Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha by active companies

Albacete had the highest active companies of 691 municipalities in 2021, at 12,356. Villatoya had the lowest, at 4. The median was 35 and the figure for Castilla-La Mancha was 127,673. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest12,356Albacete

Lowest4Villatoya

Median35691 municipalities

Castilla-La Mancha127,673History

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	Albacete	12,356	-0.7%
2	Toledo	5,935	-0.9%
3	Talavera de la Reina	5,289	+0.5%
4	Ciudad Real	5,123	-0.9%
5	Guadalajara	4,401	-2.8%
6	Cuenca	3,657	-3.3%
7	Tomelloso	2,490	+0.3%
8	Illescas	2,156	-2.4%
9	Puertollano	1,948	-2%
10	Hellín	1,944	+1%
11	Valdepeñas	1,933	-2.1%
12	Alcázar de San Juan	1,910	-0.6%
13	Almansa	1,774	+0.1%
14	Villarrobledo	1,646	-0.8%
15	Seseña	1,548	-0.3%
16	Azuqueca de Henares	1,335	-2.6%
17	La Roda	1,132	-1.9%
18	Torrijos	1,048	-0.3%
19	Manzanares	1,008	-3.9%
20	Tarancón	985	-1%
21	Daimiel	982	-0.6%
22	Miguelturra	953	+1.1%
23	Bolaños de Calatrava	923	+0.1%
24	Socuéllamos	899	-0.2%
25	Campo de Criptana	873	-0.2%
26	Cabanillas del Campo	832	-0.4%
27	La Solana	830	-3%
28	El Casar	808	-0.5%
29	Yuncos	797	+1.7%
30	Quintanar de la Orden	795	+2.3%
31	Fuensalida	733	-0.4%
32	Ocaña	679	+0.3%
33	Sonseca	672	-2.7%
34	Consuegra	663	-0.9%
35	Madridejos	657	-1.8%
36	Almagro	651	-2.1%
37	Caudete	621	-1.3%
38	Herencia	615	0%
39	Mora	604	+0.7%
40	Olías del Rey	588	-0.2%
41	Quintanar del Rey	579	+0.2%
42	San Clemente	572	-0.7%
43	Pedro Muñoz	565	-1.4%
44	Casarrubios del Monte	550	-1.3%
45	Malagón	541	-1.6%
46	Villacañas	532	-2.2%
47	Alovera	525	+0.4%
48	Villarrubia de los Ojos	518	-6.3%
49	Bargas	514	-7.1%
50	Tobarra	511	-1.9%
51	Mota del Cuervo	500	+0.4%
52	Motilla del Palancar	498	-2.9%
53	La Puebla de Montalbán	472	-2.9%
54	Las Pedroñeras	441	-2.9%
55	Los Yébenes	414	+0.7%
56	Tarazona de la Mancha	399	+0.5%
57	Argamasilla de Alba	389	-0.3%
58	Yeles	382	-6.4%
59	Villanueva de los Infantes	381	-5.2%
60	Iniesta	379	-0.8%
61	Ugena	377	+5.3%
62	Esquivias	374	-1.3%
63	Carranque	369	+1.1%
64	Moral de Calatrava	365	-0.8%
65	Argés	359	+6.2%
66	Casas-Ibáñez	349	0%
67	Sigüenza	346	-3.6%
68	Mocejón	334	0%
69	Madrigueras	333	-2.3%
70	Marchamalo	327	+3.2%
71	Méntrida	326	+2.8%
72	Numancia de la Sagra	319	+0.3%
73	Argamasilla de Calatrava	315	-2.5%
74	Pepino	311	-2.8%
75	Miguel Esteban	307	-2.5%
76	Torrejón del Rey	305	-1.3%
77	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	304	-1%
78	Borox	303	0%
78	Membrilla	303	-4.4%
80	Almodóvar del Campo	296	-6.9%
81	Ontígola	295	-2%
82	Nambroca	292	-1%
83	Almadén	290	+0.7%
83	Cedillo del Condado	290	+2.8%
85	La Puebla de Almoradiel	287	+2.9%
86	El Viso de San Juan	284	-0.7%
87	Villanueva de la Torre	282	+1.8%
88	Cobisa	281	-1.1%
89	Santa Cruz de la Zarza	278	0%
90	Valmojado	277	-1.1%
91	Elche de la Sierra	275	+7.4%
92	Santa Cruz de Mudela	274	-2.5%
93	Yuncler	273	+6.2%
94	Molina de Aragón	270	+2.3%
94	Polán	270	-0.4%
96	Villafranca de los Caballeros	269	-4.9%
97	Calera y Chozas	267	+1.5%
98	Navahermosa	266	-3.3%
99	Corral de Almaguer	253	-5.9%
100	Yepes	251	0%
101	Recas	248	-0.4%
101	Villamalea	248	+2.5%
103	Añover de Tajo	247	+0.4%
104	Piedrabuena	245	+3.4%
105	Camarena	242	+0.8%
106	Las Ventas de Retamosa	237	-1.7%
107	Munera	231	+1.3%
108	Gálvez	228	+2.2%
108	La Villa de Don Fadrique	228	-0.4%
108	Torrenueva	228	-2.6%
111	Torralba de Calatrava	226	0%
112	Escalona	225	+8.2%
113	Villaluenga de la Sagra	223	-0.4%
114	Casasimarro	220	+0.5%
115	Santa Cruz del Retamar	219	0%
116	Menasalbas	217	+0.5%
117	Pioz	215	+4.9%
118	Noblejas	212	-0.9%
119	Pantoja	210	+3.4%
120	Pozuelo de Calatrava	207	-3.3%
121	Cebolla	204	+1.5%
122	Calzada de Calatrava	200	+0.5%
123	Mondéjar	199	+2.6%
124	Santa Olalla	197	-4.8%
125	Fuente el Fresno	194	+2.6%
126	Pozo Cañada	193	-1.5%
127	Villanueva de la Jara	191	+2.7%
128	Chiloeches	190	+3.8%
129	Porzuna	189	-0.5%
130	Alameda de la Sagra	188	0%
130	Yebes	188	+7.4%
132	Yunquera de Henares	187	+1.6%
133	Carrión de Calatrava	184	+2.2%
134	Minglanilla	183	-0.5%
135	Magán	181	+1.1%
135	Uceda	181	+5.2%
137	Las Valeras	177	+1.1%
137	Orgaz	177	-2.7%
139	Burguillos de Toledo	175	-3.8%
140	Poblete	172	-3.9%
141	Montealegre del Castillo	170	+1.2%
142	Brihuega	169	+1.8%
142	Fuente-Álamo	169	-2.9%
144	La Gineta	166	+1.8%
144	Ossa de Montiel	166	+1.2%
146	Oropesa	165	-7.3%
146	Villanueva de Alcardete	165	0%
148	Villarta de San Juan	164	0%
149	San Pablo de los Montes	163	-4.7%
150	Belmonte	161	+3.2%
151	Novés	160	0%
152	Horcajo de Santiago	158	-4.2%
153	Cazalegas	157	-1.9%
153	Velada	157	+1.9%
155	Almorox	154	-1.9%
156	El Bonillo	153	-2.5%
157	Portillo de Toledo	151	-1.3%
158	El Provencio	149	+2.8%
158	La Guardia	149	+0.7%
160	Balazote	147	-3.9%
161	Tembleque	146	-0.7%
161	Urda	146	-2%
163	Villamayor de Santiago	145	-4.6%
164	Gerindote	143	+2.9%
164	Guadamur	143	+2.1%
166	Yeste	142	-6.6%
167	Honrubia	141	-2.1%
168	Chozas de Canales	140	+16.7%
169	Ajofrín	139	-0.7%
170	San Román de los Montes	137	-1.4%
170	Viso del Marqués	137	+1.5%
172	Lillo	135	-3.6%
173	Los Navalucillos	134	-1.5%
174	Fuentealbilla	132	+5.6%
174	Villanueva de la Fuente	132	-3.6%
176	La Torre de Esteban Hambrán	130	+4.8%
177	La Pueblanueva	129	+5.7%
178	Las Mesas	127	-3.1%
178	Villarrubia de Santiago	127	0%
180	Arcas	126	+2.4%
181	Alpera	125	+1.6%
182	Dosbarrios	124	+1.6%
182	Galápagos	124	-6.8%
184	Lominchar	123	0%
185	Villasequilla	122	-3.2%
186	Horche	121	+3.4%
186	Riópar	121	+2.5%
188	Los Navalmorales	120	-6.3%
189	Pulgar	119	-6.3%
189	Valverde de Júcar	119	+1.7%
191	Jadraque	116	+0.9%
191	Sacedón	116	-2.5%
193	Las Ventas con Peña Aguilera	115	-0.9%
193	Sisante	115	+4.5%
195	Ontur	112	-0.9%
196	Barrax	111	-1.8%
197	Montiel	110	-1.8%
198	Cobeja	108	-5.3%
199	Camuñas	105	-2.8%
199	Pozo de Guadalajara	105	+1%
199	San Lorenzo de la Parrilla	105	-10.3%
202	Villatobas	103	-4.6%
203	Castellar de Santiago	102	-5.6%
203	Quismondo	102	+5.2%
203	Socovos	102	+5.2%
206	Cifuentes	101	+1%
207	El Casar de Escalona	99	+3.1%
207	Lagartera	99	-4.8%
209	Huete	98	-4.9%
209	Pozohondo	98	+1%
211	Alcaraz	97	-7.6%
211	Campillo de Altobuey	97	+7.8%
213	Agudo	95	+1.1%
214	Cabañas de la Sagra	94	+3.3%
214	Cuerva	94	-2.1%
214	El Toboso	94	0%
214	Huecas	94	+6.8%
214	Valdeganga	94	-1.1%
219	Burujón	93	+1.1%
219	Landete	93	+1.1%
221	El Carpio de Tajo	92	-6.1%
222	Villahermosa	91	-1.1%
223	Huerta de Valdecarábanos	89	+6%
224	Fontanar	88	+4.8%
225	Corral de Calatrava	87	0%
226	La Alberca de Záncara	86	-3.4%
226	Minaya	86	+2.4%
226	Palomeque	86	+8.9%
229	Alcalá del Júcar	84	-2.3%
229	Chillón	84	-1.2%
231	El Puente del Arzobispo	83	-4.6%
231	El Robledo	83	-1.2%
231	Humanes	83	+10.7%
234	Malpica de Tajo	82	-7.9%
235	Villaseca de la Sagra	80	+6.7%
236	El Picazo	79	-2.5%
236	Escalonilla	79	0%
236	Valdeaveruelo	79	+2.6%
239	Belvís de la Jara	77	-7.2%
239	Mahora	77	+1.3%
239	Nerpio	77	+4.1%
242	Aldea del Rey	76	-5%
242	Casas de Juan Núñez	76	-6.2%
242	El Pedernoso	76	0%
245	Pastrana	75	+5.6%
246	Lezuza	73	-3.9%
247	Ledaña	72	-8.9%
247	Santo Domingo-Caudilla	72	-6.5%
249	Casas de Fernando Alonso	71	-6.6%
249	Layos	71	+7.6%

Showing the top 250 of 691. 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. 82 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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Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha 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/castilla-la-mancha-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 Castilla-La Mancha by active companies, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  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?

Albacete, with 12,356 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Villatoya, with 4 in 2021.

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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. 82 municipalities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.