Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies

Córdoba had the highest active companies of 75 municipalities in 2017, at 21,428. Fuente la Lancha had the lowest, at 7. The median was 166 and the figure for Córdoba province was 47,101. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,428Córdoba

Lowest7Fuente la Lancha

Median16675 municipalities

Córdoba province47,101History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Córdoba	21,428	+1.7%
2	Lucena	2,834	+1.5%
3	Puente Genil	1,766	+3.8%
4	Montilla	1,528	-0.7%
5	Priego de Córdoba	1,370	+1.9%
6	Pozoblanco	1,171	+3.4%
7	Baena	1,162	+0.7%
8	Cabra	1,120	+2.6%
9	Palma del Río	1,046	+3%
10	La Carlota	832	+1.1%
11	Fuente Palmera	653	+2.2%
12	Aguilar de la Frontera	651	+1.9%
13	Rute	588	+3.2%
14	Fernán-Núñez	561	0%
15	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	560	-1.1%
16	Villanueva de Córdoba	549	+1.3%
17	La Rambla	544	+1.1%
18	Montoro	472	+3.3%
19	Hinojosa del Duque	465	-1.3%
20	Castro del Río	427	-0.2%
21	Villa del Río	420	+1.7%
22	Posadas	378	+2.2%
23	Bujalance	330	+0.6%
24	Almodóvar del Río	298	0%
25	Montalbán de Córdoba	297	-2.9%
26	Benamejí	282	+6.8%
27	Santaella	275	+3.4%
28	Villafranca de Córdoba	256	-1.2%
29	Montemayor	239	+3.9%
30	Doña Mencía	224	+7.2%
31	El Carpio	221	+2.8%
32	Nueva Carteya	217	-1.8%
33	Fuente Obejuna	214	+4.9%
34	Moriles	212	+7.6%
35	Hornachuelos	193	+9.7%
36	Iznájar	190	+0.5%
37	Adamuz	176	+4.8%
38	Belalcázar	166	-1.2%
39	El Viso	163	+0.6%
40	Villaviciosa de Córdoba	158	0%
41	Dos Torres	157	+3.3%
42	Luque	148	-4.5%
43	Pedro Abad	146	+11.5%
44	Cañete de las Torres	141	+1.4%
45	Almedinilla	136	+0.7%
46	Espejo	125	+1.6%
47	Carcabuey	124	-0.8%
48	La Victoria	123	0%
49	Belmez	114	-4.2%
50	Encinas Reales	112	+13.1%
51	Espiel	103	-1.9%
52	Monturque	92	+5.7%
53	Alcaracejos	76	+4.1%
54	Añora	75	+4.2%
55	Cardeña	71	+6%
55	Pedroche	71	-1.4%
57	Villanueva del Duque	66	+10%
58	Guadalcázar	58	0%
59	Palenciana	55	0%
60	Obejo	53	-5.4%
60	Torrecampo	53	+8.2%
62	Villaralto	43	0%
63	Valenzuela	41	+2.5%
63	Villanueva del Rey	41	+10.8%
65	Santa Eufemia	35	-7.9%
66	Los Blázquez	34	-2.9%
67	Fuente-Tójar	33	-5.7%
68	Zuheros	27	+8%
69	San Sebastián de los Ballesteros	25	-3.8%
70	Villaharta	21	+5%
71	La Granjuela	19	+11.8%
72	Conquista	15	0%
73	Valsequillo	13	+8.3%
74	El Guijo	12	+20%
75	Fuente la Lancha	7	+16.7%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2017 (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, 2017}},
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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=2017. 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 21,428 in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Lancha, with 7 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.