Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies

Valladolid had the highest active companies of 1576 municipalities in 2016, at 19,666. Zarapicos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 15 and the figure for Castile and León was 161,364. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,666Valladolid

Lowest4Zarapicos

Median151576 municipalities

Castile and León161,364History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Valladolid	19,666	+0.8%
2	Burgos	12,824	+1.5%
3	Salamanca	10,155	-0.2%
4	León	9,567	-0.3%
5	Ponferrada	5,525	+0.6%
6	Palencia	5,188	-1.1%
7	Zamora	4,855	+0.5%
8	Segovia	3,655	+0.8%
9	Ávila	3,609	-1%
10	Soria	2,790	-1.5%
11	Aranda de Duero	2,238	+0.2%
12	Miranda de Ebro	2,058	+0.7%
13	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,655	+1.7%
14	Benavente	1,426	-1%
15	Medina del Campo	1,308	-1.4%
16	Laguna de Duero	1,181	+2.3%
17	Villaquilambre	1,107	+5.1%
18	Arroyo de la Encomienda	1,104	+4.4%
19	Ciudad Rodrigo	1,024	-1%
20	Santa Marta de Tormes	915	+1.6%
21	La Bañeza	901	-0.4%
22	Béjar	893	-2.4%
23	Astorga	886	-0.4%
24	Villares de la Reina	869	+0.2%
25	Toro	763	-2.6%
26	Cuéllar	675	-0.7%
27	El Espinar	647	-0.9%
28	Tordesillas	637	+1.8%
29	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	629	+1.1%
30	Medina de Pomar	628	+2.8%
31	Cistérniga	614	-2.2%
32	Guijuelo	566	-0.2%
33	Bembibre	564	0%
34	Arévalo	561	-0.4%
35	Tudela de Duero	530	+0.4%
36	Arenas de San Pedro	519	+0.6%
37	Villamayor	509	+3.7%
38	Aguilar de Campoo	499	-2.5%
39	Peñaranda de Bracamonte	478	-0.6%
40	Íscar	467	+0.6%
41	Villablino	457	-1.3%
41	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	457	-1.9%
43	Briviesca	453	-1.7%
44	Boecillo	438	-3.7%
45	Simancas	435	+2.1%
45	Zaratán	435	-1.1%
47	Peñafiel	429	-1.4%
48	Aldeamayor de San Martín	416	+10.9%
49	Santovenia de Pisuerga	399	-0.3%
50	Guardo	397	-0.8%
51	Alba de Tormes	383	+2.7%
52	Almazán	377	-4.1%
52	Medina de Rioseco	377	-0.5%
54	Real Sitio de San Ildefonso	374	+3.6%
54	Valencia de Don Juan	374	+0.8%
56	Candeleda	372	+5.7%
57	Las Navas del Marqués	370	-4.9%
58	Valverde de la Virgen	365	-1.9%
59	Sariegos	360	-7.2%
60	Camponaraya	355	+5%
61	Cacabelos	352	-0.8%
62	Valle de Mena	346	+0.6%
63	Sotillo de la Adrada	343	+2.7%
64	Villamuriel de Cerrato	341	-1.7%
65	Cabrerizos	316	+1.6%
65	Venta de Baños	316	+0.3%
67	Palazuelos de Eresma	308	+2%
68	La Lastrilla	305	+0.3%
69	Santa María del Páramo	300	-0.7%
70	Cantalejo	299	0%
71	Saldaña	293	+0.7%
72	Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma	284	-2.4%
73	Valdefresno	268	+3.5%
74	Lerma	261	-2.2%
75	Cigales	249	+2.9%
76	Villafranca del Bierzo	246	-2%
77	Onzonilla	245	+3.4%
77	Pedrajas de San Esteban	245	-6.5%
79	El Barco de Ávila	243	-0.4%
80	Renedo de Esgueva	241	+0.4%
81	Vitigudino	232	+0.4%
82	Cistierna	231	0%
83	Sahagún	229	-3%
84	Olmedo	227	+6.1%
85	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	221	+4.7%
86	Mojados	220	-1.3%
87	Salas de los Infantes	210	-3.2%
88	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	0%
89	Carrión de los Condes	207	-5%
90	Ólvega	205	+3%
91	Fabero	204	-3.8%
92	Villagonzalo Pedernales	202	0%
93	Carracedelo	199	-2%
94	Ágreda	197	+2.6%
94	San Esteban de Gormaz	197	+1.5%
96	El Tiemblo	194	-4.4%
97	Carbonero el Mayor	192	-0.5%
98	Morales del Vino	190	-0.5%
98	Nava de la Asunción	190	+2.7%
100	Cervera de Pisuerga	189	0%
100	Golmayo	189	-4.1%
102	Carrizo	186	+1.6%
103	Castellanos de Moriscos	185	+1.1%
104	Cabezón de Pisuerga	183	+12.3%
105	Toral de los Vados	179	+2.3%
106	La Adrada	178	+8.5%
106	San Cristóbal de Segovia	178	+4.7%
108	Navaluenga	176	+6%
109	Riaza	173	-8.9%
110	Piedrahíta	171	-2.3%
111	Belorado	168	0%
112	La Robla	166	0%
112	Piedralaves	166	0%
114	Cebreros	164	+0.6%
114	Espinosa de los Monteros	164	+4.5%
116	Benavides	163	-0.6%
117	Portillo	161	+1.3%
118	Roa	159	-1.9%
119	Villanubla	158	0%
120	El Barraco	157	+2.6%
120	Grijota	157	-5.4%
122	Villalón de Campos	155	-1.9%
123	Villaturiel	149	0%
124	Dueñas	147	+7.3%
125	Herrera de Pisuerga	146	-2.7%
126	Villalbilla de Burgos	145	+2.8%
127	Boñar	144	+4.3%
127	Viana de Cega	144	+9.1%
129	Villalobón	140	+4.5%
130	Aldeatejada	138	+6.2%
130	Chozas de Abajo	138	+7%
130	Mansilla de las Mulas	138	-1.4%
133	Mayorga	135	-1.5%
133	Puebla de Sanabria	135	0%
135	Villaralbo	133	+2.3%
136	Ledesma	129	-7.9%
137	Ayllón	127	-6.6%
138	Valverde del Majano	126	+2.4%
139	El Hoyo de Pinares	125	-2.3%
140	Nava del Rey	124	-3.1%
141	Cabañas Raras	123	+0.8%
141	Melgar de Fernamental	123	-1.6%
143	Vega de Espinareda	122	-3.9%
143	Villalpando	122	-2.4%
145	Lumbrales	121	+1.7%
146	Coreses	120	0%
146	Fuentesaúco	120	+2.6%
146	Toreno	120	-2.4%
149	Quintanar de la Sierra	118	+6.3%
149	Terradillos	118	-3.3%
151	Coca	117	+0.9%
151	La Pola de Gordón	117	-10.7%
151	San Leonardo de Yagüe	117	-0.8%
151	Villacastín	117	+1.7%
155	Covaleda	115	+2.7%
156	Cardeñadijo	114	+8.6%
157	Soto de la Vega	113	+1.8%
158	Villariezo	112	+6.7%
159	Torrecaballeros	111	+0.9%
160	Paredes de Nava	110	+5.8%
160	Villadiego	110	-8.3%
162	Arcos de Jalón	109	-4.4%
162	Fuensaldaña	109	+7.9%
162	Pradoluengo	109	+1.9%
162	Puente de Domingo Flórez	109	-5.2%
166	Galende	108	-0.9%
167	Valderas	107	0%
168	Sepúlveda	106	+1.9%
169	La Alberca	105	+2.9%
170	Moraleja del Vino	104	+3%
170	San Justo de la Vega	104	-4.6%
172	Doñinos de Salamanca	103	+8.4%
173	Ibeas de Juarros	102	+4.1%
174	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	99	+3.1%
174	Congosto	99	-3.9%
174	La Fuente de San Esteban	99	+3.1%
174	Merindad de Río Ubierna	99	+4.2%
178	Burgohondo	98	+3.2%
178	Espirdo	98	+15.3%
180	Osorno la Mayor	95	+3.3%
180	Santa Marina del Rey	95	-1%
182	San Cristóbal de Entreviñas	93	-6.1%
183	Alcañices	92	-2.1%
184	Cubillos del Sil	91	+5.8%
185	Cuadros	90	-7.2%
186	Medinaceli	88	-3.3%
186	Vinuesa	88	-4.3%
188	Alaejos	87	-5.4%
188	Fermoselle	87	-8.4%
190	Fuentepelayo	86	+3.6%
190	Monterrubio de Armuña	86	-4.4%
190	Villadangos del Páramo	86	-2.3%
193	Arcos	85	+4.9%
193	Cantimpalos	85	-5.6%
193	Rueda	85	+7.6%
196	Roales	83	-3.5%
197	Casavieja	82	+2.5%
197	Trespaderne	82	0%
197	Valdestillas	82	-9.9%
200	Condado de Treviño	81	-2.4%
200	Duruelo de la Sierra	81	-3.6%
200	Navas de Oro	81	0%
203	Castrojeriz	80	+1.3%
204	Baltanás	79	+3.9%
205	Frómista	78	-6%
205	Navalmanzano	78	-3.7%
205	Sasamón	78	+2.6%
208	Cardeñajimeno	77	+20.3%
208	San Cristóbal de la Cuesta	77	+4.1%
210	Barruelo de Santullán	76	-5%
211	Bermillo de Sayago	75	-1.3%
211	Campaspero	75	-2.6%
211	Carrascal de Barregas	75	+4.2%
211	Macotera	75	-2.6%
211	Torre del Bierzo	75	0%
211	Turégano	75	+4.2%
217	Hospital de Órbigo	74	+1.4%
218	Garrafe de Torío	73	+12.3%
218	Matallana de Torío	73	-3.9%
218	Valdevimbre	73	+10.6%
218	Villoria	73	+2.8%
222	Fuentes de Oñoro	72	-6.5%
222	Madrigal de las Altas Torres	72	+9.1%
222	Pelabravo	72	-8.9%
222	Tamames	72	+2.9%
222	Valle de Tobalina	72	+7.5%
227	Traspinedo	71	0%
228	Alar del Rey	70	0%
228	Linares de Riofrío	70	+7.7%
228	Monfarracinos	70	+4.5%
228	Sanchonuño	70	+1.4%
232	Morales de Toro	69	0%
233	Fontiveros	68	+3%
233	Otero de Herreros	68	-2.9%
233	Santibáñez de Vidriales	68	+11.5%
233	Trescasas	68	0%
233	Valdepolo	68	-1.4%
233	Villasabariego	68	+3%
239	Astudillo	67	+3.1%
239	Santa Elena de Jamuz	67	+3.1%
239	Santa María la Real de Nieva	67	0%
242	Quintanilla de Onésimo	66	-1.5%
242	Quintanilla Vivar	66	+3.1%
242	Serrada	66	+8.2%
242	Villabrágima	66	+3.1%
246	Matapozuelos	65	-3%
247	La Pedraja de Portillo	63	-7.4%
247	La Seca	63	+12.5%
247	Navaleno	63	-7.4%
247	Villarramiel	63	-6%

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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. 232 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016}},
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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/castile-and-leon-municipalities?period=2016. 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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Valladolid, with 19,666 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Zarapicos, with 4 in 2016.

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