Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies

Córdoba had the highest active companies of 77 municipalities in 2023, at 20,947. Fuente la Lancha had the lowest, at 6. The median was 154 and the figure for Córdoba province was 46,390. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest20,947Córdoba

Lowest6Fuente la Lancha

Median15477 municipalities

Córdoba province46,390History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Córdoba	20,947	-6.4%
2	Lucena	2,855	-1.9%
3	Puente Genil	1,704	-5.5%
4	Montilla	1,484	-6.4%
5	Priego de Córdoba	1,375	-4.4%
6	Pozoblanco	1,190	-1.7%
7	Cabra	1,134	-3.7%
8	Baena	1,119	-6%
9	Palma del Río	1,052	-5%
10	La Carlota	867	-6.5%
11	Aguilar de la Frontera	645	-6.7%
12	Fuente Palmera	619	-3.1%
13	La Rambla	568	-3.4%
14	Rute	550	-3.3%
15	Villanueva de Córdoba	527	-7.1%
16	Fernán-Núñez	525	-5.4%
17	Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo	504	-5.1%
18	Montoro	495	-1%
19	Hinojosa del Duque	452	-1.1%
20	Villa del Río	440	-4.6%
21	Castro del Río	438	-4.4%
22	Posadas	374	-2.9%
23	Almodóvar del Río	306	-8.9%
24	Montalbán de Córdoba	297	-4.8%
25	Benamejí	293	0%
26	Bujalance	281	-5.4%
27	Villafranca de Córdoba	265	-6.7%
28	Montemayor	236	-5.2%
29	Nueva Carteya	226	-1.7%
30	Santaella	225	-0.9%
31	Moriles	219	-7.6%
32	Fuente Obejuna	216	-1.8%
33	El Carpio	212	-4.1%
34	Doña Mencía	208	-11.5%
35	Iznájar	198	-1%
36	Hornachuelos	192	+4.9%
37	Adamuz	174	-8.9%
38	Belalcázar	172	-6.5%
39	Dos Torres	154	-6.7%
40	Villaviciosa de Córdoba	153	-2.5%
41	El Viso	149	-4.5%
42	Almedinilla	139	-2.1%
43	Pedro Abad	137	-8.1%
44	Cañete de las Torres	134	-4.3%
44	Carcabuey	134	-0.7%
44	Luque	134	-10.1%
47	Encinas Reales	121	+1.7%
48	Espejo	120	-3.2%
49	La Victoria	109	-4.4%
50	Belmez	105	-12.5%
51	Espiel	102	-1%
52	Monturque	84	-6.7%
53	Alcaracejos	76	+1.3%
54	Pedroche	72	-7.7%
55	Añora	71	0%
56	Obejo	68	+21.4%
57	Villanueva del Duque	65	+1.6%
58	Cardeña	64	-4.5%
59	Torrecampo	60	-1.6%
60	Guadalcázar	57	0%
60	Palenciana	57	+11.8%
62	La Guijarrosa	47	-17.5%
63	Valenzuela	43	-4.4%
63	Villaralto	43	+7.5%
65	Fuente Carreteros	41	-21.2%
66	Los Blázquez	37	-5.1%
66	Villanueva del Rey	37	-19.6%
68	Santa Eufemia	33	0%
69	Zuheros	29	0%
70	Fuente-Tójar	28	-6.7%
71	San Sebastián de los Ballesteros	27	+3.8%
72	La Granjuela	23	-4.2%
73	Villaharta	16	0%
74	Conquista	15	-6.3%
75	El Guijo	9	0%
76	Valsequillo	7	-22.2%
77	Fuente la Lancha	6	-25%

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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

Harvard

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Córdoba province by active companies, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/cordoba-province-municipalities?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
  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=2023. 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.},
}

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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Córdoba, with 20,947 in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest active companies?

Fuente la Lancha, with 6 in 2023.

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.