Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies

Valladolid had the highest active companies of 1575 municipalities in 2018, at 19,837. Zael had the lowest, at 4. The median was 14 and the figure for Castile and León was 161,986. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,837Valladolid

Lowest4Zael

Median141575 municipalities

Castile and León161,986History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Valladolid	19,837	-0%
2	Burgos	13,110	+1.1%
3	Salamanca	10,179	+0.5%
4	León	9,580	+1.2%
5	Ponferrada	5,371	+0.1%
6	Palencia	5,113	-0%
7	Zamora	4,798	-0.5%
8	Ávila	3,709	+0.5%
9	Segovia	3,614	+0.8%
10	Soria	2,774	-0.3%
11	Aranda de Duero	2,243	0%
12	Miranda de Ebro	2,021	-1%
13	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,688	+0.5%
14	Benavente	1,420	-0.3%
15	Medina del Campo	1,294	-1.3%
16	Arroyo de la Encomienda	1,213	+3.7%
17	Laguna de Duero	1,194	+0.3%
18	Villaquilambre	1,104	-1.6%
19	Ciudad Rodrigo	1,038	+0.9%
20	Santa Marta de Tormes	910	-1.5%
21	Astorga	894	-0.3%
22	Villares de la Reina	880	-0.7%
23	La Bañeza	872	-3.3%
24	Béjar	837	-5.1%
25	Toro	775	+1.7%
26	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	673	+2.6%
27	El Espinar	672	+2.4%
28	Cuéllar	667	-0.1%
29	Tordesillas	648	+2.2%
30	Medina de Pomar	629	+0.3%
31	Cistérniga	620	-1.6%
32	Arévalo	572	+1.4%
33	Guijuelo	565	-1.6%
33	Villamayor	565	+2.2%
35	Tudela de Duero	563	+3.3%
36	Bembibre	544	-0.4%
37	Arenas de San Pedro	498	-3.1%
38	Aguilar de Campoo	493	-2.4%
39	Briviesca	480	+2.6%
40	Íscar	479	+1.3%
41	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	478	+1.7%
42	Peñaranda de Bracamonte	475	+0.8%
43	Simancas	466	+2.2%
44	Zaratán	455	+4.6%
45	Peñafiel	447	+1.6%
45	Villablino	447	-1.1%
47	Aldeamayor de San Martín	432	+1.4%
48	Boecillo	431	-0.9%
49	Santovenia de Pisuerga	414	-3%
50	Valverde de la Virgen	394	+5.1%
51	Guardo	393	+1.6%
52	Sariegos	392	+5.7%
53	Las Navas del Marqués	386	+0.3%
53	Valencia de Don Juan	386	+2.1%
55	Alba de Tormes	385	-1.3%
56	Medina de Rioseco	374	+1.4%
57	Candeleda	367	-2.4%
58	Almazán	366	-0.8%
59	Camponaraya	363	+2.3%
60	Real Sitio de San Ildefonso	362	-2.7%
61	Cacabelos	339	-5.3%
62	Sotillo de la Adrada	336	+0.3%
62	Valle de Mena	336	+1.5%
62	Villamuriel de Cerrato	336	+1.2%
65	Palazuelos de Eresma	326	+0.9%
66	Venta de Baños	324	+2.9%
67	Cabrerizos	321	-0.9%
68	La Lastrilla	304	-2.3%
69	Cantalejo	303	+2%
70	Santa María del Páramo	297	+1.4%
71	Saldaña	295	+3.1%
72	Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma	280	-1.8%
73	Valdefresno	265	+4.3%
74	Lerma	262	0%
75	Cigales	250	+0.4%
76	Pedrajas de San Esteban	244	-3.6%
76	Villafranca del Bierzo	244	-3.2%
78	El Barco de Ávila	237	-2.9%
78	Renedo de Esgueva	237	-2.1%
80	Onzonilla	230	0%
81	Cistierna	229	0%
82	Vitigudino	222	-3.5%
83	Sahagún	219	-5.6%
84	Salas de los Infantes	216	-0.5%
84	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	216	-0.5%
86	Villagonzalo Pedernales	213	+4.4%
87	Morales del Vino	210	+5.5%
88	Olmedo	207	-4.2%
89	Carrión de los Condes	206	-2.4%
90	El Tiemblo	203	+0.5%
90	Villarejo de Órbigo	203	-2.4%
92	Carracedelo	202	-0.5%
93	Fabero	201	-1%
94	Mojados	199	-3.4%
94	Nava de la Asunción	199	+8.2%
96	Ágreda	194	+1.6%
97	Ólvega	191	-4%
97	San Esteban de Gormaz	191	-4%
99	Golmayo	190	0%
100	Cervera de Pisuerga	189	-2.6%
101	Castellanos de Moriscos	186	+1.6%
102	La Adrada	184	-1.1%
103	Carrizo	182	+1.1%
104	Riaza	176	+0.6%
105	Piedrahíta	174	+1.8%
106	Cabezón de Pisuerga	172	-6%
106	Piedralaves	172	0%
106	San Cristóbal de Segovia	172	-0.6%
106	Villanubla	172	+1.2%
110	Carbonero el Mayor	171	-6%
111	Benavides	169	-1.7%
112	Espinosa de los Monteros	167	+3.1%
113	Belorado	166	-0.6%
114	Portillo	163	-1.8%
115	Cebreros	162	+3.2%
116	Roa	161	+1.9%
117	El Barraco	160	+1.9%
118	Villalbilla de Burgos	158	+0.6%
119	Toral de los Vados	157	0%
120	Herrera de Pisuerga	156	+3.3%
120	La Robla	156	-1.3%
122	Grijota	155	+2%
122	Navaluenga	155	-4.3%
124	Villaturiel	154	+12.4%
125	Villalón de Campos	152	-1.9%
126	Aldeatejada	150	+4.9%
126	Viana de Cega	150	0%
128	Villalobón	146	+2.1%
129	Boñar	144	+3.6%
130	Mayorga	135	-5.6%
131	Mansilla de las Mulas	134	-3.6%
132	Melgar de Fernamental	132	+1.5%
133	Chozas de Abajo	131	+5.6%
133	Puebla de Sanabria	131	+2.3%
135	Coreses	130	+5.7%
135	Dueñas	130	-6.5%
135	Vega de Espinareda	130	+6.6%
135	Villaralbo	130	+3.2%
139	Valverde del Majano	129	+3.2%
140	Toreno	127	+1.6%
141	Nava del Rey	126	-4.5%
142	Ledesma	125	+1.6%
143	El Hoyo de Pinares	124	+0.8%
144	Ayllón	123	+3.4%
145	Quintanar de la Sierra	122	+3.4%
145	Soto de la Vega	122	+2.5%
147	Villalpando	121	-4%
148	Cabañas Raras	120	-2.4%
149	Coca	119	+1.7%
150	Cardeñadijo	118	+2.6%
150	Villadiego	118	0%
152	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	117	+1.7%
153	Terradillos	116	-4.1%
154	Ibeas de Juarros	115	+0.9%
154	Paredes de Nava	115	0%
156	Lumbrales	113	-5%
157	Fuensaldaña	111	+1.8%
157	Fuentesaúco	111	-2.6%
157	La Pola de Gordón	111	-6.7%
157	Valderas	111	-0.9%
161	San Leonardo de Yagüe	110	+1.9%
161	Torrecaballeros	110	-0.9%
163	La Fuente de San Esteban	109	+1.9%
163	Pradoluengo	109	+3.8%
165	Sepúlveda	108	-6.1%
166	Covaleda	107	-4.5%
166	Merindad de Río Ubierna	107	-1.8%
166	Moraleja del Vino	107	0%
169	Espirdo	106	-1.9%
170	La Alberca	105	-0.9%
170	Villariezo	105	-3.7%
172	Doñinos de Salamanca	104	+5.1%
173	Arcos de Jalón	103	-8%
174	Villacastín	102	-6.4%
175	Puente de Domingo Flórez	101	-1%
175	San Justo de la Vega	101	-4.7%
177	Cubillos del Sil	99	+1%
177	Galende	99	-1%
177	Villadangos del Páramo	99	+6.5%
180	Burgohondo	97	0%
181	Valdestillas	95	+6.7%
182	Congosto	94	-3.1%
182	Cuadros	94	0%
182	Monterrubio de Armuña	94	+4.4%
185	San Cristóbal de Entreviñas	93	-3.1%
186	Fermoselle	92	-1.1%
187	Rueda	90	+7.1%
187	Santa Marina del Rey	90	-6.3%
189	Roales	89	+7.2%
190	Alcañices	88	+7.3%
190	Trespaderne	88	+2.3%
192	Cantimpalos	86	-1.1%
192	Carrascal de Barregas	86	+10.3%
194	Casavieja	85	-9.6%
194	Osorno la Mayor	85	-4.5%
196	Vinuesa	84	-1.2%
197	Arcos	83	-1.2%
197	Medinaceli	83	+1.2%
199	Baltanás	82	+3.8%
199	Madrigal de las Altas Torres	82	+5.1%
201	Castrojeriz	81	-1.2%
201	Duruelo de la Sierra	81	0%
203	Alaejos	80	-3.6%
203	Cardeñajimeno	80	-1.2%
203	Matallana de Torío	80	+11.1%
203	Torre del Bierzo	80	-2.4%
207	Navas de Oro	79	+1.3%
207	Sasamón	79	+1.3%
207	Traspinedo	79	+9.7%
210	Condado de Treviño	78	0%
210	Fuentepelayo	78	-6%
212	Fontiveros	77	0%
212	Pelabravo	77	+1.3%
212	San Cristóbal de la Cuesta	77	+4.1%
212	Turégano	77	-2.5%
216	Frómista	76	0%
217	Navalmanzano	75	+5.6%
218	Tamames	74	+4.2%
219	Monfarracinos	73	+5.8%
219	Villasabariego	73	+1.4%
221	Barruelo de Santullán	72	-6.5%
221	Morales de Toro	72	0%
223	Hospital de Órbigo	71	-4.1%
224	Bermillo de Sayago	70	-10.3%
224	Calvarrasa de Abajo	70	+11.1%
224	Campaspero	70	-6.7%
224	Santa Elena de Jamuz	70	-9.1%
224	Valderrueda	70	+6.1%
229	Alar del Rey	69	+6.2%
229	Garrafe de Torío	69	-10.4%
229	Quintanilla Vivar	69	+4.5%
229	Trescasas	69	+7.8%
233	Fuentes de Oñoro	68	+4.6%
233	Quintanilla de Onésimo	68	-1.4%
233	Vega de Valcarce	68	+13.3%
233	Villabrágima	68	-2.9%
237	Astudillo	67	+3.1%
237	Linares de Riofrío	67	+1.5%
237	Macotera	67	-4.3%
237	Valdepolo	67	-9.5%
237	Valdevimbre	67	-2.9%
237	Valle de Tobalina	67	+1.5%
243	Carpio	66	+11.9%
243	Castrillo del Val	66	+3.1%
243	Sanchonuño	66	-4.3%
246	Covarrubias	65	+3.2%
247	Torquemada	64	+8.5%
247	Villoria	64	-4.5%
249	Camarzana de Tera	63	0%
249	Pesquera de Duero	63	-3.1%

Showing the top 250 of 1575. 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. 233 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 Castile and León by active companies, 2018) [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 Castile and León by active companies, 2018. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/castile-and-leon-municipalities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2018}},
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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=2018. 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 19,837 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Zael, with 4 in 2018.

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