Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 376 municipalities in 2014, at 9,423. Valdecañas de Tajo had the lowest, at 4. The median was 39 and the figure for Extremadura was 62,929. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,423Badajoz

Lowest4Valdecañas de Tajo

Median39376 municipalities

Extremadura62,929History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	Badajoz	9,423	-0.6%
2	Cáceres	6,549	-0.6%
3	Mérida	3,864	-2.4%
4	Plasencia	2,865	0%
5	Almendralejo	2,361	+1.3%
6	Don Benito	2,277	-0.3%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,426	-3.1%
8	Zafra	1,123	+0.9%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,075	-1.3%
10	Coria	890	-0.4%
11	Montijo	794	-4.1%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	714	+2.9%
13	Trujillo	648	-4.8%
14	Miajadas	633	-2.9%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	609	-1.1%
16	Olivenza	603	+1.3%
17	Moraleja	515	-4.6%
18	Azuaga	484	-1.4%
19	Castuera	460	+0.2%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	438	-2.4%
21	Jaraíz de la Vera	405	+1.5%
22	Talayuela	399	+0.3%
23	Llerena	398	+0.3%
24	San Vicente de Alcántara	391	+1.6%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	375	-2.6%
26	Fuente del Maestre	367	0%
27	Montehermoso	364	+4.9%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	363	-3.7%
29	Guareña	348	-1.7%
30	Talavera la Real	333	-1.2%
31	Quintana de la Serena	325	-0.3%
32	Fuente de Cantos	320	-0.6%
33	Aceuchal	318	+1.3%
33	Arroyo de la Luz	318	+1.6%
35	Puebla de la Calzada	310	-4.3%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	305	+5.2%
37	Hervás	304	-1%
38	Monesterio	281	+2.6%
39	Jarandilla de la Vera	276	+5.7%
40	Campanario	268	+4.7%
40	Malpartida de Plasencia	268	-6.3%
42	Cabeza del Buey	264	+3.9%
43	Santa Marta	263	-5.7%
44	Alburquerque	262	+1.9%
45	Calamonte	259	-4.4%
46	Malpartida de Cáceres	256	-1.9%
47	Casar de Cáceres	253	-6.6%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	232	-2.9%
49	Valverde de Leganés	216	-0.5%
50	Santa Amalia	213	-2.3%
51	Zalamea de la Serena	208	-1.9%
52	Talarrubias	204	-1.9%
53	Arroyo de San Serván	201	-5.2%
53	Barcarrota	201	-2.4%
55	La Zarza	200	-8.3%
56	Losar de la Vera	199	-5.2%
56	Ribera del Fresno	199	+1%
58	Torrejoncillo	188	+2.7%
59	Herrera del Duque	185	-1.1%
60	Hornachos	172	+6.2%
61	Orellana la Vieja	162	-4.7%
62	Zarza de Granadilla	156	-1.3%
63	Higuera la Real	155	0%
64	Villanueva de la Vera	152	-1.3%
65	Madroñera	151	+7.9%
66	Burguillos del Cerro	142	-3.4%
66	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	142	-3.4%
68	Villanueva del Fresno	138	+1.5%
69	Valdelacalzada	136	-2.9%
70	Valverde del Fresno	135	-1.5%
71	Berlanga	134	-4.3%
72	Madrigal de la Vera	132	-1.5%
73	Logrosán	128	+2.4%
73	Zahínos	128	+10.3%
75	Fuentes de León	126	-3.1%
76	Alcuéscar	124	-4.6%
76	Torremejía	124	-7.5%
78	Guadiana	123	n/a
79	Navaconcejo	121	0%
80	Cañamero	120	+6.2%
81	Granja de Torrehermosa	118	-2.5%
81	Guadalupe	118	-3.3%
81	Montánchez	118	+1.7%
84	Salvatierra de los Barros	115	-1.7%
85	Sierra de Fuentes	111	+2.8%
86	Solana de los Barros	109	-6.8%
87	Medellín	108	+9.1%
88	Brozas	107	+4.9%
89	Lobón	106	-1.9%
89	Siruela	106	+2.9%
91	Cabezuela del Valle	105	-1.9%
91	Monterrubio de la Serena	105	-1.9%
93	Almoharín	101	+1%
94	Torreorgaz	99	-2.9%
95	La Albuera	96	-3%
96	Villar del Rey	95	+6.7%
97	La Garrovilla	94	-5.1%
98	Ahigal	92	-1.1%
98	Aldeanueva de la Vera	92	-7.1%
100	Garrovillas de Alconétar	90	-5.3%
101	La Codosera	89	-2.2%
101	Segura de León	89	-9.2%
103	Alange	87	+1.2%
103	Casatejada	87	-2.2%
105	Aliseda	85	-5.6%
105	Pinofranqueado	85	-9.6%
105	Valencia del Ventoso	85	+4.9%
108	Alcántara	83	-2.4%
108	Bienvenida	83	-3.5%
108	Cañaveral	83	+3.8%
108	Jerte	83	-11.7%
112	Cilleros	82	-4.7%
113	Trujillanos	81	+5.2%
114	Aldeanueva del Camino	80	+9.6%
114	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	80	0%
116	Valdefuentes	78	-6%
117	Ceclavín	76	-3.8%
118	Salvaleón	74	+5.7%
118	Usagre	74	-6.3%
120	La Roca de la Sierra	73	+9%
120	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	73	-2.7%
122	Deleitosa	72	+9.1%
122	Gata	72	-1.4%
124	Madrigalejo	71	-9%
124	Villalba de los Barros	71	+1.4%
126	Alconchel	70	-4.1%
126	Casas de Don Pedro	70	-2.8%
126	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	70	-7.9%
126	Valdecaballeros	70	-6.7%
130	Guijo de Galisteo	69	+7.8%
130	La Parra	69	+1.5%
132	Castañar de Ibor	68	0%
132	Zorita	68	0%
134	Almaraz	67	-6.9%
134	Cabeza la Vaca	67	+6.3%
134	Carcaboso	67	+6.3%
134	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	67	-10.7%
138	La Haba	66	+1.5%
139	Cuacos de Yuste	65	-1.5%
140	Almendral	64	0%
140	Peraleda de la Mata	64	+3.2%
140	Puebla de Alcocer	64	-7.2%
140	Serradilla	64	-8.6%
140	Tornavacas	64	+3.2%
145	Feria	61	+5.2%
146	Caminomorisco	60	+1.7%
146	Campillo de Llerena	60	-13%
146	La Coronada	60	+5.3%
146	Rosalejo	60	0%
150	Navas del Madroño	59	-7.8%
150	Nuñomoral	59	-4.8%
152	Bodonal de la Sierra	57	+7.5%
153	Galisteo	56	-8.2%
153	Medina de las Torres	56	0%
153	Montemolín	56	-8.2%
156	Baños de Montemayor	55	+3.8%
156	Castilblanco	55	-1.8%
156	Higuera de Vargas	55	-3.5%
159	Puebla de Obando	54	+10.2%
160	Calera de León	53	-1.9%
160	Casar de Palomero	53	+6%
160	Hoyos	53	+3.9%
160	Oliva de Mérida	53	+6%
160	Riolobos	53	-7%
165	Zarza la Mayor	52	-10.3%
166	Villar de Rena	51	-1.9%
167	Mohedas de Granadilla	50	+8.7%
168	Piornal	49	+2.1%
169	Alía	48	0%
169	Tejeda de Tiétar	48	0%
171	Garganta la Olla	47	+9.3%
171	Santibáñez el Bajo	47	+2.2%
173	Acebo	46	-6.1%
173	Acehúche	46	-11.5%
173	Monroy	46	+2.2%
176	Esparragalejo	45	0%
176	Peñalsordo	45	+2.3%
176	Villagarcía de la Torre	45	0%
179	Perales del Puerto	43	-2.3%
179	Valle de la Serena	43	-10.4%
181	Higuera de la Serena	42	-2.3%
181	La Pesga	42	-14.3%
181	San Martín de Trevejo	42	-8.7%
184	Valdetorres	41	0%
184	Villagonzalo	41	-2.4%
186	El Torno	40	+5.3%
186	Mirandilla	40	+2.6%
188	Alagón del Río	39	+25.8%
188	Cordobilla de Lácara	39	+2.6%
188	Corte de Peleas	39	-9.3%
191	Casas del Monte	38	-7.3%
191	Eljas	38	-13.6%
193	Holguera	37	-5.1%
193	Talaván	37	-11.9%
195	La Morera	36	+12.5%
195	Maguilla	36	0%
195	Táliga	36	+2.9%
195	Torrequemada	36	-10%
199	Aldeacentenera	35	+16.7%
199	Escurial	35	+9.4%
199	Valle de Santa Ana	35	-10.3%
202	Ahillones	34	+3%
202	Arroyomolinos	34	+6.3%
202	Esparragosa de la Serena	34	-8.1%
202	Llera	34	0%
202	Saucedilla	34	+9.7%
207	Cheles	33	-5.7%
207	Garciaz	33	+13.8%
207	La Cumbre	33	+10%
207	Malpartida de la Serena	33	+6.5%
207	Navezuelas	33	+6.5%
207	Nogales	33	-17.5%
207	Torremenga	33	-5.7%
214	Belvís de Monroy	32	+14.3%
214	Campo Lugar	32	-15.8%
214	Esparragosa de Lares	32	0%
214	Mirabel	32	+3.2%
214	Vegaviana	32	0%
219	Casas del Castañar	31	+3.3%
219	Don Álvaro	31	-11.4%
219	Ibahernando	31	-3.1%
219	Jaraicejo	31	+10.7%
219	Salorino	31	0%
224	Guijo de Granadilla	30	-3.2%
225	La Nava de Santiago	29	+3.6%
225	Membrío	29	+3.6%
225	Plasenzuela	29	-3.3%
225	San Pedro de Mérida	29	+11.5%
225	Torre de Santa María	29	-14.7%
230	Albalá	28	0%
230	Aldea del Cano	28	-3.4%
230	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	28	+3.7%
230	Valdeobispo	28	0%
230	Valencia de las Torres	28	+7.7%
230	Valverde de Llerena	28	+27.3%
236	Majadas	27	-15.6%
236	Retamal de Llerena	27	+3.8%
236	Torre de Don Miguel	27	-10%
236	Zarza-Capilla	27	+12.5%
240	Aceituna	26	+4%
240	Berzocana	26	-7.1%
240	Puebla del Prior	26	+4%
240	Torrejón el Rubio	26	-21.2%
240	Villar del Pedroso	26	-7.1%
245	Fuente del Arco	25	0%
245	Hinojosa del Valle	25	+13.6%
245	La Garganta	25	+4.2%
245	Puebla de la Reina	25	0%
245	Santiago de Alcántara	25	0%
245	Valverde de la Vera	25	+4.2%

Showing the top 250 of 376. The Excel download has every row.

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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. 11 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Extremadura by active companies, 2014) [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 Extremadura by active companies, 2014. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-companies/extremadura-municipalities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2014,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2014}},
  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/extremadura-municipalities?period=2014. 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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Badajoz, with 9,423 in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Valdecañas de Tajo, with 4 in 2014.

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