Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies

Valladolid had the highest active companies of 1592 municipalities in 2017, at 19,841. Zarapicos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 14 and the figure for Castile and León was 161,619. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,841Valladolid

Lowest4Zarapicos

Median141592 municipalities

Castile and León161,619History

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	Valladolid	19,841	+0.9%
2	Burgos	12,964	+1.1%
3	Salamanca	10,127	-0.3%
4	León	9,470	-1%
5	Ponferrada	5,363	-2.9%
6	Palencia	5,114	-1.4%
7	Zamora	4,823	-0.7%
8	Ávila	3,691	+2.3%
9	Segovia	3,585	-1.9%
10	Soria	2,783	-0.3%
11	Aranda de Duero	2,242	+0.2%
12	Miranda de Ebro	2,042	-0.8%
13	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,680	+1.5%
14	Benavente	1,424	-0.1%
15	Medina del Campo	1,311	+0.2%
16	Laguna de Duero	1,191	+0.8%
17	Arroyo de la Encomienda	1,170	+6%
18	Villaquilambre	1,122	+1.4%
19	Ciudad Rodrigo	1,029	+0.5%
20	Santa Marta de Tormes	924	+1%
21	La Bañeza	902	+0.1%
22	Astorga	897	+1.2%
23	Villares de la Reina	886	+2%
24	Béjar	882	-1.2%
25	Toro	762	-0.1%
26	Cuéllar	668	-1%
27	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	656	+4.3%
27	El Espinar	656	+1.4%
29	Tordesillas	634	-0.5%
30	Cistérniga	630	+2.6%
31	Medina de Pomar	627	-0.2%
32	Guijuelo	574	+1.4%
33	Arévalo	564	+0.5%
34	Villamayor	553	+8.6%
35	Bembibre	546	-3.2%
36	Tudela de Duero	545	+2.8%
37	Arenas de San Pedro	514	-1%
38	Aguilar de Campoo	505	+1.2%
39	Íscar	473	+1.3%
40	Peñaranda de Bracamonte	471	-1.5%
41	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	470	+2.8%
42	Briviesca	468	+3.3%
43	Simancas	456	+4.8%
44	Villablino	452	-1.1%
45	Peñafiel	440	+2.6%
46	Boecillo	435	-0.7%
46	Zaratán	435	0%
48	Santovenia de Pisuerga	427	+7%
49	Aldeamayor de San Martín	426	+2.4%
50	Alba de Tormes	390	+1.8%
51	Guardo	387	-2.5%
52	Las Navas del Marqués	385	+4.1%
53	Valencia de Don Juan	378	+1.1%
54	Candeleda	376	+1.1%
55	Valverde de la Virgen	375	+2.7%
56	Real Sitio de San Ildefonso	372	-0.5%
57	Sariegos	371	+3.1%
58	Almazán	369	-2.1%
58	Medina de Rioseco	369	-2.1%
60	Cacabelos	358	+1.7%
61	Camponaraya	355	0%
62	Sotillo de la Adrada	335	-2.3%
63	Villamuriel de Cerrato	332	-2.6%
64	Valle de Mena	331	-4.3%
65	Cabrerizos	324	+2.5%
66	Palazuelos de Eresma	323	+4.9%
67	Venta de Baños	315	-0.3%
68	La Lastrilla	311	+2%
69	Cantalejo	297	-0.7%
70	Santa María del Páramo	293	-2.3%
71	Saldaña	286	-2.4%
72	Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma	285	+0.4%
73	Lerma	262	+0.4%
74	Valdefresno	254	-5.2%
75	Pedrajas de San Esteban	253	+3.3%
76	Villafranca del Bierzo	252	+2.4%
77	Cigales	249	0%
78	El Barco de Ávila	244	+0.4%
79	Renedo de Esgueva	242	+0.4%
80	Sahagún	232	+1.3%
81	Onzonilla	230	-6.1%
81	Vitigudino	230	-0.9%
83	Cistierna	229	-0.9%
84	Salas de los Infantes	217	+3.3%
84	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	217	-1.8%
86	Olmedo	216	-4.8%
87	Carrión de los Condes	211	+1.9%
88	Villarejo de Órbigo	208	0%
89	Mojados	206	-6.4%
90	Villagonzalo Pedernales	204	+1%
91	Carracedelo	203	+2%
91	Fabero	203	-0.5%
93	El Tiemblo	202	+4.1%
94	Morales del Vino	199	+4.7%
94	Ólvega	199	-2.9%
94	San Esteban de Gormaz	199	+1%
97	Cervera de Pisuerga	194	+2.6%
98	Ágreda	191	-3%
99	Golmayo	190	+0.5%
100	La Adrada	186	+4.5%
101	Nava de la Asunción	184	-3.2%
102	Cabezón de Pisuerga	183	0%
102	Castellanos de Moriscos	183	-1.1%
104	Carbonero el Mayor	182	-5.2%
105	Carrizo	180	-3.2%
106	Riaza	175	+1.2%
107	San Cristóbal de Segovia	173	-2.8%
108	Benavides	172	+5.5%
108	Piedralaves	172	+3.6%
110	Piedrahíta	171	0%
111	Villanubla	170	+7.6%
112	Belorado	167	-0.6%
113	Portillo	166	+3.1%
114	Espinosa de los Monteros	162	-1.2%
114	Navaluenga	162	-8%
116	La Robla	158	-4.8%
116	Roa	158	-0.6%
118	Cebreros	157	-4.3%
118	El Barraco	157	0%
118	Toral de los Vados	157	-12.3%
118	Villalbilla de Burgos	157	+8.3%
122	Villalón de Campos	155	0%
123	Grijota	152	-3.2%
124	Herrera de Pisuerga	151	+3.4%
125	Viana de Cega	150	+4.2%
126	Aldeatejada	143	+3.6%
126	Mayorga	143	+5.9%
126	Villalobón	143	+2.1%
129	Boñar	139	-3.5%
129	Dueñas	139	-5.4%
129	Mansilla de las Mulas	139	+0.7%
132	Villaturiel	137	-8.1%
133	Nava del Rey	132	+6.5%
134	Melgar de Fernamental	130	+5.7%
135	Puebla de Sanabria	128	-5.2%
136	Villalpando	126	+3.3%
136	Villaralbo	126	-5.3%
138	Toreno	125	+4.2%
138	Valverde del Majano	125	-0.8%
140	Chozas de Abajo	124	-10.1%
141	Cabañas Raras	123	0%
141	Coreses	123	+2.5%
141	El Hoyo de Pinares	123	-1.6%
141	Ledesma	123	-4.7%
145	Vega de Espinareda	122	0%
146	Terradillos	121	+2.5%
147	Ayllón	119	-6.3%
147	La Pola de Gordón	119	+1.7%
147	Lumbrales	119	-1.7%
147	Soto de la Vega	119	+5.3%
151	Quintanar de la Sierra	118	0%
151	Villadiego	118	+7.3%
153	Coca	117	0%
154	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	115	+16.2%
154	Cardeñadijo	115	+0.9%
154	Paredes de Nava	115	+4.5%
154	Sepúlveda	115	+8.5%
158	Fuentesaúco	114	-5%
158	Ibeas de Juarros	114	+11.8%
160	Arcos de Jalón	112	+2.8%
160	Covaleda	112	-2.6%
160	Valderas	112	+4.7%
163	Torrecaballeros	111	0%
164	Fuensaldaña	109	0%
164	Merindad de Río Ubierna	109	+10.1%
164	Villacastín	109	-6.8%
164	Villariezo	109	-2.7%
168	Espirdo	108	+10.2%
168	San Leonardo de Yagüe	108	-7.7%
170	La Fuente de San Esteban	107	+8.1%
170	Moraleja del Vino	107	+2.9%
172	La Alberca	106	+1%
172	San Justo de la Vega	106	+1.9%
174	Pradoluengo	105	-3.7%
175	Puente de Domingo Flórez	102	-6.4%
176	Galende	100	-7.4%
177	Doñinos de Salamanca	99	-3.9%
178	Cubillos del Sil	98	+7.7%
179	Burgohondo	97	-1%
179	Congosto	97	-2%
181	San Cristóbal de Entreviñas	96	+3.2%
181	Santa Marina del Rey	96	+1.1%
183	Casavieja	94	+14.6%
183	Cuadros	94	+4.4%
185	Fermoselle	93	+6.9%
185	Villadangos del Páramo	93	+8.1%
187	Monterrubio de Armuña	90	+4.7%
188	Osorno la Mayor	89	-6.3%
188	Valdestillas	89	+8.5%
190	Cantimpalos	87	+2.4%
191	Trespaderne	86	+4.9%
192	Vinuesa	85	-3.4%
193	Arcos	84	-1.2%
193	Rueda	84	-1.2%
195	Alaejos	83	-4.6%
195	Fuentepelayo	83	-3.5%
195	Roales	83	0%
198	Alcañices	82	-10.9%
198	Castrojeriz	82	+2.5%
198	Medinaceli	82	-6.8%
198	Torre del Bierzo	82	+9.3%
202	Cardeñajimeno	81	+5.2%
202	Duruelo de la Sierra	81	0%
204	Baltanás	79	0%
204	Turégano	79	+5.3%
206	Bermillo de Sayago	78	+4%
206	Carrascal de Barregas	78	+4%
206	Condado de Treviño	78	-3.7%
206	Madrigal de las Altas Torres	78	+8.3%
206	Navas de Oro	78	-3.7%
206	Sasamón	78	0%
212	Barruelo de Santullán	77	+1.3%
212	Fontiveros	77	+13.2%
212	Garrafe de Torío	77	+5.5%
212	Santa Elena de Jamuz	77	+14.9%
216	Frómista	76	-2.6%
216	Pelabravo	76	+5.6%
218	Campaspero	75	0%
219	Hospital de Órbigo	74	0%
219	San Cristóbal de la Cuesta	74	-3.9%
219	Valdepolo	74	+8.8%
222	Matallana de Torío	72	-1.4%
222	Morales de Toro	72	+4.3%
222	Traspinedo	72	+1.4%
222	Villasabariego	72	+5.9%
226	Navalmanzano	71	-9%
226	Tamames	71	-1.4%
228	Macotera	70	-6.7%
228	Villabrágima	70	+6.1%
230	Monfarracinos	69	-1.4%
230	Quintanilla de Onésimo	69	+4.5%
230	Sanchonuño	69	-1.4%
230	Valdevimbre	69	-5.5%
234	Otero de Herreros	68	0%
235	Villoria	67	-8.2%
236	Linares de Riofrío	66	-5.7%
236	Quintanilla Vivar	66	0%
236	Valderrueda	66	+10%
236	Valle de Tobalina	66	-8.3%
240	Alar del Rey	65	-7.1%
240	Astudillo	65	-3%
240	Fuentes de Oñoro	65	-9.7%
240	Pesquera de Duero	65	+25%
240	Serrada	65	-1.5%
245	Castrillo del Val	64	+3.2%
245	La Seca	64	+1.6%
245	Trescasas	64	-5.9%
248	Calvarrasa de Abajo	63	+3.3%
248	Camarzana de Tera	63	+3.3%
248	Covarrubias	63	+1.6%

Showing the top 250 of 1592. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 216 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.

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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, 2017}},
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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 19,841 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Zarapicos, with 4 in 2017.

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