Municipalities in Catalonia by active companies, 2025

Barcelona had the highest active companies of 933 municipalities in 2025, at 174,088. Tarrés had the lowest, at 4. The median was 77 and the figure for Catalonia was 610,062. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest174,088Barcelona

Lowest4Tarrés

Median77933 municipalities

Catalonia610,062History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 count	Change on 2024
1	Barcelona	174,088	+1.7%
2	Terrassa	14,413	+1.8%
3	Sabadell	14,177	+0.7%
4	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	14,026	+2.1%
5	Badalona	13,662	+1.6%
6	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,760	+1.3%
7	Lleida	10,052	+0.8%
8	Girona	9,692	+1.8%
9	Mataró	9,347	+0.5%
10	Tarragona	8,121	+1.7%
11	Reus	6,894	+0.8%
12	Castelldefels	5,686	+0.8%
13	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,448	+2.8%
14	Manresa	5,317	+0.1%
15	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,213	+1.4%
16	Granollers	5,074	+2.1%
17	Rubí	4,795	-0.2%
18	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,765	+1.3%
19	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,308	-1.5%
20	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,911	-1.1%
21	Vic	3,846	+1.6%
22	Viladecans	3,746	+1.5%
23	Sitges	3,559	+1.9%
24	Igualada	3,324	+0.4%
25	Figueres	3,309	+0.1%
26	Gavà	3,281	-0.9%
27	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,272	+0.1%
28	El Prat de Llobregat	3,239	+0.8%
29	Lloret de Mar	3,087	+4.3%
30	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,874	+1.9%
31	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,833	+0.5%
32	Cambrils	2,733	+0.7%
33	Montcada i Reixac	2,602	+0.2%
34	Mollet del Vallès	2,596	+0.2%
35	Blanes	2,521	+1.2%
36	El Vendrell	2,479	+3%
37	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,452	+0.2%
38	Olot	2,443	+1.3%
39	Barberà del Vallès	2,420	-1%
40	Sant Joan Despí	2,315	-0.5%
41	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,267	+3.2%
42	Ripollet	2,213	+0.4%
43	Sant Just Desvern	2,202	+0.5%
44	Tortosa	2,158	+1.6%
45	El Masnou	2,135	+0.4%
46	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,089	-0.3%
47	Molins de Rei	2,083	-1%
48	Salou	2,012	+5.1%
49	Castellar del Vallès	1,958	-2%
50	Vilassar de Mar	1,953	+1.5%
51	Calafell	1,946	+3.1%
52	Premià de Mar	1,877	-1.4%
53	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	1,871	+2.5%
54	Pineda de Mar	1,851	+1%
55	Palafrugell	1,833	+1.8%
56	Banyoles	1,700	-0.4%
57	Roses	1,639	+1.5%
58	Sant Feliu de Guíxols	1,632	+0.1%
59	Caldes de Montbui	1,619	+1.3%
60	Cardedeu	1,564	-1%
61	Valls	1,552	-0.9%
62	Sant Vicenç dels Horts	1,550	+2%
63	Les Franqueses del Vallès	1,540	-0.2%
64	Amposta	1,526	+1.5%
65	Salt	1,491	+4.8%
66	Martorell	1,479	+2.9%
66	Sant Andreu de la Barca	1,479	-0.5%
68	La Garriga	1,464	-0.8%
69	Calella	1,440	+2.1%
70	Palamós	1,435	+2.8%
71	Olesa de Montserrat	1,409	+0.8%
72	Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró	1,372	+4.5%
73	Palau-solità i Plegamans	1,365	+0.4%
74	Tàrrega	1,364	-0.3%
75	Esparreguera	1,351	-1.7%
76	Castelló d'Empúries	1,292	+3.4%
77	Parets del Vallès	1,277	-0.1%
78	Arenys de Mar	1,262	-0.6%
79	Vila-seca	1,261	+0.2%
80	Sant Celoni	1,248	-2%
81	Manlleu	1,237	+0.7%
82	Sant Andreu de Llavaneres	1,213	+7.7%
83	Alella	1,202	+0.5%
84	Corbera de Llobregat	1,181	+2.7%
85	Lliçà d'Amunt	1,177	+3.5%
86	Torredembarra	1,171	-0.4%
87	Malgrat de Mar	1,164	-2.4%
88	Berga	1,159	-1.9%
89	Argentona	1,157	+0.1%
90	Puigcerdà	1,130	+3.3%
91	Canet de Mar	1,109	+0.5%
92	Vallirana	1,108	+1.4%
93	Balaguer	1,104	+2%
93	Cubelles	1,104	+3.2%
93	Matadepera	1,104	+3.9%
96	L'Ametlla del Vallès	1,089	+0.1%
97	Calonge i Sant Antoni	1,084	+4.7%
98	Tordera	1,070	+2%
99	La Seu d'Urgell	1,049	+1.3%
100	Torroella de Montgrí	1,044	+1.5%
101	Premià de Dalt	1,019	-1.1%
102	La Ràpita	1,015	+2%
103	Santa Coloma de Farners	991	+2.6%
104	Mont-roig del Camp	985	+2.5%
105	Vilassar de Dalt	983	+1%
106	Castellbisbal	968	-0.5%
107	Mollerussa	964	-0.8%
108	Montgat	962	+2.9%
109	Montornès del Vallès	959	-0.4%
110	La Roca del Vallès	957	-0.7%
111	Piera	955	+1.4%
112	Torelló	930	-0.7%
113	Llinars del Vallès	925	+3.4%
114	Sant Fruitós de Bages	924	+3%
115	Canovelles	912	-1.3%
116	L'Escala	909	+2.5%
117	Cabrils	899	+2.2%
118	Cunit	883	+5.2%
119	Tiana	882	+2.3%
120	Sant Sadurní d'Anoia	865	-0.9%
121	Solsona	855	-1.4%
122	Pallejà	852	-1.4%
123	Bigues i Riells del Fai	836	-0.2%
124	La Bisbal d'Empordà	832	+3.6%
124	Lliçà de Vall	832	-0.5%
126	Sentmenat	814	-1.2%
127	Deltebre	811	+0.9%
128	Cassà de la Selva	794	-1.4%
129	Santa Maria de Palautordera	785	+1.3%
130	Arenys de Munt	780	-0.3%
131	Cabrera de Mar	778	-3%
132	Cervelló	771	-2.3%
133	Abrera	756	+3%
134	Teià	748	-3%
135	Sant Fost de Campsentelles	746	-0.3%
136	Polinyà	736	-2.6%
137	Vielha e Mijaran	727	-1.1%
138	Sant Vicenç de Montalt	714	+1%
139	Llagostera	689	-0.9%
140	Begues	678	-0.1%
141	La Llagosta	677	+2.7%
142	Ripoll	670	-1%
143	Palafolls	651	+0.8%
144	Tona	650	-1.1%
145	Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana	639	+2.1%
146	Centelles	636	+1.6%
147	Cervera	630	-1.4%
148	Viladecavalls	625	+1.6%
149	Alcanar	621	+2.3%
150	Sant Esteve Sesrovires	612	+3.4%
151	Vilanova del Camí	609	+0.2%
152	Sant Joan de Vilatorrada	604	-2.3%
153	Vidreres	599	+5.6%
154	Roda de Berà	587	+1.2%
155	Taradell	584	-3.5%
156	Santa Cristina d'Aro	582	+7.4%
157	Santa Coloma de Cervelló	580	+4.5%
158	Tossa de Mar	571	+1.6%
159	Moià	570	+2.7%
160	Caldes de Malavella	566	+2.2%
161	L'Ametlla de Mar	559	+1.6%
162	Alcarràs	556	-2.8%
163	Dosrius	551	+1.8%
164	Vilanova del Vallès	548	+2%
165	Santpedor	547	-2%
166	Sant Antoni de Vilamajor	546	+3.4%
167	Montmeló	544	0%
168	Montblanc	526	+2.5%
169	Sant Feliu de Codines	523	+5%
170	Masquefa	520	+1.6%
171	Vacarisses	510	+4.3%
172	Maçanet de la Selva	508	+3.5%
173	Sant Vicenç de Castellet	502	-1.4%
174	Begur	491	+3.6%
175	Riudoms	490	+1.2%
176	Sant Pol de Mar	482	-2.6%
177	Navàs	481	+1.9%
178	Roquetes	477	-1%
179	Agramunt	461	+5%
180	Torrefarrera	456	+1.6%
181	Celrà	455	+0.2%
182	Sils	454	+2.3%
183	Arbúcies	452	-2.2%
184	Tremp	451	+0.7%
185	Altafulla	448	+1.6%
185	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	448	+4.4%
187	Gelida	445	+3.7%
188	Alpicat	441	+1.6%
189	Constantí	436	+1.2%
190	Olèrdola	434	+7.2%
191	Santa Margarida de Montbui	433	+1.6%
192	Canyelles	432	+4.6%
193	Torrelles de Llobregat	430	+1.9%
194	Roda de Ter	422	+4.7%
194	Ulldecona	422	+2.9%
196	Sallent	418	-1.2%
197	Gurb	417	0%
197	Les Borges Blanques	417	+2.7%
199	Bescanó	415	+3.5%
200	Vilafant	414	+5.6%
201	Guissona	412	-4.6%
202	Almacelles	411	+1%
203	La Sénia	407	-0.7%
203	Llançà	407	+1.5%
205	El Papiol	405	-1.2%
206	Sant Pere de Vilamajor	392	0%
207	Santa Susanna	384	+1.6%
208	Vilablareix	383	+9.4%
209	La Selva del Camp	380	-2.3%
210	Móra d'Ebre	377	+1.9%
211	Cadaqués	374	-1.3%
212	Artés	373	-2.9%
213	Porqueres	372	-0.8%
214	Santa Margarida i els Monjos	362	+5.5%
215	Sant Hilari Sacalm	360	-2.2%
216	Bellpuig	359	-4.8%
217	Seva	358	-1.1%
218	El Catllar	355	-0.8%
219	Navarcles	354	+1.7%
220	Collbató	350	-4.1%
220	Fornells de la Selva	350	+2%
222	Olivella	349	+1.2%
223	Sant Gregori	348	-2.5%
224	Alcover	346	+1.2%
224	Anglès	346	+3.6%
224	Martorelles	346	-1.1%
227	Gironella	338	+2.4%
227	Riudellots de la Selva	338	+0.6%
227	Sarrià de Ter	338	+5%
230	Cornellà del Terri	323	+0.3%
230	Sant Cebrià de Vallalta	323	-2.1%
232	Puig-reig	321	+0.9%
233	Cardona	320	-7.2%
234	Sort	319	-2.1%
235	La Jonquera	318	-2.8%
236	L'Aldea	316	-2.5%
237	Balenyà	315	+1.6%
237	Sant Esteve de Palautordera	315	+2.9%
239	Sant Julià de Vilatorta	312	+4.7%
240	L'Ampolla	311	+2.6%
241	Bellver de Cerdanya	306	+2.7%
242	Sant Julià de Ramis	305	-1.3%
243	Naut Aran	302	+5.2%
244	Òdena	301	-0.3%
245	Badia del Vallès	299	-5.7%
246	Súria	298	+1%
247	Vallromanes	297	+2.8%
248	Cànoves i Samalús	288	+3.6%
248	Sant Climent de Llobregat	288	-4.3%
250	Artesa de Segre	287	+2.1%

Showing the top 250 of 933. The Excel download has every row.

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Active companies on 1 January (INE Central Business Directory, DIRCE).

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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 Catalonia by active companies, 2025) [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 Catalonia by active companies, 2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/catalonia-municipalities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_catalonia_by_2025,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Catalonia by active companies, 2025}},
  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/catalonia-municipalities. 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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