Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies

Córdoba had the highest active companies of 75 municipalities in 2018, at 21,507. Fuente la Lancha had the lowest, at 7. The median was 173 and the figure for Córdoba province was 47,209. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,507Córdoba

Lowest7Fuente la Lancha

Median17375 municipalities

Córdoba province47,209History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Córdoba	21,507	+0.4%
2	Lucena	2,875	+1.4%
3	Puente Genil	1,765	-0.1%
4	Montilla	1,516	-0.8%
5	Priego de Córdoba	1,376	+0.4%
6	Pozoblanco	1,181	+0.9%
7	Baena	1,174	+1%
8	Cabra	1,122	+0.2%
9	Palma del Río	1,066	+1.9%
10	La Carlota	852	+2.4%
11	Fuente Palmera	660	+1.1%
12	Aguilar de la Frontera	634	-2.6%
13	Rute	586	-0.3%
14	Fernán-Núñez	565	+0.7%
15	Villanueva de Córdoba	556	+1.3%
16	La Rambla	550	+1.1%
17	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	523	-6.6%
18	Montoro	472	0%
19	Hinojosa del Duque	455	-2.2%
20	Castro del Río	435	+1.9%
21	Villa del Río	427	+1.7%
22	Posadas	374	-1.1%
23	Bujalance	328	-0.6%
24	Montalbán de Córdoba	307	+3.4%
25	Almodóvar del Río	292	-2%
26	Benamejí	279	-1.1%
27	Santaella	269	-2.2%
28	Villafranca de Córdoba	256	0%
29	Montemayor	236	-1.3%
30	Doña Mencía	226	+0.9%
31	Nueva Carteya	222	+2.3%
32	El Carpio	211	-4.5%
32	Moriles	211	-0.5%
34	Fuente Obejuna	207	-3.3%
35	Hornachuelos	188	-2.6%
36	Iznájar	183	-3.7%
37	Adamuz	176	0%
38	Belalcázar	173	+4.2%
39	Dos Torres	169	+7.6%
40	El Viso	162	-0.6%
41	Villaviciosa de Córdoba	161	+1.9%
42	Luque	145	-2%
43	Cañete de las Torres	141	0%
44	Pedro Abad	139	-4.8%
45	Almedinilla	135	-0.7%
46	Carcabuey	125	+0.8%
47	Espejo	121	-3.2%
48	Belmez	119	+4.4%
49	Espiel	110	+6.8%
50	La Victoria	109	-11.4%
51	Encinas Reales	105	-6.3%
52	Monturque	91	-1.1%
53	Alcaracejos	79	+3.9%
54	Añora	76	+1.3%
55	Cardeña	71	0%
56	Pedroche	70	-1.4%
57	Villanueva del Duque	69	+4.5%
58	Guadalcázar	62	+6.9%
59	Palenciana	56	+1.8%
60	Obejo	53	0%
60	Torrecampo	53	0%
62	Valenzuela	42	+2.4%
63	Villanueva del Rey	41	0%
64	Los Blázquez	36	+5.9%
65	Santa Eufemia	35	0%
65	Villaralto	35	-18.6%
67	Fuente-Tójar	32	-3%
68	Zuheros	28	+3.7%
69	San Sebastián de los Ballesteros	22	-12%
70	La Granjuela	21	+10.5%
71	Villaharta	18	-14.3%
72	Conquista	14	-6.7%
73	Valsequillo	12	-7.7%
74	El Guijo	10	-16.7%
75	Fuente la Lancha	7	0%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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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=2018. 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 21,507 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Lancha, with 7 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.