Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies

Córdoba had the highest active companies of 75 municipalities in 2016, at 21,069. Fuente la Lancha had the lowest, at 6. The median was 168 and the figure for Córdoba province was 46,290. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,069Córdoba

Lowest6Fuente la Lancha

Median16875 municipalities

Córdoba province46,290History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Córdoba	21,069	+0.6%
2	Lucena	2,791	+1.3%
3	Puente Genil	1,702	+3.6%
4	Montilla	1,539	+2.1%
5	Priego de Córdoba	1,345	+1.7%
6	Baena	1,154	+1%
7	Pozoblanco	1,133	+1.3%
8	Cabra	1,092	+1.8%
9	Palma del Río	1,016	+1.5%
10	La Carlota	823	-0.8%
11	Aguilar de la Frontera	639	+2.7%
11	Fuente Palmera	639	+1.6%
13	Rute	570	-1.6%
14	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	566	+2.5%
15	Fernán-Núñez	561	-1.2%
16	Villanueva de Córdoba	542	-0.2%
17	La Rambla	538	-0.6%
18	Hinojosa del Duque	471	+0.2%
19	Montoro	457	-3.6%
20	Castro del Río	428	-0.5%
21	Villa del Río	413	-1.7%
22	Posadas	370	+2.8%
23	Bujalance	328	-4.9%
24	Montalbán de Córdoba	306	+1%
25	Almodóvar del Río	298	-0.3%
26	Santaella	266	-5.3%
27	Benamejí	264	+6%
28	Villafranca de Córdoba	259	-1.1%
29	Montemayor	230	-1.3%
30	Nueva Carteya	221	-1.3%
31	El Carpio	215	-1.4%
32	Doña Mencía	209	0%
33	Fuente Obejuna	204	-1.9%
34	Moriles	197	+0.5%
35	Iznájar	189	+8.6%
36	Hornachuelos	176	+1.7%
37	Adamuz	168	0%
37	Belalcázar	168	-5.1%
39	El Viso	162	-4.1%
40	Villaviciosa de Córdoba	158	+5.3%
41	Luque	155	+8.4%
42	Dos Torres	152	-3.8%
43	Cañete de las Torres	139	+0.7%
44	Almedinilla	135	+1.5%
45	Pedro Abad	131	-3.7%
46	Carcabuey	125	+5%
47	Espejo	123	-2.4%
47	La Victoria	123	0%
49	Belmez	119	-4.8%
50	Espiel	105	+1%
51	Encinas Reales	99	-1%
52	Monturque	87	-1.1%
53	Alcaracejos	73	+4.3%
54	Añora	72	-2.7%
54	Pedroche	72	+4.3%
56	Cardeña	67	-4.3%
57	Villanueva del Duque	60	+5.3%
58	Guadalcázar	58	-1.7%
59	Obejo	56	-16.4%
60	Palenciana	55	+5.8%
61	Torrecampo	49	-2%
62	Villaralto	43	+4.9%
63	Valenzuela	40	+8.1%
64	Santa Eufemia	38	-5%
65	Villanueva del Rey	37	-5.1%
66	Fuente-Tójar	35	-12.5%
66	Los Blázquez	35	-7.9%
68	San Sebastián de los Ballesteros	26	+8.3%
69	Zuheros	25	-3.8%
70	Villaharta	20	+5.3%
71	La Granjuela	17	-10.5%
72	Conquista	15	+7.1%
73	Valsequillo	12	-7.7%
74	El Guijo	10	+11.1%
75	Fuente la Lancha	6	-14.3%

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 2016 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 Córdoba province by active companies, 2016) [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 Córdoba province by active companies, 2016. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2016.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2016}},
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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/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2016. 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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Questions

Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Córdoba, with 21,069 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Lancha, with 6 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2016 and are not ranked.