Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 377 municipalities in 2019, at 10,422. Villa del Rey had the lowest, at 4. The median was 42 and the figure for Extremadura was 67,687. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,422Badajoz

Lowest4Villa del Rey

Median42377 municipalities

Extremadura67,687History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Badajoz	10,422	+0.3%
2	Cáceres	7,203	+1.2%
3	Mérida	4,297	-0.9%
4	Plasencia	2,960	+1%
5	Almendralejo	2,590	+3.7%
6	Don Benito	2,459	+0.2%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,503	-2.1%
8	Zafra	1,227	+4.1%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,132	+3.9%
10	Montijo	914	+3.2%
11	Coria	910	+0.7%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	751	+3.3%
13	Trujillo	726	-1.4%
14	Miajadas	675	+0.1%
14	Olivenza	675	+3.8%
16	Jerez de los Caballeros	658	-0.3%
17	Moraleja	525	+3.8%
18	Azuaga	485	-2.2%
19	Castuera	474	+3.5%
20	Los Santos de Maimona	458	+4.8%
21	Llerena	440	+0.2%
22	Jaraíz de la Vera	430	+3.1%
22	San Vicente de Alcántara	430	0%
24	Talayuela	423	+7.4%
25	Fregenal de la Sierra	415	+2.7%
26	Montehermoso	406	-1.2%
27	Fuente del Maestre	397	+2.3%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	372	+1.1%
29	Talavera la Real	364	+1.4%
30	Aceuchal	360	+2%
31	Guareña	354	-1.1%
32	Puebla de la Calzada	352	+4.5%
33	Quintana de la Serena	338	+4%
34	Monesterio	329	+0.9%
35	Fuente de Cantos	325	+2.2%
36	Oliva de la Frontera	324	+3.2%
37	Calamonte	312	+1.3%
38	Arroyo de la Luz	311	+2.3%
39	Hervás	299	+1.7%
40	Casar de Cáceres	294	+1.7%
41	Jarandilla de la Vera	293	+2.8%
42	Malpartida de Plasencia	287	0%
43	Alburquerque	286	+2.1%
44	Malpartida de Cáceres	279	+4.9%
45	Campanario	276	+1.5%
46	Santa Marta	272	+3.4%
47	Cabeza del Buey	269	+0.4%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	252	+1.6%
49	Arroyo de San Serván	247	+10.8%
50	Zalamea de la Serena	238	+3%
51	Ribera del Fresno	236	+7.8%
52	La Zarza	229	-0.4%
53	Santa Amalia	222	-0.9%
53	Valverde de Leganés	222	+1.8%
55	Barcarrota	219	+0.5%
55	Herrera del Duque	219	+0.9%
57	Losar de la Vera	207	+1.5%
58	Talarrubias	203	-3.3%
59	Torrejoncillo	189	+0.5%
60	Hornachos	179	-2.7%
61	Orellana la Vieja	176	+2.9%
62	Villanueva de la Vera	164	+4.5%
63	Burguillos del Cerro	160	0%
63	Zarza de Granadilla	160	+2.6%
65	Villanueva del Fresno	156	+6.1%
66	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	153	+8.5%
67	Higuera la Real	147	+2.8%
68	Berlanga	146	+5%
69	Torremejía	145	-2%
70	Valverde del Fresno	144	+2.9%
71	Guadiana	143	+5.1%
71	Madroñera	143	-7.7%
73	Fuentes de León	137	+1.5%
73	Madrigal de la Vera	137	+1.5%
73	Valdelacalzada	137	+3%
76	Zahínos	135	+2.3%
77	Guadalupe	131	+2.3%
78	Cañamero	128	-1.5%
79	Alcuéscar	126	-3.1%
79	Logrosán	126	-3.8%
79	Solana de los Barros	126	-1.6%
82	Brozas	124	+0.8%
82	Navaconcejo	124	-1.6%
84	Granja de Torrehermosa	121	-2.4%
85	Lobón	118	+2.6%
86	Monterrubio de la Serena	117	+12.5%
87	Sierra de Fuentes	114	-1.7%
88	Montánchez	111	-2.6%
88	Salvatierra de los Barros	111	+1.8%
90	Pinofranqueado	110	+8.9%
91	Cabezuela del Valle	109	+6.9%
92	Villar del Rey	106	+5%
93	Medellín	102	+2%
94	Siruela	101	-1%
95	Ahigal	100	+6.4%
95	Bienvenida	100	+1%
95	Torreorgaz	100	+1%
98	Aldeanueva de la Vera	99	+4.2%
98	La Garrovilla	99	+1%
100	Alange	97	-1%
100	La Albuera	97	-4%
102	Garrovillas de Alconétar	93	+3.3%
103	Aliseda	92	-2.1%
103	Segura de León	92	+4.5%
105	Valencia del Ventoso	91	+7.1%
106	La Codosera	90	+1.1%
107	Cañaveral	89	+7.2%
108	Almoharín	87	-4.4%
109	Carcaboso	83	-1.2%
109	Valdecaballeros	83	+2.5%
109	Valdefuentes	83	+1.2%
112	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	82	-1.2%
112	Trujillanos	82	-3.5%
114	Alcántara	81	-4.7%
114	Madrigalejo	81	+3.8%
114	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	81	+14.1%
117	Alconchel	80	+11.1%
117	Peraleda de la Mata	80	+6.7%
119	Ceclavín	77	+10%
119	Cilleros	77	-1.3%
121	La Roca de la Sierra	74	+7.2%
122	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	73	-1.4%
122	Jerte	73	-6.4%
124	Casas de Don Pedro	72	+7.5%
124	Tornavacas	72	+7.5%
124	Villalba de los Barros	72	0%
127	Aldeanueva del Camino	71	-1.4%
127	Cabeza la Vaca	71	-1.4%
127	Serradilla	71	-4.1%
130	Gata	70	-4.1%
131	Cuacos de Yuste	69	+4.5%
131	Rosalejo	69	+13.1%
131	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	69	-11.5%
131	Usagre	69	-1.4%
135	Almendral	68	+1.5%
135	Castañar de Ibor	68	-2.9%
135	Deleitosa	68	+4.6%
138	Almaraz	66	+1.5%
138	Bodonal de la Sierra	66	+8.2%
140	La Haba	65	0%
141	Casatejada	64	+4.9%
141	La Parra	64	0%
141	Zorita	64	+6.7%
144	Campillo de Llerena	63	-1.6%
144	Feria	63	+6.8%
144	Puebla de Alcocer	63	-3.1%
147	Calera de León	61	+5.2%
147	Guijo de Galisteo	61	-4.7%
147	Nuñomoral	61	-1.6%
147	Salvaleón	61	-16.4%
147	Santibáñez el Bajo	61	+8.9%
152	Caminomorisco	60	0%
152	La Coronada	60	0%
154	Casar de Palomero	59	+15.7%
154	Navas del Madroño	59	-6.3%
154	Zarza la Mayor	59	-3.3%
157	Higuera de Vargas	58	+11.5%
158	Riolobos	57	+7.5%
159	Hoyos	56	+14.3%
160	Piornal	55	-6.8%
161	Castilblanco	54	+8%
161	Puebla de Obando	54	+5.9%
163	Baños de Montemayor	53	-7%
163	Villar de Rena	53	-1.9%
165	Garganta la Olla	51	+4.1%
165	Oliva de Mérida	51	+21.4%
165	Peñalsordo	51	-1.9%
168	Acebo	50	+6.4%
169	Medina de las Torres	49	+2.1%
169	Montemolín	49	-5.8%
171	Galisteo	48	0%
172	Mohedas de Granadilla	47	+6.8%
172	Monroy	47	-2.1%
172	Villagarcía de la Torre	47	+2.2%
175	Acehúche	45	0%
175	Esparragalejo	45	+2.3%
175	Talaván	45	+7.1%
175	Tejeda de Tiétar	45	-2.2%
179	Corte de Peleas	44	+4.8%
179	Don Álvaro	44	+12.8%
179	San Martín de Trevejo	44	-4.3%
179	Tiétar	44	-4.3%
183	Alagón del Río	43	-10.4%
183	Aldeacentenera	43	+2.4%
183	Casas del Monte	43	+2.4%
183	Cordobilla de Lácara	43	+4.9%
183	Perales del Puerto	43	+7.5%
183	Villagonzalo	43	-10.4%
189	La Pesga	42	+5%
189	Maguilla	42	-2.3%
191	Arroyomolinos	41	+13.9%
191	Higuera de la Serena	41	0%
191	Torremenga	41	+5.1%
194	El Torno	40	+8.1%
195	Alía	39	+2.6%
195	Belvís de Monroy	39	0%
195	Esparragosa de la Serena	39	+8.3%
195	Mirandilla	39	+5.4%
195	Táliga	39	+8.3%
195	Valle de la Serena	39	-4.9%
201	Campo Lugar	38	+11.8%
201	Cheles	38	0%
201	Eljas	38	+11.8%
201	Valdetorres	38	-9.5%
205	Torrejón el Rubio	37	0%
205	Valle de Santa Ana	37	-2.6%
207	Malpartida de la Serena	36	+16.1%
208	Casas del Castañar	35	+12.9%
208	Escurial	35	+16.7%
208	Esparragosa de Lares	35	-2.8%
211	Ahillones	34	+3%
211	Holguera	34	+9.7%
211	Jaraicejo	34	+3%
211	La Cumbre	34	+3%
211	Membrío	34	+9.7%
211	Saucedilla	34	-2.9%
211	Torrequemada	34	0%
218	Ibahernando	33	+13.8%
219	Guijo de Granadilla	32	+10.3%
219	Llera	32	-8.6%
219	Nogales	32	+3.2%
219	Torre de Don Miguel	32	+3.2%
223	Calzadilla de los Barros	31	+10.7%
223	Navezuelas	31	+6.9%
225	Aldea del Cano	30	-11.8%
225	Benquerencia de la Serena	30	+3.4%
225	Garciaz	30	-14.3%
225	La Nava de Santiago	30	+3.4%
225	Valverde de Mérida	30	+7.1%
225	Vegaviana	30	+15.4%
231	Majadas	29	-3.3%
231	San Pedro de Mérida	29	+3.6%
231	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	29	+11.5%
231	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	29	+3.6%
231	Valdeobispo	29	+3.6%
236	Acedera	28	-9.7%
236	Plasenzuela	28	+7.7%
236	Villar del Pedroso	28	+7.7%
239	Bohonal de Ibor	27	+12.5%
239	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	27	-3.6%
239	Mirabel	27	+3.8%
239	Puebla del Prior	27	-12.9%
243	Albalá	26	-3.7%
243	Alconera	26	0%
243	La Morera	26	-3.7%
243	Magacela	26	-7.1%
243	Puebla de la Reina	26	+4%
243	Torremocha	26	-3.7%
243	Valdelacasa de Tajo	26	+4%
243	Valverde de la Vera	26	-3.7%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2019,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2019}},
  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=2019. 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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