Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 696 municipalities in 2018, at 12,367. Villar de la Encina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 36 and the figure for Castilla-La Mancha was 127,643. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,367Albacete

Lowest4Villar de la Encina

Median36696 municipalities

Castilla-La Mancha127,643History

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	Albacete	12,367	-0.6%
2	Toledo	5,821	+1.7%
3	Ciudad Real	5,212	+1.3%
4	Talavera de la Reina	5,165	+0.2%
5	Guadalajara	4,570	-0%
6	Cuenca	3,779	+0.7%
7	Tomelloso	2,492	+1.3%
8	Villarrobledo	2,218	-0.9%
9	Illescas	2,060	+4.5%
10	Valdepeñas	2,014	+0.2%
11	Puertollano	2,008	+0.2%
12	Alcázar de San Juan	1,942	+1.8%
13	Hellín	1,862	-0.4%
14	Almansa	1,791	-0.3%
15	Azuqueca de Henares	1,405	+2.9%
16	Seseña	1,327	+6.9%
17	La Roda	1,140	-1%
18	Manzanares	1,048	-1.4%
19	Torrijos	1,015	-3.2%
20	Daimiel	990	-1.2%
20	Tarancón	990	+0.6%
22	Bolaños de Calatrava	935	+1.2%
23	Socuéllamos	909	+0.3%
24	Miguelturra	906	-2.4%
25	Campo de Criptana	858	+0.1%
26	La Solana	824	-0.4%
27	Cabanillas del Campo	786	-0.8%
28	El Casar	756	+0.8%
29	Quintanar de la Orden	752	-0.8%
30	Yuncos	728	+1.7%
31	Fuensalida	702	-1.7%
32	Sonseca	695	-3.1%
33	Consuegra	676	-0.4%
34	Almagro	669	-0.9%
35	Madridejos	664	+0.9%
36	Mora	659	-0.5%
37	Caudete	625	-1.4%
38	Herencia	617	+7.9%
39	Ocaña	587	-0.7%
40	San Clemente	584	+1%
41	Quintanar del Rey	570	-0.2%
42	Pedro Muñoz	562	-0.4%
43	Malagón	556	-0.2%
44	Villacañas	552	+1.3%
45	Villarrubia de los Ojos	544	+0.6%
46	Motilla del Palancar	539	+1.1%
47	Olías del Rey	535	+3.1%
48	Bargas	526	+8%
48	Tobarra	526	-0.2%
50	Alovera	513	+2.2%
51	Casarrubios del Monte	507	+0.2%
52	La Puebla de Montalbán	478	+4.1%
53	Mota del Cuervo	470	-0.8%
54	Las Pedroñeras	456	-0.4%
55	Villanueva de los Infantes	408	-0.7%
56	Los Yébenes	399	-2%
57	Tarazona de la Mancha	395	-2%
58	Argamasilla de Alba	392	+2.6%
59	Iniesta	384	+2.7%
60	Yeles	379	+0.8%
61	Esquivias	371	-0.3%
62	Ugena	367	0%
63	Moral de Calatrava	363	+3.1%
64	Casas-Ibáñez	356	+3.5%
65	Sigüenza	348	+0.3%
66	Almodóvar del Campo	338	+2.7%
67	Mocejón	332	+3.8%
68	Argamasilla de Calatrava	320	+1.3%
68	Numancia de la Sagra	320	-5.6%
70	Carranque	319	+3.6%
71	Argés	315	+4.7%
71	Miguel Esteban	315	+1.6%
73	Madrigueras	314	-0.9%
74	Marchamalo	312	+6.1%
74	Membrilla	312	-1%
76	Santa Cruz de Mudela	296	+2.8%
77	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	293	-1.3%
78	Almadén	287	-3.7%
78	Santa Cruz de la Zarza	287	+0.3%
80	Villafranca de los Caballeros	286	+2.9%
81	Corral de Almaguer	285	-5.6%
81	Torrejón del Rey	285	+2.5%
83	Borox	284	+4%
84	Nambroca	282	-1.1%
84	Pepino	282	+2.5%
86	Molina de Aragón	281	-0.4%
87	Valmojado	279	+3%
88	Villanueva de la Torre	278	-2.8%
89	La Puebla de Almoradiel	275	-1.1%
89	Navahermosa	275	+2.2%
91	Cobisa	273	+2.2%
92	Ontígola	272	+6.3%
93	Polán	271	+2.7%
94	Méntrida	270	-2.2%
95	Cedillo del Condado	264	+1.5%
96	Calera y Chozas	261	+8.8%
97	Elche de la Sierra	259	+1.2%
98	El Viso de San Juan	255	-1.9%
99	Yuncler	252	+6.3%
100	Camarena	250	+8.2%
101	Piedrabuena	245	-2.4%
102	Gálvez	241	-0.8%
103	Añover de Tajo	236	+0.9%
104	Villamalea	233	+0.4%
105	Yepes	231	-2.1%
106	Noblejas	230	+2.2%
107	Munera	229	-3.8%
107	Recas	229	-4.6%
109	Torrenueva	226	+4.1%
110	Torralba de Calatrava	225	-0.4%
111	Las Ventas de Retamosa	224	+5.2%
112	Villaluenga de la Sagra	220	-0.5%
113	Menasalbas	218	-1.4%
114	Casasimarro	214	+4.9%
115	Calzada de Calatrava	210	0%
115	Escalona	210	-0.9%
115	Santa Cruz del Retamar	210	-2.3%
118	La Villa de Don Fadrique	207	+1%
119	Santa Olalla	206	+2.5%
120	Porzuna	200	+9.3%
121	Pozuelo de Calatrava	199	+3.1%
122	Pantoja	196	-4.4%
123	Cebolla	194	+2.1%
123	Villanueva de la Jara	194	+2.6%
125	Fuente el Fresno	191	-5.4%
125	Pozo Cañada	191	-1%
127	Orgaz	188	-2.1%
128	Alameda de la Sagra	184	+1.7%
128	Mondéjar	184	+1.1%
130	Oropesa	183	+2.8%
131	Minglanilla	180	+4%
131	Pioz	180	+9.1%
131	Poblete	180	+6.5%
134	Carrión de Calatrava	178	-2.2%
134	Yunquera de Henares	178	+4.1%
136	Horcajo de Santiago	177	-1.7%
137	Ossa de Montiel	175	+1.2%
137	Villanueva de Alcardete	175	+0.6%
139	Brihuega	170	-1.7%
140	Chiloeches	169	+4.3%
141	Burguillos de Toledo	166	-3.5%
141	San Pablo de los Montes	166	-2.9%
143	Portillo de Toledo	165	+6.5%
144	Villarta de San Juan	164	-0.6%
145	La Gineta	161	-0.6%
146	Magán	160	+4.6%
147	El Bonillo	158	-6.5%
148	Las Valeras	157	-1.3%
148	Tembleque	157	-1.9%
150	Fuente-Álamo	156	-0.6%
150	Montealegre del Castillo	156	-1.9%
152	Novés	155	+5.4%
153	Ajofrín	154	-2.5%
153	Yeste	154	+4.8%
155	Uceda	153	-7.8%
156	El Provencio	152	-3.2%
157	Belmonte	151	+3.4%
158	Almorox	150	+3.4%
159	Los Navalucillos	148	+2.1%
160	Balazote	147	+2.1%
160	Gerindote	147	+0.7%
160	Honrubia	147	-3.3%
160	Lillo	147	-0.7%
164	Guadamur	145	+0.7%
164	Villamayor de Santiago	145	+3.6%
164	Yebes	145	+13.3%
167	Cazalegas	144	+2.9%
168	Urda	143	-10.1%
168	Viso del Marqués	143	+0.7%
170	Velada	141	-2.8%
171	Fuentealbilla	138	-0.7%
171	La Pueblanueva	138	+2.2%
173	Villanueva de la Fuente	137	+2.2%
174	La Guardia	134	+2.3%
174	Villarrubia de Santiago	134	+1.5%
176	Pulgar	132	-1.5%
177	Los Navalmorales	131	-4.4%
178	Las Ventas con Peña Aguilera	130	-0.8%
179	Galápagos	128	+15.3%
180	Las Mesas	126	+5%
181	San Lorenzo de la Parrilla	125	+2.5%
181	Villasequilla	125	+0.8%
183	Dosbarrios	123	+7%
183	San Román de los Montes	123	-3.9%
185	Lominchar	120	+1.7%
186	Barrax	119	0%
186	Horche	119	-0.8%
188	Alpera	118	-2.5%
188	Valverde de Júcar	118	-4.1%
190	Cobeja	116	+10.5%
190	Ontur	116	+3.6%
192	La Torre de Esteban Hambrán	112	+4.7%
192	Villatobas	112	+1.8%
194	Chozas de Canales	111	+7.8%
195	Arcas	110	-7.6%
195	Cifuentes	110	-6%
195	Huete	110	+0.9%
198	Castellar de Santiago	109	+4.8%
198	Montiel	109	-4.4%
198	Riópar	109	-5.2%
198	Sisante	109	-4.4%
202	Jadraque	108	+0.9%
203	Campillo de Altobuey	106	+7.1%
204	Camuñas	105	-4.5%
204	Pozohondo	105	-0.9%
206	Alcaraz	103	-4.6%
206	Sacedón	103	+2%
208	Cuerva	102	+3%
209	Burujón	101	+1%
209	Lagartera	101	+1%
211	Valdeganga	100	-2%
212	Landete	98	-2%
213	El Carpio de Tajo	96	0%
214	Agudo	95	0%
214	Cabañas de la Sagra	95	+1.1%
216	Chillón	92	+1.1%
216	Fontanar	92	-6.1%
218	Corral de Calatrava	91	+1.1%
218	Quismondo	91	+5.8%
218	Socovos	91	-1.1%
221	El Toboso	90	-3.2%
222	Malpica de Tajo	89	+3.5%
222	Minaya	89	-1.1%
224	Lezuza	88	+2.3%
225	La Alberca de Záncara	87	-4.4%
225	Villahermosa	87	-3.3%
227	El Puente del Arzobispo	86	-6.5%
228	Casas de Juan Núñez	85	-8.6%
228	Pozo de Guadalajara	85	+7.6%
230	Alcalá del Júcar	84	+3.7%
230	El Casar de Escalona	84	-5.6%
230	Huerta de Valdecarábanos	84	-1.2%
233	Aldea del Rey	80	+3.9%
234	Ledaña	79	+3.9%
235	El Pedernoso	78	+2.6%
235	El Robledo	78	+5.4%
235	Valdeaveruelo	78	0%
238	Huecas	76	+2.7%
238	Mahora	76	-1.3%
238	Santo Domingo-Caudilla	76	-6.2%
241	Belvís de la Jara	75	0%
241	Casas de Fernando Alonso	75	-3.8%
243	Escalonilla	74	+2.8%
244	Talayuelas	73	-1.4%
245	Higueruela	72	-2.7%
245	Humanes	72	-1.4%
247	El Picazo	70	+2.9%
247	Priego	70	+1.4%
249	Alcaudete de la Jara	69	0%
249	Fuente de Pedro Naharro	69	+13.1%

Showing the top 250 of 696. 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. 77 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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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_castilla_la_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha by active companies, 2018}},
  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/castilla-la-mancha-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?

Albacete, with 12,367 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Villar de la Encina, with 4 in 2018.

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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. 77 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.