Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies

Badajoz had the highest active companies of 380 municipalities in 2020, at 10,305. Sancti-Spíritus had the lowest, at 4. The median was 40 and the figure for Extremadura was 67,336. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest10,305Badajoz

Lowest4Sancti-Spíritus

Median40380 municipalities

Extremadura67,336History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Badajoz	10,305	-1.1%
2	Cáceres	7,173	-0.4%
3	Mérida	4,197	-2.3%
4	Plasencia	2,942	-0.6%
5	Almendralejo	2,530	-2.3%
6	Don Benito	2,509	+2%
7	Villanueva de la Serena	1,538	+2.3%
8	Zafra	1,207	-1.6%
9	Navalmoral de la Mata	1,144	+1.1%
10	Coria	903	-0.8%
11	Montijo	881	-3.6%
12	Villafranca de los Barros	755	+0.5%
13	Trujillo	689	-5.1%
14	Miajadas	673	-0.3%
15	Olivenza	662	-1.9%
16	Jerez de los Caballeros	652	-0.9%
17	Moraleja	533	+1.5%
18	Azuaga	489	+0.8%
19	Los Santos de Maimona	486	+6.1%
20	Castuera	479	+1.1%
21	Llerena	460	+4.5%
22	Talayuela	445	+5.2%
23	Jaraíz de la Vera	422	-1.9%
24	San Vicente de Alcántara	412	-4.2%
25	Montehermoso	411	+1.2%
26	Fregenal de la Sierra	406	-2.2%
27	Fuente del Maestre	391	-1.5%
28	Valencia de Alcántara	363	-2.4%
29	Guareña	358	+1.1%
30	Aceuchal	356	-1.1%
31	Talavera la Real	350	-3.8%
32	Monesterio	344	+4.6%
33	Puebla de la Calzada	343	-2.6%
34	Oliva de la Frontera	319	-1.5%
35	Fuente de Cantos	318	-2.2%
36	Quintana de la Serena	315	-6.8%
37	Hervás	308	+3%
38	Calamonte	303	-2.9%
38	Malpartida de Plasencia	303	+5.6%
40	Arroyo de la Luz	302	-2.9%
41	Alburquerque	297	+3.8%
42	Casar de Cáceres	284	-3.4%
43	Jarandilla de la Vera	283	-3.4%
44	Campanario	272	-1.4%
45	Malpartida de Cáceres	269	-3.6%
46	Santa Marta	268	-1.5%
47	Cabeza del Buey	264	-1.9%
48	Navalvillar de Pela	256	+1.6%
49	Arroyo de San Serván	249	+0.8%
50	Zalamea de la Serena	243	+2.1%
51	Santa Amalia	240	+8.1%
52	Ribera del Fresno	226	-4.2%
53	Barcarrota	223	+1.8%
54	La Zarza	222	-3.1%
54	Valverde de Leganés	222	0%
56	Herrera del Duque	215	-1.8%
57	Losar de la Vera	213	+2.9%
58	Talarrubias	201	-1%
59	Hornachos	182	+1.7%
60	Torrejoncillo	180	-4.8%
61	Orellana la Vieja	174	-1.1%
62	Villanueva de la Vera	171	+4.3%
63	Zarza de Granadilla	165	+3.1%
64	Burguillos del Cerro	158	-1.3%
65	Villanueva del Fresno	155	-0.6%
66	Higuera la Real	154	+4.8%
67	Madroñera	151	+5.6%
68	Berlanga	147	+0.7%
69	Zahínos	145	+7.4%
70	Fuentes de León	144	+5.1%
70	Puebla de Sancho Pérez	144	-5.9%
72	Valverde del Fresno	140	-2.8%
73	Guadiana	139	-2.8%
73	Madrigal de la Vera	139	+1.5%
75	Torremejía	137	-5.5%
76	Navaconcejo	134	+8.1%
77	Cañamero	132	+3.1%
78	Logrosán	128	+1.6%
79	Brozas	127	+2.4%
80	Valdelacalzada	126	-8%
81	Solana de los Barros	121	-4%
82	Lobón	119	+0.8%
83	Granja de Torrehermosa	118	-2.5%
84	Guadalupe	117	-10.7%
85	Montánchez	116	+4.5%
86	Sierra de Fuentes	115	+0.9%
87	Salvatierra de los Barros	114	+2.7%
88	Cabezuela del Valle	113	+3.7%
89	Monterrubio de la Serena	110	-6%
90	Alcuéscar	109	-13.5%
91	Pinofranqueado	108	-1.8%
92	La Garrovilla	106	+7.1%
93	Medellín	104	+2%
94	Aldeanueva de la Vera	101	+2%
95	La Albuera	100	+3.1%
96	Siruela	99	-2%
97	Villar del Rey	98	-7.5%
98	Bienvenida	97	-3%
99	Ahigal	95	-5%
99	Alange	95	-2.1%
101	Torreorgaz	93	-7%
102	Garrovillas de Alconétar	92	-1.1%
102	Segura de León	92	0%
104	Aliseda	91	-1.1%
104	Valencia del Ventoso	91	0%
106	Almoharín	86	-1.1%
107	Trujillanos	85	+3.7%
108	Peraleda de la Mata	84	+5%
109	La Roca de la Sierra	82	+10.8%
110	Cañaveral	81	-9%
110	Ceclavín	81	+5.2%
110	La Codosera	81	-10%
113	Madrigalejo	80	-1.2%
113	Valdefuentes	80	-3.6%
115	Alcántara	79	-2.5%
116	Carcaboso	78	-6%
116	Cilleros	78	+1.3%
116	Torre de Miguel Sesmero	78	-3.7%
119	Valdecaballeros	76	-8.4%
120	Alconchel	74	-7.5%
120	Almaraz	74	+12.1%
120	Casas de Don Pedro	74	+2.8%
120	Jerte	74	+1.4%
120	Pueblonuevo del Guadiana	74	-9.8%
125	Cabeza la Vaca	73	+2.8%
125	Fuenlabrada de los Montes	73	0%
125	Rosalejo	73	+5.8%
125	Usagre	73	+5.8%
129	Castañar de Ibor	72	+5.9%
130	Cuacos de Yuste	71	+2.9%
131	Aldeanueva del Camino	70	-1.4%
131	Bodonal de la Sierra	70	+6.1%
133	Gata	69	-1.4%
134	Caminomorisco	67	+11.7%
134	Tornavacas	67	-6.9%
134	Torrecillas de la Tiesa	67	-2.9%
137	Serradilla	66	-7%
137	Villalba de los Barros	66	-8.3%
137	Zorita	66	+3.1%
140	Deleitosa	65	-4.4%
140	La Parra	65	+1.6%
140	Salvaleón	65	+6.6%
143	Almendral	64	-5.9%
143	Calera de León	64	+4.9%
143	Campillo de Llerena	64	+1.6%
143	La Haba	64	-1.5%
143	Puebla de Alcocer	64	+1.6%
148	Guijo de Galisteo	63	+3.3%
148	Higuera de Vargas	63	+8.6%
150	Casar de Palomero	62	+5.1%
150	Hoyos	62	+10.7%
152	Casatejada	60	-6.3%
152	Navas del Madroño	60	+1.7%
152	Nuñomoral	60	-1.6%
152	Zarza la Mayor	60	+1.7%
156	Castilblanco	59	+9.3%
156	Feria	59	-6.3%
156	Puebla de Obando	59	+9.3%
159	La Coronada	58	-3.3%
159	Santibáñez el Bajo	58	-4.9%
161	Piornal	57	+3.6%
161	Riolobos	57	0%
163	Baños de Montemayor	54	+1.9%
163	Villar de Rena	54	+1.9%
165	Acebo	53	+6%
165	Medina de las Torres	53	+8.2%
167	Mohedas de Granadilla	51	+8.5%
167	Montemolín	51	+4.1%
169	Acehúche	50	+11.1%
169	Monroy	50	+6.4%
169	Tiétar	50	+13.6%
172	Galisteo	49	+2.1%
172	Oliva de Mérida	49	-3.9%
172	Perales del Puerto	49	+14%
175	Peñalsordo	48	-5.9%
176	Esparragalejo	47	+4.4%
176	Garganta la Olla	47	-7.8%
176	Higuera de la Serena	47	+14.6%
179	Torremenga	46	+12.2%
179	Villagarcía de la Torre	46	-2.1%
181	Don Álvaro	45	+2.3%
181	Maguilla	45	+7.1%
181	Villagonzalo	45	+4.7%
184	Alagón del Río	44	+2.3%
185	Casas del Monte	43	0%
186	San Martín de Trevejo	42	-4.5%
187	Eljas	41	+7.9%
187	Talaván	41	-8.9%
187	Tejeda de Tiétar	41	-8.9%
190	Aldeacentenera	40	-7%
190	Alía	40	+2.6%
190	Escurial	40	+14.3%
190	Esparragosa de la Serena	40	+2.6%
190	Mirandilla	40	+2.6%
195	Ahillones	39	+14.7%
195	Arroyomolinos	39	-4.9%
195	Campo Lugar	39	+2.6%
195	Cordobilla de Lácara	39	-9.3%
195	Táliga	39	0%
195	Valdetorres	39	+2.6%
195	Valle de Santa Ana	39	+5.4%
202	Belvís de Monroy	38	-2.6%
202	El Torno	38	-5%
202	La Pesga	38	-9.5%
205	Corte de Peleas	37	-15.9%
205	Valle de la Serena	37	-5.1%
207	Cheles	36	-5.3%
207	Torrejón el Rubio	36	-2.7%
209	Esparragosa de Lares	35	0%
209	Malpartida de la Serena	35	-2.8%
209	Membrío	35	+2.9%
209	Saucedilla	35	+2.9%
213	Casas del Castañar	34	-2.9%
213	Llera	34	+6.3%
213	Torrequemada	34	0%
216	Ibahernando	33	0%
216	Jaraicejo	33	-2.9%
216	Vegaviana	33	+10%
219	Benquerencia de la Serena	32	+6.7%
219	Holguera	32	-5.9%
219	Valverde de Mérida	32	+6.7%
222	Albalá	31	+19.2%
222	Guijo de Granadilla	31	-3.1%
222	Nogales	31	-3.1%
222	Torre de Don Miguel	31	-3.1%
226	La Nava de Santiago	30	0%
226	Magacela	30	+15.4%
226	Navezuelas	30	-3.2%
226	Puebla de la Reina	30	+15.4%
226	Puebla del Prior	30	+11.1%
226	Torrecilla de los Ángeles	30	+3.4%
226	Villar del Pedroso	30	+7.1%
233	Acedera	29	+3.6%
233	La Cumbre	29	-14.7%
233	Majadas	29	0%
233	San Pedro de Mérida	29	0%
237	La Morera	28	+7.7%
237	Valdelacasa de Tajo	28	+7.7%
239	Aldea del Cano	27	-10%
239	Calzadilla de los Barros	27	-12.9%
239	Torremocha	27	+3.8%
239	Villamiel	27	+28.6%
243	Bohonal de Ibor	26	-3.7%
243	Garciaz	26	-13.3%
243	Guijo de Santa Bárbara	26	-3.7%
243	Helechosa de los Montes	26	+4%
243	Salorino	26	+18.2%
243	Valdeobispo	26	-10.3%
249	Mirabel	25	-7.4%
249	Pasarón de la Vera	25	+8.7%

Showing the top 250 of 380. 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. 7 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{instituto_municipalities_in_extremadura_by_2020,
  author = {{Instituto Nacional de Estadística}},
  title = {{Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721): Municipalities in Extremadura by active companies, 2020}},
  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=2020. 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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Which municipality has the highest active companies?

Badajoz, with 10,305 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

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Sancti-Spíritus, with 4 in 2020.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Directorio central de empresas: empresas activas por municipio (tabla 4721). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 municipalities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.