Municipalities in Cuenca province by active companies

Cuenca had the highest active companies of 175 municipalities in 2018, at 3,779. Villar de la Encina had the lowest, at 4. The median was 20 and the figure for Cuenca province was 13,655. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest3,779Cuenca

Lowest4Villar de la Encina

Median20175 municipalities

Cuenca province13,655History

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	Cuenca	3,779	+0.7%
2	Tarancón	990	+0.6%
3	San Clemente	584	+1%
4	Quintanar del Rey	570	-0.2%
5	Motilla del Palancar	539	+1.1%
6	Mota del Cuervo	470	-0.8%
7	Las Pedroñeras	456	-0.4%
8	Iniesta	384	+2.7%
9	Casasimarro	214	+4.9%
10	Villanueva de la Jara	194	+2.6%
11	Minglanilla	180	+4%
12	Horcajo de Santiago	177	-1.7%
13	Las Valeras	157	-1.3%
14	El Provencio	152	-3.2%
15	Belmonte	151	+3.4%
16	Honrubia	147	-3.3%
17	Villamayor de Santiago	145	+3.6%
18	Las Mesas	126	+5%
19	San Lorenzo de la Parrilla	125	+2.5%
20	Valverde de Júcar	118	-4.1%
21	Arcas	110	-7.6%
21	Huete	110	+0.9%
23	Sisante	109	-4.4%
24	Campillo de Altobuey	106	+7.1%
25	Landete	98	-2%
26	La Alberca de Záncara	87	-4.4%
27	Ledaña	79	+3.9%
28	El Pedernoso	78	+2.6%
29	Casas de Fernando Alonso	75	-3.8%
30	Talayuelas	73	-1.4%
31	El Picazo	70	+2.9%
31	Priego	70	+1.4%
33	Fuente de Pedro Naharro	69	+13.1%
34	Cañete	67	-2.9%
35	Villar de Olalla	61	+5.2%
36	Mira	57	-5%
37	Villalpardo	53	-1.9%
38	Montalbo	52	-11.9%
38	Palomares del Campo	52	-3.7%
40	Barajas de Melo	51	+2%
40	Campos del Paraíso	51	0%
40	Carboneras de Guadazaón	51	-3.8%
43	Los Hinojosos	49	-2%
44	Casas de Haro	46	-8%
44	El Peral	46	-8%
44	Sotorribas	46	0%
44	Villarta	46	-2.1%
48	Villagarcía del Llano	45	-2.2%
48	Villares del Saz	45	-2.2%
50	Chillarón de Cuenca	42	-14.3%
51	Fuentenava de Jábaga	40	-2.4%
52	Casas de Benítez	39	+2.6%
52	Villalba de la Sierra	39	+5.4%
54	Villaescusa de Haro	37	-9.8%
55	La Almarcha	36	-7.7%
55	Santa María del Campo Rus	36	+5.9%
57	Cañamares	35	-5.4%
58	Buenache de Alarcón	34	+3%
59	Aliaguilla	33	-5.7%
59	Almonacid del Marquesado	33	-5.7%
59	El Herrumblar	33	+6.5%
62	Saelices	31	+3.3%
62	Villarejo-Periesteban	31	+10.7%
64	Graja de Iniesta	30	+11.1%
64	Osa de la Vega	30	+11.1%
64	Vara de Rey	30	0%
64	Villarejo de Fuentes	30	-6.3%
68	Buendía	28	+7.7%
68	Cañizares	28	-3.4%
68	Mariana	28	-3.4%
68	Salvacañete	28	+7.7%
72	Pozoamargo	27	+42.1%
72	Villaconejos de Trabaque	27	+3.8%
72	Villar de Cañas	27	+3.8%
75	Cañaveras	26	+18.2%
75	Villalba del Rey	26	-10.3%
77	Torrejoncillo del Rey	25	0%
78	Almodóvar del Pinar	24	+4.3%
78	Cardenete	24	+4.3%
78	Casas de los Pinos	24	+26.3%
81	Enguídanos	23	+27.8%
81	Santa María de los Llanos	23	0%
83	Beteta	22	-12%
83	Fuentes	22	-8.3%
83	Pozorrubielos de la Mancha	22	-4.3%
86	Cervera del Llano	21	-4.5%
86	Villarrubio	21	-8.7%
88	Pozorrubio de Santiago	20	-4.8%
89	Olivares de Júcar	19	+11.8%
89	Torrubia del Campo	19	+11.8%
89	Tragacete	19	-9.5%
92	Las Majadas	18	-18.2%
92	Tinajas	18	+5.9%
94	Pinarejo	17	+21.4%
94	Santa Cruz de Moya	17	-10.5%
96	Huerta del Marquesado	16	+6.7%
96	Puebla de Almenara	16	0%
96	Tébar	16	-11.1%
99	Belinchón	15	-6.3%
99	Hontanaya	15	-6.3%
99	Villaverde y Pasaconsol	15	-6.3%
102	Almendros	14	0%
103	Fuentelespino de Haro	13	0%
103	La Hinojosa	13	-18.8%
103	Salmeroncillos	13	+8.3%
103	Tresjuncos	13	-7.1%
103	Uña	13	+8.3%
103	Vellisca	13	0%
109	Alarcón	12	-7.7%
109	Albalate de las Nogueras	12	-7.7%
109	Gabaldón	12	0%
109	Valdeolivas	12	-20%
109	Villar del Humo	12	-7.7%
114	Alcázar del Rey	11	-26.7%
114	Cañada del Hoyo	11	0%
114	Castillo de Garcimuñoz	11	0%
114	Leganiel	11	-8.3%
118	Cañada Juncosa	10	-16.7%
118	Castejón	10	-16.7%
118	La Pesquera	10	-9.1%
118	Valdemoro-Sierra	10	0%
118	Villas de la Ventosa	10	0%
123	Albaladejo del Cuende	9	+12.5%
123	Altarejos	9	-18.2%
123	Campillos-Paravientos	9	+12.5%
123	Canalejas del Arroyo	9	-10%
123	El Acebrón	9	+28.6%
123	Fuentelespino de Moya	9	0%
123	Garaballa	9	+12.5%
123	Henarejos	9	0%
123	Vega del Codorno	9	-10%
123	Villar de Domingo García	9	-10%
123	Zafra de Záncara	9	+12.5%
123	Zarza de Tajo	9	-10%
123	Zarzuela	9	+50%
136	Alcalá de la Vega	8	0%
136	Alconchel de la Estrella	8	+33.3%
136	Arguisuelas	8	-11.1%
136	Puebla del Salvador	8	+14.3%
140	Belmontejo	7	0%
140	Cañaveruelas	7	0%
140	Castillejo de Iniesta	7	0%
140	Gascueña	7	-22.2%
140	La Frontera	7	0%
140	Montalbanejo	7	+40%
140	Olmedilla de Alarcón	7	-12.5%
140	Paracuellos	7	+16.7%
140	Santa María del Val	7	+16.7%
140	Tejadillos	7	+16.7%
140	Uclés	7	-12.5%
151	Atalaya del Cañavate	6	-14.3%
151	Buenache de la Sierra	6	+50%
151	Chumillas	6	0%
151	La Peraleja	6	+20%
151	Lagunaseca	6	0%
151	Palomera	6	+20%
151	Poyatos	6	+50%
151	Torralba	6	-14.3%
151	Valdemeca	6	0%
151	Villar del Infantado	6	+20%
161	Boniches	5	-28.6%
161	El Valle de Altomira	5	-16.7%
161	Graja de Campalbo	5	+25%
161	Huerta de la Obispalía	5	+25%
161	Monteagudo de las Salinas	5	-16.7%
161	Salinas del Manzano	5	-16.7%
161	Tribaldos	5	+25%
161	Valverdejo	5	+25%
169	El Cañavate	4	-33.3%
169	Huélamo	4	0%
169	Los Valdecolmenas	4	0%
169	Moya	4	-20%
169	Olmeda del Rey	4	0%
169	Rozalén del Monte	4	-20%
169	Villar de la Encina	4	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. 19 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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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (2026). Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721) (Municipalities in Cuenca 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 Cuenca 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/cuenca-province-municipalities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2026. Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Municipalities in Cuenca 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/cuenca-province-municipalities?period=2018.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2026) Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721), Municipalities in Cuenca 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/cuenca-province-municipalities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_cuenca_province_2018,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Cuenca province by active companies, 2018}},
  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/cuenca-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.},
}

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