Municipalities in Catalonia by active companies

Barcelona had the highest active companies of 934 municipalities in 2024, at 171,152. Tarrés had the lowest, at 4. The median was 76 and the figure for Catalonia was 602,706. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest171,152Barcelona

Lowest4Tarrés

Median76934 municipalities

Catalonia602,706History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Barcelona	171,152	+2.4%
2	Terrassa	14,162	+1.1%
3	Sabadell	14,075	+1.9%
4	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	13,734	+2.9%
5	Badalona	13,442	+2.3%
6	Sant Cugat del Vallès	10,623	+0.5%
7	Lleida	9,977	+1.5%
8	Girona	9,524	+2.5%
9	Mataró	9,296	+1.5%
10	Tarragona	7,988	+1.2%
11	Reus	6,842	+0.9%
12	Castelldefels	5,639	+2.1%
13	Manresa	5,314	+0.5%
14	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	5,302	+1.5%
15	Cornellà de Llobregat	5,140	+2.6%
16	Granollers	4,969	+2.4%
17	Rubí	4,807	+1.9%
18	Vilanova i la Geltrú	4,703	+2.3%
19	Sant Boi de Llobregat	4,374	+1.7%
20	Cerdanyola del Vallès	3,955	+0.8%
21	Vic	3,785	+1.3%
22	Viladecans	3,692	+0.4%
23	Sitges	3,493	+3.4%
24	Gavà	3,310	+2%
24	Igualada	3,310	+1.4%
26	Figueres	3,307	+1.3%
27	Esplugues de Llobregat	3,270	+0.2%
28	El Prat de Llobregat	3,214	+1.3%
29	Lloret de Mar	2,960	+2.7%
30	Vilafranca del Penedès	2,821	+1.9%
31	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	2,819	+1%
32	Cambrils	2,714	+2.8%
33	Montcada i Reixac	2,596	+2.4%
34	Mollet del Vallès	2,591	+2.3%
35	Blanes	2,490	+1.9%
36	Sant Pere de Ribes	2,447	+2.2%
37	Barberà del Vallès	2,444	-0.4%
38	Olot	2,412	+3.9%
39	El Vendrell	2,406	+1.8%
40	Sant Joan Despí	2,326	+3.2%
41	Ripollet	2,205	+0.1%
42	Sant Adrià de Besòs	2,196	+2.8%
43	Sant Just Desvern	2,191	+1.9%
44	El Masnou	2,126	-0.1%
45	Tortosa	2,125	+2.1%
46	Molins de Rei	2,104	+2.8%
47	Sant Quirze del Vallès	2,095	+2.8%
48	Castellar del Vallès	1,998	+0.7%
49	Vilassar de Mar	1,925	+2.1%
50	Salou	1,915	+1.4%
51	Premià de Mar	1,904	+1.7%
52	Calafell	1,888	+3.4%
53	Pineda de Mar	1,832	+2.7%
54	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	1,825	+2%
55	Palafrugell	1,800	+1.2%
56	Banyoles	1,707	+1.7%
57	Sant Feliu de Guíxols	1,631	+1.8%
58	Roses	1,614	+2.8%
59	Caldes de Montbui	1,599	+0.9%
60	Cardedeu	1,580	+1.5%
61	Valls	1,566	+0.6%
62	Les Franqueses del Vallès	1,543	+4.2%
63	Sant Vicenç dels Horts	1,520	+0.5%
64	Amposta	1,503	+1.2%
65	Sant Andreu de la Barca	1,486	+1.6%
66	La Garriga	1,476	+2.1%
67	Martorell	1,438	+2.2%
68	Salt	1,423	+3.9%
69	Calella	1,411	+4%
70	Olesa de Montserrat	1,398	+2.4%
71	Palamós	1,396	+0.7%
72	Esparreguera	1,375	+1%
73	Tàrrega	1,368	+1.5%
74	Palau-solità i Plegamans	1,359	+0.6%
75	Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró	1,313	+5.5%
76	Parets del Vallès	1,278	-0.2%
77	Sant Celoni	1,274	+3.3%
78	Arenys de Mar	1,269	+2.5%
79	Vila-seca	1,259	+3.5%
80	Castelló d'Empúries	1,250	+2.6%
81	Manlleu	1,229	+0.8%
82	Alella	1,196	+2%
83	Malgrat de Mar	1,193	+3.7%
84	Berga	1,182	+2.9%
85	Torredembarra	1,176	+2%
86	Argentona	1,156	+0.6%
87	Corbera de Llobregat	1,150	+1.1%
88	Lliçà d'Amunt	1,137	+1.1%
89	Sant Andreu de Llavaneres	1,126	-0.9%
90	Canet de Mar	1,103	-0.6%
91	Puigcerdà	1,094	+1.9%
92	Vallirana	1,093	+2.3%
93	L'Ametlla del Vallès	1,088	+3%
94	Balaguer	1,082	+0.3%
95	Cubelles	1,070	+1.4%
96	Matadepera	1,063	-0.7%
97	Tordera	1,049	-0.1%
98	La Seu d'Urgell	1,036	+0.2%
99	Calonge i Sant Antoni	1,035	+2.5%
100	Premià de Dalt	1,030	+0.3%
101	Torroella de Montgrí	1,029	+3%
102	La Ràpita	995	+1.2%
103	Castellbisbal	973	-1.7%
103	Vilassar de Dalt	973	+0.6%
105	Mollerussa	972	+0.5%
106	Santa Coloma de Farners	966	+0.4%
107	La Roca del Vallès	964	+3.2%
108	Montornès del Vallès	963	+1.5%
109	Mont-roig del Camp	961	+4.6%
110	Piera	942	+1.4%
111	Torelló	937	+2.1%
112	Montgat	935	+0.1%
113	Canovelles	924	-0.3%
114	Sant Fruitós de Bages	897	+2.2%
115	Llinars del Vallès	895	+0.1%
116	L'Escala	887	+0.3%
117	Cabrils	880	+0.5%
118	Sant Sadurní d'Anoia	873	+0.7%
119	Solsona	867	+3.6%
120	Pallejà	864	-1%
121	Tiana	862	+4.1%
122	Cunit	839	+5.3%
123	Bigues i Riells del Fai	838	+1.2%
124	Lliçà de Vall	836	+4.5%
125	Sentmenat	824	+5.4%
126	Cassà de la Selva	805	-0.7%
127	Deltebre	804	+1.3%
128	La Bisbal d'Empordà	803	+0.4%
129	Cabrera de Mar	802	+1.3%
130	Cervelló	789	-1.7%
131	Arenys de Munt	782	-0.1%
132	Santa Maria de Palautordera	775	+2%
133	Teià	771	+3.9%
134	Polinyà	756	-0.8%
135	Sant Fost de Campsentelles	748	+0.4%
136	Vielha e Mijaran	735	+3.4%
137	Abrera	734	+3.5%
138	Sant Vicenç de Montalt	707	+2.6%
139	Llagostera	695	+1.8%
140	Begues	679	+1.5%
141	Ripoll	677	-1.7%
142	La Llagosta	659	-3.1%
143	Tona	657	+2.5%
144	Palafolls	646	-0.8%
145	Cervera	639	+4.2%
146	Centelles	626	+3.1%
146	Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana	626	-3.2%
148	Sant Joan de Vilatorrada	618	+2.5%
149	Viladecavalls	615	-0.5%
150	Vilanova del Camí	608	-1.5%
151	Alcanar	607	+1.2%
152	Taradell	605	-0.7%
153	Sant Esteve Sesrovires	592	-2%
154	Roda de Berà	580	+2.1%
155	Alcarràs	572	+1.8%
156	Vidreres	567	+2.2%
157	Tossa de Mar	562	+5%
158	Santpedor	558	+6.7%
159	Moià	555	+1.3%
159	Santa Coloma de Cervelló	555	+1.5%
161	Caldes de Malavella	554	+8%
162	L'Ametlla de Mar	550	+1.5%
163	Montmeló	544	+2.6%
164	Santa Cristina d'Aro	542	-1.3%
165	Dosrius	541	+2.1%
166	Vilanova del Vallès	537	+1.3%
167	Sant Antoni de Vilamajor	528	+0.8%
168	Montblanc	513	+1.4%
169	Masquefa	512	+1.6%
170	Sant Vicenç de Castellet	509	0%
171	Sant Feliu de Codines	498	-0.2%
172	Sant Pol de Mar	495	0%
173	Maçanet de la Selva	491	+9.6%
174	Vacarisses	489	+4.9%
175	Riudoms	484	0%
176	Roquetes	482	+1%
177	Begur	474	+1.7%
178	Navàs	472	+4.9%
179	Arbúcies	462	+2.2%
180	Celrà	454	+2.3%
181	Torrefarrera	449	+2.3%
182	Tremp	448	-0.2%
183	Sils	444	+1.6%
184	Altafulla	441	-3.7%
185	Agramunt	439	+2.6%
186	Alpicat	434	+0.5%
187	Guissona	432	+2.6%
188	Constantí	431	-0.2%
189	Gelida	429	-1.6%
189	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant	429	+2.6%
191	Santa Margarida de Montbui	426	+0.5%
192	Sallent	423	-0.2%
193	Torrelles de Llobregat	422	+2.9%
194	Gurb	417	+2.2%
195	Canyelles	413	+8.7%
196	El Papiol	410	+3.5%
196	La Sénia	410	-1%
196	Ulldecona	410	+4.3%
199	Almacelles	407	+3%
200	Les Borges Blanques	406	+3%
201	Olèrdola	405	+2.5%
202	Roda de Ter	403	+1%
203	Bescanó	401	+2.3%
203	Llançà	401	-0.2%
205	Sant Pere de Vilamajor	392	-3.4%
205	Vilafant	392	-2%
207	La Selva del Camp	389	+3.5%
208	Artés	384	+3.8%
209	Cadaqués	379	+1.3%
210	Santa Susanna	378	+2.4%
211	Bellpuig	377	+0.3%
212	Porqueres	375	-1.6%
213	Móra d'Ebre	370	-0.8%
214	Sant Hilari Sacalm	368	+0.8%
215	Collbató	365	-0.5%
216	Seva	362	+2.8%
217	El Catllar	358	-1.1%
218	Sant Gregori	357	+2%
219	Martorelles	350	-7.7%
219	Vilablareix	350	+2.9%
221	Navarcles	348	-2.8%
222	Cardona	345	+2.7%
222	Olivella	345	+4.2%
224	Fornells de la Selva	343	+2.4%
224	Santa Margarida i els Monjos	343	+1.2%
226	Alcover	342	+0.3%
227	Riudellots de la Selva	336	+5.7%
228	Anglès	334	-3.5%
229	Gironella	330	0%
229	Sant Cebrià de Vallalta	330	-0.9%
231	La Jonquera	327	+1.2%
232	Sort	326	+4.5%
233	L'Aldea	324	+3.2%
234	Cornellà del Terri	322	+2.5%
234	Sarrià de Ter	322	+0.9%
236	Puig-reig	318	-3.3%
237	Badia del Vallès	317	+7.5%
238	Balenyà	310	+1%
239	Sant Julià de Ramis	309	-1.6%
240	Sant Esteve de Palautordera	306	+3.4%
241	L'Ampolla	303	+2.4%
242	Òdena	302	+0.3%
243	Sant Climent de Llobregat	301	-2.6%
244	Bellver de Cerdanya	298	+0.7%
244	Sant Julià de Vilatorta	298	+2.4%
246	Súria	295	-3.6%
247	Vallromanes	289	+3.2%
248	Calaf	287	+2.1%
248	La Palma de Cervelló	287	-7.4%
248	Naut Aran	287	0%

Showing the top 250 of 934. 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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/catalonia-municipalities?period=2024.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_catalonia_by_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Catalonia by active companies, 2024}},
  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=2024. 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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