Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies

Ciudad Real had the highest active companies of 100 municipalities in 2022, at 5,263. Fontanarejo had the lowest, at 5. The median was 56 and the figure for Ciudad Real province was 30,574. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest5,263Ciudad Real

Lowest5Fontanarejo

Median56100 municipalities

Ciudad Real province30,574History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ciudad Real	5,263	+2.7%
2	Tomelloso	2,559	+2.8%
3	Puertollano	1,995	+2.4%
4	Valdepeñas	1,994	+3.2%
5	Alcázar de San Juan	1,961	+2.7%
6	Manzanares	1,019	+1.1%
7	Daimiel	978	-0.4%
8	Miguelturra	956	+0.3%
9	Bolaños de Calatrava	942	+2.1%
10	Socuéllamos	915	+1.8%
11	Campo de Criptana	889	+1.8%
12	La Solana	823	-0.8%
13	Almagro	643	-1.2%
14	Herencia	625	+1.6%
15	Pedro Muñoz	584	+3.4%
16	Malagón	554	+2.4%
17	Villarrubia de los Ojos	534	+3.1%
18	Argamasilla de Alba	391	+0.5%
19	Villanueva de los Infantes	383	+0.5%
20	Moral de Calatrava	372	+1.9%
21	Argamasilla de Calatrava	306	-2.9%
21	Membrilla	306	+1%
23	Almodóvar del Campo	299	+1%
24	Almadén	287	-1%
25	Santa Cruz de Mudela	279	+1.8%
26	Piedrabuena	255	+4.1%
27	Torrenueva	230	+0.9%
28	Pozuelo de Calatrava	216	+4.3%
29	Torralba de Calatrava	213	-5.8%
30	Calzada de Calatrava	198	-1%
31	Fuente el Fresno	196	+1%
31	Porzuna	196	+3.7%
33	Carrión de Calatrava	191	+3.8%
34	Poblete	186	+8.1%
35	Villarta de San Juan	159	-3%
36	Viso del Marqués	136	-0.7%
37	Villanueva de la Fuente	123	-6.8%
38	Castellar de Santiago	108	+5.9%
38	Montiel	108	-1.8%
40	Agudo	98	+3.2%
41	Chillón	91	+8.3%
42	Villahermosa	89	-2.2%
43	Corral de Calatrava	85	-2.3%
44	El Robledo	82	-1.2%
45	Aldea del Rey	74	-2.6%
46	Carrizosa	66	+4.8%
47	Abenójar	60	-1.6%
48	Villamanrique	57	-1.7%
49	Alcolea de Calatrava	56	-3.4%
49	Puebla de Don Rodrigo	56	+5.7%
51	Fuencaliente	55	+5.8%
52	Albaladejo	52	+8.3%
52	Almuradiel	52	0%
54	Brazatortas	50	0%
55	Horcajo de los Montes	48	+9.1%
56	Ruidera	46	0%
56	Torre de Juan Abad	46	+2.2%
58	Puebla del Príncipe	45	-2.2%
58	Puerto Lápice	45	+2.3%
58	Retuerta del Bullaque	45	+2.3%
61	Cózar	44	-4.3%
61	Guadalmez	44	-2.2%
61	San Carlos del Valle	44	-4.3%
64	Alhambra	42	-4.5%
64	Arenas de San Juan	42	+20%
64	Los Cortijos	42	+16.7%
67	Granátula de Calatrava	39	+11.4%
68	Terrinches	38	-5%
69	Alcoba	37	+5.7%
70	Fernán Caballero	36	+9.1%
71	Picón	35	+2.9%
72	Arenales de San Gregorio	34	-2.9%
73	Llanos del Caudillo	30	0%
74	Valenzuela de Calatrava	29	+11.5%
75	Saceruela	23	+4.5%
76	Los Pozuelos de Calatrava	21	0%
77	Almedina	20	-16.7%
77	Ballesteros de Calatrava	20	+5.3%
79	Cabezarrubias del Puerto	19	0%
79	Hinojosas de Calatrava	19	-5%
81	Alcubillas	17	-10.5%
81	Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos	17	+30.8%
81	Solana del Pino	17	-5.6%
84	Alamillo	16	+14.3%
85	Anchuras	15	0%
85	Cabezarados	15	+7.1%
85	Las Labores	15	0%
85	Luciana	15	-16.7%
85	Mestanza	15	0%
90	Almadenejos	12	0%
90	Navalpino	12	0%
90	Villamayor de Calatrava	12	-20%
93	Fuenllana	11	+10%
93	Navas de Estena	11	-15.4%
93	Villanueva de San Carlos	11	-8.3%
96	Arroba de los Montes	9	+28.6%
97	San Lorenzo de Calatrava	7	+16.7%
98	Valdemanco del Esteras	6	0%
99	Caracuel de Calatrava	5	+25%
99	Fontanarejo	5	+25%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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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APA 7

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

MLA 9

Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2022. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2022.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ciudad_real_2022,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2022}},
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  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/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2022. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Ciudad Real, with 5,263 in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Fontanarejo, with 5 in 2022.

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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.