Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 378 municipalities in 2017, at 10,145. Valdehúncar had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Extremadura was 65,844. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,145Badajoz

Lowest4Valdehúncar

Median40378 municipalities

Extremadura65,844History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Badajoz	10,145	+1%
2	Cáceres	7,009	+1.3%
3	Mérida	4,221	+1.1%
4	Plasencia	2,872	-0.4%
5	Almendralejo	2,430	-0.1%
6	Don Benito	2,426	+0.7%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,523	+0.5%
8	Zafra	1,161	+1.6%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,101	-1.1%
10	Montijo	872	+4.7%
11	Coria	853	-4%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	726	+0.1%
13	Trujillo	701	+1.6%
14	Miajadas	673	0%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	657	-1.1%
16	Olivenza	644	-1.2%
17	Moraleja	495	+1%
18	Azuaga	482	-3%
19	Castuera	461	-0.4%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	452	-1.5%
21	Llerena	420	+2.7%
21	San Vicente de Alcántara	420	+1.7%
23	Montehermoso	412	+2.5%
24	Jaraíz de la Vera	409	+0.7%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	402	+0.2%
26	Talayuela	385	+2.1%
27	Fuente del Maestre	381	-0.3%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	376	+2.7%
29	Guareña	366	+6.1%
30	Aceuchal	354	-0.6%
31	Talavera la Real	352	-0.8%
32	Puebla de la Calzada	332	+1.5%
33	Fuente de Cantos	325	+3.2%
34	Oliva de la Frontera	319	+3.2%
35	Quintana de la Serena	314	-6.3%
36	Arroyo de la Luz	310	+1.3%
37	Monesterio	309	-0.6%
38	Hervás	299	-2%
39	Calamonte	293	+4.6%
40	Malpartida de Cáceres	286	+1.4%
41	Casar de Cáceres	279	0%
42	Malpartida de Plasencia	277	+1.1%
43	Campanario	273	-0.4%
44	Jarandilla de la Vera	272	+1.1%
45	Alburquerque	264	0%
46	Santa Marta	262	-0.8%
47	Cabeza del Buey	260	+2.4%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	249	0%
49	Zalamea de la Serena	228	-0.4%
50	Santa Amalia	224	+2.3%
51	La Zarza	218	+2.8%
52	Arroyo de San Serván	217	+3.8%
53	Barcarrota	215	+4.9%
53	Valverde de Leganés	215	+0.5%
55	Ribera del Fresno	211	-2.8%
56	Herrera del Duque	203	+8.6%
57	Talarrubias	198	-1.5%
58	Losar de la Vera	195	-3.9%
59	Torrejoncillo	180	-5.3%
60	Hornachos	178	-4.3%
61	Madroñera	169	+7%
61	Orellana la Vieja	169	+2.4%
63	Villanueva del Fresno	166	+9.9%
64	Burguillos del Cerro	164	+8.6%
65	Villanueva de la Vera	158	-1.9%
66	Zarza de Granadilla	155	-3.1%
67	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	146	-2%
68	Fuentes de León	142	+4.4%
69	Valverde del Fresno	141	-3.4%
70	Berlanga	139	+3%
71	Madrigal de la Vera	132	+3.1%
71	Torremejía	132	-3.6%
73	Cañamero	131	+5.6%
74	Guadiana	130	-4.4%
74	Higuera la Real	130	-5.8%
76	Zahínos	129	+4%
77	Alcuéscar	128	-0.8%
78	Valdelacalzada	127	-9.3%
79	Logrosán	126	-2.3%
80	Solana de los Barros	124	+3.3%
81	Navaconcejo	120	0%
81	Sierra de Fuentes	120	-2.4%
83	Brozas	116	+6.4%
83	Guadalupe	116	-4.9%
85	Granja de Torrehermosa	113	-1.7%
86	Lobón	112	+2.8%
87	Montánchez	111	-1.8%
88	Salvatierra de los Barros	110	-0.9%
89	Siruela	108	+3.8%
90	La Albuera	104	+9.5%
91	Medellín	101	-11.4%
91	Monterrubio de la Serena	101	+5.2%
93	Villar del Rey	99	-2%
94	Almoharín	98	+2.1%
94	Bienvenida	98	+8.9%
96	La Garrovilla	97	+2.1%
97	Cabezuela del Valle	96	+6.7%
97	Pinofranqueado	96	+3.2%
99	Torreorgaz	94	-6%
100	Ahigal	93	+3.3%
101	Aldeanueva de la Vera	91	-5.2%
102	Alange	90	-9.1%
102	Aliseda	90	+2.3%
104	Garrovillas de Alconétar	89	+4.7%
105	Jerte	88	+6%
105	La Codosera	88	0%
107	Segura de León	86	+1.2%
108	Valencia del Ventoso	85	+1.2%
109	Cañaveral	83	0%
110	Valdecaballeros	82	+3.8%
110	Valdefuentes	82	+3.8%
112	Aldeanueva del Camino	81	0%
112	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	81	-1.2%
114	Trujillanos	80	+3.9%
115	Cilleros	79	-1.3%
116	Alcántara	77	-6.1%
116	Carcaboso	77	+13.2%
118	Salvaleón	76	+5.6%
118	Serradilla	76	+8.6%
120	Peraleda de la Mata	75	+7.1%
120	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	75	+1.4%
120	Usagre	75	0%
123	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	73	0%
124	Alconchel	72	0%
124	Campillo de Llerena	72	+7.5%
124	Casas de Don Pedro	72	+1.4%
124	Ceclavín	72	-6.5%
124	Cuacos de Yuste	72	+10.8%
129	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	71	+2.9%
129	Madrigalejo	71	0%
131	Almaraz	70	-4.1%
132	Castañar de Ibor	69	-2.8%
133	Cabeza la Vaca	68	0%
133	Gata	68	-6.8%
133	Villalba de los Barros	68	-4.2%
136	Zorita	66	-5.7%
137	Guijo de Galisteo	65	-3%
137	Navas del Madroño	65	+3.2%
139	Almendral	64	+1.6%
139	Deleitosa	64	-4.5%
139	Puebla de Alcocer	64	0%
142	Calera de León	62	+1.6%
142	Rosalejo	62	-4.6%
142	Zarza la Mayor	62	0%
145	Bodonal de la Sierra	61	+7%
145	La Coronada	61	-4.7%
145	La Haba	61	-10.3%
145	La Roca de la Sierra	61	-10.3%
149	Nuñomoral	60	+3.4%
150	Caminomorisco	59	-1.7%
150	La Parra	59	-6.3%
152	Baños de Montemayor	58	+3.6%
152	Higuera de Vargas	58	0%
152	Tornavacas	58	+3.6%
155	Casatejada	57	0%
155	Feria	57	+3.6%
157	Piornal	56	+12%
158	Castilblanco	54	+1.9%
159	Montemolín	53	-11.7%
159	Puebla de Obando	53	-3.6%
159	Villar de Rena	53	+1.9%
162	Casar de Palomero	52	0%
162	Riolobos	52	-7.1%
164	Acebo	50	+2%
164	Garganta la Olla	50	-2%
164	Santibáñez el Bajo	50	+13.6%
167	Mohedas de Granadilla	49	+2.1%
167	Peñalsordo	49	+2.1%
169	Acehúche	48	-4%
169	Galisteo	48	-11.1%
169	Medina de las Torres	48	-5.9%
169	Monroy	48	+2.1%
173	Oliva de Mérida	47	+2.2%
173	Villagarcía de la Torre	47	+11.9%
175	Cordobilla de Lácara	46	+15%
175	Tiétar	46	+4.5%
177	Hoyos	45	+2.3%
177	Perales del Puerto	45	+7.1%
179	San Martín de Trevejo	44	0%
179	Tejeda de Tiétar	44	+2.3%
179	Villagonzalo	44	-2.2%
182	Alagón del Río	43	-4.4%
182	Alía	43	-6.5%
182	Maguilla	43	+10.3%
185	Valdetorres	42	+5%
186	El Torno	41	0%
186	Valle de la Serena	41	-14.6%
186	Valle de Santa Ana	41	+2.5%
189	Aldeacentenera	40	+2.6%
189	Talaván	40	+14.3%
191	La Pesga	39	0%
192	Corte de Peleas	38	-5%
192	Esparragalejo	38	-7.3%
192	Torrejón el Rubio	38	0%
192	Torrequemada	38	-2.6%
196	Arroyomolinos	37	0%
196	Esparragosa de la Serena	37	+8.8%
196	Táliga	37	0%
199	Don Álvaro	36	0%
199	Eljas	36	-5.3%
199	Mirandilla	36	0%
199	Saucedilla	36	0%
203	Belvís de Monroy	35	+12.9%
203	Campo Lugar	35	-5.4%
203	Casas del Monte	35	-2.8%
203	Higuera de la Serena	35	-10.3%
203	Holguera	35	0%
203	Llera	35	-10.3%
209	Torremenga	34	-5.6%
210	Aldea del Cano	33	+10%
210	Cheles	33	-5.7%
210	Escurial	33	+13.8%
210	Esparragosa de Lares	33	-5.7%
210	Navezuelas	33	0%
210	Nogales	33	+13.8%
216	Acedera	32	0%
216	Ahillones	32	0%
216	Garciaz	32	-5.9%
216	Ibahernando	32	+6.7%
216	Torre de Don Miguel	32	+6.7%
221	Benquerencia de la Serena	31	+3.3%
221	Guijo de Granadilla	31	-6.1%
221	La Cumbre	31	+14.8%
221	Membrío	31	+19.2%
221	Valencia del Mombuey	31	+14.8%
226	Jaraicejo	30	0%
226	Malpartida de la Serena	30	-3.2%
226	Puebla del Prior	30	+11.1%
229	Casas del Castañar	29	0%
229	La Morera	29	-9.4%
229	Mirabel	29	-3.3%
229	Villar del Pedroso	29	0%
233	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	28	0%
233	Valverde de Llerena	28	-3.4%
235	La Nava de Santiago	27	+3.8%
235	Puebla de la Reina	27	-6.9%
235	Salorino	27	-6.9%
235	Valverde de la Vera	27	+12.5%
235	Vegaviana	27	-10%
240	Aceituna	26	+18.2%
240	Bohonal de Ibor	26	0%
240	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	26	+13%
240	Helechosa de los Montes	26	+4%
240	Zarza-Capilla	26	-7.1%
245	Alconera	25	-7.4%
245	Hinojosa del Valle	25	+4.2%
245	Plasenzuela	25	+8.7%
245	Valdelacasa de Tajo	25	-7.4%
245	Valverde de Mérida	25	-7.4%
250	Albalá	24	-7.7%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2017,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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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