Municipalities in Catalonia by active companies

Barcelona had the highest active companies of 931 municipalities in 2014, at 167,439. Vallfogona de Riucorb had the lowest, at 4. The median was 74 and the figure for Catalonia was 576,565. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest167,439Barcelona

Lowest4Vallfogona de Riucorb

Median74931 municipalities

Catalonia576,565History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Barcelona	167,439	-1.4%
2	Terrassa	14,017	-0.1%
3	Sabadell	13,712	-0.4%
4	Badalona	12,554	-1.4%
5	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	11,933	-0.3%
6	Lleida	10,663	-2%
7	Sant Cugat del Vallès	9,255	+1.1%
8	Mataró	8,622	-0.2%
9	Girona	8,564	+1.4%
10	Tarragona	8,188	-2.5%
11	Reus	6,833	-1.4%
12	Manresa	5,295	-1.2%
13	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,100	-0.1%
14	Granollers	5,050	-0.6%
15	Castelldefels	4,901	-1.3%
16	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	4,840	-1.7%
17	Rubí	4,620	-0.7%
18	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,574	-0.1%
19	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,202	-1.6%
20	Cerdanyola del Vallès	4,150	-1.6%
21	Vic	3,800	+0.6%
22	Viladecans	3,777	-1%
23	Figueres	3,540	+1.2%
24	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,314	-1.3%
25	Igualada	3,287	-1%
26	El Prat de Llobregat	3,265	-1.1%
27	Gavà	3,217	-1.1%
28	Sitges	2,793	+2.1%
29	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,737	-2.1%
30	Mollet del Vallès	2,684	-3.6%
31	Montcada i Reixac	2,591	-1.3%
32	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,577	-0.4%
33	Barberà del Vallès	2,542	+1.5%
34	Cambrils	2,471	-1.3%
35	Lloret de Mar	2,402	+0.8%
36	Olot	2,284	-0.8%
37	Tortosa	2,257	-1.7%
38	Sant Joan Despí	2,252	+1%
39	Blanes	2,219	-1.2%
40	El Vendrell	2,179	-1.4%
41	Ripollet	2,177	+0.5%
42	Molins de Rei	1,995	-0.1%
43	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	1,987	-2.5%
44	Sant Adrià de Besòs	1,962	-1.1%
45	Castellar del Vallès	1,959	-1.3%
46	Sant Pere de Ribes	1,954	-1.4%
47	El Masnou	1,947	-1.5%
48	Sant Just Desvern	1,933	+1.7%
49	Sant Quirze del Vallès	1,893	+3%
50	Premià de Mar	1,840	+1.5%
51	Pineda de Mar	1,715	-1.6%
52	Vilassar de Mar	1,691	-1.3%
53	Salou	1,688	-1.3%
54	Valls	1,659	+0.4%
55	Sant Vicenç dels Horts	1,602	-2.5%
56	Roses	1,564	+3.8%
57	Les Franqueses del Vallès	1,529	+0.8%
58	Sant Andreu de la Barca	1,527	-0.3%
59	Calafell	1,520	-1.8%
60	Caldes de Montbui	1,518	+2%
61	Banyoles	1,516	+1.7%
62	Amposta	1,511	-3%
63	Palafrugell	1,501	-0.3%
64	Sant Feliu de Guíxols	1,489	+1%
65	Cardedeu	1,484	+2%
66	Martorell	1,458	+0.1%
67	Palau-solità i Plegamans	1,377	+0.2%
68	Esparreguera	1,369	-1.3%
69	Tàrrega	1,366	-1.7%
70	Olesa de Montserrat	1,355	-0.6%
71	Palamós	1,317	-0.7%
72	Parets del Vallès	1,308	+1%
73	La Garriga	1,277	-0.2%
74	Manlleu	1,276	+1.9%
75	Calella	1,260	-3.4%
76	Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró	1,207	+3.3%
77	Vila-seca	1,194	+1.8%
78	Salt	1,193	+0.4%
79	Berga	1,187	-1.5%
80	Balaguer	1,181	-0.2%
81	La Seu d'Urgell	1,163	-3.3%
82	Castelló d'Empúries	1,161	-2.2%
83	Sant Celoni	1,156	-1.7%
84	Malgrat de Mar	1,147	-0.6%
85	Arenys de Mar	1,103	-3.4%
85	Mollerussa	1,103	-2%
87	Vallirana	1,095	-0.4%
88	Corbera de Llobregat	1,078	-3.4%
89	Lliçà d'Amunt	1,076	-2.7%
90	Argentona	1,066	+1.6%
91	Castellbisbal	1,064	-0.2%
92	Torredembarra	1,049	-2.7%
93	Alella	1,048	-1.4%
94	Montornès del Vallès	1,015	+3.6%
95	L'Ametlla del Vallès	970	+2%
96	Puigcerdà	966	+1%
97	Cubelles	956	+0.1%
98	Matadepera	945	-0.9%
99	La Ràpita	943	-4.2%
100	Torelló	934	-1.3%
101	Canet de Mar	931	-2.6%
102	La Roca del Vallès	927	+3%
103	Tordera	925	+0.7%
104	Vilassar de Dalt	921	+1.8%
105	Sant Andreu de Llavaneres	917	-2.8%
106	Premià de Dalt	906	+0.2%
107	Torroella de Montgrí	887	-0.8%
108	Canovelles	875	-4.5%
109	Montgat	863	+1.4%
110	Sant Fruitós de Bages	853	+1.7%
111	Santa Coloma de Farners	852	+0.5%
112	Sant Sadurní d'Anoia	851	-0.9%
113	Piera	837	-0.2%
114	Lliçà de Vall	828	+0.5%
115	Pallejà	817	-0.7%
116	Bigues i Riells del Fai	816	+2.3%
117	Solsona	813	+0.9%
118	L'Escala	809	-2.6%
119	Sentmenat	803	-1.1%
120	Mont-roig del Camp	790	+0.1%
121	Deltebre	786	-1.5%
122	Polinyà	784	-1.3%
123	Abrera	776	-0.8%
124	Llinars del Vallès	775	+2.2%
125	Calonge i Sant Antoni	771	-2.5%
126	Cervelló	761	-0.9%
127	Cabrils	757	-2.6%
128	Cassà de la Selva	752	+4.6%
129	Arenys de Munt	748	+3.5%
130	La Bisbal d'Empordà	743	-1.6%
131	Sant Fost de Campsentelles	734	-0.5%
132	Ripoll	725	-1.4%
133	Cabrera de Mar	719	+0.7%
134	La Llagosta	718	-0.6%
135	Tiana	707	+1.1%
136	Teià	677	-1.2%
137	Santa Maria de Palautordera	675	+3.7%
138	Vielha e Mijaran	666	+0.8%
139	Tona	658	+2.2%
140	Cervera	649	-2.1%
141	Cunit	624	-0.6%
142	Sant Vicenç de Montalt	623	+2.3%
143	Santa Coloma de Cervelló	612	-0.3%
144	Alcanar	611	-3.8%
145	Sant Joan de Vilatorrada	606	-1.3%
146	Montmeló	604	-2.4%
147	Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana	602	-0.8%
148	Llagostera	600	+2.6%
149	Sant Esteve Sesrovires	598	-3.4%
150	Centelles	582	+1%
151	Santpedor	562	-0.4%
152	Sant Vicenç de Castellet	557	+1.3%
152	Viladecavalls	557	-0.7%
152	Vilanova del Camí	557	-1.8%
155	Palafolls	555	+0.4%
156	Alcarràs	539	+1.9%
157	Taradell	530	-1.7%
158	Begues	523	-3.1%
159	La Jonquera	522	+2.8%
160	Masquefa	518	-7%
161	L'Ametlla de Mar	511	+1.8%
162	Sallent	496	+4.4%
163	Sant Antoni de Vilamajor	493	-1.4%
164	Montblanc	492	-0.4%
165	Vilanova del Vallès	489	+3.4%
166	Moià	485	+3.6%
166	Riudoms	485	+1.7%
168	Alpicat	484	+1.9%
169	Vidreres	479	+3.9%
170	Agramunt	471	+1.3%
171	Tremp	469	-4.5%
172	Dosrius	457	-1.9%
173	Roquetes	456	+0.7%
174	Les Borges Blanques	455	-4%
175	Constantí	454	+0.7%
176	Arbúcies	443	-0.4%
177	Almacelles	441	-2%
177	Sant Feliu de Codines	441	-4.1%
179	Santa Cristina d'Aro	439	+3.3%
180	Roda de Berà	436	-3.8%
181	Torrefarrera	435	+0.2%
182	Navàs	430	-2.3%
182	Torrelles de Llobregat	430	+5.7%
184	Gelida	424	-2.5%
185	Olèrdola	420	+7.4%
186	Sant Pol de Mar	415	-0.7%
187	Bellpuig	411	-2.1%
188	El Papiol	409	+1%
188	La Sénia	409	-3.5%
190	Navarcles	408	+3.3%
190	Vacarisses	408	-4.7%
192	Llançà	406	-3.6%
193	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	404	+6.6%
194	Gurb	403	+4.9%
195	Tossa de Mar	402	-3.1%
196	Ulldecona	401	-3.6%
197	Móra d'Ebre	399	+0.5%
198	Guissona	396	+0.8%
199	Maçanet de la Selva	394	-1.3%
200	Caldes de Malavella	392	+0.8%
201	Roda de Ter	388	+1.3%
202	Sils	387	-1.5%
203	La Selva del Camp	385	-0.8%
204	Begur	382	+3.8%
205	Altafulla	379	-3.3%
206	Martorelles	377	+0.5%
207	Santa Margarida de Montbui	372	+5.4%
208	Vilafant	370	+0.5%
209	Santa Margarida i els Monjos	361	-0.3%
210	Celrà	356	+0.3%
210	Porqueres	356	+5%
212	Bescanó	352	+1.4%
213	Sant Pere de Vilamajor	351	+0.9%
214	Artés	347	+7.1%
214	Gironella	347	-4.1%
214	Sant Hilari Sacalm	347	-5.4%
217	Puig-reig	341	-3.7%
218	Balenyà	337	-0.6%
218	Collbató	337	-0.9%
220	Seva	331	-1.2%
221	Cardona	327	-1.2%
222	Súria	326	-1.5%
223	La Palma de Cervelló	321	+2.2%
224	Riudellots de la Selva	319	+1.6%
224	Sarrià de Ter	319	+1.9%
226	Artesa de Segre	315	-2.8%
227	Alcover	314	+1.3%
227	Canyelles	314	+1.6%
227	Cornellà del Terri	314	+4.3%
227	Fornells de la Selva	314	+3%
231	Anglès	307	-1.6%
232	Sant Climent de Llobregat	301	+1.7%
233	Cadaqués	300	-1.3%
234	Sort	296	-2.6%
235	L'Aldea	292	-3.6%
236	Calaf	291	+4.7%
237	Sant Julià de Ramis	290	+0.7%
238	Capellades	281	-2.1%
239	Badia del Vallès	280	-3.1%
239	Sant Cebrià de Vallalta	280	-4.1%
241	Sant Gregori	279	-1.1%
242	Òdena	278	-2.5%
243	Santa Susanna	275	+2.2%
244	Naut Aran	267	-3.6%
245	El Catllar	265	-1.9%
245	Sant Julià de Vilatorta	265	+0.4%
247	Pals	263	+1.5%
248	Subirats	262	-2.6%
249	Castellbell i el Vilar	257	+3.6%
249	L'Ampolla	257	+5.8%

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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. 12 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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 Catalonia by active companies, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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 Catalonia by active companies, 2014}},
  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?period=2014. 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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