Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies

Ciudad Real had the highest active companies of 98 municipalities in 2023, at 4,861. Valdemanco del Esteras had the lowest, at 4. The median was 53 and the figure for Ciudad Real province was 28,597. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,861Ciudad Real

Lowest4Valdemanco del Esteras

Median5398 municipalities

Ciudad Real province28,597History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ciudad Real	4,861	-7.6%
2	Tomelloso	2,360	-7.8%
3	Valdepeñas	1,864	-6.5%
4	Alcázar de San Juan	1,849	-5.7%
5	Puertollano	1,817	-8.9%
6	Manzanares	917	-10%
7	Daimiel	915	-6.4%
8	Miguelturra	903	-5.5%
9	Bolaños de Calatrava	895	-5%
10	Socuéllamos	859	-6.1%
11	Campo de Criptana	834	-6.2%
12	La Solana	785	-4.6%
13	Almagro	606	-5.8%
14	Herencia	586	-6.2%
15	Pedro Muñoz	546	-6.5%
16	Malagón	542	-2.2%
17	Villarrubia de los Ojos	508	-4.9%
18	Argamasilla de Alba	373	-4.6%
19	Villanueva de los Infantes	363	-5.2%
20	Moral de Calatrava	353	-5.1%
21	Argamasilla de Calatrava	308	+0.7%
22	Membrilla	289	-5.6%
23	Almodóvar del Campo	273	-8.7%
24	Almadén	264	-8%
25	Santa Cruz de Mudela	258	-7.5%
26	Piedrabuena	243	-4.7%
27	Torralba de Calatrava	211	-0.9%
28	Pozuelo de Calatrava	209	-3.2%
28	Torrenueva	209	-9.1%
30	Calzada de Calatrava	187	-5.6%
31	Fuente el Fresno	177	-9.7%
32	Poblete	174	-6.5%
32	Porzuna	174	-11.2%
34	Carrión de Calatrava	171	-10.5%
35	Villarta de San Juan	141	-11.3%
36	Villanueva de la Fuente	128	+4.1%
37	Viso del Marqués	120	-11.8%
38	Castellar de Santiago	108	0%
39	Montiel	107	-0.9%
40	Agudo	101	+3.1%
41	Villahermosa	90	+1.1%
42	Chillón	85	-6.6%
43	El Robledo	79	-3.7%
44	Corral de Calatrava	75	-11.8%
45	Aldea del Rey	70	-5.4%
46	Carrizosa	62	-6.1%
47	Abenójar	60	0%
48	Alcolea de Calatrava	56	0%
49	Albaladejo	55	+5.8%
50	Almuradiel	51	-1.9%
50	Fuencaliente	51	-7.3%
52	Horcajo de los Montes	50	+4.2%
52	Torre de Juan Abad	50	+8.7%
52	Villamanrique	50	-12.3%
55	Brazatortas	48	-4%
55	Puebla de Don Rodrigo	48	-14.3%
57	Arenas de San Juan	47	+11.9%
58	Cózar	45	+2.3%
58	Guadalmez	45	+2.3%
58	Puebla del Príncipe	45	0%
58	Ruidera	45	-2.2%
62	Puerto Lápice	41	-8.9%
62	San Carlos del Valle	41	-6.8%
64	Los Cortijos	40	-4.8%
65	Alhambra	38	-9.5%
66	Picón	37	+5.7%
66	Retuerta del Bullaque	37	-17.8%
68	Valenzuela de Calatrava	35	+20.7%
69	Alcoba	33	-10.8%
69	Fernán Caballero	33	-8.3%
69	Granátula de Calatrava	33	-15.4%
69	Terrinches	33	-13.2%
73	Llanos del Caudillo	30	0%
74	Arenales de San Gregorio	26	-23.5%
75	Los Pozuelos de Calatrava	19	-9.5%
75	Saceruela	19	-17.4%
77	Las Labores	18	+20%
77	Solana del Pino	18	+5.9%
79	Alcubillas	17	0%
79	Almedina	17	-15%
79	Anchuras	17	+13.3%
79	Hinojosas de Calatrava	17	-10.5%
79	Mestanza	17	+13.3%
79	Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos	17	0%
85	Alamillo	16	0%
85	Ballesteros de Calatrava	16	-20%
87	Cabezarrubias del Puerto	15	-21.1%
87	Villamayor de Calatrava	15	+25%
89	Luciana	13	-13.3%
90	Cabezarados	12	-20%
90	Fuenllana	12	+9.1%
90	Navalpino	12	0%
93	Almadenejos	10	-16.7%
93	Navas de Estena	10	-9.1%
93	Villanueva de San Carlos	10	-9.1%
96	Arroba de los Montes	9	0%
97	San Lorenzo de Calatrava	6	-14.3%
98	Valdemanco del Esteras	4	-33.3%

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. 2 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ciudad_real_2023,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2023}},
  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/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2023. 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 4,861 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Valdemanco del Esteras, with 4 in 2023.

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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. 2 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.