Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies

Córdoba had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2021, at 21,984. Fuente la Lancha had the lowest, at 8. The median was 166 and the figure for Córdoba province was 48,126. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest21,984Córdoba

Lowest8Fuente la Lancha

Median16677 municipalities

Córdoba province48,126History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Córdoba	21,984	-0.1%
2	Lucena	2,868	-2%
3	Puente Genil	1,761	-1.2%
4	Montilla	1,562	0%
5	Priego de Córdoba	1,431	-1.3%
6	Pozoblanco	1,187	-1.2%
7	Baena	1,181	-1.4%
8	Cabra	1,157	+1%
9	Palma del Río	1,089	-1.3%
10	La Carlota	897	+0.4%
11	Aguilar de la Frontera	657	-1.6%
12	Fuente Palmera	637	+1.3%
13	La Rambla	570	+0.7%
14	Villanueva de Córdoba	567	+0.5%
15	Fernán-Núñez	557	-1.6%
16	Rute	555	-2.3%
17	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	519	-1%
18	Montoro	479	+0.2%
19	Hinojosa del Duque	455	-0.9%
20	Castro del Río	453	+0.4%
21	Villa del Río	442	-0.9%
22	Posadas	377	-0.5%
23	Almodóvar del Río	324	+4.9%
24	Montalbán de Córdoba	307	-3.2%
25	Bujalance	304	-1.6%
26	Benamejí	300	+4.5%
27	Villafranca de Córdoba	286	+1.4%
28	Montemayor	238	-0.8%
29	Santaella	236	+8.3%
30	Moriles	230	+3.1%
31	Nueva Carteya	225	+1.4%
32	Doña Mencía	224	-4.7%
33	El Carpio	220	-2.7%
33	Fuente Obejuna	220	-4.8%
35	Iznájar	193	0%
36	Adamuz	188	-1.6%
37	Belalcázar	185	+2.2%
38	Hornachuelos	175	-5.4%
39	Dos Torres	166	+0.6%
40	El Viso	156	-2.5%
40	Villaviciosa de Córdoba	156	-3.7%
42	Luque	148	-6.9%
43	Cañete de las Torres	143	-0.7%
44	Almedinilla	142	-4.7%
45	Pedro Abad	139	-0.7%
46	Carcabuey	132	+0.8%
47	Espejo	126	+3.3%
48	La Victoria	113	-5%
49	Belmez	111	-5.9%
50	Encinas Reales	108	-0.9%
51	Espiel	101	+4.1%
52	Monturque	89	0%
53	Alcaracejos	77	+1.3%
53	Pedroche	77	+5.5%
55	Añora	70	-4.1%
56	Obejo	65	-4.4%
56	Villanueva del Duque	65	0%
58	Cardeña	64	0%
59	Guadalcázar	63	+5%
59	Torrecampo	63	+1.6%
61	La Guijarrosa	54	+8%
62	Palenciana	51	-3.8%
63	Fuente Carreteros	47	+11.9%
64	Los Blázquez	43	0%
64	Villanueva del Rey	43	0%
66	Valenzuela	42	0%
67	Santa Eufemia	36	-5.3%
68	Villaralto	35	-10.3%
69	Zuheros	31	0%
70	Fuente-Tójar	29	-6.5%
71	San Sebastián de los Ballesteros	24	+9.1%
72	La Granjuela	21	+5%
73	Villaharta	16	-5.9%
74	Conquista	14	-6.7%
75	El Guijo	9	0%
75	Valsequillo	9	+12.5%
77	Fuente la Lancha	8	0%

Other periods

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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. 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_cordoba_province_2021,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2021}},
  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/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2021. 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?

Córdoba, with 21,984 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Lancha, with 8 in 2021.

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.