldaña	101	+8.6%
171	Moraleja del Vino	101	+5.2%
173	San Cristóbal de Entreviñas	99	+12.5%
174	Ibeas de Juarros	98	+6.5%
175	Cuadros	97	+2.1%
176	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	96	-5%
176	La Fuente de San Esteban	96	-2%
176	Santa Marina del Rey	96	-5%
179	Burgohondo	95	+2.2%
179	Doñinos de Salamanca	95	-5.9%
179	Fermoselle	95	+11.8%
179	Merindad de Río Ubierna	95	+5.6%
183	Alcañices	94	+1.1%
184	Alaejos	92	+7%
184	Osorno la Mayor	92	+2.2%
184	Vinuesa	92	+4.5%
187	Medinaceli	91	-1.1%
187	Valdestillas	91	-1.1%
189	Cantimpalos	90	+4.7%
189	Monterrubio de Armuña	90	+2.3%
191	Villadangos del Páramo	88	+3.5%
192	Cubillos del Sil	86	-3.4%
192	Roales	86	+8.9%
194	Espirdo	85	-3.4%
195	Duruelo de la Sierra	84	0%
196	Condado de Treviño	83	+13.7%
196	Frómista	83	+6.4%
196	Fuentepelayo	83	+1.2%
199	Trespaderne	82	+2.5%
200	Arcos	81	+3.8%
200	Navalmanzano	81	+6.6%
200	Navas de Oro	81	-5.8%
203	Barruelo de Santullán	80	-1.2%
203	Casavieja	80	-3.6%
205	Castrojeriz	79	-3.7%
205	Pelabravo	79	+8.2%
205	Rueda	79	-3.7%
208	Campaspero	77	+1.3%
208	Fuentes de Oñoro	77	0%
208	Macotera	77	+6.9%
211	Baltanás	76	+4.1%
211	Bermillo de Sayago	76	+7%
211	Matallana de Torío	76	+7%
211	Sasamón	76	-1.3%
215	Torre del Bierzo	75	-1.3%
216	San Cristóbal de la Cuesta	74	+19.4%
217	Hospital de Órbigo	73	+7.4%
218	Carrascal de Barregas	72	+1.4%
218	Turégano	72	0%
220	Traspinedo	71	-2.7%
220	Villoria	71	+1.4%
222	Alar del Rey	70	-5.4%
222	Otero de Herreros	70	-4.1%
222	Tamames	70	0%
225	Morales de Toro	69	-2.8%
225	Sanchonuño	69	-1.4%
225	Valdepolo	69	+9.5%
228	Huerta de Rey	68	+9.7%
228	La Pedraja de Portillo	68	+3%
228	Navaleno	68	+3%
228	Trescasas	68	+4.6%
228	Valderrueda	68	+6.3%
233	Matapozuelos	67	+6.3%
233	Monfarracinos	67	+8.1%
233	Quintanilla de Onésimo	67	+1.5%
233	Santa María la Real de Nieva	67	+1.5%
233	Valle de Tobalina	67	+1.5%
233	Villarramiel	67	-1.5%
239	Fontiveros	66	-4.3%
239	Madrigal de las Altas Torres	66	-9.6%
239	Valdevimbre	66	+10%
239	Villasabariego	66	-5.7%
243	Astudillo	65	-5.8%
243	Garrafe de Torío	65	0%
243	Linares de Riofrío	65	+6.6%
243	Santa Elena de Jamuz	65	+3.2%
247	Berlanga de Duero	64	-1.5%
247	Cardeñajimeno	64	0%
247	Covarrubias	64	+3.2%
247	Quintanilla Vivar	64	-3%

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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. 241 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies, 2015}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Valladolid, with 19,506 in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Zael, with 4 in 2015.

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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. 241 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.