Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 378 municipalities in 2015, at 9,734. Rebollar had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Extremadura was 64,475. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest9,734Badajoz

Lowest4Rebollar

Median40378 municipalities

Extremadura64,475History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Badajoz	9,734	+3.3%
2	Cáceres	6,783	+3.6%
3	Mérida	4,052	+4.9%
4	Plasencia	2,926	+2.1%
5	Almendralejo	2,376	+0.6%
6	Don Benito	2,348	+3.1%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,470	+3.1%
8	Zafra	1,162	+3.5%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,078	+0.3%
10	Coria	893	+0.3%
11	Montijo	822	+3.5%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	706	-1.1%
13	Trujillo	676	+4.3%
14	Miajadas	656	+3.6%
15	Olivenza	637	+5.6%
16	Jerez de los Caballeros	636	+4.4%
17	Azuaga	499	+3.1%
18	Moraleja	492	-4.5%
19	Castuera	470	+2.2%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	454	+3.7%
21	Llerena	423	+6.3%
22	Jaraíz de la Vera	416	+2.7%
23	San Vicente de Alcántara	407	+4.1%
24	Fregenal de la Sierra	399	+6.4%
24	Montehermoso	399	+9.6%
26	Fuente del Maestre	384	+4.6%
27	Talayuela	382	-4.3%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	373	+2.8%
29	Talavera la Real	349	+4.8%
30	Guareña	336	-3.4%
31	Aceuchal	333	+4.7%
32	Quintana de la Serena	327	+0.6%
33	Arroyo de la Luz	318	0%
34	Hervás	311	+2.3%
35	Fuente de Cantos	308	-3.8%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	303	-0.7%
37	Puebla de la Calzada	302	-2.6%
38	Monesterio	297	+5.7%
39	Malpartida de Cáceres	275	+7.4%
40	Calamonte	270	+4.2%
41	Alburquerque	267	+1.9%
41	Casar de Cáceres	267	+5.5%
41	Jarandilla de la Vera	267	-3.3%
41	Malpartida de Plasencia	267	-0.4%
45	Campanario	266	-0.7%
46	Cabeza del Buey	261	-1.1%
46	Santa Marta	261	-0.8%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	253	+9.1%
49	Zalamea de la Serena	221	+6.3%
50	Santa Amalia	219	+2.8%
51	Valverde de Leganés	214	-0.9%
52	Ribera del Fresno	211	+6%
53	Barcarrota	203	+1%
53	La Zarza	203	+1.5%
53	Losar de la Vera	203	+2%
56	Talarrubias	202	-1%
57	Arroyo de San Serván	200	-0.5%
58	Herrera del Duque	196	+5.9%
59	Torrejoncillo	184	-2.1%
60	Hornachos	173	+0.6%
61	Zarza de Granadilla	164	+5.1%
62	Orellana la Vieja	162	0%
63	Villanueva de la Vera	155	+2%
64	Madroñera	152	+0.7%
65	Valdelacalzada	146	+7.4%
66	Higuera la Real	144	-7.1%
67	Burguillos del Cerro	141	-0.7%
68	Fuentes de León	140	+11.1%
68	Valverde del Fresno	140	+3.7%
70	Berlanga	137	+2.2%
70	Villanueva del Fresno	137	-0.7%
72	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	136	-4.2%
73	Torremejía	134	+8.1%
74	Alcuéscar	130	+4.8%
75	Cañamero	126	+5%
75	Guadiana	126	+2.4%
75	Zahínos	126	-1.6%
78	Guadalupe	125	+5.9%
78	Madrigal de la Vera	125	-5.3%
80	Navaconcejo	123	+1.7%
81	Logrosán	122	-4.7%
82	Solana de los Barros	121	+11%
83	Montánchez	118	0%
84	Granja de Torrehermosa	117	-0.8%
85	Lobón	114	+7.5%
86	Sierra de Fuentes	113	+1.8%
87	Salvatierra de los Barros	107	-7%
88	Brozas	106	-0.9%
89	Siruela	105	-0.9%
90	Monterrubio de la Serena	103	-1.9%
91	Medellín	102	-5.6%
91	Torreorgaz	102	+3%
93	Villar del Rey	101	+6.3%
94	Aldeanueva de la Vera	99	+7.6%
95	La Garrovilla	98	+4.3%
96	Ahigal	95	+3.3%
96	Almoharín	95	-5.9%
98	Garrovillas de Alconétar	94	+4.4%
98	La Albuera	94	-2.1%
100	Alange	92	+5.7%
100	Cabezuela del Valle	92	-12.4%
102	Aliseda	90	+5.9%
103	Bienvenida	89	+7.2%
104	Pinofranqueado	87	+2.4%
104	Valencia del Ventoso	87	+2.4%
106	Cañaveral	86	+3.6%
107	Alcántara	85	+2.4%
107	La Codosera	85	-4.5%
107	Segura de León	85	-4.5%
110	Aldeanueva del Camino	83	+3.8%
111	Casatejada	82	-5.7%
112	Cilleros	81	-1.2%
113	Ceclavín	80	+5.3%
113	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	80	0%
115	Trujillanos	78	-3.7%
115	Valdefuentes	78	0%
117	Gata	77	+6.9%
118	Jerte	74	-10.8%
118	Usagre	74	0%
120	Casas de Don Pedro	73	+4.3%
121	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	72	-1.4%
121	Valdecaballeros	72	+2.9%
123	Almaraz	71	+6%
123	Deleitosa	71	-1.4%
123	Salvaleón	71	-4.1%
123	Serradilla	71	+10.9%
127	Alconchel	70	0%
127	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	70	+4.5%
127	La Roca de la Sierra	70	-4.1%
130	Campillo de Llerena	69	+15%
130	Castañar de Ibor	69	+1.5%
130	Madrigalejo	69	-2.8%
130	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	69	-1.4%
134	La Haba	68	+3%
134	Rosalejo	68	+13.3%
134	Zorita	68	0%
137	Cabeza la Vaca	67	0%
137	Villalba de los Barros	67	-5.6%
139	Carcaboso	66	-1.5%
139	Peraleda de la Mata	66	+3.1%
141	Guijo de Galisteo	64	-7.2%
141	La Coronada	64	+6.7%
141	La Parra	64	-7.2%
141	Navas del Madroño	64	+8.5%
145	Almendral	62	-3.1%
145	Cuacos de Yuste	62	-4.6%
147	Caminomorisco	61	+1.7%
147	Puebla de Alcocer	61	-4.7%
149	Bodonal de la Sierra	60	+5.3%
149	Feria	60	-1.6%
149	Higuera de Vargas	60	+9.1%
152	Tornavacas	59	-7.8%
153	Nuñomoral	58	-1.7%
154	Montemolín	57	+1.8%
154	Zarza la Mayor	57	+9.6%
156	Villar de Rena	56	+9.8%
157	Puebla de Obando	55	+1.9%
158	Baños de Montemayor	54	-1.8%
158	Galisteo	54	-3.6%
158	Medina de las Torres	54	-3.6%
161	Castilblanco	53	-3.6%
161	Piornal	53	+8.2%
163	Calera de León	52	-1.9%
163	Hoyos	52	-1.9%
165	Acehúche	51	+10.9%
166	Riolobos	50	-5.7%
167	Casar de Palomero	49	-7.5%
168	Alía	48	0%
168	Oliva de Mérida	48	-9.4%
170	Garganta la Olla	47	0%
171	Mohedas de Granadilla	46	-8%
171	Perales del Puerto	46	+7%
173	Acebo	45	-2.2%
173	Monroy	45	-2.2%
173	Peñalsordo	45	0%
173	Santibáñez el Bajo	45	-4.3%
173	Tejeda de Tiétar	45	-6.3%
178	Esparragalejo	44	-2.2%
179	Alagón del Río	43	+10.3%
179	El Torno	43	+7.5%
181	Higuera de la Serena	42	0%
181	La Pesga	42	0%
181	San Martín de Trevejo	42	0%
181	Valle de la Serena	42	-2.3%
181	Villagonzalo	42	+2.4%
186	Cordobilla de Lácara	41	+5.1%
186	Villagarcía de la Torre	41	-8.9%
188	Corte de Peleas	40	+2.6%
188	Holguera	40	+8.1%
190	Tiétar	39	n/a
190	Valdetorres	39	-4.9%
192	Arroyomolinos	38	+11.8%
192	Eljas	38	0%
192	Llera	38	+11.8%
192	Mirandilla	38	-5%
196	Don Álvaro	37	+19.4%
196	Torrequemada	37	+2.8%
196	Valle de Santa Ana	37	+5.7%
199	Esparragosa de la Serena	36	+5.9%
199	Talaván	36	-2.7%
199	Táliga	36	0%
199	Torremenga	36	+9.1%
203	Belvís de Monroy	35	+9.4%
203	Campo Lugar	35	+9.4%
203	La Morera	35	-2.8%
203	Maguilla	35	-2.8%
203	Malpartida de la Serena	35	+6.1%
203	Torrejón el Rubio	35	+34.6%
209	Ahillones	34	0%
209	Casas del Monte	34	-10.5%
209	Garciaz	34	+3%
209	Saucedilla	34	0%
213	Aldeacentenera	33	-5.7%
213	Cheles	33	0%
215	Ibahernando	32	+3.2%
215	Mirabel	32	0%
215	Navezuelas	32	-3%
218	Vegaviana	31	-3.1%
219	Casas del Castañar	30	-3.2%
219	Escurial	30	-14.3%
219	Esparragosa de Lares	30	-6.3%
219	Guijo de Granadilla	30	0%
219	Salorino	30	-3.2%
219	San Pedro de Mérida	30	+3.4%
225	Acedera	29	+20.8%
225	Benquerencia de la Serena	29	+20.8%
225	Hinojosa del Valle	29	+16%
225	La Cumbre	29	-12.1%
225	Majadas	29	+7.4%
225	Nogales	29	-12.1%
231	Jaraicejo	28	-9.7%
231	Puebla del Prior	28	+7.7%
231	Torre de Santa María	28	-3.4%
234	Aldea del Cano	27	-3.6%
234	La Nava de Santiago	27	-6.9%
234	Membrío	27	-6.9%
234	Torremayor	27	+17.4%
234	Villar del Pedroso	27	+3.8%
234	Zarza-Capilla	27	0%
240	Albalá	26	-7.1%
240	Torre de Don Miguel	26	-3.7%
240	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	26	-7.1%
240	Valencia de las Torres	26	-7.1%
240	Valverde de Llerena	26	-7.1%
240	Valverde de Mérida	26	+4%
240	Villamiel	26	+18.2%
247	Casas de Millán	25	+13.6%
247	Fuente del Arco	25	0%
247	Plasenzuela	25	-13.8%
247	Puebla de la Reina	25	0%

Showing the top 250 of 378. 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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2015,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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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