Municipalities in Castile and León by active companies

Valladolid had the highest active companies of 1557 municipalities in 2021, at 19,170. Zarapicos had the lowest, at 4. The median was 14 and the figure for Castile and León was 157,131. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest19,170Valladolid

Lowest4Zarapicos

Median141557 municipalities

Castile and León157,131History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Valladolid	19,170	-2.3%
2	Burgos	12,574	-1.6%
3	Salamanca	9,975	-2%
4	León	9,234	-2.3%
5	Ponferrada	5,026	-4.7%
6	Palencia	4,870	-2.1%
7	Zamora	4,629	-2%
8	Ávila	3,600	-2.2%
9	Segovia	3,528	-1%
10	Soria	2,701	-1.6%
11	Aranda de Duero	2,250	-0.3%
12	Miranda de Ebro	1,910	-3.6%
13	San Andrés del Rabanedo	1,567	-4.1%
14	Benavente	1,339	-2.3%
15	Medina del Campo	1,233	-3%
16	Arroyo de la Encomienda	1,232	-1.7%
17	Laguna de Duero	1,160	-2.4%
18	Villaquilambre	1,082	-1.5%
19	Ciudad Rodrigo	982	-2.2%
20	Santa Marta de Tormes	901	-1.7%
21	Astorga	858	-1.5%
22	Villares de la Reina	854	-2.3%
23	Béjar	824	-1.2%
24	La Bañeza	822	-4.5%
25	Toro	720	-2.6%
26	El Espinar	695	-0.4%
27	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	691	+1.2%
28	Cuéllar	666	+0.5%
29	Medina de Pomar	636	-2%
30	Tordesillas	586	-3.3%
31	Cistérniga	573	-2.4%
32	Villamayor	564	-0.4%
33	Arévalo	557	-1.8%
34	Guijuelo	542	-4.1%
35	Bembibre	528	-2.6%
36	Tudela de Duero	523	-2.4%
37	Arenas de San Pedro	513	+0.2%
38	Aguilar de Campoo	480	-3%
39	Briviesca	453	-0.7%
39	Peñaranda de Bracamonte	453	-0.9%
39	Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja	453	-0.4%
42	Peñafiel	450	+0.4%
43	Simancas	446	-3.3%
44	Zaratán	441	+0.7%
45	Villablino	440	-2.7%
46	Íscar	438	-2%
47	Aldeamayor de San Martín	430	-2.7%
48	Valverde de la Virgen	402	-0.5%
49	Alba de Tormes	389	-1%
50	Santovenia de Pisuerga	388	+1.8%
51	Las Navas del Marqués	386	-1.3%
52	Boecillo	383	-3%
53	Sariegos	380	-5%
54	Candeleda	376	-1.1%
55	Valencia de Don Juan	375	-3.4%
56	Guardo	372	-0.8%
56	Medina de Rioseco	372	-2.1%
58	Real Sitio de San Ildefonso	366	+1.7%
59	Almazán	364	+3.7%
60	Camponaraya	360	+0.6%
60	Sotillo de la Adrada	360	+2%
62	Palazuelos de Eresma	354	+0.6%
63	Cacabelos	346	-0.9%
64	Villamuriel de Cerrato	343	-0.9%
65	La Lastrilla	339	-0.3%
66	Valle de Mena	324	-1.8%
67	Venta de Baños	318	0%
68	Cabrerizos	314	-2.8%
69	Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma	300	+1%
70	Cantalejo	298	-3.2%
71	Santa María del Páramo	291	0%
72	Saldaña	286	-2.4%
73	Lerma	262	-0.8%
74	Valdefresno	256	-1.9%
75	Cigales	250	0%
76	Renedo de Esgueva	247	-0.4%
77	Pedrajas de San Esteban	236	-2.1%
78	El Barco de Ávila	232	+5.5%
79	Villafranca del Bierzo	223	+0.5%
79	Villagonzalo Pedernales	223	+1.4%
81	Santovenia de la Valdoncina	220	+5.3%
82	Sahagún	216	-0.9%
83	Salas de los Infantes	215	-1.8%
84	Onzonilla	214	-4%
85	Cistierna	213	-4.1%
86	Olmedo	211	-3.2%
87	Carracedelo	205	+0.5%
87	Carrión de los Condes	205	-2.4%
89	Vitigudino	204	-5.6%
90	Morales del Vino	203	-3.8%
91	Nava de la Asunción	202	-1.5%
92	Ólvega	200	+5.8%
93	El Tiemblo	199	-6.1%
94	Castellanos de Moriscos	198	-2.5%
95	San Esteban de Gormaz	197	-1%
96	Ágreda	194	+1%
97	Golmayo	191	-1%
97	La Adrada	191	-5.9%
99	Fabero	187	0%
99	Villarejo de Órbigo	187	-6%
101	Carrizo	183	-4.7%
102	San Cristóbal de Segovia	180	+3.4%
103	Cervera de Pisuerga	179	+2.9%
104	Riaza	177	-1.1%
105	Navaluenga	176	0%
105	Piedralaves	176	+0.6%
107	Mojados	175	-6.9%
108	Villanubla	172	-2.8%
109	Cabezón de Pisuerga	169	-1.2%
109	Carbonero el Mayor	169	-1.2%
111	Cebreros	166	+0.6%
112	Grijota	165	-4.6%
113	Piedrahíta	164	-4.1%
114	Aldeatejada	163	-1.2%
115	Espinosa de los Monteros	161	-0.6%
116	Belorado	160	+1.9%
117	La Robla	157	+3.3%
117	Villalbilla de Burgos	157	+4.7%
119	Viana de Cega	150	-7.4%
119	Villaturiel	150	-0.7%
121	Roa	149	-2%
122	Herrera de Pisuerga	147	-7.5%
122	Portillo	147	-3.3%
124	Benavides	145	-6.5%
124	El Barraco	145	-8.2%
126	Toral de los Vados	133	-5.7%
127	Mansilla de las Mulas	132	+4.8%
128	Valverde del Majano	131	+2.3%
128	Villalón de Campos	131	-1.5%
130	Puebla de Sanabria	130	-5.8%
131	Fuensaldaña	127	+4.1%
132	Nava del Rey	126	-8%
132	Villalobón	126	-8%
134	Ayllón	125	-3.8%
134	Terradillos	125	-0.8%
136	Chozas de Abajo	124	-6.8%
137	Melgar de Fernamental	123	-2.4%
138	Quintanar de la Sierra	122	-0.8%
139	Alfoz de Quintanadueñas	121	-5.5%
139	Cabañas Raras	121	-4.7%
139	Coca	121	+0.8%
142	Dueñas	120	+1.7%
143	Boñar	119	-8.5%
143	El Hoyo de Pinares	119	-1.7%
143	Torrecaballeros	119	+3.5%
143	Vega de Espinareda	119	-1.7%
143	Villadiego	119	+4.4%
148	Toreno	117	-10%
149	Coreses	116	-6.5%
149	Espirdo	116	-7.2%
151	Villalpando	115	+0.9%
152	Cardeñadijo	114	+3.6%
152	Ibeas de Juarros	114	-3.4%
154	Ledesma	113	+1.8%
155	La Pola de Gordón	111	+1.8%
155	Mayorga	111	-9.8%
157	Covaleda	109	+1.9%
157	Doñinos de Salamanca	109	-1.8%
157	La Alberca	109	+3.8%
157	Moraleja del Vino	109	+1.9%
157	San Leonardo de Yagüe	109	0%
162	Lumbrales	108	-1.8%
163	Valderas	107	-1.8%
164	Galende	106	-3.6%
164	Paredes de Nava	106	-4.5%
166	Fuentesaúco	105	-3.7%
166	Villaralbo	105	-7.9%
168	Villariezo	104	+3%
169	Pradoluengo	102	0%
169	Puente de Domingo Flórez	102	-1.9%
171	Burgohondo	100	+6.4%
171	San Justo de la Vega	100	-2%
171	Soto de la Vega	100	-10.7%
174	Sepúlveda	99	-5.7%
175	La Fuente de San Esteban	98	-3%
175	Villadangos del Páramo	98	-2%
177	Fermoselle	97	-2%
178	Arcos de Jalón	95	-4%
179	Villacastín	94	-3.1%
180	Arcos	93	-4.1%
181	Congosto	92	+1.1%
181	Cubillos del Sil	92	-6.1%
183	Cuadros	91	0%
183	Merindad de Río Ubierna	91	-2.2%
185	Cantimpalos	88	-1.1%
185	Casavieja	88	-1.1%
185	Monterrubio de Armuña	88	-2.2%
188	Roales	87	-2.2%
189	Rueda	86	+1.2%
189	Trescasas	86	+7.5%
191	San Cristóbal de Entreviñas	85	-1.2%
192	Medinaceli	84	+3.7%
192	Pelabravo	84	-2.3%
194	San Cristóbal de la Cuesta	83	+2.5%
195	Alcañices	82	-2.4%
195	Duruelo de la Sierra	82	-3.5%
195	Frómista	82	+6.5%
195	Garrafe de Torío	82	+5.1%
195	Valdestillas	82	0%
200	Navas de Oro	81	+5.2%
200	Osorno la Mayor	81	+5.2%
200	Vinuesa	81	-8%
203	Cardeñajimeno	80	+9.6%
203	Madrigal de las Altas Torres	80	+2.6%
203	Trespaderne	80	-1.2%
206	Matallana de Torío	79	+2.6%
206	Santa Marina del Rey	79	-2.5%
206	Torre del Bierzo	79	-6%
209	Baltanás	78	+1.3%
209	Carrascal de Barregas	78	-9.3%
209	Castrojeriz	78	-1.3%
209	Sasamón	78	+1.3%
213	Alaejos	76	-1.3%
214	Condado de Treviño	74	-1.3%
214	Traspinedo	74	+2.8%
216	Fontiveros	73	-7.6%
216	Linares de Riofrío	73	+7.4%
218	Calvarrasa de Abajo	72	-6.5%
218	Santa Elena de Jamuz	72	+1.4%
218	Serrada	72	+4.3%
218	Villasabariego	72	-2.7%
222	Castropodame	71	-1.4%
222	Monfarracinos	71	-1.4%
224	Bermillo de Sayago	70	-6.7%
224	Fuentepelayo	70	-6.7%
226	Turégano	69	-5.5%
226	Valle de Tobalina	69	-2.8%
228	Navalmanzano	68	-1.4%
229	Alar del Rey	67	+3.1%
229	Barruelo de Santullán	67	-5.6%
229	Matapozuelos	67	+3.1%
229	Otero de Herreros	67	0%
229	Valdepolo	67	0%
234	Fuentes de Oñoro	66	+3.1%
234	Morales de Toro	66	-4.3%
234	Tamames	66	-4.3%
234	Valdevimbre	66	0%
234	Villoria	66	+4.8%
239	Astudillo	64	-1.5%
239	Boceguillas	64	+4.9%
239	Castrillo del Val	64	+3.2%
239	Hontanares de Eresma	64	-3%
239	Hospital de Órbigo	64	-1.5%
239	La Seca	64	-1.5%
239	Molinaseca	64	+1.6%
239	Quintanilla de Onésimo	64	-1.5%
239	Vega de Valcarce	64	0%
248	La Pedraja de Portillo	63	-1.6%
248	Sanchonuño	63	-1.6%
248	Villamañán	63	+1.6%

Showing the top 250 of 1557. 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. 251 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021}},
  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/castile-and-leon-municipalities?period=2021. 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 19,170 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Zarapicos, with 4 in 2021.

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