Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 379 municipalities in 2018, at 10,396. Villa del Rey had the lowest, at 4. The median was 41 and the figure for Extremadura was 66,879. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,396Badajoz

Lowest4Villa del Rey

Median41379 municipalities

Extremadura66,879History

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	Badajoz	10,396	+2.5%
2	Cáceres	7,118	+1.6%
3	Mérida	4,337	+2.7%
4	Plasencia	2,930	+2%
5	Almendralejo	2,498	+2.8%
6	Don Benito	2,453	+1.1%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,535	+0.8%
8	Zafra	1,179	+1.6%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,090	-1%
10	Coria	904	+6%
11	Montijo	886	+1.6%
12	Trujillo	736	+5%
13	Villafranca de los Barros	727	+0.1%
14	Miajadas	674	+0.1%
15	Jerez de los Caballeros	660	+0.5%
16	Olivenza	650	+0.9%
17	Moraleja	506	+2.2%
18	Azuaga	496	+2.9%
19	Castuera	458	-0.7%
20	Llerena	439	+4.5%
21	Los Santos de Maimona	437	-3.3%
22	San Vicente de Alcántara	430	+2.4%
23	Jaraíz de la Vera	417	+2%
24	Montehermoso	411	-0.2%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	404	+0.5%
26	Talayuela	394	+2.3%
27	Fuente del Maestre	388	+1.8%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	368	-2.1%
29	Talavera la Real	359	+2%
30	Guareña	358	-2.2%
31	Aceuchal	353	-0.3%
32	Puebla de la Calzada	337	+1.5%
33	Monesterio	326	+5.5%
34	Quintana de la Serena	325	+3.5%
35	Fuente de Cantos	318	-2.2%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	314	-1.6%
37	Calamonte	308	+5.1%
38	Arroyo de la Luz	304	-1.9%
39	Hervás	294	-1.7%
40	Casar de Cáceres	289	+3.6%
41	Malpartida de Plasencia	287	+3.6%
42	Jarandilla de la Vera	285	+4.8%
43	Alburquerque	280	+6.1%
44	Campanario	272	-0.4%
45	Cabeza del Buey	268	+3.1%
46	Malpartida de Cáceres	266	-7%
47	Santa Marta	263	+0.4%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	248	-0.4%
49	Zalamea de la Serena	231	+1.3%
50	La Zarza	230	+5.5%
51	Santa Amalia	224	0%
52	Arroyo de San Serván	223	+2.8%
53	Ribera del Fresno	219	+3.8%
54	Barcarrota	218	+1.4%
54	Valverde de Leganés	218	+1.4%
56	Herrera del Duque	217	+6.9%
57	Talarrubias	210	+6.1%
58	Losar de la Vera	204	+4.6%
59	Torrejoncillo	188	+4.4%
60	Hornachos	184	+3.4%
61	Orellana la Vieja	171	+1.2%
62	Burguillos del Cerro	160	-2.4%
63	Villanueva de la Vera	157	-0.6%
64	Zarza de Granadilla	156	+0.6%
65	Madroñera	155	-8.3%
66	Torremejía	148	+12.1%
67	Villanueva del Fresno	147	-11.4%
68	Higuera la Real	143	+10%
69	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	141	-3.4%
70	Valverde del Fresno	140	-0.7%
71	Berlanga	139	0%
72	Guadiana	136	+4.6%
73	Fuentes de León	135	-4.9%
73	Madrigal de la Vera	135	+2.3%
75	Valdelacalzada	133	+4.7%
76	Zahínos	132	+2.3%
77	Logrosán	131	+4%
78	Alcuéscar	130	+1.6%
78	Cañamero	130	-0.8%
80	Guadalupe	128	+10.3%
80	Solana de los Barros	128	+3.2%
82	Navaconcejo	126	+5%
83	Granja de Torrehermosa	124	+9.7%
84	Brozas	123	+6%
85	Sierra de Fuentes	116	-3.3%
86	Lobón	115	+2.7%
87	Montánchez	114	+2.7%
88	Salvatierra de los Barros	109	-0.9%
89	Monterrubio de la Serena	104	+3%
90	Cabezuela del Valle	102	+6.3%
90	Siruela	102	-5.6%
92	La Albuera	101	-2.9%
92	Pinofranqueado	101	+5.2%
92	Villar del Rey	101	+2%
95	Medellín	100	-1%
96	Bienvenida	99	+1%
96	Torreorgaz	99	+5.3%
98	Alange	98	+8.9%
98	La Garrovilla	98	+1%
100	Aldeanueva de la Vera	95	+4.4%
101	Ahigal	94	+1.1%
101	Aliseda	94	+4.4%
103	Almoharín	91	-7.1%
104	Garrovillas de Alconétar	90	+1.1%
105	La Codosera	89	+1.1%
106	Segura de León	88	+2.3%
107	Alcántara	85	+10.4%
107	Trujillanos	85	+6.3%
107	Valencia del Ventoso	85	0%
110	Carcaboso	84	+9.1%
111	Cañaveral	83	0%
111	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	83	+10.7%
113	Valdefuentes	82	0%
114	Valdecaballeros	81	-1.2%
115	Cilleros	78	-1.3%
115	Jerte	78	-11.4%
115	Madrigalejo	78	+9.9%
115	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	78	-3.7%
119	Peraleda de la Mata	75	0%
120	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	74	+4.2%
120	Serradilla	74	-2.6%
122	Gata	73	+7.4%
122	Salvaleón	73	-3.9%
124	Alconchel	72	0%
124	Aldeanueva del Camino	72	-11.1%
124	Cabeza la Vaca	72	+5.9%
124	Villalba de los Barros	72	+5.9%
128	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	71	-2.7%
129	Castañar de Ibor	70	+1.4%
129	Ceclavín	70	-2.8%
129	Usagre	70	-6.7%
132	La Roca de la Sierra	69	+13.1%
133	Almendral	67	+4.7%
133	Casas de Don Pedro	67	-6.9%
133	Tornavacas	67	+15.5%
136	Cuacos de Yuste	66	-8.3%
137	Almaraz	65	-7.1%
137	Deleitosa	65	+1.6%
137	La Haba	65	+6.6%
137	Puebla de Alcocer	65	+1.6%
141	Campillo de Llerena	64	-11.1%
141	Guijo de Galisteo	64	-1.5%
141	La Parra	64	+8.5%
144	Navas del Madroño	63	-3.1%
145	Nuñomoral	62	+3.3%
146	Bodonal de la Sierra	61	0%
146	Casatejada	61	+7%
146	Rosalejo	61	-1.6%
146	Zarza la Mayor	61	-1.6%
150	Caminomorisco	60	+1.7%
150	La Coronada	60	-1.6%
150	Zorita	60	-9.1%
153	Feria	59	+3.5%
153	Piornal	59	+5.4%
155	Calera de León	58	-6.5%
156	Baños de Montemayor	57	-1.7%
157	Santibáñez el Bajo	56	+12%
158	Villar de Rena	54	+1.9%
159	Riolobos	53	+1.9%
160	Higuera de Vargas	52	-10.3%
160	Montemolín	52	-1.9%
160	Peñalsordo	52	+6.1%
163	Casar de Palomero	51	-1.9%
163	Puebla de Obando	51	-3.8%
165	Castilblanco	50	-7.4%
166	Garganta la Olla	49	-2%
166	Hoyos	49	+8.9%
168	Alagón del Río	48	+11.6%
168	Galisteo	48	0%
168	Medina de las Torres	48	0%
168	Monroy	48	0%
168	Villagonzalo	48	+9.1%
173	Acebo	47	-6%
174	San Martín de Trevejo	46	+4.5%
174	Tejeda de Tiétar	46	+4.5%
174	Tiétar	46	0%
174	Villagarcía de la Torre	46	-2.1%
178	Acehúche	45	-6.3%
179	Esparragalejo	44	+15.8%
179	Mohedas de Granadilla	44	-10.2%
181	Maguilla	43	0%
182	Aldeacentenera	42	+5%
182	Casas del Monte	42	+20%
182	Corte de Peleas	42	+10.5%
182	Oliva de Mérida	42	-10.6%
182	Talaván	42	+5%
182	Valdetorres	42	0%
188	Cordobilla de Lácara	41	-10.9%
188	Higuera de la Serena	41	+17.1%
188	Valle de la Serena	41	0%
191	La Pesga	40	+2.6%
191	Perales del Puerto	40	-11.1%
193	Belvís de Monroy	39	+11.4%
193	Don Álvaro	39	+8.3%
193	Torremenga	39	+14.7%
196	Alía	38	-11.6%
196	Cheles	38	+15.2%
196	Valle de Santa Ana	38	-7.3%
199	El Torno	37	-9.8%
199	Mirandilla	37	+2.8%
199	Torrejón el Rubio	37	-2.6%
202	Arroyomolinos	36	-2.7%
202	Esparragosa de la Serena	36	-2.7%
202	Esparragosa de Lares	36	+9.1%
202	Táliga	36	-2.7%
206	Garciaz	35	+9.4%
206	Llera	35	0%
206	Saucedilla	35	-2.8%
209	Aldea del Cano	34	+3%
209	Campo Lugar	34	-2.9%
209	Eljas	34	-5.6%
209	Torrequemada	34	-10.5%
213	Ahillones	33	+3.1%
213	Jaraicejo	33	+10%
213	La Cumbre	33	+6.5%
216	Acedera	31	-3.1%
216	Casas del Castañar	31	+6.9%
216	Holguera	31	-11.4%
216	Malpartida de la Serena	31	+3.3%
216	Membrío	31	0%
216	Nogales	31	-6.1%
216	Puebla del Prior	31	+3.3%
216	Torre de Don Miguel	31	-3.1%
224	Escurial	30	-9.1%
224	Majadas	30	+25%
226	Benquerencia de la Serena	29	-6.5%
226	Guijo de Granadilla	29	-6.5%
226	Ibahernando	29	-9.4%
226	La Nava de Santiago	29	+7.4%
226	Navezuelas	29	-12.1%
231	Calzadilla de los Barros	28	+27.3%
231	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	28	+7.7%
231	Magacela	28	+40%
231	San Pedro de Mérida	28	+16.7%
231	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	28	0%
231	Valdeobispo	28	+16.7%
231	Valverde de Mérida	28	+12%
238	Albalá	27	+12.5%
238	La Morera	27	-6.9%
238	Retamal de Llerena	27	+12.5%
238	Torremocha	27	+22.7%
238	Valverde de la Vera	27	0%
243	Alconera	26	+4%
243	Mirabel	26	-10.3%
243	Pasarón de la Vera	26	+8.3%
243	Plasenzuela	26	+4%
243	Salorino	26	-3.7%
243	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	26	+13%
243	Valencia del Mombuey	26	-16.1%
243	Vegaviana	26	-3.7%

Showing the top 250 of 379. 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. 8 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.

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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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=4721

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  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura 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/extremadura-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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