Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 377 municipalities in 2016, at 10,044. Pedroso de Acim had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Extremadura was 65,484. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,044Badajoz

Lowest4Pedroso de Acim

Median40377 municipalities

Extremadura65,484History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Badajoz	10,044	+3.2%
2	Cáceres	6,921	+2%
3	Mérida	4,177	+3.1%
4	Plasencia	2,883	-1.5%
5	Almendralejo	2,432	+2.4%
6	Don Benito	2,410	+2.6%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,515	+3.1%
8	Zafra	1,143	-1.6%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,113	+3.2%
10	Coria	889	-0.4%
11	Montijo	833	+1.3%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	725	+2.7%
13	Trujillo	690	+2.1%
14	Miajadas	673	+2.6%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	664	+4.4%
16	Olivenza	652	+2.4%
17	Azuaga	497	-0.4%
18	Moraleja	490	-0.4%
19	Castuera	463	-1.5%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	459	+1.1%
21	San Vicente de Alcántara	413	+1.5%
22	Llerena	409	-3.3%
23	Jaraíz de la Vera	406	-2.4%
24	Montehermoso	402	+0.8%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	401	+0.5%
26	Fuente del Maestre	382	-0.5%
27	Talayuela	377	-1.3%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	366	-1.9%
29	Aceuchal	356	+6.9%
30	Talavera la Real	355	+1.7%
31	Guareña	345	+2.7%
32	Quintana de la Serena	335	+2.4%
33	Puebla de la Calzada	327	+8.3%
34	Fuente de Cantos	315	+2.3%
35	Monesterio	311	+4.7%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	309	+2%
37	Arroyo de la Luz	306	-3.8%
38	Hervás	305	-1.9%
39	Malpartida de Cáceres	282	+2.5%
40	Calamonte	280	+3.7%
41	Casar de Cáceres	279	+4.5%
42	Campanario	274	+3%
42	Malpartida de Plasencia	274	+2.6%
44	Jarandilla de la Vera	269	+0.7%
45	Alburquerque	264	-1.1%
45	Santa Marta	264	+1.1%
47	Cabeza del Buey	254	-2.7%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	249	-1.6%
49	Zalamea de la Serena	229	+3.6%
50	Santa Amalia	219	0%
51	Ribera del Fresno	217	+2.8%
52	Valverde de Leganés	214	0%
53	La Zarza	212	+4.4%
54	Arroyo de San Serván	209	+4.5%
55	Barcarrota	205	+1%
56	Losar de la Vera	203	0%
57	Talarrubias	201	-0.5%
58	Torrejoncillo	190	+3.3%
59	Herrera del Duque	187	-4.6%
60	Hornachos	186	+7.5%
61	Orellana la Vieja	165	+1.9%
62	Villanueva de la Vera	161	+3.9%
63	Zarza de Granadilla	160	-2.4%
64	Madroñera	158	+3.9%
65	Burguillos del Cerro	151	+7.1%
65	Villanueva del Fresno	151	+10.2%
67	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	149	+9.6%
68	Valverde del Fresno	146	+4.3%
69	Valdelacalzada	140	-4.1%
70	Higuera la Real	138	-4.2%
71	Torremejía	137	+2.2%
72	Fuentes de León	136	-2.9%
72	Guadiana	136	+7.9%
74	Berlanga	135	-1.5%
75	Alcuéscar	129	-0.8%
75	Logrosán	129	+5.7%
77	Madrigal de la Vera	128	+2.4%
78	Cañamero	124	-1.6%
78	Zahínos	124	-1.6%
80	Sierra de Fuentes	123	+8.8%
81	Guadalupe	122	-2.4%
82	Navaconcejo	120	-2.4%
82	Solana de los Barros	120	-0.8%
84	Granja de Torrehermosa	115	-1.7%
85	Medellín	114	+11.8%
86	Montánchez	113	-4.2%
87	Salvatierra de los Barros	111	+3.7%
88	Brozas	109	+2.8%
88	Lobón	109	-4.4%
90	Siruela	104	-1%
91	Villar del Rey	101	0%
92	Torreorgaz	100	-2%
93	Alange	99	+7.6%
94	Aldeanueva de la Vera	96	-3%
94	Almoharín	96	+1.1%
94	Monterrubio de la Serena	96	-6.8%
97	La Albuera	95	+1.1%
97	La Garrovilla	95	-3.1%
99	Pinofranqueado	93	+6.9%
100	Ahigal	90	-5.3%
100	Bienvenida	90	+1.1%
100	Cabezuela del Valle	90	-2.2%
103	Aliseda	88	-2.2%
103	La Codosera	88	+3.5%
105	Garrovillas de Alconétar	85	-9.6%
105	Segura de León	85	0%
107	Valencia del Ventoso	84	-3.4%
108	Cañaveral	83	-3.5%
108	Jerte	83	+12.2%
110	Alcántara	82	-3.5%
110	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	82	+2.5%
112	Aldeanueva del Camino	81	-2.4%
113	Cilleros	80	-1.2%
114	Valdecaballeros	79	+9.7%
114	Valdefuentes	79	+1.3%
116	Ceclavín	77	-3.8%
116	Trujillanos	77	-1.3%
118	Usagre	75	+1.4%
119	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	74	+7.2%
120	Almaraz	73	+2.8%
120	Gata	73	-5.2%
120	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	73	+1.4%
123	Alconchel	72	+2.9%
123	Salvaleón	72	+1.4%
125	Casas de Don Pedro	71	-2.7%
125	Castañar de Ibor	71	+2.9%
125	Madrigalejo	71	+2.9%
125	Villalba de los Barros	71	+6%
129	Peraleda de la Mata	70	+6.1%
129	Serradilla	70	-1.4%
129	Zorita	70	+2.9%
132	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	69	-1.4%
133	Cabeza la Vaca	68	+1.5%
133	Carcaboso	68	+3%
133	La Haba	68	0%
133	La Roca de la Sierra	68	-2.9%
137	Campillo de Llerena	67	-2.9%
137	Deleitosa	67	-5.6%
137	Guijo de Galisteo	67	+4.7%
140	Cuacos de Yuste	65	+4.8%
140	Rosalejo	65	-4.4%
142	La Coronada	64	0%
142	Puebla de Alcocer	64	+4.9%
144	Almendral	63	+1.6%
144	La Parra	63	-1.6%
144	Navas del Madroño	63	-1.6%
147	Zarza la Mayor	62	+8.8%
148	Calera de León	61	+17.3%
149	Caminomorisco	60	-1.6%
149	Montemolín	60	+5.3%
151	Higuera de Vargas	58	-3.3%
151	Nuñomoral	58	0%
153	Bodonal de la Sierra	57	-5%
153	Casatejada	57	-30.5%
155	Baños de Montemayor	56	+3.7%
155	Riolobos	56	+12%
155	Tornavacas	56	-5.1%
158	Feria	55	-8.3%
158	Puebla de Obando	55	0%
160	Galisteo	54	0%
161	Castilblanco	53	0%
162	Casar de Palomero	52	+6.1%
162	Villar de Rena	52	-7.1%
164	Garganta la Olla	51	+8.5%
164	Medina de las Torres	51	-5.6%
166	Acehúche	50	-2%
166	Piornal	50	-5.7%
168	Acebo	49	+8.9%
169	Mohedas de Granadilla	48	+4.3%
169	Peñalsordo	48	+6.7%
169	Valle de la Serena	48	+14.3%
172	Monroy	47	+4.4%
173	Alía	46	-4.2%
173	Oliva de Mérida	46	-4.2%
175	Alagón del Río	45	+4.7%
175	Villagonzalo	45	+7.1%
177	Hoyos	44	-15.4%
177	San Martín de Trevejo	44	+4.8%
177	Santibáñez el Bajo	44	-2.2%
177	Tiétar	44	+12.8%
181	Tejeda de Tiétar	43	-4.4%
182	Perales del Puerto	42	-8.7%
182	Villagarcía de la Torre	42	+2.4%
184	El Torno	41	-4.7%
184	Esparragalejo	41	-6.8%
186	Cordobilla de Lácara	40	-2.4%
186	Corte de Peleas	40	0%
186	Valdetorres	40	+2.6%
186	Valle de Santa Ana	40	+8.1%
190	Aldeacentenera	39	+18.2%
190	Higuera de la Serena	39	-7.1%
190	La Pesga	39	-7.1%
190	Llera	39	+2.6%
190	Maguilla	39	+11.4%
190	Torrequemada	39	+5.4%
196	Eljas	38	0%
196	Torrejón el Rubio	38	+8.6%
198	Arroyomolinos	37	-2.6%
198	Campo Lugar	37	+5.7%
198	Táliga	37	+2.8%
201	Casas del Monte	36	+5.9%
201	Don Álvaro	36	-2.7%
201	Mirandilla	36	-5.3%
201	Saucedilla	36	+5.9%
201	Torremenga	36	0%
206	Cheles	35	+6.1%
206	Esparragosa de Lares	35	+16.7%
206	Holguera	35	-12.5%
206	Talaván	35	-2.8%
210	Esparragosa de la Serena	34	-5.6%
210	Garciaz	34	0%
212	Guijo de Granadilla	33	+10%
212	Navezuelas	33	+3.1%
214	Acedera	32	+10.3%
214	Ahillones	32	-5.9%
214	La Morera	32	-8.6%
217	Belvís de Monroy	31	-11.4%
217	Malpartida de la Serena	31	-11.4%
219	Aldea del Cano	30	+11.1%
219	Benquerencia de la Serena	30	+3.4%
219	Ibahernando	30	-6.3%
219	Jaraicejo	30	+7.1%
219	Mirabel	30	-6.3%
219	Torre de Don Miguel	30	+15.4%
219	Vegaviana	30	-3.2%
226	Casas del Castañar	29	-3.3%
226	Escurial	29	-3.3%
226	Majadas	29	0%
226	Nogales	29	0%
226	Puebla de la Reina	29	+16%
226	Salorino	29	-3.3%
226	Valverde de Llerena	29	+11.5%
226	Villar del Pedroso	29	+7.4%
234	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	28	+7.7%
234	Zarza-Capilla	28	+3.7%
236	Alconera	27	+22.7%
236	La Cumbre	27	-6.9%
236	Puebla del Prior	27	-3.6%
236	Valdelacasa de Tajo	27	+8%
236	Valencia del Mombuey	27	+80%
236	Valverde de Mérida	27	+3.8%
242	Albalá	26	0%
242	Bohonal de Ibor	26	+8.3%
242	Casas de Millán	26	+4%
242	La Nava de Santiago	26	-3.7%
242	Membrío	26	-3.7%
242	Valencia de las Torres	26	0%
248	Helechosa de los Montes	25	+4.2%
248	Palomero	25	+13.6%
248	Pasarón de la Vera	25	+8.7%

Showing the top 250 of 377. 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. 10 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2016,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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 10,044 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Pedroso de Acim, with 4 in 2016.

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