Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies

Ciudad Real had the highest active companies of 98 municipalities in 2024, at 4,869. Valdemanco del Esteras had the lowest, at 5. The median was 52 and the figure for Ciudad Real province was 28,437. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest4,869Ciudad Real

Lowest5Valdemanco del Esteras

Median5298 municipalities

Ciudad Real province28,437History

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	Ciudad Real	4,869	+0.2%
2	Tomelloso	2,372	+0.5%
3	Valdepeñas	1,858	-0.3%
4	Alcázar de San Juan	1,846	-0.2%
5	Puertollano	1,751	-3.6%
6	Bolaños de Calatrava	910	+1.7%
7	Daimiel	903	-1.3%
8	Manzanares	902	-1.6%
9	Miguelturra	891	-1.3%
10	Socuéllamos	853	-0.7%
11	Campo de Criptana	830	-0.5%
12	La Solana	818	+4.2%
13	Almagro	606	0%
14	Herencia	570	-2.7%
15	Malagón	531	-2%
16	Pedro Muñoz	528	-3.3%
17	Villarrubia de los Ojos	518	+2%
18	Argamasilla de Alba	360	-3.5%
19	Villanueva de los Infantes	356	-1.9%
20	Moral de Calatrava	344	-2.5%
21	Argamasilla de Calatrava	297	-3.6%
22	Membrilla	295	+2.1%
23	Almodóvar del Campo	265	-2.9%
24	Almadén	264	0%
25	Piedrabuena	251	+3.3%
26	Santa Cruz de Mudela	246	-4.7%
27	Torralba de Calatrava	213	+0.9%
28	Pozuelo de Calatrava	210	+0.5%
29	Torrenueva	203	-2.9%
30	Calzada de Calatrava	186	-0.5%
31	Fuente el Fresno	180	+1.7%
31	Poblete	180	+3.4%
33	Carrión de Calatrava	172	+0.6%
33	Porzuna	172	-1.1%
35	Villarta de San Juan	144	+2.1%
36	Villanueva de la Fuente	130	+1.6%
37	Viso del Marqués	112	-6.7%
38	Castellar de Santiago	108	0%
39	Montiel	100	-6.5%
40	Agudo	99	-2%
41	Chillón	86	+1.2%
42	Villahermosa	83	-7.8%
43	El Robledo	79	0%
44	Aldea del Rey	73	+4.3%
45	Corral de Calatrava	70	-6.7%
46	Abenójar	63	+5%
47	Carrizosa	57	-8.1%
48	Alcolea de Calatrava	55	-1.8%
49	Brazatortas	52	+8.3%
50	Fuencaliente	51	0%
51	Albaladejo	50	-9.1%
51	Cózar	50	+11.1%
51	Puebla de Don Rodrigo	50	+4.2%
54	Puebla del Príncipe	48	+6.7%
55	Almuradiel	47	-7.8%
55	Horcajo de los Montes	47	-6%
57	Arenas de San Juan	45	-4.3%
57	Puerto Lápice	45	+9.8%
57	Villamanrique	45	-10%
60	Ruidera	44	-2.2%
60	Torre de Juan Abad	44	-12%
62	San Carlos del Valle	43	+4.9%
63	Guadalmez	42	-6.7%
64	Retuerta del Bullaque	39	+5.4%
65	Fernán Caballero	38	+15.2%
66	Los Cortijos	37	-7.5%
66	Valenzuela de Calatrava	37	+5.7%
68	Alcoba	36	+9.1%
68	Picón	36	-2.7%
70	Alhambra	33	-13.2%
71	Granátula de Calatrava	32	-3%
72	Arenales de San Gregorio	30	+15.4%
72	Llanos del Caudillo	30	0%
74	Terrinches	26	-21.2%
75	Mestanza	20	+17.6%
76	Alamillo	19	+18.8%
76	Los Pozuelos de Calatrava	19	0%
76	Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos	19	+11.8%
79	Almedina	18	+5.9%
79	Las Labores	18	0%
79	Saceruela	18	-5.3%
82	Alcubillas	16	-5.9%
82	Anchuras	16	-5.9%
84	Ballesteros de Calatrava	15	-6.3%
84	Cabezarrubias del Puerto	15	0%
84	Hinojosas de Calatrava	15	-11.8%
84	Luciana	15	+15.4%
84	Solana del Pino	15	-16.7%
89	Villamayor de Calatrava	14	-6.7%
90	Almadenejos	13	+30%
90	Navalpino	13	+8.3%
92	Fuenllana	12	0%
93	Cabezarados	11	-8.3%
93	Villanueva de San Carlos	11	+10%
95	Navas de Estena	10	0%
96	Arroba de los Montes	9	0%
97	San Lorenzo de Calatrava	6	0%
98	Valdemanco del Esteras	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. 2 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.

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 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/ciudad-real-province-municipalities?period=2024.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_ciudad_real_2024,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Ciudad Real province by active companies, 2024}},
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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=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.},
}

RIS

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Ciudad Real, with 4,869 in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Valdemanco del Esteras, with 5 in 2024.

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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 2024 and are not ranked.